Spooky Tooth - Waitin' For the Wind

[Beemerboy324]

One of the best openings in rock!

[sportster16301]

Luther Grosvenor was one of the finest guitarists in England at the time and is still no slouch.



[procellvoice]

Saw 'em in NYC on a multi-colored visit there oh so many years ago. Small basement club... and they rocked it like rock was supposed to be. Great vocals, solid band, cool tunes... and that B3....my my!!

[mustang18705]

Never tire of Spooky Tooth after 40 yrs It's like yesterday i heard it for the first time !!!.

[billwood]

Luther (Aerial Bender) went on to Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker. Widowmaker sounds more like Spooky Tooth while Mott the Hoople were, for the most part, a much harder rock band.

[aineiss]

I still have the Spooky Tooth LP that I bought new...well, a long time ago...but in all these years I never realized that it was both Harrison and Wright singing and playing keyboards until I saw a youtube video of a Spooky Tooth live performance from a few years ago. The vocal tradeoffs between the two of them are absolutely seamless. Great band, incredible song...it never gets old...

[chuckbyf1]

Loved this band. Two great singers, Harrison and Gary Wright.

[JustineLaLoba]

amazing tune...love the drum echo at :19 in the intro...

[POPACHELLI]

very, very, very understand

[POPACHELLI]

@POPACHELLI SORRY I MEAN'T UNDERATED. MY BRAIN MUST BEEN DEAD 6 DAYS AGO.

[noalittleaboutlot]

If you don't like this, better check your pulse!

[keefyd5]

%@\\"/?$^..:;+=*..Z||\ to you too ol buddy!

[blackandtanful]

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[sirronald69]

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[davidaburdick]

yep this is the song.......great...pre dreamweaver and way better

[PHutch877]

Actually, a B3 and a pair of 122 Leslies turned up all the way, pull out the tone bars, 40w tube amps, not the 925 solid state which would not growl like this, and the 144s were OK but not like the 122s. No solid state BS here.

Spooky Tooth was really great, really dark music.

[joestrickl]

Turn it UP! Best drum intro EVER! Stunning B3 Hammond organ and superb vocals.

[tonfan]

One of the best rock albums ever.....40+ years later still can make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.....

[MrStang454]

I just want to cry when I hear this ! B3, r-u fricking kidding? Your bones feel it, unless of course you're dead , L.

[davidoran123]

this is one of the best songs from one of the best albums of the late sixties. still amazing even today. get it and listen......

[reefrunner9]

Hammond and Leslie, we Miss ya . Great resource here, dig it with earbuds in the most unsuspecting places. Better living with Chemistry...thank the stars and snake charmers.

[notfragile33]

So THAT'S where Billy Squier gets those lyrics from! I knew he wasn't THAT creative! By the way, LOVE the sound of that guitar riff before each chorus! It sticks in my brain all day long!

[beyondalohas]

so laid back and lots of acid. amazing times

[HOC666]

I just found this in a used record store! GO ME!!!

[1dakuzaku]

This was my favorite song for many years back in the day. I wore this LP out listening to just this song.

[MusicGirl20112]

Yes I love it brings me way back to another time Gosh I miss those old days

I still hjave there LP's from back then Good Stuff ..

Thanks for the Music T Rhoads

[earlimartdays]

damn......hit the dislike tab by mistake! forgive me my fellow bubbas. if i knew the words describing how much these guys mean to me i'd be as good a song writer as they.

[Pippy187]

Damn that's some mean ass B3!!!

[YerPope]

viewinggut:

What the hell happened to music?

Materialism gobbled it up.

[viewingut]

What the hell happen to music?

[bydeffinition]

I had this album; I miss it. thanks!

[elmhurstgrubb]

just an excellent sound.we need more

[juliyjacke]

70'S ROCK

[sirronald69]

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[fortheloveoftunes]

0:34 he found the Hammond-organ .-)

[rustribbonwizz]

One of the best damn groups of the late 60's-early 70's! "Spooky Two" undoubtedly the best of all their albums. Remember this albums debut--oh to be 20 again! All gone by way too fast!!!

[andytsa]

wossap wossap woooossap my negors?

i search for spoukie tooth a rappar but ok!this mistake but good good song!!!

im arturio from albania!hollar!

if want make friends from albania send me massage!if woman send picture plese.

i like rock and rap.rock i like the deer purle and the gary mour.

from rappars the jay rule the best and the three sixty six mafia.

here albania not very people listen to rock and rappar:(

peace from Arturio!tha mein man from elbasan!

