Vinyl Album - Electric Coconut - Popcorn And Other Switched-On Smash Hits - Axis

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Electric Coconut
Title:	Popcorn And Other Switched-On Smash Hits
Label:	Axis
Country:	Australia
Catalogue:	AXIS-6060
Date:	1972
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Electric Coconut	Popcorn	Kingsley	Rate
A2	Electric Coconut	Samson And Delilah	Stott, M. And G. Capuano	Rate
A3	Electric Coconut	Mouldy Old Dough	Woodward, Fletcher	Rate
A4	Electric Coconut	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	Stott	Rate
A5	Electric Coconut	Wig Wam Bam	Chinn, Chapman	Rate
A6	Electric Coconut	Morning Has Broken	Stevens, Farjeon	Rate
B1	Electric Coconut	Jungle Juice	Wellings, Hunter	Rate
B2	Electric Coconut	Seaside Shuffle	Lewis	Rate
B3	Electric Coconut	Softly Whispering I Love You	Cook, Greenaway	Rate
B4	Electric Coconut	Jeepster	M. Bolan	Rate
B5	Electric Coconut	Song Sung Blue	Diamond	Rate
B6	Electric Coconut	Back Off Boogaloo	Starkey	Rate

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Number: 673811

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Comments and Reviews


Neil Forbes 30th Aug 2015		@RC, funny you mentioning that! I was at Rice's yesterday(30/8/2015) and whilst there I saw two issues of The Most Of Herman's Hermits, one with the older trademark and label(and an AXIS-6000-series number) and the other, on the early 1980s style label and trademark(with an AX-1000-series number), but I guess EMI were only reissuing the major acts on the newer Axis design and didn't consider Electric Coconut warranted a second issue.



Record Collector 30th Aug 2015		Interesting though this wasn't reissued on the yellow label if it had it would have a different catalogue number



Neil Forbes 30th Aug 2015		A slight variation in the cover art, ay? I haven't seen the cover with the group(?)'s name in yellow. Somehow I don't think the yellow print of "Electric Coconut" would stand out against the background image of all that popcorn. The yellow print cover you have, RC, might be an earlier version of the cover.



Record Collector 30th Aug 2015		I have two copies of this album one as above and the other with the words electric coconut printed in yellow



Neil Forbes 30th Aug 2015		To be honest, RC, I'm not sure. I think I might be out by a year. The British MFP issue is shown as a 1973 vintage, so perhaps the Aussie version is of that year also, or perhaps the Aussie version is 1972 and the Brit version was held back from release for a year, resulting in a 1973 release. Oh, I'm so confused! One thing I do know, though, the follow-up LP, Ticker Tape, is definitely from 1974.



Record Collector 30th Aug 2015		I always thought this album came out in 1974



Record Collector 20th Feb 2015		Dodododododo haha



Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015		Awww rats! You ruined the surprise, RC! HOW DID YOU KNOW?(as if I didn't...!)



Record Collector 20th Feb 2015		Oh here we go I'm about to be insalted and peppered haha



Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015		RC, I guess that makes these albums a "two-off"(ha-ha). But I hope you're watching your screen veeeeerrrrrryyyyy closely! Because I'm about to upload a certain LP. What is it? you might ask....well, it's a large black disc with a hole in the middle and kept in a cardboard sleeve... but that's not important right now! Keep watching!



Record Collector 20th Feb 2015		that's what I mean neil those two were a one off they weren't reissued latter half of the seventies and the eighties



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Axis's vanishing act, RC? I'd have thought closer to mid-1990s myself. But Popcorn wasn't a one-off, at least not here in Australia. It was followed by Ticker Tape....and then BWD vanished without a trace!



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		This album was a one off it was never issued again during axises reign until axis label vanished around the early nineties



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Ah, that's right, RC, you've been to Newcastle! NBN used only the instrumental portion of that "Fly, Robin, Fly" track, about 1976.



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		They used silver conventions fly robin fly also



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Pepper Box, by The Peppers? I recall TV station NBN-Newcastle using it as background to station ident. spots in 1975 or 1976, sometime around that era.(that's Newcastle in Australia, not Britain - just to avoid confusion).



