This is most Beatle-esque band you have never heard... .............. http://www.aerovons.com/ The band recorded an album in 1969 in England at EMI's Abbey Road studios (sound familiar?), they also met Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Mal Evans. They secured a recording contract for EMI and Decca. They were produced by Alan Parsons and Geoff Emerick both had major Beatles connections. Two singles were released, the band broke up and the album was then shelved for over 30 years and was recently released in 2003. Check out their site for audio clips and the complete story of The Aerovons. Very, very interesting.
Ever hear of Klaatu? http://www.beatlesagain.com/breflib/klaatu.html Go to "The Music" link on this site to listen to samples: http://www.klaatu.org/
Yeah I had the fist Klaatu on cassette. I bought it unheard because The Day The Earth Stood Still was one of my all time favorite movies and as it turned out the music was pretty good. If we want to have this thread go on about lost treasures, check out Todd Rundgren's first band Nazz. Their second CD NazzNazz is dam good. Many years ago I read the viny version was one a most prized collecter's item because they pressed so few of them. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_1/002-1079155-9591235?v=glance&s=music&st=*
Well there are only so many and us oldies know every note of all of them. Consider 'Beatlesque' as a genre of British influenced pop/rock, with positive lyrics, symphonic experimentation and strong hooks. Pretty pleasent stuff.
Apparently they went on tour several years ago -- without Jeff Lynne! With all the layers of studio stuff their songs are almost imposible to play live. If you want Beatlesque, get the Ruttles! (In case you don't know, The Ruttles were a Beatles parody with Eric Idle.) I swear they sound more like the Beatles than the Beatles themselves. For modern stuff, try Olivia Tremor Control for the more psychadelic stuff, and select bits of The Apples in Stereo are very Revolveresque. Of course if you're starved for Beatles stuff, there's the unending supply of bootlegs. The entire Anthology series was a response to all the boots. There are like 5000 takes of It's Not to Bad/Strawberry Fields Forever on MP3 if anybody's interested, I have some great really bad takes of early songs, like That Means Alot, and I even have Paul McCartney working out the song Blackbird with Donovan, and he explains that it's about Diana Ross. Alot of their later solo stuff was originally Beatles material. Jealous Guy was called Child of Nature, etc. I even have a live boot from KILT presents the Beatles in Houston.
The albums are all available on CD, and there is even a Klaatu tribute album out there. People might have heard of the band because of the Carpenters' (more popular) cover of "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft." While these guys have some good songs, and sound somewhat like the Beatles, it is amazing folks thought it actually was them.
When I was 7-10 years old, I played Beatles tapes incessantly. By the time I was 9, my parents were getting pretty sick of hearing the same songs over and over, and the Beatles were/are their favorite band. My Dad decided to buy me a pair of ELO tapes to wean me off the band so I wouldn't ruin the Beatles for him. Jeff Lynne was like my methadone, I still love ELO and have almost all their albums. Like Klaatu, not as much as ELO though. One Beatles-esque band I've been obsessing over this summer is the Pretty Things, they really rock.
Heard a band flipping by the Trio Network last night called The Redwalls. Eerily beatlesque but real dam good so I looked them up and downloaded some (well their 2 CD's) . They are young 20's, from Chicago but look and sound like an early British Invasion band. They have just enough creativity to move out of the cover band range though. I've personally never listend to Oasis but I read that that Liam dude had to have The Redwalls open for them on their latest tour. Check'em out.
