Just another site that's giving you hard to find music

A Place To Find Some Rarer Tunes (Mod, PowerPop, Punk, Ska) ripped from my vinyl collection. If it sounds good I'll post it. The idea being that now you know about them, you can seek them out! If anyone is unhappy about any of these posts please contact me & I will take them off.

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Crysbas - Draenog Marw (1978)


b/w -Y Nhw (Wil Bach)

Here's another Welsh sung 45 (1st release of 2) for you. The band were from North Wales Llanberis or Llanrwst (Depending on who's info you read)

and were

Bryn Fon (voc)
Ithel Jones (guitar)
Gwyndaf (John) Williams (guitar)
Alwyn (Phillip) Jones (bass)
Gwynfor Roberts (drums)

With extra vocals from Velvor Lewis & Gaenor Roberts on Y Nhw

All band members have their pubrock beginnings in either Y-Mellt (1967-76) or Mwg Drwg (1973-76) except Bryn Fon who joins the others in 1975 when Crysbas is formed.

Apparently this track (Dead Hedgehog in English) has the accolade of being the 1st song to be played live (Dei Tomos Hall Penrhyn, Bangor) on the BBC's new Welsh language radio service in 1977.

- a bit more info & 2nd 45 tomorrow -

Sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?w9pbhpxzb7pcpec
Posted by at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)