[MegaRockerka]

Ooooooooooooooooooooh,thank you.

[jerzgrl47]

Saw them at the Academy of Music in NYC with King Crimson in '73...me in altered states...one of the most f'n mind blowing concerts, EVER!!!! Brilliant!!!

[customsuzuki]

@jerzgrl47 Howard Stein's Academy of Music !!!! One of the great venues in the city...saw many gigs there..wish I could go back to those times.. the music was incredible back then!!!!!

[POPACHELLI]

great funky british rock.

[dropcitykru]

the 3 people who gave this the thumbs down need to get new batteries for there hearing aids !!!!

[thegerrie19561]

this is a classic recording by this great band. The album is very strong. Viva Spooky Tooth

[tapper1477]

One of the great,underated soul-rock albums. I imagine seeing a double bill of this lineup and Michigan's Rationals.

[looknleap]

Whew...another fine, fine example of classic, fantastic Spooky Tooth! Take my breath away! Nice!

[drprogensteinphp]

Thanks for this classic upload!

I've attached a video link to my recent upload of Luther Grosvenor's (aka Ariel Bender with Mott The Hoople) song "Rocket" from his debut LP. Hope you don't mind :)

Cheers!

[TheDiggum]

@drprogensteinphp Gary Wright, many years pre-Dream Weaver...keyboard and vocalist par excellence...

[drprogensteinphp]

@TheDiggum

Thanks...I'm aware of Gary's history :)...I still own all of Spooky Tooth's albums on vinyl, along with all Gary's solo output. I even own an original pressing of Art's "Supernatural Fairy Tales" as well. They were essentially a UK late 60s band pre-Spookytooth without Gary...oh, and Gary was American, while the other members of Spooky Tooth were Brits.

[freak49]

...love that Hammond B3

[jmb92555]

@freak49 +1!

[defleplady]

love this song then and now.

i used to listen to this lp all the time!

[arthurreijgers]

Mike Harrison & Gary Wright....

[somedkram]

Love this! My first concert was Spooky, Humble Pie and Montrose promoting their first album! For $5.50!!!

[cooljohn46]

The best LP they made was "You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw"

[BostonRocker51]

I love the way the drum echo comes in about 18 seconds into it - when you first hear it, if you're totally stoned, you think it's you, not the record... a great tune - I still love this band

[22clodius]

one of the best intro of a rock song ,2 singers

[skilos1000]

memories................

[Alrauner]

Nur wegen diesem Lied CD gekauft für 32 DM ware es mir Wert fantastic.

[Psykelic68]

Ohh thanks so much for posting this ! I´ve looked for year for this tune. Listened to it hundreds of times with friends as teen-ager. Amazing beginning and rythm !

Now I´ll have it as a sercuit in backhead for the next days, - fantastic !

[Beemerboy324]

A Hammond B3, an overdrive, and a Leslie Tower. THAT is progressive rock! Music was great then.

[612franklin]

Rigid

[MonaLisaSmileOTJ]

Thanks for the memories....

[drno2150]

Rat, Cat & Cousin Neil with Geno Marshfield Wisconsin1970-1971 One of the best songs we ever played

[tonlo92]

I thought I knew a few things about music, but I never heard of this band. They are a great find for me. What was their most popular song?

[chuck41261]

@tonlo92 They didn't really have a big hit that still gets much radio play. 'Better By You, Better Than Me' is probably best known, because Judas Priest covered it.

I think in the day they were known for doing 'heavy,' like 'Evil Woman,' like few other bands could. But stuff like this song and 'That Was Only Yesterday' have maybe had more staying power.

[stomp919]

Sounds like Uriah Heep. Evil Woman cranks on this LP too!

[buddingtonparker]

I remember playing this song in 1970 with a group called"Merging Traffic".

[AmberDelta]

@buddingtonparker

Hey...yeah, I am in CT. Did you have 4 guys carrying the B3?

Smoking drum intro...incredible with a good light show...ya remember the strobes?

Yeah, cover bands worked for me. Fantastic when they were great.

I play

search 'the last pear' on Google. I am Brian.

