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Coals To Newcastle, Sand to the Sahara!
| Coals To Newcastle, Sand to the Sahara! | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Length: | 00:40:48 |
| Keywords |
1. British 2. invasion 3. covers |
| Created on | 1/12/07 09:56pm |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2323 |
| Total visitors | 55 |
| Unique visitors | 34 |
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Ok, here is the premise. In the wake of the Beatles, a flood of British bands and artists came to America to seek fame and fortune by releasing records, appearing on the Ed Sullivan show, etc, etc. One of the things they all had in common was that they were all influenced by the rock and roll, blues, soul and country music that came from the land of the free. This could be proved by examining the early recorded output of many of the artists who were in the first wave of Brits to "invade" the unconquered shores. So, in the early days at least, the music being peddled was to an extent at least a rehash of what already existed Stateside. Here is a mixtape of some covers of American tunes by Brit bands. I mentioned 'rehashes', but some of this stuff does have a charm of their own!
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| 1 | The Beatles : Twist and Shout |
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We start with the mop-tops covering The Isley Brothers. Early Beatles recordings show their love for American [...]
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Track 14 from Please Please Me
Length: 00:02:33 Year: 0000 |
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We start with the mop-tops covering The Isley Brothers. Early Beatles recordings show their love for American popular music with covers of people like Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and even Buck Owens! SHOW LESS
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| 2 | The Rolling Stones : Can I Get A Witness |
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The Stones were known for their love of the Chess sound in general, and Chuck Berry in particular, but early r [...]
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Track 10 from The Rolling Stones
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 1964 |
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The Stones were known for their love of the Chess sound in general, and Chuck Berry in particular, but early recordings show other covers too, such as this chunky reading of a Marvin Gaye song from their first album. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Gerry & The Pacemakers : Slow Down |
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Gerry Marsden and his band did have original songs to record right from very early on, but almost all the grou [...]
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Track 9 from At Abbey Road 1963-1966
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Gerry Marsden and his band did have original songs to record right from very early on, but almost all the groups of the era did covers of US rock live, and also most recorded some of these for their early albums and 'B' sides. The Beatles also covered this Carl Perkins tune. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Animals : Dimples |
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The Animals were another of the bands who were influenced by the blues. This is one of two John Lee Hooker tun [...]
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Track 3 from The Animals
Length: 00:03:20 Year: 0000 |
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The Animals were another of the bands who were influenced by the blues. This is one of two John Lee Hooker tunes on their first album. Indeed, they backed Sonny Boy Williamson on tour in the UK in 1963, as did The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton a year later. Yes, D-Loot, I know, this is turning into one of those Rock Trivia:101 things I do now and then. (Well, ok then, always!) SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Manfred Mann : Smokestack Lightnin' |
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Yet another blues cover a couple of years before the British Blues Boom really got underway. Today, original s [...]
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Track 1 from The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann
Length: 00:03:33 Year: 0000 |
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Yet another blues cover a couple of years before the British Blues Boom really got underway. Today, original singer Paul Jones is a blues radio DJ in the UK, as well as leading The Blues Band. He is no Howlin' Wolf to be sure, but a lot of fun to watch with a pint in your hand. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Merseybeats : You Can't Judge A Book |
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Even bands whose hits bore little relation to R&B had covered R&B on albums, etc. For instance, The Merseybeat [...]
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Track 7 from The Merseybeats
Length: 00:03:20 Year: 0000 |
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Even bands whose hits bore little relation to R&B had covered R&B on albums, etc. For instance, The Merseybeats having a go at a Bo Diddly tune. (Mr Diddly was another favourite for the Brits to cover!) The keyboard player from the Merseybeats allegedly lives in Porterville, CA, as do I, but this may or may not be the case. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Kinks : Too Much Monkey Business |
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I would take a guess that Chuck Berry was covered by more British invasion bands than any other artist. The Ki [...]
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Track 11 from The Kinks
Length: 00:02:16 Year: 1964 |
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I would take a guess that Chuck Berry was covered by more British invasion bands than any other artist. The Kinks bring an "Englishness" to this though that the likes of The Stones do not. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Dusty Springfield : I Just Don't Know What To Do WIth Myself |
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Perhaps Dusty's first great recording. This debut album had plenty of R&B covers (a version of 'Can I Get A Wi [...]