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		It was played a lot on Sydney's 2SM back in the day



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Funny you should mention Pepper Box, RC, I have that one too, Shall I upload it? Give me a couple of days and you shall behold the vision!



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		Well that explains pepper box by the peppers issued in early 1975



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		I was curious and thought I'd ask. I already know about Ticker Tape as I'm the one who uploaded it. I just thought that, on the off-chance(or off the on-chance, ha-ha) there just might have been a third LP out there by this group, but kooks like that theory has slammed against a brick wall. So it appears I have the entire recorded output of Electric Coconut.(by the way, take a look at the Australian Ticker Tape front cover, then compare it to the British Go Moog front, see any similarities?)



TopPopper 19th Feb 2015		According to D***cogs, a single was released in France, with Bill Wellings' own "Jungle Juice" on one side, and on the other, the non-album track, "Breathless". One for the hardcore collector there!



TopPopper 19th Feb 2015		Yes. Spelled Coconut, they released a follow-up album called Ticker Tape. Possibly only in Australia - I'm not sure. Why, are you liking it? Edit - just seen your comments below. You already know about this! I doubt they did any more than that, to be honest.



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		Could the group be a two hit wonder



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		I kept myself logged in while I went to another website(Hunter TV) and watched some railway videos while waiting for things to pick up a bit on this site. Luckily, I was able to get straight in without getting that annoying "page not found" message this time around. But the question remains, are there any other LPs by Electric Coconut(even under their alternate spelling)?



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		That's empty space people



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		So you ended up in a void ohhhhhhh spooky



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Just a few minutes ago I had a devil of a job getting back onto this website. I hadn't logged out, but I was in the forums section, I clicked to "refresh" the page or to go to the forums lists, and instead ended up on a yahoo search page. Clicking on "Home"(house icon, top-right of screen) then star icon(favourites) went to my 45worlds and the search engine kept coming back: "page not found!" Took me(at a guess) about 5 tries to get back in, as you can see I finally succeeded! As foe Electric Coconut(or Electrik Cokernut), I wonder if there were any other LPs out there we're not aware of....Hmmmm!



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		RC: "...... but why did they pick mouldy old dough is beyond me"! They probably couldn't afford fresh dough(ha-ha)



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		played this today still sounds great 41 years later my parents must have this record under a lock and key hahaha



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		oh well really dosnt matter but why did they pick mouldy old dough is beyond me



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		I strained my ears to hear the guide vocal....wha...ay? what'd ya say? My ears are strained from tryin' to pick up RC.s "phantom vocalist"!



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		Give it a few listens neil you will pick it up



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		....And just listened to a portion of Jungle Juice(the only original composition by Bill Wellings and Len Hunter on the album)... and yes, it still has that harsh edgy, distorted sound quality to it though Chirpy... didn't sound as bad here as it did on the LP.



Neil Forbes 19th Feb 2015		Okay, RC, just listened to the YT clip for Chirpy... Where was that vocal guide you mentioned? I couldn't hear it. Was it there at all?



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		one of my favourites on the album a classic



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		love this version



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		another track from the album



Record Collector 19th Feb 2015		love the last note mwah lol



Neil Forbes 18th Feb 2015		Yeah, RC, that's how I got my copy before I came by the LP - and yes, the same harsh edgy sound quality - and it wasn't even Dolby-processed!(ugh!) Don't know where my cassette got to, though. I'll stumble across it by chance one day, maybe!



Record Collector 18th Feb 2015		I do remember seeing this on cassette with pink casing



Neil Forbes 18th Feb 2015		Hey, Moderator, thanks for the corrections - cheers!



TopPopper 17th Feb 2015		UK copy linked. As said, name of act is slightly different as well as the LP title - but it's the same...



TopPopper 17th Feb 2015		Oh, what the hey. I'm going to add my little boy's UK copy to the site now, and link it over. Watch this space pop(corn) pickers.



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		Oooo-eeee, chirpy chirpy chee-aaaagggghhhh!(and another one knocked over by the 6.10 bus from Padstow!)



