Lord Rockingham's XI - Fried Onions (1958)

[JJMMWGDuPree]

This was the first record I ever bought with my own (pocket) money. I had to save up for about a month. The first time I played it those opening bass pedals jumped the arm off the record. I had to rest 2d on the arm to hold it down.

It was also the first record I ever broke, so a few years later I bought it on vinyl, but it never sounded as good as the 78... :)

[elel70]

We all know how we got here, watching TV and my trusty SoundHound lol

[killerhobo97]

Soundhound ftw

[pieabetic74]

Holy hell.... This is an eargasm!!!!!! Thanks for posting.

[balli302]

thumbs up if options advert bring you here :)

[nikinoo68]

I think the B52's must be heavily influenced by these guys, thought for sure this song was sung by them!

[DKIDSherry]

=D



[boxerdogone]

Thank you for uploading this fab song. Sad to say, if it wasn't for the Options ad, I may never have found it!

[jimmymuzza]

options indulgence advert

[r0n3000]

That chocolate ad lol

[wildley007]

thank you silly women on Options ad!

[badger5221701]

Thanks to the options choc people for using music track, this sends shivers down my spine

i just love the low frequency audio,,thanks for posting, this is awsum!

[at882]

Options advert :D

[beq1300]

Robinson's talent is patent. At the end of the next decade he composed the beautiful string arrangement for Nick Drake's River Man.

[B4BoomersBlockBoy7]

I bought this record in 1958..My brothers and sisters thought I was crazy because they never heard anything like... LoL..This group was way ahead of it's time. It's would been considered " Psychedelic Music " in the 60's !

[potheadj]

oh my god where did you find this



[youvexme]

@potheadj the film material is actually from their TV show 'oh boy' and goes with a different song. I dug it up on the BBC archives years ago (I think it was BBC - not 100 per cent sure), and I put it to the CD track.

[bstrange42]

I had this in my collection of 45s back in 1958, I loved the great bass sound especially on our Decca stereo radiogram with it's 4 large speakers.

[SeventiesMania]

@Lester1Beck Blimey, I can't PM you unless you add me as a friend. Mind you, can't blame you, I get some right garbage on here!

[SeventiesMania]

@Lester1Beck I bet it won't let me put a direct link on here... see, knew it wouldn't, damn. I'll PM it, and if anyone else wants it they can ask me, lol.

[SeventiesMania]

@Lester1Beck Benny Green wrote a hilarious piece about his time with Lord Rockingham's, have you ever read it?

[redsnapper1959]

. . . actually he died on Aug 16th . . . I just unearthed an obituary via Google.

[redsnapper1959]

@Lester1Beck And I'm sorry to inform you of the sad news that Ronnie passed away this this week at 83 at his home in Scranton, PA.

[redsnapper1959]

@Lester1Beck Not as far as I'm aware, Lester, but thanks for asking.

[redsnapper1959]

@Lester1Beck The bass player Ronnie Black is definitely alive and well at 82 and now residing in Pennsylvania, USA. He's also my second cousin.

[B4BoomersBlockBoy7]

I purchased this record back in 1958 and my friends thought I had gone mad..lol..if I had waited and purchased it in the mid-60's it would have been called . Psychedelic Music. This record was ahead of it's time !

[redsnapper1959]

Amazingly this version was a very minor US Hot 100 hit in 1958 . . . and it pre-dates their first UK hit Hoots Mon by a few months!

[fifthera]

...so far as i was informed,the keyboard player is not on any of the vinyl,she was just added for appearance's sake...

any comments?

[Noonster9]

If Cherry Wainer wasn't on the vinyl it wasn't because she was just for decoration-check her out on other Youtube vids-the bass on this is organ pedal playing and the organ sound is pure Wainer.

[fifthera]

interesting,cheers for the info.

if you know anywhere that has some decent

articles on LR11 please pass them on...

[903davesharonpoky]

@fifthera If this video was out today, the girl would be half naked!

[fifthera]

the frying pan noise at the end LMFAO.

think i have every record they ever made.

also got a signed pic off one of thier daughters,in exchange for a cd recording of those records.

"which was nice."

[6876dp]

that looks like don storer on drums. Am i right?

[youvexme]

I double checked it - you are indeed correct! He also appears with Cherry Wainer later, in the mid-sixties. There are quite a few Wainer/Storer videos here on Youtube.

[greaserleo]

exotic!

[pauladaly]

35 year search over for the pre joe meek sound of the future !!!

[fifthera]

brilliant comment

[Owdfolkie]

Ah, the memories! Oh, and there was really thirteen of them!!

[terrymod]

I remember mum and dad dancing to this .......round the radiogram.....

[fastdrive55]

Love it!

[youvexme]

thanks!!