Them (US Them album)
Happy Tiger HT 1004
(Released 1970. Rereleased in 1997 as part of Synton 1610973)
- I Keep Singing (4:25)
- Lonely Weekends (2:33)
- Take A Little Time (2:14)
- You Got Me Good (2:30)
- Jo Ann (2:55)
- Memphis Lady (3:00)
- In The Midnight Hour (2:45)
- Nobody Cares (2:46)
- I Am Waiting (3:24)
- Just A Little (1:54)
Note that there is no Van content on this album.
Notes:
Re-released on Synton in 1997 as part of a 2-CD set of the US released Them albums called The
Happy Tiger Years.
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Liner notes: (transcribed by Mertsi Toivonen)
Produced by Ray Ruff , Recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Inc. , Hollywood, Calif.
Engineer: Stan Ross, Lead Vocalist is Jerry Cole, Rhythm section: Alan Henderson and
Jerry Cole
Album Designer: See/Hear!, Photography: Rusty Miller, Peter Whorf
Four years ago, before the great influx of rock groups from Britain
formally began, THEM, under the leadership of their founder, Alan Henderson,
took their first trip across the ocean. The first British group to visit
America, THEM enjoyed a succesful run of 17 consecutive nights at the
Whiskey A Go Go, which marked the beginning of a long series of firsts and
successes.
In 1965, THEM transplanted their uniquely-British sound onto our soil
once and for all. Their first single release, Baby, Please Don't Go, which
climbed to number TWO on the national charts. Then came Here Comes The
Night, which moved to number ONE. That hit was followed by Gloria, which was
on the charts three separate times. Following Gloria, was another hit,
Mystic Eyes. Their appeal on these releases must be attributed to the
talents of all four members of THEM, but special credit belongs to Alan
Henderson, who formed the group, changed it, modified it and improved it
over the years.
This is THEM's first offering on the Happy Tiger label with their
producer Ray Ruff, who has produced the group since their inception. This is
also the first work THEM has released in nearly two years. The delay was
necessitated by the departure of Van Morrison from his position as lead
vocalist, and the resulting search for just the right replacement. Once
again, Henderson's leadership wouldn't allow a compromise in the THEM sound,
and now everyone is confident, as you will agree when you hear this record,
that THEM has made an exellent choise in Jerry Cole.
Together, Cole and Henderson have created a sound that is so unique that
it must speak for itself; the proof is in the listening, as with all great
music. Beginning with the unmistakable British flavor that pervades all of
these selections, Alan, Jerry and Ray Ruff have stretched their musical
imaginations to the limit. Using instrumental sounds reminiscent of a
Synthesizer and pushing Jerry Cole's voice from exterme highs to deep lows,
the THEM sound combines the typical British style with an air of mystery and
an atmosphere of excitement that no other group has been able to produce.
There can be absolutely no doubt - this album moves from start to finish
with an uninhibited, free, wild, charging sound, and it will take anyone
within listening range along with it. THEM has brought forth an album of
songs, unique in that the words (a series of images relevant to today's
world) and the sounds (with mythical, mystical, Oriental, African,
electronic, and computer rhythms included) - singular because these diverse
elements are integrated and united to create not just another album, but
moving, alive musical experience.
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