Hi Ian,
Following that, in 1966, we had the original demo for Black Is Black, created the now-familiar arrangement and recorded it ready for release. Some internal corporate squabbles at CBS in London led to it being shelved (trust the suits - NOT), and the next thing we knew was that Los Bravos had copped it, our arrangement an' all, and had it out within three weeks and was the no.5 selling record in all of Europe that year.
Such are the stories of the biz.
Wow! That must have been a "downer"...that song still gets played a lot...your situation was not uncommon, as there were a lot of unscrupulous agents/managers...makes me think of Hunter S. Thompson's quote..."The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
The Vox AC Amps were very popular, and became more so here in Canada during the Beatles takeover. I used a 60's Fender Bassman 100 Piggyback “Blackface” with black Tolex amplifier and matching black Tolex 4X10" speaker cabinet...not sure of the wattage, but it worked pretty good up until I got a second hand Leslie 122, and eventually a Hammond M-3 to go with it. I even mic'd the 122 through a Marshall stack at one point. Ahhh...the days of experimentation that preceded the first synths.
Combo organs made a comeback with groups like Elvis Costello, but Hammond really ruled the roost and were what we all aspired to eventually, despite the transportation problems.
A friend had an L102...nice, especially since it had presets
and drawbars, the M-3 only having the latter, but they had essentially the same sound and same size keyboards, although the M-3's were closer in size and shape to the B's.
This is a good thread...lots of cool and interesting stuff...the historical aspect of SZ.
Ian
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