In this week's installment of One Album Wonders, we look at the Scottish band, Shop Assistants. On the eve of the Scottish independence referendum they were officially named on of the Top 50 Scottish bands of all time (see Top 50 Scottish bands of all time). The band formed in Edinburgh in 1984, originally as Buba & The Shop … Continue reading One album wonders: Shop Assistants’ Shop Assistants
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One Album Wonders: The Open Mind’s The Open Mind
THE OPEN MIND - THE OPEN MIND (1969) Around 1963, Putney-based musicians Mike "Mike Bran" Brancaccio (guitar), Phil Fox (drums), Timothy du Feu (vocals), and Ray Nye (bass) formed The Apaches, who recorded a demo with Joe Meek. Nye left the band and du Feu moved to bass after they acquired a new singer, Terry Martin (real name Terry Schindler) and … Continue reading One Album Wonders: The Open Mind’s The Open Mind
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One album wonders: John’s Children’s Orgasm
[A version of this article originally appeared at the Amoeblog] JOHN'S CHILDREN - ORGASM (recorded 1967, released 1971) Today the band John's Children, when remembered at all, are best remembered for two things: one, for having briefly included within their ranks a pre-T. Rex Marc Bolan and two, for their calculatedly outrageousness and provocative live performances. Both overshadow the fact … Continue reading One album wonders: John’s Children’s Orgasm
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One album wonders: Diane Hildebrand’s Early Morning Blues and Greens
DIANE HILDEBRAND - EARLY MORNING BLUES AND GREENS (1967) It's surprisingly hard to find much information online about singer-songwriter Diane Hildebrand, who was a professional songwriter who penned numbers for none other than The Monkees and released a single, wonderful solo album in the 1960s. Hildebrand was apparently about eighteen when one of her compositions, "I'm On My … Continue reading One album wonders: Diane Hildebrand’s Early Morning Blues and Greens
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Yet More One Album Wonders
Here is an additional edition of my series of great, mostly obscure, one album wonders. In the album era (roughly the mid-1960s until the mid-2000s), the album was the dominant format of recorded music expression and consumption. It seems that most musicians from that era, if able to scrape together the funds for the recording of … Continue reading Yet More One Album Wonders
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Even More One Album Wonders
Even More One Album Wonders
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One Album Wonders: Trader Horne’s Morning Way
The vinyl LP was introduced by Columbia Records in 1948 but the 45 inch single remained the primary market for the music industry until the dawn of the album era, which began in the mid-1960s. During that period, for any number of reasons, many fine musical acts released only one studio album -- Perfect for completists on a budget! This series examines … Continue reading One Album Wonders: Trader Horne’s Morning Way
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One Album Wonders: Brett Smiley’s Breathlessly Brett
The vinyl LP was introduced by Columbia Records in 1948 but the 45 inch single remained the primary market for the music industry until the dawn of the album era, which began in the mid-1960s. In that era, for any number of reasons, many fine musical acts released only one studio album. This series looks at some of my favorite "one album … Continue reading One Album Wonders: Brett Smiley’s Breathlessly Brett
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More One Album Wonders
More One Album Wonders More great (if obscure) bands whose entire musical statements can be fit on a single, 12" circle of vinyl.
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One Album Wonders
One Album Wonders When I discover a brilliant band with a huge catalog, my excitement is mixed with annoyance because suddenly I find myself having to take the time to expose myself to hours and hours of new music and, if I like it, more money than I have on acquiring said music. How … Continue reading One Album Wonders
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