COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Starting a new posting series here as I've been privy to some hot posting activity at one of my new meta vinyl groups. I will put the "-cc" at the end of the WinRAR filename as well as above in the title so I know. I'm starting this now as a big source for this material the 'Rockasteria' blogspot has many of the links but they are expiring fast like for this file, I had to go to Youtube and download the songs one by one via mp3convert.org. I use their 320 kb/sec MP3 highest sample rate link and the youtube high setting is 256 kb/sec (I avoid the 128 kb/sec low quality youtube post) and it sounds great to my ears. Per Discogs: The Eyes Of Blue evolved during the mid-sixties from covers and R&B band The Mustangs, based in Neath, Wales, UK.
The early line-up consisted of Wyndham Rees (Vocals), Ray Williams (Guitar), Ritchie Francis (Bass), Melvyn Davies (Guitar) and David Thomas (Drums). Thomas had replaced Byron Phillips in October 1964 a month before the change of name, and before too long Melvyn Davies also decided to leave, reducing the Eyes to a four-piece. Starting out as a soul-based R&B band the Eyes quickly established a strong reputation in the South Wales music scene. In Early in 1966 drummer Thomas was off and away, and John Weathers was drafted in as a temporary replacement. From another Neath based band - the Smokestacks - came keyboard player Phil Ryan, and vocalist Gary Pickford-Hopkins.
L. Glas, short for Lygaid Glas, Eyes of Blue in Welsh, was used as writing credits on Apache '69.
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