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| SOUNDS, INCORPORATED-In The Hall Of The Mountain King/Time For You US Liberty 55789 1965 |
U.K. instrumental band Sounds Incorporated are relatively obscure to Americans, most will know them for their brass work on The Beatle's "Good Morning,Good Morning" on the "Sgt. Pepper.." LP or perhaps from the fact that they opened for The Beatles at Shea Stadium in August of '65.
Those trivia bits aside, Sounds Incorporated (or Sounds Inc. as they were sometimes known) were a six piece British instrumental combo who had been recording records since 1961. They were also known for being musos in that they backed several visiting American performers (their debut British single was actually backing Gene Vincent) and were frequently called upon to back British musicians as well. They were also recognized for having an extremely tight horn section and featured the drumming talents of future in demand session man Tony Newman.
Today's subject was their third American single (and their eighth in Britain excluding the earlier mentioned Gene Vincent 45, issued there as Columbia DB 7545 in April 1965). It was simultaneously released on both sides of the Atlantic. It was issued with "Time For You" as the A-side but I have chosen to "flip" it here because I prefer the B-side, "In The Hall Of The Mountain King".
"In The Hall Of The Mountain King" of course dates from the 1800's when it was written by Edvard Grieg for the play "Peer Gynt". Sounds Incorporated use their full horn sound of tenor/baritone sax to an amazing effect weaving an insane path through the twists and turns and increasing speed of the number as it progresses to an almost break neck speed.
"Time For You" is a slow instrumental number that could have been another mundane Shadows tune if it wasn't for the waltzy sax solo and the almost trippy jangling 12 string guitar licks that resemble The Byrds (guitarist John St. John played a one of a kind Gretsch "George Harrison model" 12 string gifted to him by the man himself). Add that 12 string action meshing it with some mildly disguised flute and you have a pretty trippy sound for 1965! Interestingly it reminds me at time's of The Graham Bond Organization when the saxes come in, totally mesmerizing stuff!
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| John St. John's "George Harrison" model Gretsch 12 string guitar. |
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