tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post5806661029151165781..comments2024-03-25T07:54:13.970+00:00Comments on Left and to the Back: Embassy Big 4 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere/ Mr Tambourine Man23 Daveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-66931360482309276102015-03-27T03:09:22.780+00:002015-03-27T03:09:22.780+00:00Would really appreciate a re-up of this post as an...Would really appreciate a re-up of this post as an avid collector of Dylan covers.<br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-1876391869503826392012-02-11T16:21:06.436+00:002012-02-11T16:21:06.436+00:00Ha! Sorry about that. Conflicting information, t...Ha! Sorry about that. Conflicting information, then... I wouldn't want to make a judgement call on this one, but it certainly seems within the realms of possibility that Alvin Lee *may* have been involved. Or may not.23 Daveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-33558137960364677042012-02-10T21:28:37.948+00:002012-02-10T21:28:37.948+00:00I wish I hadn't started this! It could be that...I wish I hadn't started this! It could be that - yet again - I've been misled by some record dealer, the kind who pronounces confidently that Jimmy Page plays on that Lulu single you've just put back in the box (when you just know that it's actually Duane Allman). I'm pretty sure that's how I first heard the TYA story, in relation I think to a German comp that featured the Jaybirds and the Typhoons. I have done some quick 'research' and this is typical of the kind of dispute that surfaces online....<br /><br />On his enthusiastic and enjoyable roots and traces: spurensicherung blog (of which you and your readers are doubtless aware) Lolly Pope writes in the liner notes to one of his 'Tommyknockers' comps:<br />''There's a bit of confusion about The Jaybirds on the Embassy label, but reliable sources confirm, that this was the combo with Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons, who recorded cover versions of top 20 hits for Woolworth's cheapo label. Ric Lee joined later, and Ten Years After was born.''<br /><br />However, Anonymous comments on the same post:<br /><br /> ''Alvin Lee with The Jaybirds never recorded. The Jaybirds who recorded on Embassy label was fronted by Ray Pilgrim.''<br /><br />So you pays your money... (less than 7/6 for a regular full price single I hope). I've also come across a 'Chronology of Alvin Lee & Ten Years After' site which claims that in 1964<br />''The Jaybirds, including personel Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, releases two (cover versions of hits) singles,<br /><br /> Juliet / Here I Go Again (Embassy WB635)<br /> All Day And All Of The Night / Google Eye (Embassy WB663)<br /> Good Golly Miss Molly / A World (Embassy WB626)<br /> Can't Buy Me Love / I Love You (Embassy WB625) .''<br /><br />Lastly, Nick Hamlyn in his Penguin Record Collector's guide repeats the Alvin Lee story (and notes Lee's denial), but that book is riddled with magesterial errors (as are we all).<br /><br />If I comment again other than to say thanks, expect me to proclaim that Paul McCartney did in fact die in 1969.Mr Pinkwhistlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-34787833776490840512012-02-08T15:20:39.861+00:002012-02-08T15:20:39.861+00:00Do we know that Alvin Lee was definitely involved ...Do we know that Alvin Lee was definitely involved with The Jaybirds, Pinkwhistle, or has this not been fully verified by him? It's a very interesting story if so. I don't actually think this version of AAA is anything to be ashamed of, to be honest, but musicians do get touchy about this sort of thing, and I think it may be a huge reason why we tend not to get many people from flop 60s bands coming forward to confess their involvement with work. Often I think they went on to session jobs which were more lucrative, and they don't want their names attached to their early work. (There's also a very minor 80s indie musician who has begged me not to upload an early single of his to L&TB, a request I have respected).<br /><br />Brilliant comment about the stench of Woolworths hanging around Cowell, by the way. It did always have a unique smell about it, didn't it? A combination of floor polish, plastic and chipboard.23 Daveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-66507862803606906312012-02-07T23:17:41.187+00:002012-02-07T23:17:41.187+00:00Excellent writing as always and thanks for pointin...Excellent writing as always and thanks for pointing me towards all the forgotten or never heard songs you have posted. For once I might be able to add a piece of info, although it's hard to verify. For years I've understood that the Jaybirds were an early incarnation of Ten Years After, but that Alvin Lee was anxious to deny any involvement with the Embassy recordings. Listening to Anyway, <br />Anyhow, Anywhere, it's easier to understand why! <br /><br />With all due respect to the tireless and hard working Mr Lee and his bandmates, they always did seem like a group who had spent their formative years assiduously woodshedding and trying (but <br />failing) to copy other styles and influences, then eventually developing at least impressive technical skills. Perhaps the likes of The X factor have replaced the function once performed by budget lables such as Embassy. If Simon Cowell is the new<br />Devil, then he has the whiff not of sulphur but of Woolworths about him.Mr Pinkwhistlenoreply@blogger.com