Chiswick

The Count Bishops - Speedball +11 (1975) {Chiswick–Ace Records ‎CDWIKM161 rel 1995}
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© 1975, 1995 Chiswick Records / Ace Records | CDWIKM 161
Rock / Rock & Roll / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Pub Rock

In the year or so before punk finally emerged on the London scene, the Count Bishops were the kind of band you wished everyone would sound like, without ever guessing that very soon, they would. A mere handful of other groups shared the Bishops' eye for tanked-up, dressed-down, dirty-ass R&B – Eddie & the Hot Rods, Little Bob Story, Dr. Feelgood, and the Hammersmith Gorillas were the closest, and it was a sign of those prime movers' versatility that each of them brought something fresh to the party. In the Bishops' case, it was a laconic sneer, a greaseball grind, and one of the hottest guitarists of the age, Zenon DeFleur. As both writer and performer, he nails even the trickiest riff down flat for the rest of the band to steamroller.

The Count Bishops - The Count Bishops (1977) {2005 Chiswick Records–Ace Records CDWIKM 254, Remastered Reissue}
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© 1977, 2005 Chiswick Records / Ace Records | CDWIKM 254
Rock / Rock & Roll / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Pub Rock

Kicking off with a great cover of the Kinks' "I Need You," this solid, unpretentious debut album belongs in the home of every fan of English R&B from the Yardbirds to the Pretty Things to Dr. Feelgood. Guitarists Johnny Guitar and Zenon de Fleur keep it tight and simple, never wasting a note, and vocalist Dave Tice is so macho, it's enough to make you laugh. The originals are OK if somewhat predictable blues-based rave-ups, but the energy and good cheer more than make up for the album's derivative nature. Not a deep album by any stretch of the imagination, just good dirty fun.

Best remembered for their 1978 hit "Driver's Seat," London-based new wave combo Sniff 'n' the Tears emerged from the remnants of the little-known Ashes of Moon, which disbanded in 1974 after failing to stir up much label interest…

During their brief time together, the Beatles, in addition to all the records they made, managed to shoot dozens of promotional films and music videos. At first they were a way for the band to connect to fans who couldn’t see them live. But by the middle of the ’60s, when they gave up touring for good to focus on the more experimental side of their music, the videos became another creative outlet, a way for one of pop culture’s most restless and daring groups to break past the boundaries of typical performance clips…

This fine twofer is very much tied in with Ace’s history, especially with original Chiswick label. The first album on Chiswick in 1977 was 'Hollywood Rock’n’Rol'” which contained some tracks by Glen Glenn that attracted appreciative reaction from European fans. Ace founder Ted Carroll met Glen near Los Angeles soon after and was able to assemble a new album that included alternate takes of his best-known songs plus some radio and TV performances.
This was issued as 'The Glen Glenn Story' in 1982, once again to much acclaim around the UK and Europe, which spurred Glen to return to the studio to make a new album, 'Everybody’s Movin’ Again', released on Ace in 1984…