As a young teenager Edmunds played with a band called the 99ers and in the 'Heartbeats' with his older brother Geoff [2]. The first group that he fronted was the Cardiff based 1950s style rockabilly trio 'The Raiders', along with Bob 'Congo' Jones on drums and John Williams on bass, that worked almost exclusively in the South Wales area. In the late 1960s, the band shifted to a more blues-rock sound and renamed as the short lived 'The Human Beans'[3], playing mostly in London and on the British University circuit. In 1967 the band recorded a cover of "Morning Dew" on the Columbia [4] label that failed to have any chart impact. Soon after the remnants of Human Beans formed a new band called Love Sculpture that again reunited Edmunds, Jones and Williams as a trio, who scored a quasi-novelty hit by reworking Khachaturian's classical piece "Sabre Dance" as a speed-crazed rock number, inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements.[5] "Sabre Dance" became a hit after garnering the enthusiastic attention of British DJ John Peel.[5][edit] A solo careerAfter Love Sculpture split, Edmunds had a UK #1 single in 1970 with "I Hear You Knocking"[6], a Smiley Lewis cover, which he came across while producing Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets' first album entitled 'A legend'. The recording was the first release on Edmunds' manager's MAM Records label. This single also reached #4 in the U.S., making it Edmunds' biggest hit by far on either side of the Pond. Edmunds had intended to record Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together," but when he was beaten to that song by Canned Heat, he adapted the arrangement he intended to use for it to "I Hear You Knocking", producing a highly original remake. Unfortunately, the success of the single caused EMI's Regal Zonophone Records to use an option that it had to claim Edmunds' album, 1972's Rockpile, and the momentum from the single's success on a different label went away.Edmunds' only acting role followed, as a band member in the David Essex movie Stardust.[7] After learning the trade of producer, culminating in a couple of singles in the style of Phil Spector, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became linked with the pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound. Edmunds had bought a house in Rockfield Monmouth a few miles away from Charles and Kingsley Ward's Rockfield Studios where he became an almost permanent fixture for the next twenty years. His working regime involved arriving at the studio in the early evening and working through till well after dawn, usually locked in the building alone. Applying the layered Spector sound to his own productions it was not unusual for Edmunds to multilayer up to forty separately recorded guitar tracks into the mix.[edit] Rockpile and other collaborationsHis own solo LP from 1975, Subtle as a Flying Mallet, was similar in style. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe starting with this album, and in 1976 they formed the group Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Because Edmunds and Lowe signed to different record labels that year, they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, but many of their solo LPs (such as Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust and Edmunds' own Repeat When Necessary) were in fact group recordings. Dave Edmunds had more UK hits during this time, including Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk", Nick Lowe's "I Knew The Bride", Hank DeVito's "Queen of Hearts" (written for Edmunds but later a smash U.S. hit for Juice Newton), Graham Parker's "Crawling from the Wreckage", and Melvin Endsley's "Singing the Blues" (originally a hit for Guy [ More Detail ]
As a young teenager Edmunds played with a band called the 99ers and in the 'Heartbeats' with his older brother Geoff [2]. The first group that he fronted was the Cardiff based 1950s style rockabilly trio 'The Raiders', along with Bob 'Congo' Jones on drums and John Williams on bass, that worked almost exclusively in the South Wales area. In the late 1960s, the band shifted to a more blues-rock sound and renamed as the short lived 'The Human Beans'[3], playing mostly in London and on the British University circuit. In 1967 the band recorded a cover of "Morning Dew" on the Columbia [4] label that failed to have any chart impact. Soon after the remnants of Human Beans formed a new band called Love Sculpture that again reunited Edmunds, Jones and Williams as a trio, who scored a quasi-novelty hit by reworking Khachaturian's classical piece "Sabre Dance" as a speed-crazed rock number, inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements. "Sabre Dance" became a hit after garnering the enthusiastic attention of British DJ John Peel.After Love Sculpture split, Edmunds had a UK #1 single in 1970 with "I Hear You Knocking"[6], a Smiley Lewis cover, which he came across while producing Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets' first album entitled 'A legend'. The recording was the first release on Edmunds' manager's MAM Records label. This single also reached #4 in the U.S., making it Edmunds' biggest hit by far on either side of the Pond. Edmunds had intended to record Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together," but when he was beaten to that song by Canned Heat, he adapted the arrangement he intended to use for it to "I Hear You Knocking", producing a highly original remake. Unfortunately, the success of the single caused EMI's Regal Zonophone Records to use an option that it had to claim Edmunds' album, 1972's Rockpile, and the momentum from the single's success on a different label went away.Edmunds' only acting role followed, as a band member in the David Essex movie Stardust.