(THE PURPLE HEARTS-S/T)-original & individual OZ bands/Lobby Loyde-Raven-H7-EP

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	$		46

ITEM: VINYL EP
ARTIST: THE PURPLE HEARTS
TITLE: THE PURPLE HEARTS
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: RAVEN, RV-02 (#829 of only 1000 copies)
COVER:
Front-(Grade at EXCELLENT+)
Back-(Grade at VERY GOOD+)
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
VINYL: (Grade at NEAR MINT)
PERSONNEL:
Tony Cahill (drums) 1966-67
Bob Dames (bass)
Mick Hadley (lead vocals)
Lobby Loyde (lead guitar)
Fred Pickard (rhythm guitar) 1965-66
Adrian 'Red' Redmond (drums) 1965-66
Paul Steffen (rhythm guitar) 1964-65
  TRACKS:
SIDE 1:
"Of Hopes & Dreams & Tombstones" written by J.Byers
"You Can't Sit Down" written by Clark-Upchurch-Muldrow
"Born In Chicago" written by N.Gravenites.
SIDE 2:
"Tiger In Your Tank" written by W.Dixon
"I'm Gonna Try" written by J.Williams
"Early In The Morningl" (Traditional)
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  First five tracks produced by Steve Neale. .
Final track produced by Pat Aulton.
    COMMENT:  MILESAGO: Australasian Music & Popular Culture 1964-1975 

Trailblazing Brisbane outfit The Purple Hearts were one of the most original and individual Australasian bands of the mid-60s. It's currently fashionable to pigeonhole bands like the Hearts as “garage” or “punk”, but this is a misnomer. The Purple Hearts were dyed-in-the-wool blues/R&B fanatics who took the original influences and gave them their own unique spin. In this they followed the example of the emerging wave of British bands like The Animals, The Pretty Things, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

The Purple Hearts were one of the very first bands in Australia to perform this style of music. Like those famous UK bands, they idolized and drew their inspiration from the legendary American soul, blues and R&B masters like John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Ray Charles, James Brown and Wilson Pickett. The Hearts are also noteworthy as the first major outing for one of Australia's original guitar heroes, Lobby Loyde. Acknowledged as the godfather of heavy rock in Australia, Lobby has influenced countless performers both here and overseas through his playing and songwriting as well as his production work. 

The Purple Hearts were one of the top live acts of their day, and fortunately they are immortalized by five incomparable singles that are now acknowledged around the world as Sixties rock classics. The band's uncompromising style led to them being branded as archetypal “bad boys” by the media, and this image was no doubt fuelled by their name, which of course derived from the amphetamine 'pep' pills that were a staple recreational drug in the early-mid 60s, and the drug of choice for the Mod crowd. Mick Hadley says he never really indulged in drugs although he says some of the other guys did; certainly Lobby freely admitted that he had tried just about every drug there is at one time or another ... and sometimes several at once!

Whether real or manufactured, all the controversy and their ‘take-no-prisoners' approach helped to set them apart from most other bands of the day. “We were like the Public Enemy of 1962 ... we were pretty radical” singer Mick Hadley recalled. One famous incident saw them supposedly banned by a Melbourne girls' school, although Mick later dismissed this as “…a press beat up ... Some girls sneaked out from school or something and came to see us rehearse. It's a good story.” 

The Purple Hearts evolved from Brisbane R&B band, The Impacts, which was formed by young English migrant Bob Dames with local musicians Adrian "Red" Redmond and guitarists Michael Riddington and Les Binns in late 1963. Not long after, another expat Brit, R&B/blues fanatic and aspiring singer Mick Hadley, met the group through a work social club and joined the band. Mick was an early fan of John Mayall and Graham Bond who had experienced the burgeoning London R&B and blues scene at first hand, seeing the likes of of Cyril Davies Allstars and Blues By Six there before emigrating to Australia in late 1962. 

Mick's arrival helped to steer the band decisively towards R&B and blues, and this direction was reninforced by subsequent changes in the band. In late 1964 Les Binns left the group and was replaced by guitarist Barry Lyde (from The Stillettos), who at 20 was already something of a veteran on the Brisbane pop scene. Barry  — or Lobby Loyde, as he was known from the mid-60s — started out like so many guitar heroes under the all-pervasive influence of The Shadows' Hank Marvin, …

  VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
LABEL: New condition with no surface marks or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Slight wear.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Noticeable wear. Slight writing/ stains.
GOOD:
RECORD: Very obviously been played with very noticeable surface marks & exhibits major loss of sound quality.
LABEL: Noticeable wear. Much writing/ stains.
FAIR:
RECORD: Still just playable & exhibits considerable surface noise.
LABEL: Major tears, wearing, writing & stains.
POOR:
RECORD: Will not play properly due to scratches etc.
LABEL: Very badly damaged.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
Gradings are done visually unless there appears to be a questionable surface mark on the vinyl, it is then put on the turntable to check. A comment describing the outcome will appear if this is the case.

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