Sensational Alex Harvey band-Man in the jar

[gitaneVYS491R]

different class........... Zabba Zabba Zabba dabba!

[MsClash1977]

great album -the impossible dream!! great song-check out the tommahawk kid another good song

[IronWhoaMan]

I am IronWhoaMan in the jar...smashin' the glass, smashin' the glass, smashin' the glass cuz she wanna get out!!!

[Madkid73]

Thank you so much!

[rainspirit100]

wow great to hear this again, takes me back, this band rox

[DEBBOMB]

it took me forever to find the cd version of this vinyl and i listen to it every chance i get. This is a truly some driving music and lyrics. ENJOY and Alex, RIP.

[rollingstopp]

and there on the floor that was all that was left of the man with no face-----omg

[davcolli]

@rollingstopp - this is truly a classic line! Brilliant!!!

[SuperIntuitive1]

Man in da jar!

[mulaz1]

i word, live they were " awsome"

[aeroskyn]

I had forgot all about this group. Haven't heard this since the early 70s.

[Franjatze]

Missing him desparately, having had some of the best times listening to and feeling the sense of that sensational band. Getting old comes with some sorrow, doesn't it? Preserving is one thing, recalling the state of mind when we enjoyed Alex at lifetime is another. Don't look back, rush forward with his legacy, stay tuned!

[uglydoll17]

The first time i heard it on the radio i was driving home at night and this song creeped me out

[ru43792]

Pure genius! And to think, he would probably stand no chance on X-Factor! There will never be anyone like him again. We need to treasure these memories

[AtomicSpaceRitual777]

gangster as fuck!!!

[OzzyDave6969]

THE HOOKS .. ALL OVER

SHY HOOKS

[eff901]

I was there.

And it's still brillant.

JK out.

[12Jetdiver55]

Zapppa copied a lot of stuff from a lot of people.

[12Jetdiver55]

Did Zappa copy Alex Harvey's lyrics, or was it vice versa???

[eraffel]

Who Was The Man With No Face?

[jeromestephens]

Does anybody out there know that this song (the lyrics) is based on Frank Zappa's "Let's Make the Water Turn Black"? 'Kenny will stash him away in a jar ; The child will thrive and grow.....'

Alex Harvey rocks no doubt!!!

another quote from the song "Zappa Zappa, Zappa Zappa Zappa Zappa....."

:-)

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[dawkinsfaith]

Alex Harvey was the most hard-core Brit artist ever to come out of our island. Forget Bowei, forget Jagger, forget Lennon, forget them all....Harvery and the sensational band from Glasgow were the real deal. No frills, no bullshit, no bollocks....these guys were the business.

[hermygagala]

@dawkinsfaith NAZARETH IS MY FAVORITE BAND BUT THIS BAND IS WORKIN ITS WAY UP THE RANKS I MY BOOKS THIS IS A GOOD BAND.

[bigbobbreakdance]

@dawkinsfaith couldnt have said it better ..

[silverstar7ut]

This video actually is a little difficult to listen to being as tin like in it's sound. However I saw this band live 2 or 3 time at the Trenton War Memorial building in New Jersey back in 74 or 75. The acoustics there are excellent and the performance was great. In fact that's why I went back to see them again. They know how to rock!

[mohamedsucksdick]

He was so spiced .

.

[Misterphotocyclist]

Brings it all back. What a fantastic showman he was.

[EpiDot52]

It's like funk meet a 50's detective drama and they had a baby who did a lot of acid and started a band.

[meeknote364]

i wish i would have seen hin in concert,im 45,we use to listen to alex when we where teens

[eltel1956]

@meeknote364 i saw him supporting the Who,someone chucked a can of beer at him ,and he caught it.opened it up ,had a swig ,and said cheers.....Brilliant!

[armeeuff1]

I was turned on to this song/album in high school 73 or74, and was BLOWN AWAY as this was far superior to anything else out there in the cutting edge category.

Use to have 5-6 LP's and noone knew who the hell they were. What a crime!

[terrysteward]

zal cleminson !!! fanrastic guitarist !!!