[7] After learning the trade of producer, culminating in a couple of singles in the style of Phil Spector, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became linked with the pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound. Edmunds had bought a house in Rockfield Monmouth a few miles away from Charles and Kingsley Ward's Rockfield Studios where he became an almost permanent fixture for the next twenty years. His working regime involved arriving at the studio in the early evening and working through till well after dawn, usually locked in the building alone. Applying the layered Spector sound to his own productions it was not unusual for Edmunds to multilayer up to forty separately recorded guitar tracks into the mix.His own solo LP from 1975, Subtle as a Flying Mallet, was similar in style. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe starting with this album, and in 1976 they formed the group Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Because Edmunds and Lowe signed to different record labels that year, they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, but many of their solo LPs (such as Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust and Edmunds' own Repeat When Necessary) were in fact group recordings. Dave Edmunds had more UK hits during this time, including Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk", Nick Lowe's "I Knew The Bride", Hank DeVito's "Queen of Hearts" (written for Edmunds but later a smash U.S. hit for Juice Newton), Graham Parker's "Crawling from the Wreckage", and Melvin Endsley's "Singing the Blues" (originally a hit for Guy Mitchell).Unexpectedly, after Rockpile released their first LP under their own name, Seconds of Pleasure (1980), the band split, generally attributed to tensions not between Edmunds and Lowe but their respective managers. Edmunds spent the 1980s collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, and from Stray Cats to Status Quo. He recorded the soundtrack for Porky's Revenge, supplying the main theme, "High School Nights," and was the musical director for a television special starring Carl Perkins, with assorted guests including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Rosanne Cash.On his 1983 release, Information, Edmunds collaborated on two songs with Jeff Lynne, the leader of Electric Light Orchestra. One of these songs, a Jeff Lynne composition entitled "Slipping Away," became Edmunds's only other U.S. Top 40 hit, albeit just barely, spending a single week at #39. It was not a hit in the UK. In 1984, Jeff Lynne produced six tracks on Edmunds's following album, Riff Raff. [ More Detail ]
inventions that changed your lives . the telephone - invented in 1870 by Alexander graham bell .. credit card - barclaycard changed uk spending when it arrived in 1966. penicillin - discovered accidently by biologist sir alexander fleming in 1928..the microwave - the first microwave oven weighed about 750lbs and was the size of a fridge. . the wind-up radio trevor baylis OBE invented it in response to the need to communicate information about aids to the people of africa. and now this decima Remote control detector's jackpotDemi Watkins says their invention saves time and effortA home-made metal detector, which works by remote control, has netted a father and daughter a haul of coins worth £2,000.Decima Watkins' father David from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, made it from scrap metal and recycled materials.They say it can cover the ground automatically, and save on the more back-breaking work, combing for coins.Art student Decima, 20, said after initial trial and error the detector, which cost £100 to make, has paid off.They spent more than a year building the "Decima Detector" in Mr Watkins' garage and found a haul of old coins while trying out their machine.They have collected more than £2,000 in cash on Porthkerry beach near their home, as well as finding 5,000 assorted silver and hammered coins, some they say date from the 14th Century.Decima now hopes a company might be interested in developing the machine."It took around a year to make and it cost £100. We used recycled materials, visited scrap yards and went to tips to get hold of things," she said."It's even got rechargable batteries."The remote detector also has lights on it and it can be taken out in the dark.RetrieveDecima, who has demonstrated the detector on YouTube, moves along the ground quite quickly and allows them to cover fields in hours rather than months.It indicates when it picks up a signal suggesting there is metal beneath the ground.They then have to dig a hole to retrieve the coins or bits of metal.she loved metal detecting