The Eyes Mod Freakbeat Rolling Stones Uk Vinyl LP

	£		46
	$		61

THE EYES

UK 60's Mod/Freakbeat band, The Eyes made one of the most collectable EPs of the sixties era. Today, 'The Arrival Of The Eyes EP' commands a price of over £200! The EP, released in 1966, contained both sides of their first two singles, 'When The Night Falls/I'm Rowed Out' and 'The Immediate Pleasure/My Degeneration'.
Thanks to the timeless quality of the tracks the band's legacy continues to grow as more and more people discover that long forgotten obscure under achievers could match heavyweights like The Who, Kinks and The Small Faces even if it was for just a fleeting three minutes of pure genius.
 
The Eyes were hardly innovators. Their early slices of Mod cool borrowed heavily from the Who classic 60s sound but the Eyes finest cuts are equal in stature to 'I can't explain' and 'Substitute'. Their tongue-in-cheek homage to the Who, 'My Degeneration' is both funny and cool at the same time. Where other imitators would offer watered down inferior pap to cash in on the latest craze, the Eyes not just took the tunes but they bought the whole attitude too and it pours out of their first two singles.
The Eyes were Barry Allchin (bass), Brian Corcoran (drums), Phil Heatley (guitar), Chris Lovegrove (lead guitar) and Terry Nolder (vocals). The band evolved out of an outfit called The Renegades, an instrumental combo, who, when they added a vocalist, became known as Gerry Hart and The Hartbeats. The name change to The Eyes came during 1964.
Probably in spite of the lack of commercial success with their early singles record company pressure led meant their third single was a cover version, The Everly Brothers' Man With Money. The superior band original 'You're Too Much' was relegated to the flipside and the writing was well and truely on the wall for the Eyes. A band with an obvious raw talent for writing strong originals succumbed to releasing cover versions. Their next single was a cover of the Beatles 'Good Day Sunshine' and it would be their last.
In 1967 Phil Healey quit and was replaced by Steve Valentine. The band struggled on and making their final bow when, somewhat fittingly but entirely inappropiately were approached by Philips to record a Rolling Stones tribute album. It was released under a pseudonym The Pupils Tribute To The Rolling Stones.

A Tribute to the Rolling Stones - The Pupils

SIDE 1

• I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
• NOT FADE AWAY
• IF YOU NEED ME
• 19th NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
• AS TEARS GO BY
• (I CANT GET NO) SATISFACTION

SIDE 2

• (GET YOUR KICKS) ROUTE 66
• THE LAST TIME
• PLAY WITH FIRE
• GET OFF MY CLOUD
• LITTLE RED ROOSTER
• ITS ALL OVER NOW

Format: Stunning original UK 12" Vinyl Album with Picture sleeve

Misc.: (Wing label) WL 1150 (VALUED IN THE UK RECORD COLLECTOR GUIDE AT £80)

Condition:

The sleeve is in excellent condition with no major defects, just the slight signs of ageing, handling wear  and protecting the vinyl.

The vinyl is in very good condition visually, it still retains its lustre and sheen but due to the inner sleeve not protecting the record properly there are numerous dust marks, i do believe the record has been played only once with 1 spindle trace at the center of the label each side, the sound quality would also grade the vinyl much better than very good and sounds more like a true excellent album.

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