Vinyl Album - The Giants [England] - The Giants - Live! - Polydor

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Giants [England]
Title:	The Giants - Live!
Label:	Polydor
Country:	Germany
Catalogue:	237 626 / SLPHM 237 626
Date:	1964
Format:	Stereo LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns, 2 Want
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Giants [England]	Twisting' The Night Away	Cooke	7.0 Rate
A2	The Giants [England]	Hoots Mon	Robertson	7.0 Rate
A3	The Giants [England]	The Opener	The Giants	Rate
A4	The Giants [England]	Cannon Ball	Eddy, Hazelwood	8.0 Rate
A5	The Giants [England]	Matchbox	Perkins	7.0 Rate
A6	The Giants [England]	Peter Gunn	Mancini	7.0 Rate
A7	The Giants [England]	Let The Four Winds Blow	Bartholomew, Domino	8.0 Rate
A8	The Giants [England]	Tell William To Twist	Firmstone	9.0 Rate
B1	The Giants [England]	Cervaza	Brown	9.0 Rate
B2	The Giants [England]	Last Night	The Markeys	8.0 Rate
B3	The Giants [England]	Reelin' And A' Rocking	Berry	7.0 Rate
B4	The Giants [England]	Rudy's Rock	Haley, Pompilli	8.0 Rate
B5	The Giants [England]	Talkin' 'Bout You	Charles	7.0 Rate
B6	The Giants [England]	The Midnighter	Burgess, Dave	Rate
B7	The Giants [England]	Checkmate Stomp	Hookshaw, Street, Sweetman, Hartt, McFarlane	Rate
B8	The Giants [England]	Come On	Berry	7.0 Rate

Notes

With Tony Vincent , Vocals
Tex Cameron - Lead Guitar
Elmy Durrant - Tenor Sax
Harry Kershaw - Bass Guitar
Alan Monger - Rhythm Guitar / Baritone Sax
Kenny Slade - Drums.

Recorded Live at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg October 1963

Track B5 label typo - should be Hawkshaw (Checkmates)
Track B6 label typo - should be Dave Burgess (Champs)

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Pridesale 13th Nov 2015		Tony Vincent PM'd me through the system This album was actually recorded in polydors Hamburg studios but Paul Murphy who had nothing whatsoever to do with us persuaded Polydor to allow him to remix it and release it as a "live" album. in the studio the tapes were really good but he ruined it. Thats his voice on the album.. I went on to sing with the Ray Charles show in the US. Facebook at Tony Vincents Music Memories.



Pridesale 1st Sep 2014		Oh, after all that internet work, I dont own an import copy, my one is UK release (sleeve printed in Germany), Polydor(mono?) HI-FI 46 426. Ho Hum. I understand that this disc got close to Nil promotion by Polydor. Internet searching for 'The Giants' manages to bring up US Football etc teams, and probably did in anyone even thinking of asking for this in any record shop in the early 60s. Maybe if the related single release had been around when the pirate radio stations had been in a bigger hayday a couple of years later the combo may have had more record success.



Pridesale 1st Sep 2014		A1 Twisting' The Night Away A2 Hoots Mon () A3 The Opener() A4 Cannon Ball() A5 Matchbox A6 Peter Gunn() A7 Let The Four Winds Blow A8 Tell William To Twist() B1 Cervaza() B2 Last Night() B3 Reelin' And A' Rocking B4 Rudy's Rock() B5 Talkin' 'Bout You B6 The Midnighter() B7 The Checkmate Stomp() B8 Come On (*) Instrumental Tracks



Pridesale 19th Oct 2013		Review So , onto the tracks , which thanks to 45cat not only are mostly well known , but we can get back to the roots of this album. At a young age this was probably my first impression of many of the titles , although some I would have heard on the radio. Tony Vincent's vocals kick off Sam Cooke's Twistin' The Night Away which the label spells Twisting' , and the Sax features heavily , overall a close match to the original. Broadly Instrumental and Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon similar to the original without the organ. I forget The Giants Own contributions in detail , suffice that Sax and a good swing to the music feature. Duane Eddy's Cannon Ball has the twang on the Bass guitar likewise Peter Gunn. Carl Perkins Matchbox is ideally suited to Tony Vincent's voice, as is Let The Four Winds Blow , although Dave Bartholmew's overall collaboration with Fats Domino is done slightly better in the originals. Tell William To Twist is an instrumental based loosely on the William Tell Overture , done in Twist Style , Unique , I think , to The Giants. After a break in the club ( both side have announcer (It's 11 O'Clock , and here we are , in Hamburg) and I think its Alan Monger that does the line-up call out at the start of A2 ) . Boots Brown's Cervaza is up-tempo'd into a syncopated Latin rhythm that would go down well on 'Strictly' , and The Markey's Last Night sexed up even more than the original. Chuck Berry's Reeling and A Rocking is almost disposable pop by comparision , but Rudi's Rock from Bill Haley is even more frenetic than the original . Ray Charles' Talkin' 'Bout You is done to perfection by Tony. The Champ's Midnighter gets a make-over from Dave Cameron , and I dont recall sounding like the YTs over on 45cat. Checkmate stomp is different to to the only one listed on 45cat , but Chuck Berry's ( Rolling Stones Version) of Come On , finishes up a hot , sweaty hours worth of performing. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



