THE BIRDS.(WITH RONNIE WOOD) `YOU`RE ON MY MIND` 45
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THE BIRDS…WITH RONNIE WOOD!!! CLASSIC BRITISH 60`s R&B :
`YOU`RE ON MY MIND/YOU DON`T LOVE ME (YOU DON`T CARE): 1964 DECCA F.12031
AN UNBELIEVABLY RARE ORIGINAL ISSUE VINYL 45
****NB: THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION 45 THAT APPEARED ON A 2008 COLLECTORS BOX-SET****.
ALTHOUGH THE 2008 VERSION FAITHFULLY REPRODUCED THE ORIGINAL DECCA LABEL AND INFORMATION, WHICH AT FIRST GLANCE COULD APPEAR TO GIVE IT 1960`s PROVENANCE, IT HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE-FACE TO THE ORIGINAL AND OF COURSE, WAS PRESSED ON MODERN VINYL. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1964 ISSUE..IN IT`S ORIGINAL 1964 DECCA SLEEVE.
DECCA F12031
SIDE ONE:
YOU`RE ON MY MIND: (Written by Ronnie Wood)
LABEL MATRIX #: XDR.34418
INNER GROOVE #; XDRF-34418-TI-1C
SIDE TWO:
YOU DON`T LOVE ME (YOU DON`T CARE) (Written by Bo Diddley)
LABEL MATRIX#: XDR.34419
INNER GROOVE #; XDRF-34419-TI-IC
THE CONDITION OF BOTH SIDES IS `EXCELLENT`, WITH NO SCRATCHES, SCUFFS OR DENTS. THE DISC IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPS.
AURALLY IT SOUNDS GREAT AND PLAYS PERFECTLY WITH NO JUMPS OR CLICKS.
A GREAT SOUNDING DISC. PUNCHY DYNAMIC BRITISH R&B OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
LOOKING AT THE FEW TURNTABLE SPINDLE-MARKS ON THE CENTRE OF THE B-SIDE, THIS WOULD SIGNIFY THAT `YOU`RE ON MY MIND` HAS ONLY EVER HAD A SMALL NUMBER OF PLAYS.
THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SPINDLE-MARKS ON THE A-SIDE, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT `YOU DON`T LOVE ME` HAS BEEN PLAYED EVEN LESS,
THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETE, WITH NO CUTS ,TEARS,OR STICKERS, ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE SOME MINOR CREASING. IT HAS THE WORD `BIRDS` WRITTEN IN THE SMALL WHITE BOX AT THE TOP OF THE SLEEVE, WHICH WAS A SPACE DECCA LEFT FOR RETAILERS USE.
THERE IS NO WRITING ON EITHER OF THE LABELS, THE CONDITION OF BOTH OF WHICH IS PRISTINE.
BOTH SONGS HAVE GREAT GUITAR SOLOS FROM RONNIE WOOD.
(WHO, JUST IN CASE ANYONE IN THE WORLD DOESN`T REMEMBER, AFTER THE BIRDS JOINED THE JEFF BECK GROUP, THEN THE FACES AND THEN THE ROLLING STONES, WHICH IS WHERE HE RESIDES TODAY.)
ONE OF THE CULT BANDS OF THE ERA AND PIONEERS OF `FREAKBEAT`,THE BIRDS WERE:-
Alistair McKenzie vocals, RONNIE WOOD guitar, Tony Monroe guitar, Kim Gardner bass,(later of `Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) and Pete McDaniels drums.
The band started life in West London as `The Thunderbirds`, but shortened it to `The Birds` to avoid confusion with Chris Farlowe`s band of the same name. This change caused even more problems when the American `Byrds` charted and toured the UK, their massive success totally ruining any chance of radio airplay for these British `Birds`.
They had appeared on the TV bands` talent-show `Ready Steady Win` which they didn`t….but it got them a contract with Decca, who released three singles. Their final release came on Reaction. After no hits, which the band split in 1966.
LOOKING BACK FROM TODAY, THEY WERE A GREAT BAND, EQUALLY ON A PAR WITH THE STONES, PRETTY THINGS, KINKS AND THEIR OTHER CONTEMPORARIES..MAYBE HAD THEY HAD A DIFFERENT NAME IT COULD ALL HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT?
BUT A VERY RARE CHANCE TO OWN AN ULTRA-RARE 45 FROM A CLASSIC, INNOVATIVE ERA OF BRITISH MUSIC,
INCLUDING THE EARLY WORK OF FUTURE ROCK-MEGASTAR, RONNIE WOOD.
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