PARAMOUNTS - POISON IVY - OG 1963 CHANNEL ACETATE 7"
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Description
THE PARAMOUNTS - POISON IVY / FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
ON ORIGINAL UK 2000 CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENTS LTD ACETATE 7"
COULD BE THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE
WITH GARY BROOKER HIMSELF NOT OWNING IT
CONTAINS A DIFFERENT RECORDING OF POISON IVY
AND THE B SIDE IS NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON ANY OTHER COMPILATION
GARY BROOKER: "By this time we were playing a lot of air bases in the South East. Our set was all American rhythm and blues; we didn't play the Cliff Richard hits by this stage. If somebody white sang a song it was an immediate no-no, with the exception of Bobby Darin, who had quite a lot of 'soul', and possibly a couple of Dion numbers. We were playing four to rave gigs a week. We'd get 30 pounds on a good night. At The Shades we got the door money - they charged one shilling admission. We had a stable line-up of Rob, Diz, Barrie, and me, we went professional. Kellogs was roadie, but Diz drove the van. Our manager Peter Martin started thinking seriously about getting us a recording contract."
"It wasn't our first attempt to get into records. We'd been up to London before with a woman from Leigh-on-Sea, who had a lot of money and an eye for young fellers. She got us a session in London, but nothing came of it. Peter Martin said we had to make a demo. We recorded 'Poison Ivy' and 'Further on up the Road' at IBC Studio, with Glyn Johns engineering! Peter took it to Ron Richards at Parlophone. We were against recording a Coasters song, although we didn't mind playing them live. Peter Martin told us to record 'Poison Ivy'. I said "that's sacred stuff". If we'd have had the choice, we wouldn't have made a record at all!"
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Audio Here : POISON IVY / FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Condition of Record is : EXCELLENT++ A few light surface scuffs does not affect play.
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