Cherry Smash - Singles (1967-1969)

Και πάμε στους ας μου επιτραπεί να πω original. Αν το προηγούμενο γκρουπάκι, εννοώ τους Whazoos, μου έμοιαζε για Βρετανικό αυτό εδώ είναι και με τη βούλα. Τους Cherry Smash τους άκουσα για πρώτη φορά στο ίσως κλασικό Green Plant. Το ψάξιμο έβγαλε στην επιφάνεια τα «άπαντα» του γκρουπ. Μου αρέσει ιδιαίτερα η εκτέλεση για το φιλμ των Manfred Mann αν και μικρότερη σε διάρκεια.

Personnel:

JOHN CURTIS A B
MICK GILL A
GRAHAM HUNT A B
BRYAN SEBASTIAN vcls, gtr A B
MARK TUDDENHAM vcls A B
45s:
1 Sing Songs Of Love/Movie Star (Track 604 017) 1967
2 Goodtime Sunshine/Little Old Country Home Town (Decca F 12838) 1968
3 Fade Away Maureen/Green Plant (Decca F 12884) 1969

Formed in Gosport, Hampshire, Cherry Smash are best remembered for Sing Songs Of Love, which was written by Mike Hugg (who was Sebastian's brother) and Mick Gill. The pretty slushy pop song was taken to a wider audience by virtue of its inclusion on Manfred Mann's 'Up The Junction' soundtrack and later on Track's Backtrack, 2 compilation. Gill left after this and wasn't replaced. The follow-up, Goodtime Sunshine, was a Mike Hugg composition as was their final effort, Fade Away Maureen. This had commercial potential with quite a memorable guitar riff but sounds distinctly wimpy now. The flip side, a song about an office plant, is for me their best composition but they aren't essential listening.
Compilation appearances have included:- Fade Away Maureen on Rubble, Vol. 11 - Adventures In The Mist (LP), Rubble, Vol. 6 (CD), British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 4 (LP), Broken Dreams, Vol. 5 (LP) and Great British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 2 (CD); Green Plant on British Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 3 (LP).

Tracks:
01. Sing Songs Of Love
02. Movie Star
03. Goodtime Sunshine
04. Little Old Country Home
05. Fade Away Maureen
06. Green Plant
07. Sing Songs Of Love (film)
08. Fade Away Maureen (st)

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Cherry Smash – Burn Me Out

Σκαλίζοντας και ψάχνωντας πληροφορίες για τους Cherry Smash έπεσα σε αυτό το γκρουπ το οποίο διατείνεται ότι παίζει Garage / Psychedelic / R&B επηρεασμένο από τους παλαιότερους. Δίσκος τους αν κατάλαβα καλά δεν υπάρχει. Υπάρχει όμως αυτό το βιντεάκι, (Burn Me Out , Live at the Empress of India, July 2007) στο οποίο παίζουν ένα κομμάτι που μου άρεσε. Τα παιδιά είναι άσημα και ίσως κάποτε που τα τωρινά παιδιά γεράσουν και μπλογκάρουν και αυτοί, θα ξεθάβουν τους «παλιούς». Μου φάνηκαν αγνοί με κίνητρο μόνο τη μουσική. Είναι Αυστραλοί από την Βικτόρια. Ακούστε, δείτε και μάλλον θα συμφωνήσετε.
Περισσότερα εδώ http://www.myspace.com/thecherrysmash

About Cherry Smash (from their own myspace)
Well time rolls on and the noise keeps happening.....Look out for a new site for The Cherry Swamp featuring members of the leftovers of an obscure mess of The Shindiggers, Gas Babies, LSD to name a few. Look forward to their scorching sounds of own original froopy material. Rock Opera in the wings "Get That Finger Outta Your Brain Cosmonaut." Steve "The Doc" Agar, Jeff "The Shadow of Bighton" and Rod the Boss have now decided to get together and arm themselves with some ripsnorter ditties and hit the scene blazing a trail with their fuzzed/distortion/feedback/flipped-out wall of noise like you wanna bend your mind. Catch them now.......

Member Since 8/7/2007
Band Members
Steve Agar - Vocals/Bass,
Jeff - 'The Butcher of Brighton" Guitars/Warped noises,
Rod "The Boss" McMurrich - Drums/Bagpipes.
Colin Rivenall - Guitars 2000- 2007

Influences: Pretty Things, Yardbirds, Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Creation, The Who, Beatles, Nuggets, Pebbles, Rhino Records, Captain Beefheart, Dr Who, Thunderbirds, Mini Minors, Link Wray and a host of others.....