Label: PYE 7N 15708 (UK) Kw
Medium: Single

22.00EUR

QUICKLY, TOMMY & The REMO FOUR
[The Wild Side of Life - Forget the other Guy (1964)]

QUICKLY, TOMMY & The REMO FOUR

TOMMY QUICKLY  (=Norman Green) 
Liverpool singer, who after his 1st solo single  (Tip of my Tongue) in 1963 took REMO 4
as backing group; Live and for his next 5 Singles, released on Piccadilly and Pye between
1963 and 1964 .  WILD SIDE.... reached UK charts at place 33.

REMO FOUR :
Oh what a great nearly overlooked band great R&B - Blues and Jazz tinged songs and
musically a live highlight.
Formed in 1962, the group was well known in the UK backing singers like JOHNNY SANDON,
GREGORY PHILLIPS  and TOMMY QUICKLY, they even get allowed to release 2 singles under
their own name on the Piccadilly label,  including an earl version of PETER GUN. 
Tony Ashton joined in late 1963 from MIKE HURST . Since early in 1965 they stayed in Germany,
playing and recording for STAR CLUB.
Inbetween they toured through the German Clubs like PN Munich or Bugatti Bar in Hoechst.
Being a very asked Beat Club act.   
On the STAR CLUB label they released two singles and 1 album in 1966.
In 1967 they backed GEORGE HARRISON on his WONDERWALL LP, after that the band split.
Ashton formed ASHTON GARDNER & DYKE great group  but one hit  only in the early 70s.
Later on he was with FAMILY ; PAL and worked as producer & session musician.
Colin Manley became - till his death 2008 - a member of the SWINGING BLUE JEANS.
Dyke one of the best rock drummers ever was with BADGER, BAUER GARN & DYKE or UFO,
to name a few.
Record-Producer : S.E.Loch  ( WB and Act fame)

Style:  R&B - Jazzinfluenced Rock

see:
Tommy Quickly ; Mike Hurst and the Method ; PAL = Paice, Ashton & Lord ; Mastersounds ;
Ashton Gardner & Dyke ; Creation ; Bauer, Garn & Dyke ; Family ; Badger ; George Harrison ;
Pat Travers ; Cafe Society ; UFO ; Swinging Blue Jeans ; B-Sharp ; Cilla Black ; Chris Farlowe ;

Musicians:
Colin Manley - guitar, vocals; Phil Rogers - bass, rhythm guitar;
Tony Ashton - organ, piano, vocals; Roy Dyke - drums, perc.;
Don Andrews  (63-65) - bass, rhythm guitar;

Side A
The Wild Side of Life  (Warren-Carter)
Side B
Forget the other Guy  (Keith-Webb)

 

 

 

Zustandsbeschreibung / grading:
RECORD =
m-  (sticker with # on label) 
COVER  =
 company sleeve
 
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