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The Wild Cherries - That’s Life
Mod-ish Aussie R&B enlivened by organ and fiery guitar
Now hold on just a minute, cobber. Melbourne’s Wild Cherries were certainly one of the crunchier bands on the Oz R&B scene of the 60s, with Krome Plated Yabby sitting comfortably on Big Beat’s tasty Peculiar Hole In The Sky: Pop-Psych From Down Under compilation. But four DIY singles that never even made the charts Down Under hardly add up to ‘Australia’s Premier Psychedelic R&B Combo’, do they?�
As for Lobby Loyde being touted as ‘Australia’s First Guitar Hero’, these recordings only hint at the legendary punch of the Cherries’ live act, but you can tell he was loud, free and unafraid. The best thing here is the title track from 1967. The band’s second single, fast and heavy with wild guitar and organ, it’s the old mod foreshadowing of Deep Purple, featuring an Oz Rock first in the jettisoning of Memphis/ Detroit/wherever for Melbourne. Gotta Stop Lying is big and nasty too, among the eight soulful As and Bs, but sixteen weak pre- Loyde demos and live tracks hardly imperil the Easybeats’ towering status. Excellent 36-page booklet, mind.
Half A Cow | HAC 113
Reviewed by Derek Hammond
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