Ive been listening a lot to the Flamin Groovies. They did the best ever cover of Jumpin Jack Flash thats reason enough for any Stones fan to check them out, but really they are just the best Stones influenced band of all. Songs like Shake Some Action, You Tore Me Down, Teenage Head and Slow Death are classics which would not have been out of place on the best Stones records. They also do great covers of Paint It Black and She Said Yeah
Check them out if you have never heard of them, they are quite obscure but you will get a great surprise.

great to see that someone else is grooving on the groovies.I always thought they are the dogs bollox.shake some action indeed.

Excellent band! Also try Magic Christian, an offspring of FG.

Vilhelm
Nordic Stones Vikings

I love the Teenage Head album...very Stones influenced and a lot of fun.

Got a lot of their singles, but "Jumping Jack Flash" sure is one of their best!!

I'm still looking for a tape of the Roundhouse 72 gig! Anyone??

So only a handfull of Flamin' Groovies aficionados over here??
No wonder they never conquered the charts!!

Sorry, I've arrived late on this thread. I'm a huge Groovies fan and first saw them at the legendary Roundhouse, London gig in July 76 supported by then, relatively unknown band The Ramones and The Stranglers. I always maintain that Slow Death is the best Stonesy song the Stones never wrote followed by the amazing Shake Some Action. Chris Wilson who was the lead singer during their golden 70s period is now one of my best mates and lives in Camden, London. He joined psychedelic surf punks The Barracudas in the 80s and now plays the odd solo show. He's currently recording a new album.
Anyway, Chris told me that that when they recorded Jumping Jack Flash in about 73 to studied the Stones promo video version and the intro even has Chris singing those 'yeah, yeah, yeah' bits that Jagger does on the Stones vid. Chris also recorded a version of Sympathy on a mini album called Back To The Barbary Coast.
Rank Stranger - there's no tape of the Roundhouse 72 show. The 76 Roundhouse one exists as a semi legit bootleg.



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Dagger, the Roundhouse gig is available at Dime.

Vilhelm
Nordic Stones Vikings

I have an old vinyl lp "Rockin' At The Roundhouse" (Mystery Records), which seems to be a mixture of two shows from 1976 & 1978!
Can someone post the Roundhouse gig from Dime over at Hot Stuff please??

Wow, thanks Vihelm. I've just managed to get onto Dime so I'll look out for it although my credit is negative at the moment. Will let Chris know as he'll be really amazed to hear it.

Here's a link to Chris Wilson's website. Be warned, it's extremely psychedelic and may cause you to immediately put on Their Satanic Majesty's Request.

[profile.myspace.com]

I´m damn sure I saw the Roundhouse gig on Dime, but can´t find it now, only found:
Flamin Groovies - ROCK 'N' ROXY'76 and More:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Basic track from Jumpin' In The Night sessions 1979
1. Yes I Am (instrumental w/o vocals)

CYRIL JORDAN with The Sneetches, live (soundboard)
[ DNA Lounge, San Francisco ,CA_USA_June 29, 1991]
2. Reelin' and Rockin' (w/Ronnie Dawson)
3. Feel A Whole Lot Better
4. Shake Some Action
5. You Tore Me Down
6. Dizzy Miss Lizzie

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Rock'N Roxy '76 (vinyl bootleg; 40:26)
(August 12, 1976 The Roxy, Los Angeles CA_USA)
7. She Said Yeah
8. Let The Boy Rock 'n' Roll
9. House Of Blue Lights
10. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
11. Please Please Me
12. Please Please Girl
13. Ups and Downs
14. Shake Some Action (fade-out)
15. I Wanna Be Your Man
16. Don't You Lie To Me
17. I Can't Hide
18. Miss Amanda Jones
19. Under My Thumb
20. Hey Hey Hey
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And:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES - OLYMPIA, PARIS, FRANCE- NOV 1, 1975
1. She Said Yeah
2. Let The Boy Rock 'n' Roll
3. St. Louis Blues
4. Sometimes
5. Teenage Head
6. Yes It's True
7. Misery
8. Sweet Little Sixteen(Removed"Official Released on (Marilyn USMLP 1020)
9. Fall On You
10. Please Please Me
11. Please Please Girl
12. Don't You Lie To Me
13. Married Woman
14. Shake Some Action
15. Miss Amanda Jones
16. Under My Thumb
17. Big City
18. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Vilhelm
Nordic Stones Vikings

Hi Silver Dagger!

Your Chris Wilson link doesn't work over here! Did you mean this:

[www.flamin-groovy.com]

Flamingo Groupies?*LOL*

Big T

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Rank Stranger
Hi Silver Dagger!

Your Chris Wilson link doesn't work over here! Did you mean this:

[www.flamin-groovy.com]

No Rank Stranger, it's Chris My Space link. Go to Google, type in Chris Wilson and find the My Space page. Worth checking out.

There is a great French Groovies forum on yahoo where the have some excellent rare songs, check it here
[fr.groups.yahoo.com]

For those of you who are not into torrents, the 1975 Olympia show is currently up here:

[dexondaz.blogspot.com]

Flac files!

Thanks for that Rank. Chris Wilson is away in France right now recording some new tracks. His new album should be released some time this autumn. I've heard some rough mixes and it sounds great.

The Groovies are GREAT lurve 'em

Flamin' Groovies the best Bay Area band!

Dammit now I have to go to the storage unit and try to find my EP of "Slow Death" and "Tallahasie Lassie" on United Artists.

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mckalk
Flamin' Groovies the best Bay Area band!

Dammit now I have to go to the storage unit and try to find my EP of "Slow Death" and "Tallahasie Lassie" on United Artists.

i have that, pic sleev and all

I saw them a couple of times at the Roundhouse but later in the 70's possibly 77/78 fantastic live and I agree with the comments on their Stones covers I loved their version of Paint It Black.

Don't live in London anymore but noticed that The Roundhouse has reappeared on the venue list, is this the same place as the Chalk Farm one or is it a new venue trading on the old name

It's the same place ado. They've cleaned it up a bit but it still basically has that great atmosphere of a proper music/theatre venue rather than some municipal building. I went to see them at the Roundhouse in the mid to late 70s. The 76 show was the best one and one which has fallen into rock'n'roll legend as loads of people who were there ended up forming punk bands. The support was The Ramones and The Stranglers. In 78 they were supported by The Boyfriends I believe.

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mckalk
Flamin' Groovies the best Bay Area band!

Dammit now I have to go to the storage unit and try to find my EP of "Slow Death" and "Tallahasie Lassie" on United Artists.

Very cool. I remember reading about them in Trouser Press and found the EP and some import shop. I was blown away, "Slow Death" is kind of a cross between the Stones and Lou Reed.

Hello there

Impossible to get this track from Paris 1975:

8. Sweet Little Sixteen(Removed"Official Released on (Marilyn USMLP 1020)

This CD is rarest as caviar

Does someone has a MP3 of it or can tell me where I can find it ?

Thanks
Francky

Hiya,

I'm the guitarist and bass player on the Chris CD. I'm glad you've liked what you've heard.

You can hear a couple of more sample tracks at...

http://www.xfmuploaded.co.uk/chriswilson/

and...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=404268745

All the best

Anthony

Sounds good!

Great garage band. One of the coolest names ever as well.

Does anyone has the COMPLETE version of this gig ?

Francky

The "70" LP has been reissued on cd recently, I wouldn't call this an essential release, but some of you might want to know?!

[www.jpc.de]