Pridesale 18th Oct 2013		Review Record transferred from live recording by Polydor's Paul Murphy Until recently this was rarely on the internet , with Discogs showing up this and a related single off the album, and the odd auction site ones , these views from one unsold as of end July this year priced at around £12 all in, seems reasonable as well worth a listen , again tracks are not on an internet friendly (free) source to my knowledge ( without the Cat Number trying to internet search or you tube for 'The Giants' gives every result except the one one might be looking for ) My copy is (*) at home , playing on the wifes (mono) 1974 record player now!! . How did this one ( and come to that the one of a present to me from my dad probably around 1967 - he bought mum a Phillips Hairdryer ( which only recently fell apart) same day , get into the UK , an export issue ? (Answer it didnt, as I found my one was the UK release ). as I don't think it was heavily promoted , despite the association by implication with The Beatles tours of Hamburg night clubs. As it is , if you are going to buy an album of live , mostly cover versions , buy one like this. Professional , experienced , musicians belting out tracks that probably surpass the originals by a mile and a quarter, unsurprising when 3 of the member had been in the Flee-rekkers from just about their start. Meanwhile , and to copy , unfortunately , the rear sleeve notes , written by David Firmstone ( who looks like wrote A8 ) Frimstone being Polydor Manager for Alex Harvey And His Soul Band (earlier wrote for Peter Wynne, Later Producer / Writer for Annabel Leventon ), are the only way to introduce the personnel , namely Tex (Dave) Cameron - Lead Guitar Elmy Durrant - Tenor Sax Harry Kershaw - Bass Guitar Alan Monger - Rhythm Guitar / Baritone Sax Kenny Slade - Drums Tony Vincent - Vocals So in late in the summer of 1963 The Fleerekkers disbanded following the finishing of the Summer Season at Blackpool (Lancashire ) Tex Cameron ( Who Wrote Sunday Date Elmy Durrant , whom I think might be the Durante on the B Side - Shiftless Sam , and Alan Monger had all been original Flee-Rekkers members. They met in Blackpool Harry Kershaw (In an un-named local band ) and Kenny Slade ( Whom had Just Left Jimmy Crawford and The Ravens) ? http://www.45cat.com/artist/jimmy-crawford & http://www.45cat.com/record/7n25077 ?? ) And their first booking was in October , 1963 at the Top Ten Club , Hamburg where they met as arranged with vocalist Tony Vincent. Earlier Careers - Tex (Dave) Cameron (Ealing , London) formed The Statesides and in 1960 Elmy Durrant (Edgware, Middlesex) and Peter Fleerekker (Whom Elmy had been at school with) joined , the group then adopted his distinctive name , with Tex writing instrumentals. Harry Kershaw (Blackpool) , when not being a decorating materials salesman , was picking the the Guitar and playing by ear ( still learning to read music when this record recorded ) , but switched to Bass Guitar . Alan Monger ( Hackney, London ) joined the Fleerekkers some six months after the others , and after a couple of years took up Baritone Sax. Kenny Slade (b Canterbury, Kent , but brought up in Sheffield) played with Dave Berry then five months with Jimmy Crawford . Tony Vincent (b London , based Dundee) formed The Men Of Mystery, the joined the Basil Kirchin Band (1960) touring dance halls for 8 months , returning to Dundee , reforming The Men Of Mystery, and winning the Butlins 'All Britain' Contest for vocalists - getting a recording of ' I'm Never Going To Fall In Love Again ' as a reward, and appeared on Teenbeat and so on with the group, when the again broke up Tony went to Hamburg Top Ten Club as soloist , and five weeks later The Giants joined up with him. So , thanks to 45cat.com I have been able to make a little sense of the history, although some of the groups and names need further confirmation as records come to light , as the history of the touring bands around 1958-1962 is quite difficult to find on the internet , if it exists at all. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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UK - Polydor - 1963