[AmberDelta]

In about 1970, my friend was in a band. He played drums. he went on to play with a ceratin albino guy who is a guitar legend, but they opened the cover band show, in 1970 or so...with this...It was So F good...B3 organ (took 4 guys to carry that around)

just real pro and this song evokes all that. Gary Wright sounds a lot like Ray Charles on this album. Fantastic. someone said that we/I lived in an age of the best music ever. He may have been correct.

[1969alias]

@AmberDelta Where did you see that show...I think I was there...

[AmberDelta]

@1969alias

CT. Norwalk.

[on4sideways]

@AmberDelta  An albino guitar legend guy. MUST have been Johnny Winter.

[grappino11]

good

[freak49]

...love the Hammond organ on this cut. I really got into this album when I was in high school.

[POPACHELLI]

A COOL LOST CLASSIC.

[Mr1sleofskye4]

Massive Hammond sound, Imagine how much vol was coming out of those Leslie's!

[thomcornel]

Einfach nur geil !!!!!!!

[psychkoala]

Ooh, that majestic organ sound.

[fortheloveoftunes]

better yet 0:33 .-)

[fortheloveoftunes]

0:35 ooooh yeah groovy-feelin´ .-)

[darxsxi9]

what year did this come out?

[hgbrown20001]

I saw them at Filemore! I still get rushes just listening to them! I get a great thrill turning younger people on to them. Yes, those are gone forever with the sound of some of the noise today.

[rapideyemovementmajo]

untouchable...

hang on - don't go

life's here - i know

[carlothewolf1331]

Legend has it that they came up with the title for this song after eating in a Mexican restaurant.

[doufeel]

Great voice!!

[maida1982a]

actually, great voices: Mike Harrison and Gary Wright, 2 great lead singers in 1 band!

[SuperDrummer2012]

Don t forget Greg Ridley, bass went on to Humble Pie.

[SuperDrummer2012]

And great version of I AM The Walrus

[MRJJ114]

brings me back to the day. thanks

[ZSOSER69]

I always felt that Spooky Two was more of a rock opera than the abbonination that the Who put out called Tommy. If you havent listened to it, give a listen to the Small Faces album Ogens Nut Gone Flake. It is like a true rock opera, and from about the same time period as Spooky Tooths masterpiece.

[Amebixfan]

@ZSOSER69 Quadrophenia is a million times better than Tommy

[captainsoul1953]

Spooky were one of a kind...like Family...like Traffic...like the Pretty Things...now its a big corporate mush...a few bands shine...but not many

Jim

[xsellsbrod]

GREAT arrangement !!!

[musicbykevinahern]

God! This brings me back! I LOVE it!

[rgrguitar54]

i DID get to see the original band and they were awesome!!!

[GFRFan12]

lucky. very lucky.

[deanenns]

cool album, and have the mirror too. cheers

[bremer1414]

wooooooooooooow man....that was one song back then....oh boy........my stereo was haaaaaamering loud!!!!!!!! And my hair was long....and my head...left right left right........didn't needet drugs!!!!!...:) thanks for this vid. Gosh, what a great time

[ZSOSER69]

Spooky Two one of if not the best rock album of all time. Every freaking song is a masterpiece and once I start the album, I play it all the way through. The best writing every, and some of the best rock and roll to be played on earth.

[captainsoul1953]

Absolutely true....a great album....its got rock...its got soul...its got roll....it was a few years a ahead of its time

Jim

[gsaffle]

1971,the pi enough said

[TheElementBeatz]

The drums in the beginnning are so fuckin awesome!

[DYNODRUM]

@TheElementBeatz Ya better and more "creative"Than most slummers playing threee bass drums . Drummers Beware................

[acdeucee]

These guys are out a sight!! Is Mick the same as the 'Foreigner' Mick?????

[wightlord]

yeah.

[acdeucee]

Awesome! Thanks for the up date...I though so.... wasnt 100% sure tho...I knew Foreigner was very incredible for a good reason.

[aldeNYC2007]

No .. Mick Jones of Foriegner fame didn't join the reformed Spooky Tooth until the "you broke my heart ..." original memebers Greg Ridly - bass later to form Humble Pie. Luther Grosvenor (guitar) later to change his name to Ariel Bender to replace Mick ralphs (Bad Company) in Mott the Hoople. Gary Wright (Keyboards) solo artis. Mike kelley (Drums) did Peter Framton's first solo album and of course Mike Harrison (vocals) one the BEST underated rock / blues vocalists ever!

