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1-LP 10inch vinyl with 12-page booklet, 12 tracks (LP), 33 tracks (CD). Total playing time... more

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Johnny Kidd: Please Don't Touch! (LP & CD, 10inch, 45rpm)

1-LP 10inch vinyl with 12-page booklet, 12 tracks (LP), 33 tracks (CD). Total playing time approx. 28 min. (LP), 77 min. (CD).

The newest hit in Bear Family Records®’s 10inch vinyl series - Brit Rocker Johnny Kidd.
The album and the bonus CD contain Johnny Kidd's recordings from 1959 to 1962 with a focus on his earliest work with the first Pirates group, recordings made with the classic ‘Mark 2’ Pirates Brian Gregg, Alan Caddy and drum legend Clem Cattini!
The bonus CD includes cover versions of his songs but only the ones which were done on the European continent and the U.K. plus recordings of other bands where members of the Pirates were involved!
Along with Billy Fury, Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard, Kidd is one of the most important and influential musicians of the pre-Beatles era in the UK.
His Shakin' All Over is among the very greatest, worldwide popular rock anthems known to any music enthusiast and was covered by countless bands and artists in the 1960s!
Bands like The Who and the Hollies refer to him and his backing band The Pirates as significant musical role models.
The set includes, in addition to the record and CD, a Johnny Kidd promotional postcard.

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates were responsible for the 1960 number one hit, Shakin' All Over, a performance that is still regarded as one of the seminal recordings in British pop music history. That disc alone would justify their inclusion in Bear Family Records®'s 10inch vinyl LP series but the group produced a string of excellent releases that unquestionably earn them a place alongside Cliff Richard, The Shadows and Billy Fury in the pantheon of pre-Beatle British popsters.

Unlike his contemporaries, Kidd's exceptional voice showed no Presley influence and additionally he was responsible for writing or co-writing much of his early work. As a live act, the group were trailblazers. Performing in front of a 20ft x 30ft uv galleon backdrop and dressed in full pirate regalia, Kidd's power trios influenced musicians nationwide - The Who, The Hollies and Wilko Johnson are but three of the artists who openly acknowledge their debt to the pirate-in-chief.

This compilation focuses on Kidd's earliest work with the first Pirates group, recordings made with the classic ‘Mark 2’ Pirates Brian Gregg, Alan Caddy and drum legend Clem Cattini.

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Interpret: Johnny Kidd
Album titlle: Please Don't Touch! (LP & CD, 10inch, 45rpm)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode BAFX
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Geschwindigkeit 45 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (10 inch)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 5397102140211
weight in Kg 0.35

Kidd, Johnny - Please Don't Touch! (LP & CD, 10inch, 45rpm) LP 1
01	Feelin'	Johnny Kidd
02	I Want That	Johnny Kidd
03	Growl	Johnny Kidd
04	Shakin' All Over	Johnny Kidd
05	Linda Lu	Johnny Kidd
06	I Can Tell	Johnny Kidd
07	So What	Johnny Kidd
08	Hurry On Back To Love	Johnny Kidd
09	Restless	Johnny Kidd
10	Please Don't Touch	Johnny Kidd
11	Longin' Lips	Johnny Kidd
12	Please Don't Bring Me Down	Johnny Kidd

Kidd, Johnny - Please Don't Touch! (LP & CD, 10inch, 45rpm) LP 2
01	Feelin'	Johnny Kidd
02	I Want That	Johnny Kidd
03	Growl	Johnny Kidd
04	Shakin' All Over	Johnny Kidd
05	Linda Lu	Johnny Kidd
06	I Can Tell	Johnny Kidd
07	So What	Johnny Kidd
08	Hurry On Back To Love	Johnny Kidd
09	Restless	Johnny Kidd
10	Please Don't Touch	Johnny Kidd
11	Longin' Lips	Johnny Kidd
12	Please Don't Bring Me Down	Johnny Kidd
13	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Johnny Kidd
14	Magic Of Love	Johnny Kidd
15	You Got What It Takes	Johnny Kidd
16	Let's Talk About Us	Johnny Kidd
17	A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues	Johnny Kidd
18	Big Blon' Baby	Johnny Kidd
19	Weep No More My Baby	Johnny Kidd
20	If You Were The Only Girl	Johnny Kidd
21	Brand New Cadillac	Vince Taylor & His Playboys
22	In The Hall Of The Mountain King	Nero & The Gladiators
23	Earthy	The Tornados
24	Shakin' All Over	Bobby Stevens
25	Shakin' All Over	Vince Taylor & His Playboys
26	Shakin' All Over	Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers
27	Le Diable En Personne (Shakin' All Over)	Les Fantomes
28	Shakin' All Over	Tino Serlet & The Blacks
29	You Got What It Takes	Little Tony & His Brothers
30	You Got What It Takes	Richard Anthony
31	You Got What It Takes	Little Gert & The Streaplers
32	Oui, Mon Cher (I Want That)	Johnny Hallyday
33	Hurry On Back To Love	Otto Brandenburg

