Really? That's interesting. Who has made them available? The band? A record company? I've never really used iTunes. I guess I'm rather old fashioned, as the idea of paying for music that you never actually get--in physical form, I mean--is just not very appealing to me.
Geez. My friend and I used to go to the Hullabaloo Club on Sunset most weekends to see the Yellow Payges as the house band. This sure brings back memories.
a favorite band for the internet radio channel technicolor web of sound that plays yellow payges and thousands more bands and album cuts from both bands who made it and got forgotten. check it out!
I don't know about the first two songs, but the second two the Yellow Payges didn't play on. They are Tommy Cogbill productions recorded at the famous American Studios in Memphis. This band played on some of the best songs of the late sixties. Suspicious Minds, Son of A Preacher Man, Sweet Caroline, In the Ghetto, Angel of the Morning, The Letter, Cry Like a Baby, just to name a few.
"I'm A Man, Here 'Tis," "The Two of Us" and "Devil Woman," rock and roll jams that always cheer me up. Then there was "'Moonfire," soulful and moody, very cool. Perhaps one day those lost tracks recorded for their second album might surface. We can only hope.
@HarvestmanMan Good find! 10 cents, and you can't go wrong. Even better if it is in good to mint condition worth a bit more I'm sure, especially to a collector. I have the album in my collection, but I am certain it would provide an entertaining and interesting listen for anyone that was looking for, or stumbling across, the few Yellow Payges bits that have been put up. If you do, attach it to a response to this video, and more people can enjoy it.
The Yellow Payges were very prolific. I have 15 of their 45s and by far "Two Of Us" is the best of the lot. "Finger Poppin' Party" would probably be a close second, as is their earlier single for Cameo Parkway. Wonderful stuff.
My first concert in 1969 was TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS, THE CLIQUE and THE YELLOW PAYGES in San Antonio. We put cotton in our ears as we'de never head anything that loud before. I was only 12 and went on to a career in radio. No doubt music like this had a big impact. Thanks for posting.
The Yellow Payges performed in Brownsville, Texas at the Jacob Brown Auditorium and Texas Southmost College gym! I was there for both performances. Bill Hamm was incredible. Really influenced my guitar playing.
This was one of the covers my band played in 1970 and also one of of the most requested songs at gigs! I loved playing it because I got to used my wah-wah! Ha! I still have the original LP I purchased in Brownsville, Texas at a Gulfmart!
I got the 45 of "Finger Poppin' Party" at a booksale in Ocean Grove, NJ (right next to Adbury Park) for 10 cents. VG+ condition, but something was ripped off the label :(
My neighbor back in the early 70's had a step-father who was a DJ. He brought her a stack of 45s from the station to keep. I remember listening to "Follow The Bouncing Ball" by The Yellow Payges. Another great song. Not on UNIversal
Records, though. I remember the label for that song being a dark color - mostly black, I believe.
FInally found them!....Hey guys...I was the set up man at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood...for your sessions...I 'm glad to hear your sounds once again!!-Gerry
Cool song. I'm too young to remember these guys but I know Daniel Hortter personally. He forwarded this link to me. Very cool. Wish I could have seen them play.
I had the 45 at one time.. UNI 55176 was the stock number..and can order it, but evidently did not make the top 40..but it did get some airplay around 1970, i think..
I am still trippin on the Yellow Payges. Knowing the Gormans growing up, living on the same street and being exposed to musical talent and the Yellow Payges as a young kid was more influencial then they could ever know! I played my Yellow Payges album so much growing up I wore it out and found/bought a pristine replacement album earlier this year. I am 46 now but what an era... even if I was just a kid!
Cool Stuff. I remember seeing these guys at the Hullabaloo Club and liking them. Glad they are getting some attention again.Old Rockers never fade away thanks to sites like this.Check out the Yellow Payges and the Liverpool Five on this same site.
I remember seeing them at the Hullabaloo also, we went every weekend! I remember going to a promo party on Doheny for them also.. long time ago 1966 or so. Do you remember the other bands that never made it? And I do remember seeing The Doors before they were famous there at the Hullabaloo. A couple of my friends and I worked upstairs at the club, we watched the Beach Boys practice with George Harrison watching them, that was awesome.
