My Generation of Sunday 20 August: In Honour Of Richard Shirman (The Attack) [Ed’s Show, 2017-34]

NEW SHOW: Richard Shirman & Friends: The Attack, The Nice, Atomic Rooster ** REPEATED:  Radio London’s final hour, 1967 Blues, The Cash Box Kings, Beau Jocque  [Ed’s Show, 2017-34, 20 Aug.] **** RADIO 68: ALL THE SOUNDS AND VOICES THAT  SHAPED THE SIXTIES *** 

THE PLAYLISTS

1 MY GENERATION (NEW) SPECIAL:   REMEMBERING RICHARD ‘HERSHEY’ SHIRMAN [26 April 1949 – 26 July 2017]
FAMOUS but FORGOTTEN:  THE FLOCK (1st LP) , DONOVAN (Poor Cow, OST), ENDATTEME (V.A. DE MUZE 50 JAAR  Starman Records )  ** SPECIAL:  RICHARD ‘HERSHEY’ SHIRMAN: THE ATTACK + THE STANDELLS + THE NICE + DAVY O’LIST  + ATOMIC ROOSTER feat. John DuCann * THE FIVE DAY WEEK STRAW PEOPLE (LP, 1968) + ANDROMEDA (LP, 1969) ** LONGPLAYING:  RALPH McTELL (LP 1969  Spiral Staircase) ,  THE BEAU BRUMMELS (Introducing, 1965, LP) , CROW (LP CROW MUSIC)  ** AND ALSO:  ELLIOT MURPHY: MURPHY, 2010.

2 BLUESIDE (NEW) SPECIAL:  REMEMBERING RICHARD ‘HERSHEY’ SHIRMAN: HERSHEY AND THE 12 BARS [26 April 1949 – 26 July 2017]
THE ORGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS:  JERRY ‘Boogie’ McCAIN, DOC POMUS **  SPECIAL RICHARD ‘HERSHEY’ SHIRMAN: HERSHEY AND THE 12 BARS  CD Welcome to Hershey, 1989, ABACABE Records, sincere thanks to Fran Leslie + BILL WYMAN’s RHYTHM KINGS with Nick Payne and Frank Mead  + RORY GALLAGHER feat. Rob De’ath + MARMALADE feat. Alan Whitehead ** KEEPERS OF THE BLUES FLAME: ZOOT MONEY (The Book Of Life, 2016)

3 MY GENERATION (repeated)
SPECIAL: THE FINAL HOUR OF WONDERFUL RADIO LONDON of 16 August 1967.
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4 BLUESIDE (repeated)
SPECIAL: THE 1967 ALBUMS:  CANNED HEAT: CANNED HEAT ; THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND:  THE 5,000 SPIRITS ; VAN MORRISON: BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND ** THE ORGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS:  BEAU JOCQUE  (Thanks to Alligator Records and AirPlay Direct) ** KEEPERS OF THE BLUES FLAME: THE CASHBOX KINGS: “ROYAL MINT”  debut on Alligator Records. Thanks to Alligator Records and AirPlay Direct.

ACHTERGRONDINFORMATIE ** BACKGROUND

RICHARD ‘Hershey’ SHIRMAN

This show is in honour of Richard Shirman. The Attack were a mod / /psychedelic  group formed in 1966 around singer Richard Shirman aka Hershey (26 April 1949 – 26 July 2017. The first line-up featured drummer Alan Whitehead (later in Marmalade), guitarist David O’List (later of The Nice) and John Du Cann (later of Andromeda and Atomic Rooster).  Their first single “Try It” was on the LP of the same title by American beat and R&B outfit The Standells and was also recorded by Ohio Express. The Attack also released a version of  ‘Hi Hi Silver Lining’ before Jeff Beck, but it was Jeff Beck  who  scored a hit.
Richard Shirman declined the offer to be the singer of  Andromeda, but Attack guitarist John Du Cann did join. DuCann was also in a band called Five Day Week Straw People whose only reason of existence was the offer to make a psychedelic album for budget label Saga.
In the early 80s, Richard ‘Hershey’ Shirman  put together a blues band called HERSHEY AND THE 12 BARS. Their first album carries the tongue-in-cheek title “Greatest Hits Vol. 2. “ (2000).  ABACABE Records later put out “Welcome to Hershey”, featuring live tracks from 1989 and studio tracks from 1986. Both albums feature a horn section with saxophonists Frank Mead and Nick Payne, friends of Hershey’s who have become quite famous and  have played with a number of big acts like Bill Wyman  and his Rhythm Kings. You will find more famous names in the line-ups, e.g. keyboardist Dave Lennox.

RADIO 68 PLAYS
* in My Generation: the first two singles by The Attack + songs from  bands that Attack members joined afterwards:  John Du Cann >  Atomic Rooster, Andromeda,  Five Day Week Straw People  + Davy O’List > The Nice and solo, here “Second Thoughts” cd, 2015;
* in Blueside: tracks from  ‘Welcome to Hershey’ (Abacabe Records) by Hershey and the 12 Bars + BILL WYMAN’s RHYTHM KINGS  feat.  saxophonists Nick Payne and Frank Mead  who used to play with The Hershey Horns ; Payne arranged The Hershey Horns on ‘Welcome To Hershey’) + RORY GALLAGHER feat. Rob De’ath  (drums on ‘Welcome to Hershey’) +  MARMALADE feat. Alan Whitehead (drummer for The Attack)

More information
Review of “Greatest Hits vol. 2”:  http://www.fridhammar.com/editor6.html
Richard Shirman about Richard Shirman: http://www.folklinks.com/folk_wisdom.html
The Attack: the double cd ‘About Time’ was released by http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/
Greatest Hits vol. 2 is available through https://www.facebook.com/anewdayrecords/
Welcome to Hershey  (the cd featured in this show) is available via Richard Shirman

WONDERFUL RADIO LONDON – BIG L

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Are you interested in pirate radio? Have a look at Hans Knot’s website and reports:  http://www.hansknot.com/intrep.htm

Radio London started to broadcast on 23 December 1964. At 3.00pm on Monday August 14th 1967 Radio London closed down following new legislation on commercial and ‘pirate’ radio in the UK.

“Radio London was the most popular and financially successful of all the sixties offshore broadcasting ventures. It won many millions of listeners and, despite being on the air for less than three years, left a lasting legacy as the station which brought format radio (and jingles) to Britain. Radio London also provided the template – and much of the DJ talent – for the launch of the BBC’s pop music service, Radio One” (http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/bigl1.htm) .