| capt_alehouse 11.03.2005 06:43 |
You guys probably already have this, but in an attempt to share, here is a link for Appointment, the info i have about it is: Brian May, Abbey Road session 31 July 1967 link |
| great king rat 1138 11.03.2005 08:12 |
Great song - I think the name of the band was 'The Left Handed Marriage'. A mate of mine leant me a CD with 3 or four of their tracks. I'll pop them on You sendit, and let you all see what you think! |
| Mr Mercury 11.03.2005 08:14 |
Correct as usual GKR |
| capt_alehouse 11.03.2005 08:23 |
I have another two tracks from this session if there is the interest She Was Once My Friend and I Need Time |
| capt_alehouse 11.03.2005 08:50 |
Listed on Ultra Rare Trax as by Left Handed Marriage Listed on the Ultimate Rarities Collection as I have listed it |
| great king rat 1138 11.03.2005 11:12 |
As promised, here are the other two left handed marriage songs that I have. Enjoy! link link |
| capt_alehouse 11.03.2005 11:30 |
thanks saves me from posting them |
| johnf 22.03.2005 10:34 |
Sorry to correct you, but that session on July 31st 1967 was at Regent Sound, not Abbey Road. How do I know ? I was there, playing bass guitar (and piano) as part of the Left Handed Marriage. Anyway, it's good that people are listening to them even after 38 years. John Frankel |
| capt_alehouse 22.03.2005 13:18 |
Thanks for the correction, as i stated in an earlier post, i was going by information supplied on the disc. Which may or may not have been correct. |
| Ride The Wild Wind 22.03.2005 13:44 |
great king rat 1138 wrote: As promised, here are the other two left handed marriage songs that I have....GKR, your files has been deleted from server. Reason: No download for a loner period. Inactivity-timeout exceeded. Please, can you update it? Thanks! |
| capt_alehouse 22.03.2005 17:03 |
RTWW here are the files you requested from GKR, I was going to share them originally anyway I need Time link She Was Once My Friend link |
| Ride The Wild Wind 22.03.2005 19:07 |
Truly kind capt_alehouse, thank you very much |
| John S Stuart 22.03.2005 19:22 |
Johnf: "I was there, playing bass guitar (and piano) as part of the Left Handed Marriage". link Pre-Queen: Left Handed Marriage 1965 Summer: Bill Richards forms the Left Handed Marriage. 1967 January: Record "On The Right Side Of The Left Handed Marriage" LP. (Pre-Brian May, so no Queen involvement). Only 50 original copies pressed. Jan – March: Bill Richards signs 12-month contract with Music Publishers. Contacts Brian May for “fuller sound”. April 4: UNRELEASED Recording Session Manor Road, Twickenham, 7” EP Acetate. 12 string guitar/vocals: Bill Richards, Lead guitar: Brian May, Flute/vocals: Terry Goulds, Vocals: Jenny Hill, Henry Deval. All songs written and owned by Bill Richards. Session not released. Give Me Time, She Was Once My Friend, Yours Sincerely, Sugar Lump Girl June 28: UNRELEASED Recording Session EMI Studios, St. John’s Wood, 7” Acetate. 12 string guitar/vocals: Bill Richards, Lead guitar: Brian May, Bass guitar: Dave Dilloway (1984), Vocals: Jenny Hill, Henry Deval, Terry Goulds. All songs written and owned by Bill Richards. Session not released. I Need Time, She Was Once My Friend July 28: Recording Session Regent Sound 7” Acetate. 12 string guitar/vocals: Bill Richards, Lead guitar/vocals: Brian May, Bass guitar/piano: John Frankel, Drums: Peter Trout, Vocals: Jenny Hill, Henry Deval, Terry Goulds. All tracks remastered from acetate, master tapes disappeared along with the studio. All songs written and owned by Bill Richards. Session released February 1993 as "Crazy Chain" LHM1 CD/Cassette. (*Excluding She Was Once My Friend edit). I Need Time, She Was Once My Friend, Appointment, *She Was Once My Friend 7” edit. 1992 July 27/29 Original members Bill Richards, Jenny Hill, Henry Deval, Terry Goulds, John Frankel and new recruit keyboardist Peter Gosling, return to the studio to cut "Crazy Chain" 1993 February "Crazy Chain" (including 31.07.1967 Regent Sound session) released as private pressing CD and cassette tape. LHM 1. 2005 March 22 John Frankel (johnf) Posted: 3/22/2005 10:33:31 AM Queenzone > Forums > Sharing The Music > Appointment - Download link Sorry to correct you, but that session on July 31st 1967 was at Regent Sound, not Abbey Road. How do I know ? I was there, playing bass guitar (and piano) as part of the Left Handed Marriage. So John, Bill Richards claims you guys were in Regent Sound July 28th - and you 31st. Was this a protracted three day session, or is Bill's memory starting to go? Do you still have your "She Was Once My Friend" 7” edit acetate, or, has that too been lost to the passage of time? |
| johnf 23.03.2005 03:00 |
John S Stuart, Good resume, and most of it exactly right. May I point you to this article which might also help. link. On our Crazy Chain CD, Bill does say 31/7/67 so I don't know where July 28th came from - it was definitely the monday as it was the day after my 19th birthday on the sunday. Bill is a year older than me so his memory is probably going ! The last time I saw the "She Was Once My Friend" 7” edit acetate, was in about 1968. Bill had them all so he might still. |
