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Saturday, 21 August 2010

Hippo - Hot from hippo ep (1979)

A1 - They can't hear me
A2 - Twenty three
B1 - Country roads
B2 - Spanish eyes

Here's an "interesting" ep for you (1 original & 3 covers) from this South coast band
(Boscombe nr Bournemouth, Dorset)

I think it starts off as a fairly decent romp & by the end barely crawls over the finishing line - give it a listen & you'll see what I mean!

The band were

Chris Coope
Roger Deacon-Smith
Barry Vacher
David Dowland

sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?t8y4oeniy2d0amt
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9 comments:

  1. JamesTrash22 August 2010 at 03:49

    Side two is a waste of good vinyl.

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  2. bristolboy22 August 2010 at 04:19

    Ah - I believe, my point put less succinctly!!

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  3. roberto22 August 2010 at 08:18

    Yes,i agree...but a band that cover an obscure Alberto's track is relly curios...best wishes

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  4. bristolboy22 August 2010 at 08:44

    Just to dot the i's & cross the t's on Roberto's comment "23" was originally on the 1979 LP "skite" by "Alberto y lost trios paranoias"

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  5. Unknown8 December 2010 at 15:09

    You had to have seen them live in order to get the real taste of this EP . . . I'll remember seeing the guys play "Spanish Eyes" live at The Chequers in Lytchett Matravers in the late '70s with great pleasure until my dying day. Barry (I think) out on the end of a long microphone lead, singing to some poor unsuspecting female in the audience from about 18 inches . . .

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    1. Unknown17 January 2022 at 23:46

      How the hell I came across this comment I have no idea but damned happy that I did. Tuesday nights if I recall correctly!What a bunch there was in the audience. I would sometimes see them in the "new" stable bar in the Dormers, Wimborne chatting to Jan at the bar. Fantastic band. Fantastic times!

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  6. Unknown8 November 2015 at 12:47

    i saw them at the pinecliff lots of times, and the final gig at the chequers in i think 1983 great live band

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  7. jfk5 October 2016 at 11:43

    I saw them at the pinecliff a lot of times, also the Burley Manor. Nothing quite like Barry's rendition of "Raining in my Heart" or even the Not the 9 o clock news "Gob on you", plus many others. Always a great evening, I used to have a bootleg but long lost after many house moves. Fond memories.

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  8. Unknown24 June 2021 at 12:48

    Those were the days, I've got a signed copy!

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