@martini356 Please ask your mate to tell his dad that Dave S the Energised tape operator from the session says 'Hi'. I hear that Jeff is now a pilot... Funnily enough!
@GWC1975 There were about ten of us on the 'whoas'. I was a tape operator at the studio and on the session. I made sure my voice could be picked out through the topography of microphone placement and, indeed, I can distinguish my voice. The Vengaboys sampled our 'whoas' so I've been at No.1 in the singles charts twice!
Forgot to say, how can the woman at 2 minutes & 35 seconds who's directly opposite the camara clap out of time so badly? sing along..."Now I now she gives a blow".
In 1975 i went to a jamaican house party, being the only white guy there, this jamaican guy of around the same age, started bragging that you white guys cant sing as good as us black guys ? i led him to the DJ who was playing this recording at that time, and asked if band was black or white ! never heard a peep off the jamaican all night !!! - D'oh ?
Absolute summer classic - Their album only sold 8000 copies but should've sold more as it contains tracks lightyears ahead of their time. Were TT mutated into Captain Zero (another Gull records act) - Anybody know? as their track is in the same vein.
Great old stuff, they no longer make songs as good these days - what a shame! When there were no computers you actually had to be able to sing real well to make it as a singer - maybe this is why?
Check out the cover versions by Goombay Dance Band and Vengaboys (We're Going to Ibiza)
I recorded my single Sing Zing in the same studio in the same year. Didn't go to number 1, though : ( Please have a listen....I'm the bass player and the one with the curly hair in the photo. Long lost record...long lost hair! Look up Woodfog on MySpace
@David lol
slma617 4 months ago
woah i'm going to barbados....then coming back with a suitcase full of coke
GriefTourist 5 months ago
Must admit... When i first heard this i thought it was a black dude singing...
SuperMegabar 6 months ago
@martini356 Please ask your mate to tell his dad that Dave S the Energised tape operator from the session says 'Hi'. I hear that Jeff is now a pilot... Funnily enough!
yaremus 9 months ago
@GWC1975 There were about ten of us on the 'whoas'. I was a tape operator at the studio and on the session. I made sure my voice could be picked out through the topography of microphone placement and, indeed, I can distinguish my voice. The Vengaboys sampled our 'whoas' so I've been at No.1 in the singles charts twice!
yaremus 9 months ago
It would be good if only one could hear it !Pump up the volume !
jesse4684 9 months ago
whoa, i was honestly not expecting du to be white! great tune.
hazmat151 1 year ago
Forgot to say, how can the woman at 2 minutes & 35 seconds who's directly opposite the camara clap out of time so badly? sing along..."Now I now she gives a blow".
DavidJHarrisonEssex 1 year ago 3
A true '1 Hit Wonder' making number 1 in the U.K on the 5th-July-75. What a classic!
"Wo, I'm going to Barbados , Wo, back to the palm trees, Wo I'm gona shag my girlfriend, right up her tight Jacksie!!!
DavidJHarrisonEssex 1 year ago
In 1975 i went to a jamaican house party, being the only white guy there, this jamaican guy of around the same age, started bragging that you white guys cant sing as good as us black guys ? i led him to the DJ who was playing this recording at that time, and asked if band was black or white ! never heard a peep off the jamaican all night !!! - D'oh ?
kesrel211 1 year ago
I knew a bloke who plays guitar
gtk47 1 year ago
My neighbours best friends Aunty had a brother were clapping in the audience.
compasschris 1 year ago
We didnt have internet in 1975 or for at least another ten years or more.
Forestamtul 1 year ago
Friends the poor poor internet legend Wilf Turnbull has written to these popstars
Read and wet yourselves
wigmeistergeneral 1 year ago
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Great song!
"Sharron8: Exactly! A tune like this couldnt happen nowadays!! And "Mary-Jane met the Coconut Airplane"!!?? Sounds well dodgy!
monkwhitley: Tobias...Coconut Airways!!! would not be aloud[sic!] to use such racist remarks these days"
Sorry guys, but I do not see anything remotely "racist" about those lines.
Care though...as we tend to see things in our own image!! :-)
For many people (Black&White), "coconut" within this context reflects the Caribbean theme!
Just enjoy, aye!!
huggyb04 1 year ago
Yaremus was involved that is true,But he had to let the whole band bend him over and ram him up the arse to get the job.
cymrank 1 year ago
@DIKKKKYYY I thought that line was written by Stan Butler when he worked for the Luxton Bus Company.
GrahamLondonUK 1 year ago
Absolute summer classic - Their album only sold 8000 copies but should've sold more as it contains tracks lightyears ahead of their time. Were TT mutated into Captain Zero (another Gull records act) - Anybody know? as their track is in the same vein.
zzyzzx8 1 year ago
whoa, we are going to eat pizza~
normalpeople 1 year ago
my mates dad is the singer - jeff calvert
Martini356 1 year ago
Great old stuff, they no longer make songs as good these days - what a shame! When there were no computers you actually had to be able to sing real well to make it as a singer - maybe this is why?
Check out the cover versions by Goombay Dance Band and Vengaboys (We're Going to Ibiza)
Papasik 1 year ago
ja hoor swingend hoor whoehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahahahhahahah
MathildeTilly 1 year ago
I recorded my single Sing Zing in the same studio in the same year. Didn't go to number 1, though : ( Please have a listen....I'm the bass player and the one with the curly hair in the photo. Long lost record...long lost hair! Look up Woodfog on MySpace
yaremus 1 year ago
Did not know that Vengaboys copied this song.
infonote 1 year ago
luv this song
1960cruiser 2 years ago
According to FB this was the #1 song on my b-day. Guess I'll have to go on holiday there.
cgavin1975 2 years ago
THIS SONG IS FANTASTIC!!!
SmokieTheBand 2 years ago
Great song. Thanks for posting.
ray3mondo 2 years ago
One thing missing from this performance - Pan's People in bikinis and fur coats!
mickeytipp 2 years ago
the pilot was the lead vocalist doing a fake accent or the keyboard player,one of the two
rouens 2 years ago
Tobias...Coconut Airways!!! would not be aloud to use such racist remarks these days. Too many do-gooders around.
monkwhitley 2 years ago
Exactly! A tune like this couldnt happen nowadays!! And "Mary-Jane met the Coconut Airplane"!!?? Sounds well dodgy!
Sharron8 2 years ago
@monkwhitley Er, not racist. They have coconuts in the Caribbean.
kkuchenb 2 years ago
I was one of the people who sang 'whoa! on the record. I was a tape op at Morgan Studios and worked on this song.
yaremus 2 years ago 24
Cool! Who was the 'Pilot' in the song? Was he a real barbadian?
Sharron8 2 years ago
@yaremus You must be proud. Great song, lots f fun. Vengaboys cover is even kitschier.
kkuchenb 2 years ago
@yaremus nice one
martymayo 1 year ago
@yaremus
Do you remember how many of you sang the "whoa"? I'm curious how many voices that lyric is composed of.
GWC1975 9 months ago
@GWC1975 I think you just shout whoa all the time.
madbob5a 2 days ago
Thursday July 17 1975- Top Of The Pops. Lousy Black & White Telly I had to watch this on - But still better than any Venga Boys crap version.
kinkkenny 2 years ago