[acdeucee]

So cool to get the low down on this band...Thanks for all your important info on this...I So apppreciate this. I met peter frampton a few years back and this conversion and the connection of all these bands came up...Unbelievable how How these musical icons all meshed in some weird way...Thanks

[aldeNYC2007]

I'm old enough (OMG!!) to remember all these great bands we all come to know as the next waveof the British Invasion.

I never got to see the original Spoooky Tooth but I did see the reformed band. I don't recall but I don't think Mike Harrison was on that tour. I know Mick Jones and Gary Wright were definately playing. Spooky Tooth had the phenonenal Hammond B3 sound . I suppose as contemporaries they had oppotunities to meet probably on tours either as the support or main band.

[jeffthrow6892]

Fantastic song!!! "Spooky Two" is an awesome album!!

[narozzz]

"Chest Fever", but even better.

[FIL1994123456789]

ya mick jones rocks!

[deheckler]

SPOOKY TOOTH AND SPOOKY TWO are two of the best rock albums EVER!

[muskratbill]

One of my all time favorite songs...gives chills when I have'nt heard it for a while...a vastly underated band in my opinion...almost never played on the radio nowadays because people want to hear Freebird for the one millionith time!

[the1zedog]

gives me chills too - guess they'll never be in US again.

[bush555]

I love Spooky Tooth.

[Doobie1975]

Great song, would you by any chance have "Hangman Hang My Shell On a Tree"?

[jimmybrenz]

WABX The Station That Glows In The Dark

[PoisonedApplesOnline]

really cool song I love the old music I play in a band and we try to get this music back

[acdeucee]

Well get it back!..This is where its at

[karlforston]

Oh my God you tube is the best. Free, Humble Pie, and all the rest of my old favorites that you just never hear on the radio. This song was one of my absolute favorites from this era. Just listen to the authority in those vocals. It was great to be a child of the 70's that's for sure.

[noturcuzin]

What a great song! I went through about 3 copies of this album because I just played it over and over [this song] until I wore out the song. Great memories from '69'

[Flyingdoctor1000]

From the album "Spooky Two".

1. "Waitin' for the Wind" 3:29 (Grosvenor, Harrison, Wright)

2. "Feelin' Bad" 3:17 (Kellie, Wright)

3. "I've Got Enough Heartaches" 3:24 (Kellie, Wright)

4. "Evil Woman" 9:00 (Weiss)

5. "Lost in My Dream" 5:03 (Wright)

6. "That Was Only Yesterday" 3:51 (Wright)

7. "Better By You, Better Than Me" 3:36 (Wright)

8. "Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree" 5:40 (Wright)

Publ. 1969 by Island Records/A&M

[mrstenify]

@karlforston I hear ya bro, it was the best of times

[mrstenify]

@karlforston Good cruising tunes though and a loss for the younger generation

[bassgroove21]

@mrstenify could not have been put better friend, even though i'm 15 i feel the new generations should be introduced into good music.

[Touchofgrey53]

Hoooo-ly smooooke! It's been eons since I've heard this song. Waaaay back in the 70's. Shall return often. Thanks!

[amriirma]

please guys/girls/fans, does anyone has something about 'are you weeping' from gary wright? It is in my top 10, but never saw it appear here...

[amriirma]

pff, this song is at least still there (on you tube). Still looking for better by you, better by me... O, I see it in the list on the right... Love this voice!!! Sharp, but full of feelings...

[starVol]

I remember Spooky Tooth songs being played on my local FM Underground station. When FM Underground rock turned into mainstream Album rock radio, bands such as Spooky Tooth were dropped from airplay and bands such as Boston and Journey were played. I had this album on vinyl. Now I have this on mp3 file. It is a fine album!

[pepechango1944]

fuck led zep and every body else this is it/i know i saw them in 68/along with hendrix/and the rest /at steve pauls scene/at 48 st in manhattan/i ve seen everybody /name it!!/pepechango

[TheJurneyMan]

How could you say fuck Led Zeppelin? Sure Spooky Tooth is a great band and all but that's no reason to put down the mighty zep. They are both awesome bands.

[TweedProductions]

Love this song.

[reefrunner9]

To one and all, this music filled many a pad in the 70's along with our friends California Sunshine and the indefatigable Purple Haze. The end result of course is the music which; of course, is indelibly etched in many a mind, soul and spirit......after all, what better, cheap thrills live on.

Check out their other videos from the new Decade, they are still kickin it.

a long time running....Fan

[therealhippie]

this is the best spooky song

[banditboy6666]

aerosmith ripped drums off from this so bad

[youamwho]

Terminal in CAPS!

