The Heathens – earliest recording of garage music? - a podcast by Richard and Tobin: Self confessed music addicts
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Would you please help us improve the show by voting for your favourite track from this episode?Stop and GoStorms On The OceanOrdinary PleasureSteady GirlSex On FireTom's Gone To HiloOrange Claw HammerIn TransitVote now! Hello and welcome to the show notes for another episode of the show, brought to you by From the Bottom of the Record Box. Firstly, we are thrilled to be bringing you a true exclusive. The Heathens are spinning in the show. Secondly it is actually on the date that the record is officially released by Black & Wyatt Records. Read on to learn more about this fascinating track. If this takes your fancy, why not take a listen to Black & Wyatt's other recent release Fingers Like Saturn. What else will you learn in this episode? Albert Hammond Jr. is in fact Albert Hammond IIIThat the Appalachian Dulcimer is also known as The Hog FiddleChillwave is a thingDon Van Vliet - aka Captain Beefheart is the greatest musician ever to have livedRichard has invented the musical genre Pirate Music Please help us continue broadcasting £ Donation Amount: It's all I can afford, but you've got all my loveI've got a slightly deeper pocket, keep going guysYep, sure as hell got a spring in my step today - You're awesomeI am the King over all I survey - big me up on the showDang it, I'm so rich I won't even miss this amount - Good Luck!Hang on, I want to give an amount that suits me betterDonate Now Select Payment Method PayPal Personal Info First Name * Last Name Company Name Email Address * Make this an anonymous donation. Comment Donation Total: £10.00 Track Listing Stop and Go Albert Hammond Jr.Storms On The Ocean Robert Force & Albert d'OsschéOrdinary Pleasure Toro y MoiSteady Girl The HeathensSex on Fire Black SheikhsTom's Gone To Hilo Gavin Friday & Shannon McNallyOrange Claw Hammer (1975 Radio) Captain BeefheartIn Transit Albert Hammond Jr. Subscribe for exclusive news about the show. First Name Last Name Email Address Leave this field empty if you're human: The Heathens - Steady Girl - as written by Kaye Garren-Heath-Payne Saturday, December 8th, 1956: Four days after Elvis, Carl, Johnny, and Jerry Lee recorded the ‘Million Dollar Quartet Session’, five East High School students known as The Heathens (named after 15 year-old lead singer Colin Heath) entered Sun Studio to record a song he had written with a female classmate (and rhythm guitar player) Kaye Garren called Steady Girl. Classmen Roger Fakes played lead guitar and Joe Bauer (later of The Youngbloods) played drums. David Gibson played piano on one of two takes. Sam Phillips was probably not there that day, so it is likely that Jack Clement or Marion Keisker produced the session, but there’s no way to ever know for certain. Both takes were cut straight to a 78 rpm acetate disc (live with no overdubs and no mixing) as these teenagers banged away inside Sun Studio on that weekend afternoon. When the smoke cleared, both takes of Steady Girl were too raw even by Sun Records standards, so The Heathens were never called back and the lacquer master remained unheard. Sixty-three years later,
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