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Feb 19

YardBirds Singles Pt1

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The first in the Yardbird series of our collection is the Columbia UK (A side DB7391) released in 1964 under Demarais and produced by Gomelsky titled Good Morning Lil Schoolgirl and (B side of release DB7283, A Certain Girl) by Neville and produced by R&B Associates, can now be found on our Jukebox, the recordings are from the original vinyl, no digital crap here :-)

The official A and B sides we are referring too is below, watch this space for more in this series. Also Website tip, if you click on info below the picture on the jukebox player it will take you to the artists information page, we surf the internet so you dont have too….. :-) ENJOY.

Pop Quiz: what was the respective A side of DB7283 and the B side of DB7391, answers in comment below, first to post the correct answer will recieve a free branded Glasgow Mods T-Shirt ?

1964 DB7283 (B) A Certain Girl (Neville) (Produced by R&B Associates)

1964 DB7391 (A) Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (H. Demarais) (Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky)

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    Hey, what happened to the POP Quiz? i'd like to declare myself the winner...
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    The most dissapointing thing about most of the purchases that I made were, as you say, the condition. I have some fantastic records that are all but worthless due to their condition. But I suppose after lying about in the Barras or Brigait for years, without a cover, there would be little chance of them being in good condition. The only really good thing about them was that I could still play them on my old wreck of a record player.

    I still did manage to buy a few crackers that were amazingly in great nick. I still have them, although I treasure them so much that I do not play them any more.
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    Pearsons Record stall, many a weekend was spent trawling through his scratchy 45s in the hope there may be a hidden gem, sadly it wasn't the case, the best you got was a Motown, Atlantic, Stax with a bit of shine still on it. You could have planted tatties in some of those records !!! The best stuff he had, well what I thought was, was the LPs on display above the stall. I may have purchased my original Small Faces, Small Faces LP from him, the red Decca one for £10, but it aint really in the best of condition sound wise. It was more a status symbol to say, I own a copy of such LP.
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    I remember the stall up the stairs, next to the Squirrel bar NG. I bought quite a few records there but would not have dreamed of stumping up £15, even for something good in the early 80s. There are a few I have that I would have considered paying top dollar for, but most times I did not have the money to make that choice then.

    To tell the truth I always thought it was a bit of a cheek that some off these people actually knew the true value of the records they had. If we wanted great records at big money prices, we could have went to record fairs. As you said NG you would certainly pay for the priviege there.
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    Jimmy, just found a good article on The Yardbirds, I'll upload ut for the site for all to see and read. Check your inbox
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    Chris that reminds me of the time I was down the barras and up the stairs at Pearsons Record stall. He had this lovely EP by The Crystals behind the counter for sale. One thing leads to another, the price ?? Jesus I nearly choked when he quoted £15 !!! £15 for a record in the early 8ts, was a s**t load of dosh.

    Then there was the time I went to my first record fair, thank god Michael from the Briggait was there, or i wouldn't have bought a thing !
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    £90 was (and is) a lot of money, so I can see why you were in two minds NG. It would have been great to see them performing some of their great music, even if it was only a couple of the original performers in the line up.

    I remember about 1984 I came across two original Dave Clark 5 photo albums. All the photos were from 1964 and 1965, many of them taken in the RSG studio's. I did not have the money on me to buy them at the time, and the people who were selling them in the Briggait were looking for quite a lot so I did not bother. But looking back it would have been good to be the owner of all those original and unique photo's.

    I also have to say that I am not really a fan of the Dave Clark 5's music. But I knew I was looking at a good bit of musical history.
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    Chris, The Yardbirds autographs will always be one those situations, should I or shouldn't I, it was ten years ago and the asking price was £90, the fact that I still dwell on it maybe I should have.

    I also recall geting a lovely Yardbirds LP down the Barras about 25 years, I was so lucky to get up the road with it, the amount of offers I had for it, I couldn't even sit down in the Hiwiian Grill incase somebody tried tae blag it !

    After all these years, still a great band to listen too. That reminds me, I saw them, The Yardbirds a few years back, although theres only two original members in them now, the drummer and bass player.
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    I'll bet you are kicking yourself now NG. (not literally) I have a copy of the Five Live LP and the energy is fantastic as well as the songs. The Yardbirds early stuff was much played in the Scene club and Lindella, and that is where I was first introduced to it.

    By all accounts Aleister Crowley was one very weird dude, who sent himself over the edge with his occult dealings. After Jimmy Page gave up the highlands house as being too spooky it sat unused for years. I don't know if anyone has taken it on during the past few years, but no one would go near it for a long time.

    Here's hoping that everyone is looking forward to this weekend, and can manage to get along to some of the very good sounding do's that will be on.
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    Did the early eighties Mod band The Direct Hits, did they not do a song about Alastair Crowley ? I had the chance years ago to buy a full set of Yardbirds autographs on a Columbia sleeve, including Keith Relf, with hindsight maybe I should have bought them !

    Anybody got the Keith Relf solo stuff ?

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