| John S Stuart 23.03.2005 07:17 |
johnf: Thanks for the reply. My information came from personally interviewing Bill Richards, but, considering the event was the day after your 19th birthday, I guess that would be reason enough to sear it into your memory. As for the article you mention link. It is actually plagerised from "Record Collector" magazine features - ironically - it was me who wrote them! (I notice also, that your letter of correction addressed to the magazine, is also included). Unfortunately, one does not recieve a lot of credit (if any) when "re-published" on internet sites. Glad that you enjoyed the article, and hope you enjoy your visits to "Queenzone". John S. Stuart |
| johnf 23.03.2005 08:25 |
John S. Stuart, I enjoyed your reply - I didn't realize I was pointing you to your own article. I enjoyed your reply - I didn't realize I was pointing you to your own article. Just one thing to add to this forum. I haven't seen Brian since that session in 1967 - we all went our separate ways, mostly to different universities and we didn’t meet up again as a group. My memories of Brian are of a very talented and, I hate to say it, very nice boy. I thought I was quite good in 1967 – Brian was in a different class even then. I suppose my one claim to fame was showing him the correct chord in the Beatles ‘ No reply’ (G6 when he was playing a Gmaj7). |
| YourValentine 23.03.2005 09:16 |
You don't happen to have some old photos to share, Mr. Frankel? :) |
| John S Stuart 23.03.2005 09:20 |
Johnf: "I suppose my one claim to fame was showing him the correct chord in the Beatles ‘ No reply’ (G6 when he was playing a Gmaj7)." Thanks for that - I will add it to my bank of trivia. Who knows - you may even see that snippet in "print" someday - but I will make sure that you are credited - or better still, write it as IF it was a personal interview! My e-mail address is available on this site, so if you ever feel the need to have "your story" told from your point of view - drop me a mail sometime! |
| Two Sharp Pencils 23.03.2005 09:22 |
johnf, may I ask which other songs did LHM use to reharse apart from No Reply? And if it´s not too much to ask, do recordings from such sessions exist(ed)? Not that I will ask you to share them, just to learn something else. :) |
| matt V 23.03.2005 09:40 |
Johnf, thanx for the bites of info..infact any stories about "The left handed marriage" no matter how trivial would be greatly appreciated. cheers Matt |
| johnf 23.03.2005 10:18 |
It is amazing that anyone has even heard of the Left Handed Marriage, especially after all these years. The best notes are those written in the Crazy Chain CD but I can add a few bits. I was the outsider of the group, as the rest had been at school together (including Brian). Bill had needed someone else who could play the guitar - that was fine, but all I had was a six string Hofner and a wonderful 12 string. Bill thus decided to play the 12 string and I ended up playing a bad bass on the Hofner. The result was the first album being slightly thin on instruments ! We recorded that album at the beginning of 1967 and I then went off to the States for 6 months in what they call today a 'gap year'. Because of that, I was not available for the Abbey Road sessions. Bill kept writing to me telling me of the progress. I don't want to make this post too long, but I am a sad person and I have kept the letters. This is a quote from one on 29/03/67 after he mentioned someone called Brian. "In case you're wondering, Brian is the amazing, dancing, singing, psychodelic (sic) lead guitarist whom we have on loan from the illustrious 1984 of Imperial College. If you were around, we’d have a full group”. Another letter on 10/05/67 says: “By the way, our lead guitarist (Brian) (Good bloke but bit of a dirty devil) thought Jenny is fantastic which created a few problems. Never mind, he plays like a angel !” and my favourite part “Brian likes your bass runs in “Happiness is u-shaped” (off the first LP). When we all rehearsed together, it was always Bill’s songs. Sometime I went to Brian’s house in Twickenham to rehearse just with him. After a few minutes we got bored with LHM stuff and got on to the Beatles – that’s how the G6 came up. That’s enough for today. |
| Two Sharp Pencils 23.03.2005 10:24 |
Wow... what can I say? Thanks for sharing these precious memories! These kind of posts are bringing these boards a new life. :) |
| YourValentine 23.03.2005 15:30 |
Thanks for posting this, Johnf, I am sure Brian would enjoy reading it, too. And you are not sad at all keeping your letters, I have kept all letters I was sent since I was 14 and I glad I still have them. |
| John S Stuart 23.03.2005 15:37 |
YourValentine: "...I have kept all letters I was sent since I was 14 and I glad I still have them." Don't let GB read that ;-) |
| YourValentine 23.03.2005 18:07 |
Who? :) |
| Wilki Amieva 18.06.2005 02:30 |
No comment. ;-) |
| Val 18.09.2005 04:31 |
Could someone repost on rapidshare or torrent or anything these 3 songs? She was once my friend, Appointement, I need Time?? PLEASE! |
| bitesthedust 18.09.2005 05:26 |
it used to be available here -link but it looks like this site has gone down. |