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		Now known as 4WD lol



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		A2, Samson & Delilah, would've been a hit only in Britain for that group which played around amidst all the cars, buses, trucks and such... I warned 'em! I told 'em they'd get run over if they kept playing in the "Middle Of The Road"(ha-ha).



TopPopper 17th Feb 2015		Keep an eye out for the UK edition when it appears. The act is spelled Cokernut, and the LP title is "Go Moog" - so they two LPs won't 'see' each other on the site unless we link them.



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		A2 hit for middle of the road



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		I'll put the next album up during the week, RC! It's called "Ticker Tape" and WAS issued in 1974, of that I'm ABSOLUTELY sure!(did I just hear the moderator heave a sigh of relief?) and what's more it has four original Len Hunter compositions! Keep watching, should be on the site in the next day or two.



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		Had this on cassette was given to me in 1975 the record lasted more than the cassette lol



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		RC, you've been digging, I see! Come up with all this info - Good stuff! Intersting too!



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		Yes those reissue stereo demonstration records



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		Electric Coconut (aka Elektrik Cokernut) was an English Moog band, formed in Surrey in the 1970s. The group consisted of Len Hunter and Bill Wellings of BWD Productions. Bill Wellings, Australian ex-pat (and former catalogue model), had pioneered the anonymous pop cover versions concept with the Top Six EPs in the mid-60s (a series which gave a big break to a young arranger by the name of Johnny Harris Wellings formed BWD in the late sixties and did an exclusive deal with Music for Pleasure (MFP) - the first 'Hits' LP, Hits 67, came out some time later. It was widely rumoured that this LP featured David Bowie singing on the track 'Penny Lane', but it was actually session man Tony Steven. Hits 70 did feature Elton John, though. The first Hot Hits LP came in 1970, and features versions of 'Vehicle' and 'Groovin' With Mr Bloe' (the latter played by Larry Adler). Hot Hits Vol. 2 features Blue Mink's Barry Morgan on drums, as does Vol 4. Among the Music Directors regularly used by BWD Productions were Alan Moorhouse, Johnny Harris, Johnny Howard and Len Hunter. BWD was based in Guildford. Bill Wellings is deceased, with the BWD catalogue now in the hands of his wife. BWD also recorded for the Contour label, using the name 'Cherry Orchard Productions' - Swing Gently with Strauss being one of their releases.



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		And while I recover my sanity(and, I hope, a bit of credibility), I'd say this RC, the Lieutenant Pigeon LP you have, if it's on Axis, may have been issued in 1974 but these Axis LPs are drawn from various periods and are sometimes reissues of albums from some years earlier. The next issue after Lt. P's album may well be a reissue of something that first came out in 1964(hypothetical case).



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		RC, naughty boy! you weren't paying attention! Jungle Juice is the only track on this album that is NOT a version of anyone else's work! It's an Electric Coconut original but it's the track with the worst sound quality - REALLY harsh and edgy! The Lieutenant Pigeon track covered here is "Mouldy Old Dough" from 1972. The newest tune in this set is B6, "Back Off Boogaloo" originally done by Ringo Starr and I just now realised..... it ISN'T from his 1973 self-titled LP, it's instead on a compilation LP called "Blast From Your Past" Oh I'm such a goose! This Electric Coconut LP IS from 1972 after all! Mod, could you please make that change?



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		Trivia if you listen very carefully you can hear a guide vocal on chirpy chirpy cheep cheep



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		I have a few axis records I would say 1974 as lieutenant pigeons album I'll take you home again Kathleen was released the same year



Record Collector 17th Feb 2015		I have two copies one as above an the other with yellow text below the album title the mystery of jungle juice who had a hit with it



Neil Forbes 17th Feb 2015		Sound quality-wise a harsh, edgy recording! The fixed that problem for their second outing, Ticker Tape(which I'll upload next). Thought this to be a 1972 album for so long, but as I entered the details, that last track on Side B told me otherwise. So, to be safe rather than sorry, I'll identify this as a 1973 issue.

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