These guys often played house parties in the Hollywood Hills in the late 60's. Too bad they signed up with the Telephone Co. to do jingles, that screwed them up I think.
just wanted to clarify that we never performed at any house parties in the hollywood hills or anywhere else for that matter. we did however, attend many. we were on the road from 67 - 70 and when we were home we performed at the hullabaloo club. i do agree with you that the at&t contract was a bad decision and contributed to our demise.
No, sadly I wasn't around during that time. I'm 30 years old but have a taste for the 60s So-Cal bands, Yellow Payges, Orange Colored Sky, The Hook, Popcorn Blizzard, East Side Kids etc etc.
Thanks, they were a real inspiration for us- they really seemed Hollywood to us- I really loved Vanilla On My Mind. I have a couple of 45's on that. I always wondered why it wasn't on the LP.
I am indeed still around. I remember you guys very well. Do you still perform? Doug from the Sams sent me a live recording that someone did of us from the Bobby Sherman show. It turned out pretty good considering the technology back then. Winston-Salem was a great venue for us. I am retired & live in Arizona. Have 5 kids and 5 grandkids with a 6th on the way. Life has been more than generous to me. Anyway, just wanted to touch base and say hi.
I saw this band in a traveling show produced by Dick Clark. They were at the coliseum in Brownwood, Texas. Nice show. Wish I could remember the name of the other band in the show, which was also awesome.
My god!! I use to watch these guys practice in the drummer's (Danny Gorman) garage on Killion St. in North Hollywood. I was only about 10 years old at the time! This is the music that eventually lead me to heavy rhythm stuff like Sabbath and all other heavy metal. They should have made it big... what a cool sound they had! Thanks Danny! You kill it on the drums and you know it! Thanks for posting this 'myrecordcollection'! What a gem. I have it on vinyl but played it to death as a kid LOL.
Well a as an 8 or 9 year, I guess but it was so long ago... I am now 46! But sure I do remember being amazed by them and hearing them play outside Danny's garage studio at his parents house. I think I only saw them rehearse once but got to watch danny bang his kit many times solo.
I would like to bring it to everyone's attention that The Yellow Payges have several albums up on iTunes.
MrJRichie 1 month ago
Really? That's interesting. Who has made them available? The band? A record company? I've never really used iTunes. I guess I'm rather old fashioned, as the idea of paying for music that you never actually get--in physical form, I mean--is just not very appealing to me.
myrecordcollection 1 month ago
I just met their drummer at my school today! He was at a blood drive?
ThrashinPraslin 4 months ago
Love the song "The Two Of Us" so much!
KiwiZepFan87 10 months ago
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KiwiZepFan87 10 months ago
Geez. My friend and I used to go to the Hullabaloo Club on Sunset most weekends to see the Yellow Payges as the house band. This sure brings back memories.
Highland804 11 months ago
John Knox was in this band for a while. Anyone remember The U.S. Males? or Burnside?
MauiBassPlayer1 1 year ago
The YP version of "I'm a Man" is great too - lots of energy.
beachwolf45 1 year ago
a favorite band for the internet radio channel technicolor web of sound that plays yellow payges and thousands more bands and album cuts from both bands who made it and got forgotten. check it out!
moxie96 1 year ago
Great songs! Hopefully, "We Got A Love In The Makin' " will make it here someday too,
Gerry50ify 1 year ago
seen this band in 69.never thought Id hear this song again.thanks a bunch!!!!
matchingnumbers 1 year ago
Real good stuff from another band deserving more attention.
ENS64 1 year ago
I don't know about the first two songs, but the second two the Yellow Payges didn't play on. They are Tommy Cogbill productions recorded at the famous American Studios in Memphis. This band played on some of the best songs of the late sixties. Suspicious Minds, Son of A Preacher Man, Sweet Caroline, In the Ghetto, Angel of the Morning, The Letter, Cry Like a Baby, just to name a few.
tomthefunky 1 year ago
I'd say these musicians were a cut above what was happening in regional studios. The beat if 'perfecto' and the singin good, too.
col1rbtx 2 years ago
"I'm A Man, Here 'Tis," "The Two of Us" and "Devil Woman," rock and roll jams that always cheer me up. Then there was "'Moonfire," soulful and moody, very cool. Perhaps one day those lost tracks recorded for their second album might surface. We can only hope.
Jimmy61stl 2 years ago
@Jimmy61stl I found "Moonfire" at a book sale in Asbury Park, NJ for 10 cents, in near-mint shape. I can upload it if you'd like.
