Kiwi nostalgia - gone and almost forgotten (30)

in #music6 years ago

NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories (11)

Hi-Revving Tongues

(1967-1969)
image source
'One of NZ's first psychedelic bands.'
You can watch them perform their Rain and Tears here:



at the Battle Of The Bands, Auckland Town Hall, 1967
image source

The Avengers
album.jpg
(1966-1969)
image source
You can listen to their Love Hate Revenge here:


photo.jpg
promo shot, 1967
image source

Shane
album.jpg
(mid-60s - onwards)
image source
You can listen to his Saint Paul here:


photo.jpg
in 1968
image source

Tom Thumb
album.jpg
(60s-1970)
image source
You can listen to their Witchi Tai To here:


photo.jpg
image source

Cathy and the Cucumbers
album.jpg
(1980)
image source
You can listen to their cover of Daytrip to Bangor here:


I could find no information or pics on them, but you can see in this link that the song reached no. 15 in our music charts, 23 Mar 1980, and it was in some interesting company (flashbacks!).
https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=2885


Bibliography

http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-hi-revving-tongues

http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-avengers

http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/shane

https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/tom-thumb

http://www.45cat.com/record/ba461974


ravenruis.png

banner2.png

Mannabase UBI - sign up via referral link, and help spread the word:
mannabase referral invite
image source

(extra tag: #newzealand )

Sort:  


This is a curation bot for TeamNZ. Please join our AUS/NZ community on Discord.
For any inquiries/issues about the bot please contact @cryptonik.

Why have I heard Rain and Tears before, thought it was maybe a bit more upbeat and faster the one I've heard, do a band redo it?

I had to google.... found this info on the song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_and_Tears

So you were right, they covered it. :)

After listening to both, I think it was the Hi-Revving Tongues version I knew. I remembered the next two as well, but not the last two. Well, I remember the song Daytrip to Bangor, but not Cathy and the Cucumbers!

If you'd heard of them, you'd never forget them aye? :D

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.15
TRX 0.16
JST 0.028
BTC 67814.21
ETH 2401.94
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.34