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Track 12 from Dusty
Length: 00:03:02 Year: 0000 |
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Perhaps Dusty's first great recording. This debut album had plenty of R&B covers (a version of 'Can I Get A Witness, for instance) but I truly love this reading of the Bacharach/David standard. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | The Swinging Blue Jeans : Good Golly Miss Molly |
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The Swinging Blue Jeans, one of the many Liverpool bands in the first assaults, tended to do a lot of R&R cove [...]
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Track 10 from The Best Of The Swinging Blue Jeans
Length: 00:02:06 Year: 0000 |
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The Swinging Blue Jeans, one of the many Liverpool bands in the first assaults, tended to do a lot of R&R covers, like this Little Richard one. This was one of the whitest groups ever! SHOW LESS
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| 10 | The Who : Shout And Shimmy |
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The Who recorded more original tracks early on than most of their contempories, but even they did the odd cove [...]
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Track 3 from My Generation (Disc 2)
Length: 00:03:29 Year: 0000 |
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The Who recorded more original tracks early on than most of their contempories, but even they did the odd cover in the studio and on stage, such as this 'My Generation' era recording of a James Brown song. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | The Searchers : Love Potion #9 |
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The Searchers were known for their jangly 12 string guitar sound, influencing the likes of The Byrds and Tom P [...]
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Track 2 from Searchers Greatest: 20 Fabulous Hits of the 60's
Length: 00:02:06 Year: 1997 |
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The Searchers were known for their jangly 12 string guitar sound, influencing the likes of The Byrds and Tom Petty, but I was suprized to discover that their first album had quite a few R&B covers, including this early hit for them. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Troggs : Wild Thing |
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This cover set them on their way. (Crappy trivia fact no.3492. When a cover of his 'Love Is All Around' song w [...]
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Track 1 from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Troggs
Length: 00:02:35 Year: 2004 |
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This cover set them on their way. (Crappy trivia fact no.3492. When a cover of his 'Love Is All Around' song was featured in a hit movie singer Reg Pressly made a small fortune in royalties, only to spend the whole lot on UFO research! SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Hollies : Stay |
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A shamefully neglected Brit invasion band. Some of their mid sixties material (such as the Graham Nash song 'K [...]
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Track 5 from 30th Anniversary Collection 1963 - 1993 (Disc 1)
Length: 00:02:29 Year: 0000 |
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A shamefully neglected Brit invasion band. Some of their mid sixties material (such as the Graham Nash song 'King Midas In Reverse') was original and vital, but their first UK hit was this cover of an old doo-wop number. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | The Rolling Stones : Route 66 |
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Topping and tailing this mixtape with the big two, here are the Stones in Chuck Berry mode playing the Nat Kin [...]
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Track 1 from The Rolling Stones
Length: 00:02:25 Year: 1964 |
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Topping and tailing this mixtape with the big two, here are the Stones in Chuck Berry mode playing the Nat King Cole standard. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | The Beatles : Long Tall Sally |
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This Little Richard cover with McCartney at his screeching best seems a nice way to end this. Almost all of th [...]
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This Little Richard cover with McCartney at his screeching best seems a nice way to end this. Almost all of these covers are inferrior to the originals, yet as I said at first, there is a real charm about some of these recordings. SHOW LESS
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Issued to those who have stuck it out for a year here on MTC. What a long, strange trip, huh?
awarded on 2009-01-28
Level 17
I think the British Invasion genre is my favorite. Good mix.
3/01/08 02:39pm
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The Lotto Badge is awarded only to the truly lucky. The Gods look favorably upon this one.
awarded on 2010-09-01
Level 21
I feel so stupid for not knowing that "Too Much Monkey Business" is a cover.
This mix... is SWELL. 10 out of 10 points! I love your passion for Brit bands in your mixes. :) - Don't ever stop!
This mix... is SWELL. 10 out of 10 points! I love your passion for Brit bands in your mixes. :) - Don't ever stop!
5/17/07 07:58am
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Special thanks to those that embraced the Collective on this most sacrilegious of holidays. Mix on, you vile tormentor of souls!
awarded on 2006-06-06
Level 18
johnny...sometimes I wish I were a female version of you
1/18/07 12:04am
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Welcome to level 5! Keep up the hard work.
awarded on 2007-01-16
Level 7
Excellent!
1/13/07 02:28pm
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Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-06-29
Level 24
+++++ for both the music and the execution.
And for recognizing that the States are musically superior to the Kingdom.
Well, were. WERE musically superior. Like a long time ago.
And for recognizing that the States are musically superior to the Kingdom.
Well, were. WERE musically superior. Like a long time ago.
1/13/07 11:25am
