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(See For Miles) 20 tracks (51:52) including 10 unreleaesed tracks. 8 page notes by Roger Dopson.... more

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Rarities 1961-1966 (CD)

(See For Miles) 20 tracks (51:52) including 10 unreleaesed tracks. 8 page notes by Roger Dopson.
Great rarity collection of his output! A Must Have for every serious British Rock'n'Roll Collector. Original stock copies of this long out of print Johnny Kidd album!

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Kidd, Johnny - Rarities 1961-1966 (CD) CD 1
01 I Know Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
02 Oh Boy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
03 Where Are You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
04 A Little Bit Of Soap Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
05 Steady Date Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
06 More Of The Same Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
07 I Just Want To Make Love To You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
08 This Golden Ring Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
09 Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
10 Can't Turn You Loose Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
11 Shakin All Over 65 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
12 I Hate Getting Up In The Morning Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
13 Send For That Girl Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
14 Hurry On Back To Love Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
15 You Got What It Takes Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
16 The Fool Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
17 Ecstasy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
18 Shop Around Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
19 Weep No More, My Baby Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
20 Whole Lotta Woman Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates Johnny Kidd and the Pirates began their professional recording... more
"Johnny Kidd & The Pirates"

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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Kidd, Johnny - Rarities 1961-1966 (CD) CD 1
01 I Know
02 Oh Boy
03 Where Are You
04 A Little Bit Of Soap
05 Steady Date
06 More Of The Same
07 I Just Want To Make Love To You
08 This Golden Ring
09 Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
10 Can't Turn You Loose
11 Shakin All Over 65
12 I Hate Getting Up In The Morning
13 Send For That Girl
14 Hurry On Back To Love
15 You Got What It Takes
16 The Fool
17 Ecstasy
18 Shop Around
19 Weep No More, My Baby
20 Whole Lotta Woman