MONO 1965 ORIG 1st LP "EASY" EASYBEATS BEAT GARAGE BEATLES PUNK RAVES TEEN GEM
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ORIGINAL 1965 =MONO= FIRST PRESS
PLAYS CLEAN
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THE EASYBEATS
"EASY"
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AUSTRALIA - PARLOPHONE - PMEO 9484 - MONO
1965 =MONO= first print ... plays mint - clean (tested!)
Their first album, "EASY" was not available outside Australia, and the (entirely original) material here comes from the pens of guitarist George Young and singer Stevie Wright. It's a fairly consistent relic from the BEAT-ROCK '60s era, with some very Beatlesque tracks, including "It's So Easy," "I Wonder" (on which Harry Vanda sounds a lot like a young George Harrison circa 1965), but the real treasure is the most defiantly original track off the album, and (not coincidentally) their first big Australian hit, "She's So Fine," which is pulsing with energy, a hot pumping bass part, and a ferocious guitar break. Elsewhere, "I'm A Mad Man" delivers strong garage punk raves complete with an edgy vocal performance ...whatever the LP lacks in originality, they make up for with an attack on their instruments that, coupled with Wright's searing, powerful lead vocals, made them one of the best British rock & roll acts of the period and "Easy" one of the best of all British Invasion albums
...And just like the Beatles, the Easybeats became prisoners of their own fame. Fans followed them everywhere, routinely mobbing them at airports, hotels and venues. On several occasions the group had genuine reason to fear for their safety. When a fan magazine stupidly printed the address of the Young's family home in the Sydney suburb of Burwood, 300 female fans invaded; twenty managed to force their way inside, trampling George's little brother Angus (of later AC/DC fame) and pillaging the house before being removed by police. The madness escalated through 1965 - a near-riot broke out at a TV appearance in Sydney, and the hysteria peaked in December with their notorious appearance at the 4BC Sound Spectacular at Brisbane's Festival Hall.
The Easybeats were all about youthful exuberance, and this 1965 debut captures them at their most youthful and exuberant - and more, with melody and energy to spare!The Easybeats occupy a unique place in the pantheon of 1960s British rock acts. For starters, they were Australian, except that they really weren't -- they met in Sydney alright, and being based in Australia with the talent they had gave them a leg-up over any of the local competition. But lead singer Stevie Wright originally came from England (although he'd been in Australia for some years), and bassist Dick Diamonde hailed from the Netherlands, as did guitarist Harry Vanda, while the others, guitarists George Young and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, were recent arrivals from Scotland and England -- most significantly, Fleet was Liverpool born and raised, and had been a member of the Mojos, one of that city's more promising bands of 1963 and 1964. They all had talent, but he had a sense of style and an idea of what worked in rock & roll; it was Snowy Fleet who came up with the name "the Easybeats," and the sharp image for the early group, which made them a piece of authentic Brit-beat right in the heart of Sydney, 13,000 miles from Liverpool and as precious there as water on a desert.
After honing their sound and building a name locally around Sydney in late 1964, the group was signed to Albert Productions who, in turn, licensed their releases to Australian EMI's Parlophone label. Ted Albert, their producer, seemed to recognize what he had in a group of talented, newly-transplanted Englishmen and Europeans -- the real article, and a rare musical commodity in Australia. The band was signed up with 20 original songs already written, and as they sounded fresh, he simply let the band cut them, merely making sure the music came out right on vinyl. Working from originals primarily written by Stevie Wright, by himself or in collaboration with George Young, the group's early records (especially the albums) were highly derivative of the Liverpool sound, which was fine by all concerned. What made it special was the sheer energy that the quintet brought to the equation -- they were highly animated in the studio and on stage, they looked cool and rebellious, and they sang and played superbly.
"For My Woman," their debut single, issued in March of 1965, was an ominous garage punk bolero, featuring Stevie Wright in an agonized lament, accompanied by brittle, bluesy rhythm and lead guitar parts that called to mind the early Kinks. "She's So Fine," their second single, brought out two months later, shot to number one in Australia and was one of the great records of its era -- musically, it flew out of the gate like a rocket, a frantic, hook-laden celebration of female pulchritude from the point of view of an unrequited male admirer that grabbed the listener and wouldn't let go, across two minutes of raw excitement.
In Australia, they were the reigning kings of rock & roll from the summer of 1965 onward, assembling a string of eight Top Ten chart hits in a year and a half, including an EP that managed the unusual feat of making the singles chart. Their second album, It's 2 Easy, was a match for their first, a genuinely exciting collection of British Invasion-style rock & roll whose only fault -- assuming that this was a fault -- was that it seemed a year out-of-date in style when it was released in 1966. That, however, pointed to the fundamental bind that the band faced; they'd conquered Australia and could do no wrong by keeping their sound the same, as the changes taking place in rock music filtered only very slowly across the Pacific. By George Young's own account, the band could have gone on writing and playing the same kind of songs for years in Australia and nobody would have minded, but he had ideas for more complex and daring music. By mid-1966, the Wright/Young songwriting team had become history, but in its place Vanda and Young began writing songs together. Additionally, the group had become so successful, that it was inevitable that they'd try to expand their audience, and that didn't mean side trips to New Zealand. In the fall of 1966, the Easybeats were ready to make the jump that no Australian rock & roll act had yet done successfully, and headed for England.
In November of 1966, with legendary producer Shel Talmy (of Who and Kinks fame) managing their recordings, the group scored its first U.K. hit with "Friday on My Mind."
"It's So Easy"
"I'm a Madman"
"I Wonder"
"She Said Alright"
"I'm Gonna Tell Everybody"
"Hey Girl"
"She's So Fine"
Side B
"You Got It Off Me"
"Cry Cry Cry"
"A Letter"
"Easy Beat"
"You'll Come Back Again"
"Girl on My Mind"
"Ya Can't Do That"
CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG++ fragile 52 year old laminated relic from the mid '60s teen scene, it's a remarkable survivor! Besides a crease at bottom right corner and only light visual wear (no ring wear or that type of wear) around the edges , predominately still has a fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy ...
The vinyl: Rated: VG++ retains bright shine, minor nothing light top surface scuff here or there, played today with minty clean audio ... both =MONO= Parlophone labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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