GLASS MENAGERIE Top Gear -Pt 2

Here at last are the two stella workouts the Glass Menagerie did live on John Peel's Top Gear 23/6/68
Love Me Two Times - and - Dear Mr. Fantasy
(sorry it took so long Syd!)
Sound quality is pretty iffy but it's the best I can find.
There is a better quality copy of LM2T that I have, but it is considerably shortened.
Play them here:

GM Pt2

DENNY LAINE'S ELECTRIC STRING BAND Emidisc Acetate

Here's an Emidisc acetate of Denny Laine performing "Ask the People" and "Why Did You Come"
From 1967 an early version of "Ask" later a Deram single track; "Why" did not get a sixties release, as far as I know.
Both tracks did make it to a late 1967 Top Gear session, with Tommy Vance competing with Peel for show supremacy. (Peel won hands down!). I believe these sessions are readily available in Netville; otherwise I could post them here.
Here is a link to both tracks:  Denny Laine Acetate

ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA Top Gear Session 19/5/68

Here is the complete session Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera did for John Peel's Top Gear broadcast 19/5/68.
Tracks are:
Fixing to die / Mary Jane / Dreamy / Air

As far as I know, the first and last tracks were unique to Top Gear, whereas the other two had appeared on Saturday Club, though possibly different versions

Here's the sound link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zbp3wir776eye9s/elmer_g.mp3

HONEYBUS Two Obscure BBC Tracks

If its HiFi you want then pass on this.
Here are complete with many flaws, The Honeybus performing "Lilly" and "Going Back"

Lilly missing the intro, is from an unknown BBC broadcast. Apart from being published in sheet music form, was not recorded - as far as I know

Going Back had a chunk missing in the middle -so I closed the silent gap. This was sourced from a Pete Brady show, where they were guesting for one week in January 1968.

If anyone reading this can upgrade either track, do get in touch.

Honeybus laid down many fine BBC sessions, a surprising number of which are in circulation, but to my best knowledge the two here are not.

Here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/88anwxqyycay244/01-Track_1.mp3

 KIDROCK 2 Sided Acetate on Birth

This two sided 7inch acetate dates from around 1971, and is on the short lived imprint of CBS called Birth
Under the oversized Birth label can be discerned standard Emidisc labels.

All Around You / Annie's Place (Rough demo).

'All Around You' seems the side of choice to me. Annie's Place sounded familiar, and on some digging found a version of it on an early edition of  'Circus Days' where it had acquired an 'Auntie' prefix, and the artist name 'Stars'.
Further research leads me to believe Stars is bogus and the group is Kidrock (sic) as opposed to Kid Rock who were a different outfit.
Anyway it will be up for grabs on eBay if anyone is interested.
Usual caveat about removing it from the blog if infringement of rights is the case.

btw Birth was a curious label, with an horrific logo and equally horrific advertising campaign involving Bunnies tummy being full of delights... or something like that.
It did produce several highly sought after artists including George Benson, Roy Harper (reissue) Chris Harwood and Julian J Savarin and a few others.

Hear both sides with this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xs64qc0je4ppfbp/kidrock.mp3

GALAXIES IV Associated Recording Studios Acetate

Had this for decades, and its time to go -so Ebay it is.
This is the same group that later recorded "Piccadilly Circus", and more famously "Don't lose your mind"
From the sound I'd say 1965, and as far as I know did not get released.
To hear both sides, here is the link:


http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ozb2s37rb2nsmqu/galaxIV.mp3

Tracks are "Tossin' & Turnin'" and "Don't Look Back"

Barely legible on the labels is the following text:
World championship olympics Rock 'n' Roll band
Management of E & B Enterprises
Box 2314 Trenton NJ 08607

COLOR WHEEL Emidisc Acetate

Back again: New location, and new computer!

Today's offering is an Emidisc acetate by an unknown group with a track "COLOR WHEEL"
Sort of Sunshine pop territory, but vastly superior to the endless outpourings of that genre, that compilers are resorting to, having run out of everything else.
Note the spelling. The otherside is the same song (possibly less distorted) but this time spelt "Colour Wheel", and marked for release.
Due to condition I have opted to upload the American spelt version.
So here is the question: Who is it? and Was it released?
I'm thinking the mixed spelling of colour and the Anglo American sound could make it Canadian c '67.
The group Three's a Crowd being the nearest I can get.
Answers on a postcard....

And here is the sound file: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jezjmdexvuz1alp/color_wheel.mp3

Finally found out that the band is "Proof Of The Puddin' " sic. An Indiana band that relocated to Boston, and recorded a Harry Palmer song on the flip side. H P was guitarist and song writer for Ford Theatre, but was not in POTP.

My thanks to Colin Mason (Expo66) for the info.