The A-Cads ‎– Hungry For Love (LP 1966/South Africa)

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The A-Cads ‎– Hungry For Love (LP RCA Victor ‎– 32-083, 1966/South Africa).

LP considerado raro.

Produção: Derek Hannan.

Género: Rock, Pop, Beat, Rock de Garagem, Mod.

The A-Cads foi uma excelente e versátil banda de rock ‘n’ roll sul-africana, de muita qualidade, formada em Joanesburgo, em outubro de 1965. O grupo foi uma criação de Peter Rimmer, Director da “Rand Academy of Music”, naquele ano. O nome The A-Cads foi uma combinação entre "The Academy" (preferência do “manager”) e "The Cads" (preferido pela banda).

Peter Rimmer contactou Hank Squires (de nome verdadeiro, Henry Smitsdorff), anteriormente membro do grupo Johnny Kongos and The G-Men, assim como, Robbie Kearney, também um ex-G-Men, para a bateria, Richard "Dick" Laws, ex-Bill Kimber and The Couriers, que tinha vindo de Inglaterra para a África do Sul em 1964 e que se tinha junto ao grupo como guitarrista principal, o escocês Sam Evans como vocalista e Les Goode, ex-John E. Sharpe and The Squires, como baixista.

Os guitarristas Pete Clifford e Louis McKelvy também participaram na banda durante 1966. McKelvy substituiu Laws na guitarra solo. 

O grupo obteve um sucesso nº 1 nas paradas da Springbok, em janeiro de 1966, com uma versão da música dos Johnny Kidd and The Pirates, “Hungry For Love”.

The A-Cads - "Hungry For Love", from Youtube.

The A-Cads tocavam um rock ‘n’ roll energético ao estilo da “Invasão Britânica” que soava e parecia tratar-se de uma qualquer banda britânica em voga na época. 

Os anos 60 foi uma altura emocionante no mundo da música e, a África do Sul não foi excepção, tendo produzido uma série de grandes grupos beat naquela época, alguns dos quais ainda atraem o interesse internacional. A par dos The Bats e Johnny Kongos and The G-Men, The A-Cads conseguiram evidenciar-se com várias músicas beat muito bem interpretadas, incluindo 'Hungry For Love', nada inferior ao original de Johnny Kidd. 

Uma excelente versão deste tema também foi interpretada pelo grupo de Moçambique, “Conjunto Night Stars”, incluída no seu 3º EP (Orfeu ATEP 6193), de 1966.

A biografia dos A-Cads já se encontra inserida neste blogue.

Faixas/Tracklist:

A1 Hungry For Love (Mills) 2:12

A2 Got My Mojo Working (Morganfield) 2:25

A3 Pain In My Heart (Redding, Walden) 2:30

A4 Don't Fight It (Crotter, Pickett) 1:45

A5 As Tears Go By (Jagger/Richards) 3:10

A6 Watch Your Step (Bell) 2:30

B1 In The Midnight Hour (Crotter, Pickett) 2:15

B2 Steal Your Heart (Parker) 2:15

B3 Mister Pitiful (Regging, Crotter) 2:10

B4 Down The Road (Smith) 2:20

B5 4.30 Blues (A-Cads) 4:30

B6 Nadine (Berry) 2:15

Bonus:

C1 - Sha La La La Lee (single RCA Victor ‎– 41.848, 1966) (Lynch, Shuman) 2:55 

Músicos/Personnel:

Vocalista – Sam Evans

Guitarra solo e piano – Louis McKelvy

Bateria e percussão – Robbie Kearney

Guitarra eléctrica e acústica, teclados, guitarra baixo [Fuzz], cravo, voz – Richard “Dick” Laws

Guitarra ritmo e voz – Hank Squires

Baixo - Les Goode 

Bateria – Rob Kearney

Pete Clifford – guitrra (substituído por Laws, em 1966)

LP gentilmente cedido por um amigo sul africano, a quem agradecemos.

LP kindly given by a South African friend, whom we thank.

The A-Cads - Hungry For Love (South Africa 1966)

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The A-Cads - Hungry For Love (LP 1966). 

