The Bird's three 45s feature frantic guitar work and together with McKenzie's powerful vocals, confirm them as one of the most talented UK mid-sixties bands. In 1966 they changed their name to Birds Birds to record the now mega-rare Say Those Magic Words 45, which also features additional guitar work on the flip from Jeff Beck.
The band attracted public attention as a result of a legal battle with America's Byrds over the rights to the name and also appeared in a horror movie, 'The Deadly Bees' singing That's All I Need You For. When they split in 1966 Gardner and Wood joined Creation. Later Gardner achieved some success with Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. Ronnie Wood, of course, achieved fame with The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and The Rolling Stones.
A Perth-based band. They had no link or connection with the U.K. band of the same name other than the selection of No Good Without You, a cover of the U.K. Birds release, as the 'B' side to their first release. The 'A' side was a cover of Honeybus' U.K. hit I Can't Let Maggie Go. It seems the band tried to capitalise on the existence of their U.K. counterparts and a publicity handout even stated that Terry Clarke and Brian Curtis had played all over England and appeared on T.V. as the U.K. Birds.
Their second release was a cover of I See The Rain, a Marmalade single backed by Rene, which had been recorded by The Small Faces in the U.K.. Neither of these efforts was very distinguished.
Their third release was the best known - Dust In My Pants was the flip to another U.K. Birds (or Birds Birds) song (Say Those) Magic Words.
The myth of a U.K. connection continued when The Ugly Things , Vol. 2 compilation once again brought the band to the public's attention by featuring Dust In My Pants. It transpires that Terry Clarke and Brian Curtis were both from Britain and played together in a band called The Clockwork Oranges, who released one 45 on Ember in the U.K.. Clarke was also in The Herd, being replaced by a certain Peter Frampton, but Clarke did not play on the band's Parlophone releases.
Clarion was a local Perth label distributed by Festival.
Biglietto per l'Inferno has always been regarded as one of the best italian prog albums ever, and for this reason is very difficult to find.
Early promotional copies of the album contained a release sheet with information on band members.
As many of the Trident label releases, this was counterfeited in the late 80's, a very similar issue to the original but easy to identify if you know its distinctive elements. See the Trident page for details and avoid buying it if you're not sure. Some dealers' descriptions don't help at all!!!
The album also had a vinyl reissue in mid 90's, some of these copies are still easy to find in italian record fairs at low prices, but be warned if you don't know where to look at!!!
The cover of this reissue is on a rough cardboard and the jumping man picture looks bigger, with the hand on the top right corner missing.. The name Biglietto per l'Inferno is on the left side of the cover and slightly bigger than the original one, that was on the bottom side of the cover.
The back cover contains the song titles that are not on the original.
These reissues also had a negative colour Trident label, with black writing on white background.
An official vinyl reissue has finally been released in 2005 by BTF.
Second album Il tempo della semina was recorded in 1975 but, due to Trident label closing, it was never released until 1992 when it appeared on Mellow label, both on vinyl and CD.
A single taken from the new album also planned for release on Trident was withdrawn and never officially issued. Promo copies are rumoured to exist.
"You Tell Me Why" (Elliott) — 3:05
"I Want You" (Elliott) — 4:00
"Doesn't Matter" (Elliott) — 2:00
"That's Alright" (Valentino) — 2:12
"Sometime at Night" (Durand, Elliott) — 1:50
"Can It Be" (Durand, Elliott) — 2:28
Side 2
"Sad Little Girl" (Elliott) — 3:30
"Woman" (Durand, Elliott) — 2:48
"Don't Talk to Strangers" (Durand, Elliott) — 2:21
"I've Never Known" (Durand, Elliott) — 2:03
"When It Comes to Your Love" (Elliot) — 2:11
"In Good Time" (Elliot) — 1:49
bonus :
13. Dream On, Dream On, Dream [Mono, bonus track] (1968) 2:16
14. More Than Happy [Mono, bonus track] (1968) 2:43
15. Louie, Louie [Mono, bonus track] (1968) 2:47
16. Woman [Unreleased, bonus track] (1965) 2:42
17. When It Comes To Your Love [Instrumental, bonus track] (1965) 2:10
18. Can't Be So [Mono, Demo, bonus track] (1965) 2:18
19. Pity The Fool [Mono, Demo, bonus track] (1965) 1:43
20. I Cannot Hide [Demo, bonus track] (1965) 2:25
21. I Grow Old, 2nd Version [Alternate, bonus track] (1965) 2:04
22. She Sends Me [Outtake, bonus track] (1966) 2:04
23. Cry Some [Outtake, bonus track] (1966) 2:37
24. Hey Love [Outtake, bonus track] (1966) 3:02
The Baroques came from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and were one of the first psychedelic bands in the area. Their original album Baroques is excellent and also includes their best track, Musical Tribute To The Oscar Weiner Wagon. This, starts slowly, culminating in a kaleidoscopic interplay of guitar and drums. A consistently high standard is also maintained throughout almost all the album with Rose Colored Glasses, In Silver Light and Purple Day featuring fine guitar interplay which captures the band at its best.
Originally known as The Complete Unknowns they dressed in baroque costumes and always played with a white pot-bellied stove on stage which contained the controls for their light show. After the first album Chess wanted them to record material like Chippie, The Hippie From Mississippi which the band refused to do. They were subsequently released from their Chess contract and released their own 45 I Will Not Touch You in April, 1968. The band split some six months later.
Wayne Will, an original member, was drafted in August 1966. Jay stayed in music business, Jacques is now a communications professor at University of Colorado, Dean an art professor at Massachusetts College of Art, and Rich is a travelling salesman.
Anyone interested in finding out more should take their pick between two retrospective compilations. The vinyl The Baroques put out by the band on their own label, contains some of their finer tracks from their original album (Mary Jane, Musical Tribute To The Oscar Weiner Wagon, Iowa, A Girls Name and Bicycle), otherwise the material is all new. Sunflowers and At The Garden Gate, both from February 1968, are more in a progressive vein with lots of extended instrumentation. Still, quite interesting though. The CD, Purple Day covers similar ground with rarities and "best of" material alike. ~ (Vernon Joynson / Max Waller / Lloyd Peasley)
"Cristobal" (with Gael García Bernal) - 4:30 "So Long Old Bean" - 2:56 "Samba Vexillographica" (with Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes) - 4:49 "Seahorse" - 8:04 "Bad Girl" - 4:48 "Seaside" - 4:36 "Shabop Shalom" (with Nick Valensi of The Strokes) - 4:38 "Tonada Yanomaminista" - 2:56 "Rosa" (with Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos) - 5:08 "Saved" - 5:33 "Lover" - 3:43 "Carmensita" - 4:49 "The Other Woman" - 3:49 "Freely" (with Linda Perhacs)- 4:59 "I Remember" - 4:25 "My Dearest Friend" - 2:36
The current name of Banhart's band is Spiritual Bonerz (the 'z' is silent), and the line-up consists of:
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