GROOVE EUREKA STOCKADE ALBUM ACETATE UNRELEASED PSYCH

£ 76

$ 101

£ 76 Sold For

Sep 6, 2009 Sold Date

Aug 27, 2009 Start Date

11 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

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HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY EBAY

THESE NEXT FEW ITEMS ARE FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED JAKE ELCOCK, JAKE IS A MUSICIAN FROM THE WEST MIDLANDS, HE STARTED IN HIS FIRST BAND "THE MARAUDERS" WHILE AT SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 60"S UNTIL ABOUT 1962... THEN FORMING A PROFESSIONAL GROUP "THE STRANGERS" WHO WERE FEATURED ON THE DECCA ALBUM BRUM BEAT... AFTER THE STRANGERS AND A SHORT LIVED NAME CHANGE "THE MARTELLS".... HE FORMED "FINDERS KEEPERS" IN 1965, TOGETHER WITH ROY [DRIPPER] KENT AND ALAN CLEE FROM THE STRANGERS.... FINDERS KEEPERS MADE SEVERAL RECORDS INCLUDING LIGHTS [PRODUCED BY JOHN WALKER OF THE WALKER BROTHERS]...... IN 1967 JAKE WAS INVITED TO JOIN "THE MONTANAS"... A PYE LABEL RECORDING BAND ... REGARDED HIGHLY BOTH HERE AND ABROAD ESPECIALLY GERMANY WHERE THE BAND PLAYED CLUBS ON MANY OCCASIONS....RELEASING MANY SINGLES ON PYE AND OTHER LABELS UNTIL THE MID SEVENTIES.... JAKE ALSO STARTED HIS OWN A&R COMPANY IN THE 70"S.... OTHER BANDS LINKED WITH THESE GUYS WERE LIGHT FANTASTIC AND THE MIGHTY TRAPEZE....RECORDS BEING LISTED WILL BE ISSUED RECORDS, DEMONSTRATION RECORDS, ACETATES OF ISSUED TRACKS AND A FEW ACETATES OF UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM BANDS THAT JAKE WAS A MEMBER OF OR PEOPLE WHO HAD DEALINGS WITH HIM......

I SHALL BE LISTING SEVERAL ITEMS BEING SOLD ON BEHALF OF JAKE, CONDITION VARIES BUT I WILL DESCRIBE EACH IN THE AUCTION......

THE NEXT ITEMS ARE DEMO ACETATES , SEND BY SONGWRITERS IN THE HOPE OF THE MONTANAS BEING INTERESTED IN MAKING A VERSION OF THE SONG....

THE NEXT ITEM BEING LISTED IS A ....... SHAFTSBURY RECORDS RECORDING ACETATE ...... FEATURING 12 SONGS ...WRITTEN BY JAMIE BYRNE AND PERFORMED BY HIS BAND EUREKA STOCKADE... THE HISTORY OF THIS BAND BEGINS IN AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND WHEN FIVE GUYS FROM SUCCESSFUL GROUPS FORMED A SUPERGROUP KNOWN AS THE GROOVE.... THE GROOVE RELEASED AND HAD HITS IN THE CHARTS IN AUSTRALIA UNTIL WINNING A COMPETITION WHICH GAVE THEM A CHANCE AT SUCCESS IN ENGLAND ... ARRIVING IN LONDON THE BAND GIGGED AND RECORDED BUT SUCCESS NEVER CAME... THE BAND THEN BECAME KNOWN AS EUREKA STOCKADE AND RECORDED AN ALBUMS WORTH OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL.. WITH A VIEW TO IT BEING RELEASED ... UNFORTUNATLY THIS NEVER HAPPENED [......THIS IS AN ACETATE OF THAT ALBUM.....] THE BAND THEN SPLIT... TWEED HARRIS BECAME AN ARRANGER/ PRODUCER... GEOFF BRIDGFORD FORMED TIN TIN WITH ROBIN GIBB... ROD STONE PLAYED GUITAR WITH OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN AND CLIFF RICHARD AMONGST OTHERS.... PETER WILLIAMS FORMED THE MIXTURES AND HAD A HIT WITH THE PUSHBIKE SONG AND THE SONGWRITER JAMIE BYRNE RETIRED FROM MUSIC JOINED THE MORMAN CHURCH AND WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR MANY YEARS......

WE ACCEPT WORLDWIDE BIDDERS AND ACCEPT PAYPAL, POST CAN BE COMBINED IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE ITEM..... THANKS FOR LOOKING..... ALL ITEMS WILL BE POSTED IN USUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AT APPROXIMATELY 3 WORKING DAYS INTERVALS AFTER BEING PAID FOR , WE TRY TO MAIL OUT EVERY TUESDAY , FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS

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