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The Herd - The Fontana Years

Musician: The Herd
Album title: The Fontana Years
Style: Beat
Released: 2009
Size MP3 version: 1414 mb
Size APE version: 1531 mb
Size WMA version: 1280 mb
Rating ✫: 4.8
Votes: 863
Format: AC3 ASF VOC MMF VQF AAC AHX
Genre: Rock

The Herd - The Fontana Years mp3 album

The Herd Beat 2009
The Herd - The Fontana Years mp3 album

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 From The Underworld
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 3:17
A2 Paradise Lost
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 3:36
A3 I Don't Want Our Loving To Die
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 2:58
A4 Bang!
Written-By – Martin/Coulter*
 2:28
A5 Beauty Queen
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 1:54
A6 Charlie Anderson
Written-By – Martin/Coulter*
 2:56
A7 Come On Believe Me
Written-By – Graham Taylor*
 2:51
A8 Diary Of A Narcissist (I'm So Pretty)
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 2:11
B1 Fare Thee Well
Written-By – Steele*
 3:57
B2 Follow The Leader
Written-By – Hammond/Hazlewood*
 2:15
B3 Goodbye Groovy
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 2:45
B4 Half Of Me
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 1:31
B5 You've Got Me Hangin' From Your Loving Tree
Written-By – Jim Ford
 3:00
B6 I Can Fly
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 3:12
B7 I Don't Wanna Go To Sleep Again
Written-By – Hammond/Hazlewood*
 2:23
C1 Impressions Of A Lover
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 4:47
C2 Laugh And Dance And Sing
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:05
C3 Miss Jones
Written-By – Graham Taylor*
 3:21
C4 Mixed Up Minds
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:39
C5 Mother's Blue Eyed Angel
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:58
C6 On My Way Home
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:02
C7 On Your Own
Written-By – Frampton*
 3:18
C8 Our Fairy Tale
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:09
D1 Sad
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 3:15
D2 Good Citizen
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:49
D3 She Loves Me She Loves Me Not
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:58
D4 Something Strange
Written-By – Howard/Blaikley*
 2:55
D5 Sugarloaf Mountain
Written-By – Murray/Callendar*
 2:22
D6 Sunshine Cottage
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 3:03
D7 Sweet William
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:09
D8 The Game
Written-By – Hammond/Hazlewood*
 2:55
D9 Understand Me
Written-By – Bown*, Frampton*
 2:29

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed From – BR Music Copyrights BV
  • Licensed Through – The Licensing Partnership UK Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lilith Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Lilith Records Ltd.
  • Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 80333E

Credits

  • Bass, Vocals – Gary Taylor
  • Drums – Andrew Steele
  • Vocals, Lead Guitar, Organ – Peter Frampton
  • Vocals, Organ – Andy Bown

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Sticker): 8 013252 900525
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped): 80333E1/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped): 80333E2/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout C, stamped): 80333E3/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout D, stamped): 80333E4/A

Cae
For this past month, I have been obsessing over the British 60s band The Herd. Due to my shopping mood at the time I purchased an original U.S. compilation album of ten Herd songs. Mostly due to the fact that The Herd seemed to be under the spell of the songwriting talents Howard Blaikley (Alan Blaikley & Ken Howard). Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Mick & Tich used their services as well as The Honeycombs. All brilliant. So how can the Herd fail? What surprises me is how much I love The Herd's music. Listening to this double-album of 32-songs, it strikes me that The Herd was very much part of the 1967/1968 British world at the time. "The Fontana Years" is like a See's Candy sample box of chocolate, but set in a specific era and place. The Herd sound is not original, but the way they mix it up is fascinating. They would sound like The Small Faces if they had The Walker Brothers as vocalists, and with a touch of Procol Harum's love of classical melodies. Gary Taylor only sings lead on a few songs by the band, but he has a rich baritone voice that yells out Scott Walker. And when he sings the chorus or a bridge of a song, it brings out a 'wow' moment for the listener. The Herd is very much a band that used and performed the songs by Howard Blaikley, but they also wrote their own material. There is this duality in their vision, but their eye on the prize was a massive sound. They can be a cool Mod-orientated Booker T, jazz band, to an obtuse baroque pop band. And when you hear all their music on this two-disc collection (most of their work was released as singles), it doesn't seem odd that they made strange directional moves, in the context of their pop leanings. Peter Frampton (yes that Peter) and Andy Bown wrote half of their material, and they never settled for one sound or aesthetic. I don't know if there is a Herd "sound," because they pretty much compile all their influences/sounds from their era. What's surprising is that their technique, either planned or by fault, works. All four had contributed to the package. Andrew Steele, their drummer, even sings lead and wrote a song, and it's good. For anyone who has even the slightest interest in the British music scene of the late 60s I heartily recommend The Herd. Although they don't sound like The Move, I think they are equally as important as that band. No foolin'.

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