The A-Cads and were a great South African rock and roll band formed in Johannesburg in 1965. They had a Springbok #1 hit in January 1966 with a cover of the Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' 'Hungry For Love'. ... 

The A-Cads were the brainchild of Peter Rimmer, manager of the Rand Academy of Music in 1965. The name A-Cads was a compromise combination of the names "The Academy" (management's preference) and "The Cads" (preferred by the band).... 

(http://www.rock.co.za/files/acads.html ) 

The A-Cads were the brainchild of Peter Rimmer, manager of the RandAcademy of Music in 1965. The name A-Cads was a compromise combinationof the names "The Academy" (management's preference) and "The Cads"(preferred by the band). 

Peter came from Liverpool and backed stars such as Marty Wilde and theTempests before coming to South Africa in 1963. When Peter decided toform the A-Cads he approached Hank Squires (real name: HenrySmitsdorff), formerly a member of Johnny Kongos and the G-Men. RobbieKearney, also a former G-Man, accepted the drumming position. Richard"Dick" Laws, ex-Bill Kimber and the Couriers, was imported from England and joined as lead Guitarists Pete Clifford and Louis McKelvy, also had stintswith the band during 1966. McKelvy replaced Laws as lead guitarist.(Source:History of Contemporary Music of South Africa: Chilvers andJasiukowicz, TOGA 1994).guitarist. Scotsman Sam Evans was signed upas vocalist, and Les Goode, ex-John E. Sharpe and the Squires, joinedas bass guitarist. 

"I left shortly after the album release (actually after the single'Sha-La-La-La-Lee'). The band was moving in a super-commercialdirection, recording puff pieces like 'Fool, Fool, Fool'. I wasinterested in keeping the heavier sound of 'Hungry for love'. Therewere too many people involved in the band's management – threemanagers, actually:Peter Rimmer, Gerry Fitzgerald and one other gentleman whose nameescapes me. It felt like no one was interested in the music itself.Producer Derek Hannan was coming up with these songs that he felt werehits (which I suppose was his job). Yet the success of 'Hungry' shouldhave proved that a song doesn't have to have an infantile hookto top the charts, but no one was listening. I introduced the band toJohnny Kidd's 'Hungry for love' when I arrived from England.'Sha-La-La-La-Lee' (a Small Faces track) was a Hannan choice, as was 'Fool, Fool, Fool'(which I had nothing to do with, in or out of the studio)." 

"A lot of the stuff we did was just floating around in memory (Chuck Berry,Rufus Thomas, etc.). Old favorites, that sort of thing. But some of itwas producer Derek Hannan playing us things in his office that he thoughtwould be good for us. I never agreed with his choices, but then I had adistinct vision of what the group should be. I always thought it wouldhave been better if Teal had just let us loose in the studio to get on withit ourselves (as we did initially with 'Hungry For Love'). I think the bandwould have lasted a lot longer and surprised a few people."

 "If memory serves (and at my age it quite often doesn't), Idon't think Pete Clifford ever became an A-Cad (contrary to whatthe History of Contemporary Music Of South Africa book says--although he would have been my first choice). In fact I'm sure he had already joined the Bats during that time (I remember seeingthem in Durban's Four Seasons Hotel during 1966)." 

Fonte: By Richard Laws, 1999. 

Faixas/Track List: 

01 - Hungry For Love 

02 - Got My Mojo Working 

03 - Pain In My Heart 

04 - Don't Fight It 

05 - As Tears Go By 

06 - Watch Your Step 

07 - In The Midnight Hour 

08 - Steal Your Heart 

09 - Mister Pitful 

10 - Down The Road 

11 - 4.30 Blues 

12 - Nadine
Bonus:

13 Candy Man  

14 Hubble Bubble 

15 I Feel Fine  

16 Honey I Need 

17 Sick And Tired [Hank Squires solo] 

18 Play With Fire [Hank Squires solo] 

19 Strange Effect [Hank Squires solo] 

20 Sha-La-La-La-Lee 

21 Roadrunner

Álbum gentilmente cedido por Carlos Santos.

Thanks to my south african friend, John Lyle, for bonus tracks.