and got the bug when she went out with her father searching for treasure."I can't believe we invented this and got it all running," she said.song by Zonic OverloadThis is a local trio band touring local areas around wales playing a good mix of rock, country &western, latin and soul music. This band has done a lot of work over the last 10 years helping charities and playing their music to a large following comprising of both the young and older genaration. Their latest charity event was to help "Rick on the Roof", who is battling to keep his house in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, plus they've also helped out the Barry Town's football team to stop them going Bankrupt. The boys in the band are as folows: Bob Nash - song writer and lead vocalist. Pete watkins - song writer, musician &vocalist. Dale watkins - musician, bass player, organist. We been playing covers and original stuff from all genres including Reggae, Rock 'n' Roll, Country &Western, Ballads, and even Heavy metal. We'll play anything because we just love to jam. We've been around since 1960 and have played alongside a lot of bands including the Dave Edmunds group from Cardiff, and also Cardiff comedian Kyle Grant. Many Thanks for your support. [ More Detail ]
inventions that changed your lives . the telephone - invented in 1870 by Alexander graham bell .. credit card - barclaycard changed uk spending when it arrived in 1966. penicillin - discovered accidently by biologist sir alexander fleming in 1928..the microwave - the first microwave oven weighed about 750lbs and was the size of a fridge. . the wind-up radio trevor baylis OBE invented it in response to the need to communicate information about aids to the people of africa. and now this decima Remote control detector's jackpotDemi Watkins says their invention saves time and effortA home-made metal detector, which works by remote control, has netted a father and daughter a haul of coins worth £2,000.Decima Watkins' father David from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, made it from scrap metal and recycled materials.They say it can cover the ground automatically, and save on the more back-breaking work, combing for coins.Art student Decima, 20, said after initial trial and error the detector, which cost £100 to make, has paid off.They spent more than a year building the "Decima Detector" in Mr Watkins' garage and found a haul of old coins while trying out their machine.They have collected more than £2,000 in cash on Porthkerry beach near their home, as well as finding 5,000 assorted silver and hammered coins, some they say date from the 14th Century.Decima now hopes a company might be interested in developing the machine."It took around a year to make and it cost £100. We used recycled materials, visited scrap yards and went to tips to get hold of things," she said."It's even got rechargable batteries."The remote detector also has lights on it and it can be taken out in the dark.RetrieveDecima, who has demonstrated the detector on YouTube, moves along the ground quite quickly and allows them to cover fields in hours rather than months.It indicates when it picks up a signal suggesting there is metal beneath the ground.They then have to dig a hole to retrieve the coins or bits of metal.she loved metal detecting and got the bug when she went out with her father searching for treasure."I can't believe we invented this and got it all running," she said.song is by peter watkins About Zonic OverloadThis is a local trio band touring local areas around wales playing a good mix of rock, country &western, latin and soul music. This band has done a lot of work over the last 10 years helping charities and playing their music to a large following comprising of both the young and older genaration. Their latest charity event was to help "Rick on the Roof", who is battling to keep his house in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, plus they've also helped out the Barry Town's football team to stop them going Bankrupt. The boys in the band are as folows: Bob Nash - song writer and lead vocalist. Pete watkins - song writer, musician &vocalist. Dale watkins - musician, bass player, organist. We been playing covers and original stuff from all genres including Reggae, Rock 'n' Roll, Country &Western, Ballads, and even Heavy metal. We'll play anything because we just love to jam. We've been around since 1960 and have played alongside a lot of bands including the Dave Edmunds group from Cardiff, and also Cardiff comedian Kyle Grant. Many Thanks for your support. [ More Detail ]
