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Affinity – Origins: Baskervilles (Live 1965) (@256)
03 Jul 2010
(Review from allmusic)
At first glance this doesn’t look a very promising release; for starters, the only future Affinity member within is Mo Foster, and he’s playing drums. Besides, the Baskervilles were no more than a short-lived college covers band, and the bulk of the group members left music swiftly behind once they gained their degrees.
However the band appear to be astonishingly accomplished — even Foster, who learned drums while playing them here. As was the fashion in those days, the Baskervilles faithfully echoed as closely as possible the original style and feel of the songs, yet their repertoire was diverse enough to showcase their jazz, blues, surf, and R&B influences.
Their steaming “Freight Train,” scorching “Summertime Blues,” thundering “Peggy Sue Got Married,” and exuberant “Hallelujah I Love Her So” show where their real sympathies lay. The group’s take on “Get Off of My Cloud” comes close to rivaling the Rolling Stones, whom they promptly snookered by using the song as the opening of a medley comprising more saccharine fare.
Just as amusing is the Baskervilles’ recorder-led stab at “Take Five,” or Foster exuberantly battering about on his kit on “I Feel Fine.” More telling is the slight surf twist Kris Johnson gives “She’s Not There,” a trick he successfully employs elsewhere on the set, and reaches an apotheosis on the rehearsal version of “Perfidia.”
The bulk of this album was recorded live at two school functions and the Baskervilles never attempted any original numbers, happy just to reproduce others’ hits in the band’s own indomitable manner.
Line-up:
- Andy Brentnall / Vocals
- Kris Johnson / Guitars
- Brian Davis / Guitars
- Mo Foster / Drums
- John Carter / Back Vocals
with
- Helen Wright / Tambourine
Track List:
01. She’s Not There – 2:32
02. I Feel Fine – 3:02
03. Good News Week – 3:03
04. Tambourine Man – 3:24
05. I Saw Her Standing There – 2:31
06. Hallelujah I Love Her – 2:32
07. Freight Train – 2:09
08. Love Potion 9 – 2:02
09. You Like Me Too Much – 2:40
10. Day Tripper – 2:57
11. We Can Work It Out – 2:09
12. Peggy Sue – 2:27
13. Satisfaction – 3:45
14. Yesterday – 2:13
15. Bumble Bee – 2:19
16. Perfidia – 2:15
17. Another Girl – 2:11
18. Summertime Blues – 2:32
19. Merry Christmas – 1:36
20. Get Off My Cloud – 1:39
21. Sweets For My Sweet – 0:37
22. Hang On Sloopy – 0:42
23. Get Off My Cloud – 1:43
24. Tambourine Man (Bonus Rehearsal) – 3:27
25. Always Something (Bonus Rehearsal) – 2:36
26. You Like Me (Bonus Rehearsal) – 2:49
27. Perfidia (Bonus Rehearsal) – 2:18
28. Trains & Boats (Bonus Rehearsal) – 3:05
29. Last Time (Bonus Rehearsal) – 3:22
30. Hide Your Love (Bonus Live) – 2:23
31. Take 5 (Bonus Live) – 3:06
32. Merry Christmas (Bonus Live) – 1:00
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about 1 year ago
Excellent group of recordings! I never tought there were so many affinity music,, and it’s wonderful! thank you very much, sakalli!!
about 1 year ago
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J.