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| WAYNE GIBSON-Under My Thumb/Under My Thumb U.S. Pye PYE 71006 1974 |
British singer Wayne Gibson issued a host of singles in the U.K. in the 60's: two on Decca, two on Pye and four on Columbia to nary a trace of chart action. Fast forward to 1974 and his 1966 cover of The Rolling Stone's "Under My Thumb" (originally on Columbia DB 7911) was gaining so much traction on the Northern Soul scene that it was reissued on Pye's Disco Demand label (DDS 2001) in October 1974 and charged up the charts to a respectable #17!! Like another Pye Disco Demand Northern soul "hit" release from the 70's ( The Javells featuring Nosmo King) it was issued in the U.S. as well as a double sided promo only.
Gibson's cover of the Rolling Stone's misogynistic "Aftermath" track is a tad more upbeat than the original thanks to the main riff being played by a keyboard that's almost hypnotic. Meshed with some chopping guitar and hand claps it's extremely catchy which no doubt added to it's dance floor popularity on the Northern Soul scene (of interesting note is Gibson's ad libbing line "ain't that peculator baby" in place of Jagger's original ad lib "ain't it the truth now baby").
Curiously the track has not been comped anywhere recently nor is it available on streaming! There's a clip available of him performing it with some incredibly awkward dance moves on the British kid's TV program "Crackerjack" available to view here obviously from it's 70's relaunching.
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