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Music: The Vombies - Time of the Season
Posted: 13 Apr 2011, 00:44
by FlyTexas
Re: Music: The Vombies - Time of the Season
Posted: 13 Apr 2011, 17:29
by ianhind
Visiting that page just "wasted" a whole load of time. Prefer "She's Not There" from the Zombies (cover version by Santana!). And then I found The Small Faces: Itchycoo Park, Tin Soldier, so had to listen to those too.
Now what was I doing in those days -seems like it was mid 60s, so discovering girls and biking to and from Heathrow to watch Viscounts, Vanguards, etc
Re: Music: The Vombies - Time of the Season
Posted: 13 Apr 2011, 21:35
by nigelb
Time of the Season, She's Not There, Tell Her No, Whenever You're Ready, Leave Me Be - the Zombies had some good records back in the day. If memory serves they were from St. Albans but most of their records were bigger hits in the US than in the UK.
Re: Music: The Vombies - Time of the Season
Posted: 13 Apr 2011, 22:00
by FlyTexas
ianhind wrote:Now what was I doing in those days...
I was discovering girls, listening to tunes such as 'Time of the Season' on my
brand new Transistor Radio, and spending summer evenings watching 707's, DC-9's, and Convair 580's fly in and out of the local airport. Great times they were. *sigh*
nigelb wrote:If memory serves they were from St. Albans but most of their records were bigger hits in the US than in the UK.
Really?? That's a shock.
Brian
Re: Music: The Vombies - Time of the Season
Posted: 14 Apr 2011, 06:26
by nigelb
nigelb wrote:If memory serves they were from St. Albans but most of their records were bigger hits in the US than in the UK.
Really?? That's a shock.
Brian
Yes, I suppose St. Albans can be really shocking - all the ruins!
Seriously, Tell Her No, reached number 2 in the US and did not break the top forty in the UK. She's Not There also reached number 2 in the US and and Number 12 in the UK, Time of The Season peaked at number 3 in the US and did not break the top forty in the UK. Some of those chart positions depend on which source you reference but in general, they had bigger hits in the Colonies than back home.
This phenonoma also works in reverse - while a huge success in the US, The Everly Brothers were far bigger in the UK! Their reunion concert on 23, September, 1983 took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It really was a reunion too because Don and Phil are real brothers (unlike The Righteous Brothers) and had not spoken to each other for ten years. The concert in London was payback for their British fans. Concert information from my double LP vinyl album. I always liked the Everlys and they had a big influence on The Beatles, Vinyl, for the youngsters ...... well it was a long time ago, suffice to say.
Nigel²
