by Princess65 » 30 Mar 2012, 00:18
Hi Donna.
Thanks for the reply. You've made me feel very welcome as well as HAPPY. Yes "Scotch On The Socks". It's often been said that the Shads were never funky apart from on "The Rise and Fall Of Flingel Bunt", but this is not so, and "Scotch On The Socks" proves the point in crashing style. Thanks also for the heads up on the book, it will be nice to finally get my hands on a copy of it, lol. I guess the other thing to really make me blush is the way The Shads name has finally made it Stateside these past ten years, as well as to impress itself upon girls too. For the record, i wrote to Bruce Welch this past week, in the course of signing the guestbook on his site, and i told him that the biggest mistake they ever made was to not chance it with the rest of them in the Sixties when the British Invasion was at its height. I have no doubt whatsoever that both with and without Cliff they would have been a smash (to say nothing of Marvin, Welch and Farrar poss shifting a few more copies). Check out "Come Back To Nature", "My Home Town" and "Marmaduke" on the Marvin, Welch & Farrar CD "A Thousand Conversations" - MFP6402-7243-8-59735-2-9. Could be the disc is now deleted sadly as I've had it since the late 90s BUT don;t despair there ARE definitely other collections of their stuff around if you ask nicely at the HMV Shop or other related stores. Just trying to do you a good turn as you were friendly to me. Back on the subject of John Rostill's fiery fingers, another good one (and one i think should have been a 45), check out they're version of "Tennessee Waltz" on the "Jigsaw" LP from 1967.
Much love and big hugs for now sweetie. Your Friend, Amara XX