What can you tell me about this band? Alls i got so far is that they're probably Australian, most likely from the 60s, had a self-titled album on Festival, and do a goshdarned lovely cover of 'Friday's Child'.
― petra jane (petra jane), Thursday, 10 October 2002 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)
The Executives
Personnel:
DENNIS ALLGOOD bs, vcls A B C
RHYS CLARK drms A B C
DUDLEY HOOD gtr A
BRIAN KING keyb'ds A B C D
CAROLE KING vcls A B C D
GARY KING bs A B C
KEITH LESLIE vcls, sax A
RAY BURTON gtr B C
GINO CUNNICO vcls C
BRIAN PATTERSON gtr C
BRIAN KIRBY drms D
ALAN OLOMAN bs D
JONNE SANDS vcls D
RON SMITH gtr D
ALBUMS:
1( ) THE EXECUTIVES (Festival FL 32813) 1968
2( ) ON BANDSTAND (Festival SFLQ 33564) 1969
3( ) NOW (Summit SRA 250-007) 1969
NB: There's also been a few compilations, It's A Happening World (Summit SRA 250 1331) 196? and The Happening World Of The Executives (Festival ) 1989. (3) was also released on Universal (V 1019) 1969.
EPs:
1( ) EXECUTIVES BREAK OUT (Festival FX 11301) 196?
2( ) IT'S A HAPPENING WORLD (Festival FX 11487) 1968
3( ) WINDY DAY (Festival FX 11587) 196?
4( ) PARENTHESIS (Festival FX 11651) 196?
45s:
(up to 1975)
1 Wander Boy/You're Bad (Festival FK 1583) 1967
2 My Aim Is To Please You/Bad Reputation (Festival FK 1776) 1967
3 Sit Down I Think I Love You/Don't You Sometimes Baby (Festival FK 1934) 1967
4 It's A Happening World/Moving In A Circle (Festival FK 2179) 1968
5 Windy Day/This Town Ain't The Same Anymore (Festival FK 2395) 1968
6 Christopher Robin/Summerhill Road (Festival FK 2654) 1968
7 Parenthesis/Got My Woman (Festival FK 3283) 1969
8 Hey Man/You're Gonna Love Me (Festival FK 4036) 1970
9 On The Road Back/Uptown 'n' Down (Polydor 2079047) 1974
Reknown for their musicianship this was one of Sydney's top bands. They toured the States in 1968, but still had a lot of chart success back home in Australia. Their style had a lot to do with The Mamas and Papas and they did a medley of their songs on one of their albums. Curiously there are a couple of the same tracks on their first and second albums.
They returned to the States the following year and changed their name to Inner Sense, having got intertwined in psychedelia, though they broke up soon after. In retrospect, their weakness was that they wrote precious few originals - relying almost entirely on cover versions. They reformed in 1974 (line-up D) as The Executives, releasing three 45s for Polydor.
Their third album Now included the superb Moving In A Circle, which combined some delicious vocals from Australian Carole King (who sounds like an Aussie Sonja Kristina) with psychedelic sound effects. Consequently it is one of the stand out tracks on Psychedelia, Vol. Two.
Brian Patterson had earlier been with The Bluebeats and The Blue Jays, whilst Ray Burton and Gino Cunnico had been in The Gino Affair.
My Aim Is To Please You can also be found on Australia's Top Talent, Decade Of Australian Hits and Rock Rock Rock. Other songs of their compiled are Bad Reputation on Kicks, Wander Boy on So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star, Vol. 1 and So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3-CD); and Windy Day on Hits Aussie Style.
― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Thursday, 10 October 2002 04:33 (twenty-three years ago)
Actually
using the innernet for research and information gathering purposes? What a concept, i may have to try it some time!
There're some rocking moments on the LP, also some cloying psychedelia-bandwagon-jumping and even a spot of lounge stylez but on the whole i'm enjoying it a lot...& finally i have something to put on yr next mixtape. Bling.
― petra jane (petra jane), Thursday, 10 October 2002 10:36 (twenty-three years ago)