LIVE AT THE MARQUEE EP
1- 96 TEARS (R. Martinez)
2- GET OUT OF DENVER (B. Seger) //
3- GLORIA (V. Morrison)
4- SATISFACTION (M. Jagger / K. Richards)
08/76- Island Rec. IEP-2 ps - 7”
Note: D.J. demo/promo copies exist and include a
longer edit of the GLORIA/SATISFACTION side (D.J.
copies clock in at 6’50” whereas stock copies are
5’25”; on D.J. copies GET OUT OF DENVER is introduced
by Masters shouting “Are You Ready To Rock?”, edited
from the stock copies; a few (mispressed) stock copies
feature the labels of the promo. Rare jukebox copies
have different Cat.No. WIP-6333 and include just
two tracks: 96 TEARS and GET OUT OF DENVER.
*1/2 (stock copies) ** (D.J. copies with longer
flip) *** (2-track jukebox copies)
1976 buried Progressive Rock dinosaurs and
marked the return of raw, basic and live Rock
and Roll in the British Charts. During the summer
Eddie and The Hot Rods played at the first
Mont De Marsan Punk Rock Festival, near
Bordeaux, France, and on July 30 they released
this EP, recorded live at London’s Marquee Club
and featuring four adrenalin-filled cover versions
of Van Morrison’s GLORIA, ? & The
Mysterians’ 96 TEARS, the classic Stones hit
SATISFACTION and a Bob Seger composition
entitled GET OUT OF DENVER. Island’s
reintroduction of the ’60s EP format was an
instant hit, and for the first time Eddie and The
Hot Rods entered the British charts for five
weeks, peaking at no. 43. Dr. Feelgood’s live
album STUPIDITY emerged in August and
projected Wilko Johnson’s band and their energetic
mixture of Ršn’R and R&B to the top of the
UK chart: Pub Rock was at its zenith while at the
same time London’s 100 Club Punk Rock
Festival was officially baptising the New Wave of
Rock'n'Roll and its undisputed leaders, The Sex
Pistols. In France two of the songs of the LIVE
AT THE MARQUEE EP – 96 TEARS and GET
OUT OF DENVER – were chosen for a 7”
which was housed in a unique band-photo
picture sleeve. The four-track EP was also
pressed in Australia and New Zealand: these
editions come in company sleeves. An
American 7” (which also comes in a company
sleeve), couples GET OUT OF DENVER, lifted
from the LIVE AT THE MARQUEE EP, and
TEENAGE DEPRESSION, the title-track of
Eddie and The Hot Rods’ forthcoming long-player:
promo copies only include mono and
stereo versions of GET OUT OF DENVER. At
the end of 1976, NME journalists voted the LIVE
AT THE MARQUEE EP second best Single of
the Year.
Steve note: this is surely the actual moment when
pub rock officially died.
7 reacties:
The death of pub-rock? You gotta be kiddin'! At that point the Count Bishops were just shiftin' into first gear, the Feelgoods had yet to release the amazin' Private Practice and the Hot Rods themselves were about to move things to another level with their full-lengths. The Inmates, Cannibals, the 1st Lew Lewis 45, lively stuff for a stiff...
The mid-70s pub rock edifice (Bees Make Honey, Ducks Deluxe, the Kilburns, Brinsley Schwarz etc) was crumbling by '76. The Feelgoods were a much punkier thing anyway, and did manage to translate to a punk audience... but even then "Stupidity" (1976) was their 'peak' (can't count the one-off'ness of "Milk And Alcohol") and "Private Practice" was a commercial dissapointment: it had already been all over bar the shouting by '77. The Bishops, The Cannibals etc: good records, but marginalised by punk.
The Hot Rods had joined in on the tail-end of pub rock but managed to adapt VERY quickly. Removing "are you ready to rock?" clearly shows that they (or the label, or the manager, or Caroline Coon or whoever) knew that that kinda 'rockist' language would tar them with a boring-old-fart brush. When "Live At The Marquee" was recorded and scheduled it would've been seen as part of their 'present' ("Horseplay", "Writing On The Wall" etc) and by the time it was released someone - thankfully - saw it as part of their future. The same future that Strummer saw when he quit the 101'ers.
If you take the country inflected pub rockers out of the equation -- Bees Make Honey, Chilli Willi, Brinsleys, Eggs Over Easy, and all the rest -- and just focus on The Feelgoods, Ducks, Bishops, 101ers, Hot Rods then the continuum with loud and leary punk bands (not the arty end) is much clearer. It seems to me they were all drawing from the same deep pool -- Kinks, Pretty Things, Who, early Stones, Yardbirds, Them. Play the first Saints album back to back with Stupidity (or even the Count Bishops Good Gear LP)and then tell me that they don't share the same DNA ... The Damned and the Hot Rods always seemed to me to be swinging from the same tree . . .
Howard Thompson, the guy who signed the Hot Rods to Island has his own blog and radio station -- North Fork Sound. There's a recent posting of his Hot Rods memories and a link to some great photos.
Lastly, when I listen to Live at the Marquee, which sounds just as essential today as it did 32 years I ago, I hear Masters shouting out "Are you alright?" Not "Are you ready to rock." But perhaps I have a different version . . .
Best, Peter
Hi Peter,
"Are you ready to rock?" was just on the demo copies.
"Live At The Marquee"'s still one of my favourites...
S
First time I heard this I decided I was going to be a punk rocker(-whatever one of those was)
cheers Steve
(andy pandemonium...anyone?)
I gotta confess I stole my copy from a house party in 76/77 I think it belonged to Felicity Geal who was the daughter of my school's deputy head
I've now bought two copies of the dj release, both are exactly the same as the stock copies, I reckon this could turn into a life time's search, so help me out here please and tell me what's scratched into the dead wax. The longer version must have a unique matrix number. Cheers, Peter
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