HarvestmanMan 1 year ago
@HarvestmanMan Good find! 10 cents, and you can't go wrong. Even better if it is in good to mint condition worth a bit more I'm sure, especially to a collector. I have the album in my collection, but I am certain it would provide an entertaining and interesting listen for anyone that was looking for, or stumbling across, the few Yellow Payges bits that have been put up. If you do, attach it to a response to this video, and more people can enjoy it.
Jimmy61stl 1 year ago
The Yellow Payges were very prolific. I have 15 of their 45s and by far "Two Of Us" is the best of the lot. "Finger Poppin' Party" would probably be a close second, as is their earlier single for Cameo Parkway. Wonderful stuff.
MikeBlitzMag 2 years ago
Wow, been search for this for years.
Had a 45 of Vanilla on My Mind that I played and played and played.
Many thanks for posting this!
tallindian1 2 years ago
My first concert in 1969 was TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS, THE CLIQUE and THE YELLOW PAYGES in San Antonio. We put cotton in our ears as we'de never head anything that loud before. I was only 12 and went on to a career in radio. No doubt music like this had a big impact. Thanks for posting.
themofc 2 years ago
The Yellow Payges performed in Brownsville, Texas at the Jacob Brown Auditorium and Texas Southmost College gym! I was there for both performances. Bill Hamm was incredible. Really influenced my guitar playing.
beachwolf45 2 years ago
This was one of the covers my band played in 1970 and also one of of the most requested songs at gigs! I loved playing it because I got to used my wah-wah! Ha! I still have the original LP I purchased in Brownsville, Texas at a Gulfmart!
beachwolf45 2 years ago
I got the 45 of "Finger Poppin' Party" at a booksale in Ocean Grove, NJ (right next to Adbury Park) for 10 cents. VG+ condition, but something was ripped off the label :(
LaddyDongdegs 2 years ago
My neighbor back in the early 70's had a step-father who was a DJ. He brought her a stack of 45s from the station to keep. I remember listening to "Follow The Bouncing Ball" by The Yellow Payges. Another great song. Not on UNIversal
Records, though. I remember the label for that song being a dark color - mostly black, I believe.
plus34me 2 years ago
FInally found them!....Hey guys...I was the set up man at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood...for your sessions...I 'm glad to hear your sounds once again!!-Gerry
1Phoebus 2 years ago
Cool song. I'm too young to remember these guys but I know Daniel Hortter personally. He forwarded this link to me. Very cool. Wish I could have seen them play.
r8rjoe 2 years ago
fuckin' love this song! Makes me want to throw a TV out of a hotel window!
1960jack 2 years ago
I guess you're talking about "The Two of Us," right? Somehow I doubt "Never Put Away My Love for You" would ever inspire violence.
Seriously, I love this band. In my alternate fantasy life I WAS IN the Yellow Payges.
myrecordcollection 2 years ago
I had the 45 at one time.. UNI 55176 was the stock number..and can order it, but evidently did not make the top 40..but it did get some airplay around 1970, i think..
airplaneguy53 3 years ago
where's the song SLOW DOWN?
that's the only song i remember by Yellow Payges..... otherwise, good stuff, didnt know the group had these gems...
airplaneguy53 3 years ago
Never heard of "Slow Down."
myrecordcollection 3 years ago
"Slow Down" was a good song. One of their last singles on Uni circa 1969.
karmices 2 years ago
I am still trippin on the Yellow Payges. Knowing the Gormans growing up, living on the same street and being exposed to musical talent and the Yellow Payges as a young kid was more influencial then they could ever know! I played my Yellow Payges album so much growing up I wore it out and found/bought a pristine replacement album earlier this year. I am 46 now but what an era... even if I was just a kid!
barreldevil 3 years ago
I got vanilla on my mind.
madgasser01 3 years ago 4
Cool Stuff. I remember seeing these guys at the Hullabaloo Club and liking them. Glad they are getting some attention again.Old Rockers never fade away thanks to sites like this.Check out the Yellow Payges and the Liverpool Five on this same site.
