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(EMI) 56 tracks 1959-66 including 2 previously unreleased Pirates tracks with 8 page booklet -... more

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD)

(EMI) 56 tracks 1959-66 including 2 previously unreleased Pirates tracks with 8 page booklet - Essential! Incl. the dancefloor fillers 'Castin' My Spell', 'Shakin' All Over', 'Ecstasy' and more!

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  • Interpret: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

  • Album titlle: The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD)

  • Label EMI

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 5099922814227

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Kidd, Johnny - The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD) CD 1
01 Please Don't Touch Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
02 Growl Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
03 Steady Date Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
04 Feelin' Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
05 If You Were The Only Girl In The World... Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
06 You Got What It Takes Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
07 Longin' Lips Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
08 Shakin' All Over Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
09 Yes Sir That's My Baby Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
10 Restless Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
11 Magic Of Love Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
12 Linda Lu Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
13 Let's Talk About Us Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
14 Big Blon' Baby Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
15 Weep No More My Baby Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
16 More Of The Same Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
17 I Just Want To Make Love To You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
18 Please Don't Bring Me Down Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
19 So What Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
20 Hurry On Back To Love Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
21 I Want That Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
22 I Can Tell Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
23 A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
24 Some Other Guy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
25 Popeye (THE PIRATES) Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
26 Spanish Armada (THE PIRATES) Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
27 Then I Got Everything Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
28 I'll Never Get Over You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Kidd, Johnny - The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD) CD 2
01 Hungry For Love Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
02 Ecstasy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
03 Casting My Spell (THE PIRATES) Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
04 My Babe (THE PIRATES) Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
05 Doctor Feelgood Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
06 Always And Ever Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
07 A Little Bit Of Soap Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
08 Oh Boy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
09 Send Me Some Lovin' Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
10 Whole Lotta Woman Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
11 Your Cheatin' Heart Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
12 Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
13 Shop Around Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
14 I Know Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
15 Jealous Girl Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
16 Where Are You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
17 Don't Make The Same Mistake As I Did Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
18 The Birds And The Bees Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
19 Can't Turn You Loose Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
20 Gotta Travel On Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
21 Shakin' All Over '65 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
22 Bad Case Of Love Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
23 You Can Have Her Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
24 This Golden Ring Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
25 It's Got To Be You Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
26 I Hate Getting Up In The Morning Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
27 Send For That Girl Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
28 The Fool 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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Tracklist
Kidd, Johnny - The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD) CD 1
01 Please Don't Touch
02 Growl
03 Steady Date
04 Feelin'
05 If You Were The Only Girl In The World...
06 You Got What It Takes
07 Longin' Lips
08 Shakin' All Over
09 Yes Sir That's My Baby
10 Restless
11 Magic Of Love
12 Linda Lu
13 Let's Talk About Us
14 Big Blon' Baby
15 Weep No More My Baby
16 More Of The Same
17 I Just Want To Make Love To You
18 Please Don't Bring Me Down
19 So What
20 Hurry On Back To Love
21 I Want That
22 I Can Tell
23 A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues
24 Some Other Guy
25 Popeye (THE PIRATES)
26 Spanish Armada (THE PIRATES)
27 Then I Got Everything
28 I'll Never Get Over You
Kidd, Johnny - The Best Of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates (2-CD) CD 2
01 Hungry For Love
02 Ecstasy
03 Casting My Spell (THE PIRATES)
04 My Babe (THE PIRATES)
05 Doctor Feelgood
06 Always And Ever
07 A Little Bit Of Soap
08 Oh Boy
09 Send Me Some Lovin'
10 Whole Lotta Woman
11 Your Cheatin' Heart
12 Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo
13 Shop Around
14 I Know
15 Jealous Girl
16 Where Are You
17 Don't Make The Same Mistake As I Did
18 The Birds And The Bees
19 Can't Turn You Loose
20 Gotta Travel On
21 Shakin' All Over '65
22 Bad Case Of Love
23 You Can Have Her
24 This Golden Ring
25 It's Got To Be You
26 I Hate Getting Up In The Morning
27 Send For That Girl
28 The Fool