[edit] Early DaysAs a young teenager Edmunds played with a band called the 99ers and in the 'Heartbeats' with his older brother Geoff [2]. The first group that he fronted was the Cardiff based 1950s style rockabilly trio 'The Raiders', along with Bob 'Congo' Jones on drums and John Williams on bass, that worked almost exclusively in the South Wales area. In the late 1960s, the band shifted to a more blues-rock sound and renamed as the short lived 'The Human Beans'[3], playing mostly in London and on the British University circuit. In 1967 the band recorded a cover of "Morning Dew" on the Columbia [4] label that failed to have any chart impact. Soon after the remnants of Human Beans formed a new band called Love Sculpture that again reunited Edmunds, Jones and Williams as a trio, who scored a quasi-novelty hit by reworking Khachaturian's classical piece "Sabre Dance" as a speed-crazed rock number, inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements.[5] "Sabre Dance" became a hit after garnering the enthusiastic attention of British DJ John Peel.[5][edit] A solo careerAfter Love Sculpture split, Edmunds had a UK #1 single in 1970 with "I Hear You Knocking"[6], a Smiley Lewis cover, which he came across while producing Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets' first album entitled 'A legend'. The recording was the first release on Edmunds' manager's MAM Records label. This single also reached #4 in the U.S., making it Edmunds' biggest hit by far on either side of the Pond. Edmunds had intended to record Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together," but when he was beaten to that song by Canned Heat, he adapted the arrangement he intended to use for it to "I Hear You Knocking", producing a highly original remake. Unfortunately, the success of the single caused EMI's Regal Zonophone Records to use an option that it had to claim Edmunds' album, 1972's Rockpile, and the momentum from the single's success on a different label went away.Edmunds' only acting role followed, as a band member in the David Essex movie Stardust.[7] After learning the trade of producer, culminating in a couple of singles in the style of Phil Spector, "Baby I Love You" and "Born To Be With You", he became linked with the pub rock movement of the early 1970s, producing Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and also The Flamin' Groovies, using a stripped down, grittier sound. Edmunds had bought a house in Rockfield Monmouth a few miles away from Charles and Kingsley Ward's Rockfield Studios where he became an almost permanent fixture for the next twenty years. His working regime involved arriving at the studio in the early evening and working through till well after dawn, usually locked in the building alone. Applying the layered Spector sound to his own productions it was not unusual for Edmunds to multilayer up to forty separately recorded guitar tracks into the mix.[edit] Rockpile and other collaborationsHis own solo LP from 1975, Subtle as a Flying Mallet, was similar in style. The Brinsley Schwarz connection brought about a collaboration with Nick Lowe starting with this album, and in 1976 they formed the group Rockpile, with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Because Edmunds and Lowe signed to different record labels that year, they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, but many of their solo LPs (such as Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust and Edmunds' own Repeat When Necessary) were in fact group recordings. Dave Edmunds had more UK hits during this time, including Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk", Nick Lowe's "I Knew The Bride", Hank DeVito's "Queen of Hearts" (written for Edmunds but later a smash U.S. hit for Juice Newton), Graham Parker's "Crawling from the Wreckage", and Melvin Endsley's "Singing the Blues" (originally a hit for Guy Mitchell).Unexpectedly, after Rockpile released their first LP under their own name, Seconds of Pleasure (1980), the band split, generally attributed to tensions not between Edmunds and Lowe but their respective managers. Edmunds spent the 1980s collaborating with and producing an assortment of artists, from Paul McCartney to King Kurt, and from Stray Cats to Status Quo. He recorded the soundtrack for Porky's Revenge, supplying the main theme, "High School Nights," and was the musical director for a television special starring Carl Perkins, with assorted guests including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Rosanne Cash. [ More Detail ]
from the album "Goodbye Cruel World" (1984) ColumbiaRecommended for fans of: The Rumour, Marshall Crenshaw, T Bone Burnett, Ian Dury, The Specials, Rockpile, The Pogues, Madness, Dave Edmunds, The Clash, XTC, Richard Thompson, Nick Lowe, Any Trouble, Squeeze, Graham Parker, The Jam, Joe Jackson, Clive Gregson, Wreckless Eric, Jags, Allen Toussaint, Burt Bacharach, Clover, Steve Nieve, The Attractions, Marc Ribot, Mitchell Froom, Wendy James, Declan MacManus, The Costello Show, Elvis Costello &the Imposters, Van Morrison, Brinsley Schwarz, David Ackles, Sam &Dave, Otis Redding, Gram Parsons, Randy Newman, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Band, George Jones, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Mi-Sex, A.J. Croce, The Jenny Thing, Rob Thomas, Martin Luther Lennon, Dylan Hicks, Cone of Silence, 44 Long, Paul Manousos, Gary Jules, The Ashes, The Faults, The Weather Machines, The HanksFor fans of: Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, New Wave, College Rock [ More Detail ]
Graham Parker with Dave Edmunds and friends from the TV show Rock Steady in 1990. This is a major upgrade from the previous version posted here. [ More Detail ]
Dave Edmunds &Graham Parker - Crawling from the wreckage"Rocksteady" Channel 4 TVThe Town and Country Club Kentish TownLondon.17 April 1990 [ More Detail ]