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Titolo: (psych) ancora su The Eyes.

The Eyes
Personnel:
BARRY ALLCHIN bs A B
BRIAN CORCORAN drms A B
PHIL HEATLEY gtr A
CHRIS LOVEGROVE ld gtr A B
TERRY NOLDER vcls A B
STEVE VALENTINE gtr  B
ALBUMS:
1(A) BLINK (Bam-Caruso KIRI 028) 1984
2(A) SCENE BUT NOT HEARD (Bam-Caruso MARI 038) 1987
NB: (1) and (2) reissued on one CD (Essex 1007 CD) 1995. (1) was released in
two different sleeves. (2) is a mini album.
EP:
1(A) THE ARRIVAL OF THE EYES (Mercury 10035 MCE) 1966 R3
45s:
1 When The Night Falls/I'm Rowed Out (Mercury MF 881) 1965
2 The Immediate Pleasure/My Degeneration (Mercury MF 897) 1966
3 Man With Money/You're Too Much (Mercury MF 910) 1966
4 Good Day Sunshine/Please Don't Cry (Mercury MF 934) 1966
From the Ealing area of West London. 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.
An article in Record Collector No 144 revealed that prior to their first 45
they recorded a four track demo at Rayrik Sound Studios in Central London.
It consisted of a cover of Johnny Kidd and The Pirates' Shakin All Over and
three originals:- When The Night Falls, The Immediate Pleasure and I'm Rowed
Out. They also recorded a 30 second version of Route 66 as a Radio London
jingle. Demo discs from these sessions now change hands for in excess of
£200. Only five were ever pressed!
One of these earlier demos, When The Night Falls, was eventually put out as
their debut 45 and it is a fine example of what is now termed mid-sixties
freakbeat. It got quite a lot of airplay at the time but sadly failed to
make any inroads into the Charts.
The second 45 comprised two more self-penned songs. The flip, My
Degeneration, was a response to The Who's mod classic My Generation and also
became a popular mod anthem. Again it enjoyed good sales but failed to make
the Charts.
For the third 45 their record company insisted that they use a cover of The
Everly Brothers' Man With Money. It made little difference in terms of
commercial success but the flip side, You're Too Much with some ace fuzz
lead guitar work was probably their finest moment.
Their final 45, Good Day Sunshine, was of course a Beatles' cover and once
again the record company did them no favours in refusing to let them record
a band original. In 1967 Phil Heatley quit the band to be replaced by Steve
Valentine but shortly after, having failed to make a commercial
breakthrough, they split. Terry Nolder, after a brief spell with Andromeda,
later joined Entire Sioux Nation. The remaining members drifted out of the
music business.
The Arrival Of The Eyes EP is now extremely collectable. Housed in a
colourful picture sleeve it contained both sides of their first two singles.
They were also approached by Philips to record a Rolling Stones tribute
album. This was done in six hours and released under a pseudonym The Pupils
(Tribute To The Rolling Stones (Wing WL 1150) 1966). Copies are now very
rare and quite sought-after.
The best introduction to the band is undoubtedly the Bam-Caruso album Blink,
which includes all their recordings and two tracks from The Pupils album.
This should be an essential purchase for freakbeat fans. The mini-album
Scene But Not Heard contains the band's demo recordings and the Radio London
jingle but suffers from poor recording quality.
Compilation appearances have included: Good Day Sunshine on Made In England,
Vol. 1 (CD); When The Night Falls on Perfumed Garden Vol. 2 (LP & CD), Head
Sounds From The Bam-Caruso Waxworks, Vol. 1 (CD) and Illusions From The
Crackling Void (LP); You're Too Much on Perfumed Garden, Vol. 1 (LP & CD);
When The Night Falls and I'm Rowed Out on Relics (LP).

 An article in Record Collector No 144 revealed that 
E' indubbiamente un giornale meraviglioso.
Ho una decina di vecchi numeri, presi in vari periodo della esistenza di
questa testata, e ogni volta che li sfoglio scopero qualcosa di nuovo.
Il livello di attenzione e di scavo che ha Record Collector č dieci/venti
volte superiore a quello dei vari Joynson. 
bye
Telenn Geltiek
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