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Primero conocidos como The Secrets, daban vueltas por su ciudad natal (Mitcham, Greater London) por bares y pubs haciendo Skiffle y algo de R&B, la banda estaba formada por: Terry Boyes (Voz, Harmonica), Reg Charsley (Voz), Terry Spencer (Guitarra), Tony Bird (Guitarras), Allen Janaway (Bajo) y Jimmy Nelson (Batería). La primera grabación fue en 1965 (Gotta Keep On Moving Baby/But I Do) para el sello PYE que estaba orientada hacía el ritmo beat. A mediados de los sesenta firman para el sello Decca y graban una de sus mejores canciones (Gonna Get Me Someone) que fue producida por Kenny Lynch y presentada en el programa popular de entonces (Ready Steady Go!), con esa canción pronto estarían más cerca de la escena mod que del lado del beat, (Gonna Get Me Someone/Gotta Wait) fue un buen sencillo, pero lamentablemente no tuvo la repercusión que mereció. Poco tiempo después conocen a (Jimmy James) del grupo (The Vagabonds) y empiezan a mezclarse con gente que no era igual a sus seguidores, posiblemente eso haya tenido algo que ver al su revés comercial. Trás esa decepción se marcharían del sello DECCA y firmarían con PARLOPHONE y en 1967 lanzan a la venta (The Addicted Man/Help Me Mummy's Gone) que tampoco llegó a entrar en las listas, aunque en las radios piratas de aquél momento sus sencillos se hacían escuchar. Pronto el grupo empezó a desmembrarse, Terry Spencer y Stan decker formarían su propia banda (Lavender Grove) pero antes de eso lanzarían otro 45`s (It's Shocking What They Call Me/Help Me Mummy's Gone) un lado A realmente interesante, pero este sencillo correría la misma suerte que los demás trabajos y no llegaría más allá que el puesto número #40. Sus trabajos por momentos recuerdan a The Who The Addicted Man suena un poco a (Substitute y I`m a Boy) pero no llegaban a la gente de la misma forma que sus contemporáneos y pronto pasarían a ser un grupo más a pesar de su profesionalidad. Para 1968 la banda ya no existía, pero años más tarde regresarían a los escenarios e inclusive grabarían algún trabajo...The Game todavía están en el ruedo..Gotta Keep On Moving Baby
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Thank you " Roadrunner" for this superb posting
Here more info about the discography
Personnel:
TONY BIRD gtr, vcls A B C D
TERRY BOYES vcls A
ALLEN JANAWAY bs A B C
JIM NELSON drms A B
TERRY SPENCER ld gtr A B C D
RAY CHARLESLY vcls B
TERRY GOODSELL drms C D
(TERRY BROWN drms C D)
STAN DECKER bs D
Line-up A: Pye 45; B: Decca 45; C: Parlophone 45s.
45s:
1 Gotta Keep On Moving Baby/But I Do (Pye 7N 15889) 1965
2 Gonna Get Me Someone/Gotta Wait (Decca F 12469) 1966
3 The Addicted Man/Help Me Mummy's Gone (Parlophone R 5553) 1967
4 It's Shocking What They Call Me/Help Me Mummy's Gone (Parlophone R 5569) 1967
NB: (3) withdrawn. There's also an Oak acetate of The Addicted Man dating from 3 December 1966.
The Game formed in Mitcham, Surrey, in 1964. Terry Spencer and Allen Janaway had earlier played together in a group called The Secrets, along with future occasional member Terry Brown. Mod-popsters Game had a brief liaison with Kenny Lynch (the black Cockney entertainer) and then signed to the Original Sound Productions management agency and production company, which consisted of Mitcham songwriters Lesley Blake, Alan Gowing and Terry Brown.
Their debut for Pye, Gotta Keep On Moving Baby, was a reasonable beat-pop effort. Its sales were disappointing, though, and the band switched to Decca and to be relaunched by that label for their promising Who-influenced mod-pop 45, Gonna Get Me Someone. The flip side, Gotta Wait, was basically a pop-art effort. Although the single didn't chart it impressed and they may have been on the brink of success when Parlophone withdrew The Addicted Man after it was voted a 'miss' on 'Juke Box Jury'. They recorded It's Shocking What They Call Me instead in a day and this was a great slice of psychedelia, but by now the momentum was lost. For me, though, their finest moment was Help Me Mummy's Gone, with it's great guitar riffs which recall The Who and The Creation.
For the Parlophone 45s Tony Bird had switched from rhythm guitar to lead vocals. Tony Bird, who was only 14 when the group were formed, was later in an obscure seventies outfit Kind Hearts and English and may have also done some solo recordings. Terry Spencer and Stan Decker were later in Lavender Grove, who recorded an acetate for Oak. Later in 1969 they were in an Underground group called Grail, who recorded an album for the German Metronome label (MLP 15393) 1971 that was produced by Rod Stewart. The album, which was only issued in Germany and France, is now extremely collectable.
Game have recently reformed with a line-up of Tony Bird (vcls, gtr), Terry Brown (drms), Allen Janaway (bs) and Terry Spencer (lead gtr). At the time of writing a new 45, Still On The Game, their first since 1967, was due for release on Grass records. Thanks to Alan Gowing, who wrote the music to Addicted Man and It's Shocking What They Call Me for some of this info
Thank you so much
Thank Albert & Zenon
Could you please reup your stuff by The Move. Thank you!!
Specifically?
The Rarities Move and The Move (Omnibus The 60´s Singles A´s & B´s)
Coming soon
Otro que me había perdido, gracias por volver a subirlo.
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Thank you very much.
Hola amigo,pasaba por tu pagina viendo algo interesante,visitando algunas paginas conocidas.Saludos.
Bueno muchas gracias, es grato saber que no es solo los post. Muchas gracias nuevamente, sabes que eres bienvenido por aquí, que tengas un buen día
Me gustan mucho sus dos primeros singles para Pye y Decca, vamos a ver como está el resto. Saludos.
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