MB300TE 3 years ago
I remember seeing them at the Hullabaloo also, we went every weekend! I remember going to a promo party on Doheny for them also.. long time ago 1966 or so. Do you remember the other bands that never made it? And I do remember seeing The Doors before they were famous there at the Hullabaloo. A couple of my friends and I worked upstairs at the club, we watched the Beach Boys practice with George Harrison watching them, that was awesome.
hrhlauradi 2 years ago 2
I've got this album spinning right now, it's quite fantastic. What a drummer!!! this alum totally rocks!
revolution1940 3 years ago
Wow! So cool. Very heavy for that time. Does Little Steven ever play them on the Underground garage?
upst8 3 years ago
These guys often played house parties in the Hollywood Hills in the late 60's. Too bad they signed up with the Telephone Co. to do jingles, that screwed them up I think.
karmices 3 years ago
karmices...
just wanted to clarify that we never performed at any house parties in the hollywood hills or anywhere else for that matter. we did however, attend many. we were on the road from 67 - 70 and when we were home we performed at the hullabaloo club. i do agree with you that the at&t contract was a bad decision and contributed to our demise.
PEACE...
Dan Hortter
YPMAN1 3 years ago
Dan- Thanks. I thought you guys played a big house party in the Hollywood Hills, I must be wrong. Maybe Im think of label mates, The Hook.
karmices 3 years ago
Hi Karmices, did you spend any time at the Hullabaloo?
YPMAN1 3 years ago
No, sadly I wasn't around during that time. I'm 30 years old but have a taste for the 60s So-Cal bands, Yellow Payges, Orange Colored Sky, The Hook, Popcorn Blizzard, East Side Kids etc etc.
karmices 3 years ago
Our band Sacred Irony opened for The Yellow Payges twice in 1969/70 in Winston-Salem,NC.
Once at The Carolina Theatre and then with Bobby Sherman at The Benton Convention Center.
We were so impressed with the Amps and the band(Bill Ham, lead guitar) we soon had Marshalls and were loud as heck after that.
Thanks for posting-is Dan still around?
keithallison1 3 years ago
Yeah, hes still around, and 61.
Still picks up his harmonica on occasion.
PhotoKid 3 years ago
Thanks, they were a real inspiration for us- they really seemed Hollywood to us- I really loved Vanilla On My Mind. I have a couple of 45's on that. I always wondered why it wasn't on the LP.
keithallison1 3 years ago
Hi Keith,
I am indeed still around. I remember you guys very well. Do you still perform? Doug from the Sams sent me a live recording that someone did of us from the Bobby Sherman show. It turned out pretty good considering the technology back then. Winston-Salem was a great venue for us. I am retired & live in Arizona. Have 5 kids and 5 grandkids with a 6th on the way. Life has been more than generous to me. Anyway, just wanted to touch base and say hi.
Peace,
Dan Hortter
YPMAN1 3 years ago
The lead singer is my dad, how the hell did you find this stuff? He barely has anything.
PhotoKid 3 years ago 4
Hmm...I don't really remember where I picked up these 45s, but they're not particularly rare.
myrecordcollection 3 years ago
LOL
PhotoKid 3 years ago
Volume 1 is one of my favorite records. I wish I could afford to buy the import CD!
fatherdmj 3 years ago
Ft. Worth boys Bill Ham and Donnie Dacus (at different times) on git-tar.....
luggo 3 years ago
I saw this band in a traveling show produced by Dick Clark. They were at the coliseum in Brownwood, Texas. Nice show. Wish I could remember the name of the other band in the show, which was also awesome.
LeoNobles 3 years ago
...I take that back... I was about 8 years old when I watched these guys practice but remember it well!
barreldevil 4 years ago
My god!! I use to watch these guys practice in the drummer's (Danny Gorman) garage on Killion St. in North Hollywood. I was only about 10 years old at the time! This is the music that eventually lead me to heavy rhythm stuff like Sabbath and all other heavy metal. They should have made it big... what a cool sound they had! Thanks Danny! You kill it on the drums and you know it! Thanks for posting this 'myrecordcollection'! What a gem. I have it on vinyl but played it to death as a kid LOL.
barreldevil 4 years ago
Very cool! Sounds like you had a great time.
myrecordcollection 4 years ago
Well a as an 8 or 9 year, I guess but it was so long ago... I am now 46! But sure I do remember being amazed by them and hearing them play outside Danny's garage studio at his parents house. I think I only saw them rehearse once but got to watch danny bang his kit many times solo.
barreldevil 4 years ago
For a moment there, at 7:29, I thought they were going to launch into the Beatles' "You Like Me Too Much."
IDLERACER 4 years ago
hahaha very true my friend!
revolution1940 3 years ago
Glad you are giving exposure to the more obscure bands. Many thanks.
numpty1972 4 years ago