[jim78250]

This cut gives a person a terminal case of "goose bumps".

[NAV0791]

Opening Drums Sound like the intro to "Lord of Thighs" by Aerosmith, 5 years later. Hmmmm!!!!

[DYNODRUM]

FIVE YEARS- this came out in 1970 AEROSMITH AINT GOT NOTHIN ORIGINAL ....

[bassistlearningdrums]

Such an under rated AMAZING band!!  THANK YOU!!!

[GAFFTV]

My dad introduced me to these, they were on a dusty old compilation LP called "Nice Enough To Eat" -the title was spelled out in pills, pretty cool stuff! They were amonst "Heavy Jelly" and "Mott the Hopple" - are they a british band? Can anybody reccomend me a good album of their to buy to start off with??? Cheers in advance!

[squarepyramid99]

Yes, very British. And as for what album to buy...certainly the one this track is from..."Spooky Two", a stone classic. Oh yeah.

[GAFFTV]

Ahh thanks for the advice! I'll hit up Ebay when I get paid! Cheers! Keep rockin my man!

[john222277]

Get "It's All About" - a great first album!! Check the bass playing on "Society's Child" I prefer this debut album to "Spooky Two", as I think it has more atmosphere.

[biffDipstick]

@GAFFTV : Great album. I had that one, too, and don't miss the Traffic and Nick Drake on the album. That whole album was great.

[JonGrant4472]

@GAFFTV Nice enough to Eat was the second Island sampler, the first being 'You can all Join In'. it was followed by at least 2 other excellent samplers, Bumpera and El Pea - worth looking out for, except I don't think they ever made it onto CD. Island brought out a 3-disc compilation a few years back.

[Niller1955]

@GAFFTV Try to get the Album: Mirror - great music

[skooner2001]

@GAFFTV you can't go wrong with "You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw"

[bud4207]

Makes me wana fire 1 up and jam all day!

[jim78250]

Man, I hear that!

[spaceprincessnow]

this is THE BEST ALBUM OPENING EVER!!!!! :-D

[mjrchapin]

Thanks for this. An album that has stood the test of time.

[bud4207]

They knew how to rock n roll for sure man thank you for posting this killer classic.

[BostonRocker51]

I have always loved the intro to this song, great, simple, ear-catching drumming. Props to Luther Grosvenor for writing a geat tune. I love Gary Wrights voice (Dream Weaver) as well. Thanks SO MUCH for posting this.

[reidm00re]

If you don't own this album, rectify the situation.'Spooky Two' is one of the best albums

of the late 60s. And THIS song is MAGNIFICENT!!!

Put this album on your Wish List!

[iklitchydizzybubbles]

there are many treasures that bloom in the dark... somehow good, cause they wont get worn out... i got the vinyl...

[Farweasel]

Is it my hearing or does the lead vocalist sounds a lot like Small Faces' Steve Marriott?

That is, I know its not, but he sounds similar.

[florafox]

Yes I think so, they both have very "black" powerful voices !

[tom14854]

sorry, but in my opinion there is nothing close to steve mariott.

[futtm]

Very greatful to OP- THANX!!!

[beatboy001]

Im too - very good old rock

[killmodell]

man i havent heard this in sooooooooo long. Another classic. thanks

[orgasmoanman]

what a song! the opening is awesome. it's amazing how many people i tell about spooky tooth my age 49 that have never heard of them. such a shame.

[tom14854]

is not shameful not knowing spooky tooth.

[fiutare]

Goosepimples!!!!!!!!

Nothing more to say!!!

[soratenia]

one of the best rock albums ever made, that hands down!!!!!!

[tallcoolslovak]

This album is incredible...a must have! Every cut is awesome, very rare!! One to take to "the island"! An overlooked, never played classic from "back in the day"!

[josephpoulin]

hey' I agree what a band....lovem man!!!!!!!Still sounds amazing...Joe P.

[lovepeace09]

Spooky Tooth is one of those incredible bands you don't hear on those Classic Rock Stations. What a shame for it's some of the greatest tunes from the late 60's early 70's.

[rexturtle]

yea.the best song from spooky tooth.remember freak times in big apple club.thanxxxxxx

[YRSAL]

DAMN! this number is one of my all time favourites! Cheers!

[madshadows830]

Always loved this song,thanks for posting!