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Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates began their professional recording career in April 1959. Prior to this, the group had originally been gigging under the name of The Mike West Group and more recently, Fred, Mike and Tom Show. The Fred in that moniker was Fred Heath, a 23-year-old from Willesden who had joined The Mike West Group after his own outfit, The Fabulous Freddie Heath Band folded. Heath had started out playing solo in pubs and clubs before meeting a fellow skiffle enthusiast, Frank Rouledge. In late 1956, the two decided to form a comedy skiffle group and after recruiting Clive Lazell (washboard, drums), Johnny 'Fruit' Gordon and Brian Donalon, The Five Nutters were born. The group did fairly well on the local live circuit, sometimes going out as Fred and The Frantic Four or Bats Heath and The Vampires. They recorded a demo disc that survives (available from Jason Lazell via moochinabout.com) before splitting up around Autumn 1957.

Heath subsequently met agent / musician Don Toy and the two formed The Fabulous Freddie Heath Band whose main gig was a residency at Toy's Krazy Kurzon Klub. Promotor Guy Robinson saw the group and was impressed enough with Fred to pay for singing lessons and encourage his songwriting. When The Fabulous Freddie Heath Band folded, Robinson took Heath along to one of the club nights he ran at Wandsworth Town Hall. The resident group at these shows was The Mike West Group and Robinson asked if his client could sing a number with the band. After a quick pre-show rehearsal, Heath sang If You Were The Only Girl In The World and was immediately taken on as the group's third singer. Mike West's group included West and Tom Brown on vocals, Alan Caddy on lead guitar, Tony Doherty on rhythm guitar, Ken McKay on drums and possibly some other unidentified individuals. The core line-up eventually settled as those five (West, Brown, Caddy, Doherty, McKay) plus Fred and his old pal from The Nutters and Fabulous band, Johnny 'Fruit' Gordon who took over bass guitar duties.

A good idea of what their early stage sets sounded like can be heard on the surviving tape of their June 27th 1959 BBC Radio appearance on Saturday Club which is due for release from pristine tapes in the near future. After opening with two Kidd vocals, the group returns with two Mike West performances, a Pirates instrumental (Setarip), a third Kidd vocal and then two from Tom Brown before finishing their nine-song session with Please Don't Touch.

Two of the songs from that broadcast are Fred Heath originals and it was Heath's songwriting (and voice) that had led to EMI A&R assistant Peter Sullivan auditioning the band for HMV. Fred had made some demos of half a dozen of his songs at Regent Sound in late 1958 or early 1959. It's unclear whether he was backed by The Mike West Group or accompanied himself on guitar but the acetates of the demos reached B.F. Wood Publishing who snapped up at least one of the songs, Please Don't Touch, which was subsequently recorded by The Bachelors for Parlophone. The Bachelors were an Everly Brothers-style duo (unrelated to Charmaine hit-sters The Bachelors) and their rendition of Please Don't Touch is well worth hearing. After listening to Heath's demos, Peter Sullivan made enquiries about hearing Heath and the group in person. Sullivan later recalled going to Fred's house and listened to him playing some of his songs. Suitably impressed, Sullivan arranged for a test session at EMI Studios (aka Abbey Road) where the group attempted versions of Please Don't Touch and (as it was then titled) Growlin'. While both tracks were later re-recorded, the booking form for the session reads to be recorded by Fred Heath with InstrumentalAccompanimenr.

This has been crossed out with the amended artist name reading Johnny Kidd and The Pirates. Peter confirmed that he and his wife, Joy, had come up with the name. It was quite the vogue for beat groups to be named in the Cliff Richard and the Drifters, Marty Wilde and the Wildcats style and after coming up with Captain Kidd, the Pirates soon followed with 'Johnny Kidd' replacing the `Captain' at the helm. At this point, it's worth mentioning that only Fred was actually signed to HMV and collected any royalties. The other musicians merely collected a session fee, a situation that persisted until the final Johnny Kidd and the Pirates release in 1966. Sullivan recalled Johnny Kidd and the Pirates to Abbey Road on 18th April 1959 where Please Don't Touch and the re-titled Growl were re-recorded and pressed for release in May....

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From: Mark Dillman On: 10 Feb 2022

The GREATEST pre-Beatles British rock 'n' roll band

I am solidly of the opinion that Johnny Kidd & the Pirates were the GREATEST pre-Beatles British rock 'n' roll band. At least among those whoever set foot in a recording studio. Kidd's records echo in my head all the time.

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