[colinmcb]

Sorry Folks, that should have been BY119ROCK

[colinmcb]

Check ot the high picture quality version of this by BY199ROCK

[Reubenhubert]

Finally! I searched for this one before but for some reason I couldn't find this one. I remember back in the late 70s when a friend played a couple of albums for me. Instant fan...or maybe I was high on weed. LOL

[vamboruleOK]

dont get any better than this raw as hell

[eirrac54]

Alex is finally getting the recognition that he didn't get when he was alive... thanks to youtube. I'm just so glad that there was so much 'video' of The SAHB left to see.

The other bonus is that Zal Cleminson is being heard too... an awesome guitar 'personality' :)~~~

[bgarkitekt]

I just recently found out about SAHB and have been spreading the word! Alex Harvey is one of the best front men of all time for sure! And Zal is a brilliant guitarist!

[JoshBoyy1]

very good music was gd aswell

[richardc0077]

I agree. I never heard of them until after Alex passed away. My friend had picked up one of their albums and I borrowed it often.

They received no airplay in Pittsburgh except for maybe on public supported radio.

I agree today's music is such a joke and waste of time! You wanna-be musicians of today need to watch and learn! I can see many groups from the past that were influenced by SAHB.

[y0utubemetube]

Its hard to imagine a 40 plus year old performer becoming big these days-but thats what happened with alex harvey-the SAHB made a lot of great music.This is a great live song.

his brother apparently was a fine guitarist who got electrocuted and died live on stage.

[terrysteward]

His brother was les harvey from stone the crows !!!

[wherewasitlasttime2]

Oh Terry, that's just brought back that Les was electrocuted on-stage. Severely ficked up Alex's head for some time.

RIP both.

[Slowbuddy]

What a great Band..........Sensational!!!!!­!!!

[torgo714]

I haven't heard this song in 30 years and I still remember every word to it. I wore this record out and bought at least two more copies. Damn this was/is great shit

[helperout]

this song reminds me of a friend in Ohio , hi Rich A . cooool memories

[tinkerdilll]

damn! Zal is great guitar player!

[PAULLONDEN]

Shite....Alexander seemed to go

through the motions a bit here.....

Doesn't antimatter, being brilliant

all the time can be exsousting.

Still....HAIL VIBRANIA !!!

[PAULLONDEN]

Exhousting,rather./

[kevinandrewmoore]

I think there's something in my eye...no, its a tear shed for this crazy genius, who the current crop of underwhelming wannabes will never, ever come close to. R.I.P. Alex

[ResidentMich]

Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY who I've shown this performance to have thought that it was Robert De Niro!!!!!!

[Napco205]

Amazing stuff again!, by SAHB. Today's music is such a joke and waste of time! You wanna-be musicians of today need to watch and learn!

[rainspirit100]

@Napco205 here here

[rainspirit100]

Respond to this video... one person who doesn't own a jar

[PictishBeast]

What a perfomer Harvey was.

Backed by a younger band, this was first-rate.

I saw him twice.

Unsurpassable.

[meeknote364]

how come local rock stations play this?

[scraphawg]

Remember seeing them with Jethro Tull 1974 or1975. They were great. The good old days.

[mmartini50]

Top Post! Call me a cab! Call me a cab!

[fieldnymph]

I remember seeing him live in the 70's. He was wonderful! After the 'Call me a cab' line it was usual for someone to shout 'you're a cab!' we thought it was funny at the time! There was something v sexy about Mr Harvey!

[SPAZZOBOXER]

J.Brel/B.Brecht/Ziegfeld Follies on psychedelics Cabaret went over a lot of people's heads in North America. Too hard-rock for Bowie/Iggy/Lou Reed/Stones,Warholite Artsies. Too Artsy for most American Rock n Rollers. Saw them twice,Incredible live show!The Historical bridge between Screaming Lord Sutch,Atomic Rooster,Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Alice Cooper,Kiss,The Tubes,and by proxy M. Manson, Gwarr etc. Great LP's,"The Impossible Dream","Next","Framed",Tomorro­w Belongs to Me",& "Live".

[12Jetdiver55]

Brings me way back!!! Outstanding!!!!

Thanks for posting.

[ZAL70]

Greatest live band ever.Saw them 12 times, really underated.Christmas eve New Victoria London, finest hour.

Brian May and some of Queen watching and learning in the wings.

( catch the user name , how sad)

[wherewasitlasttime2]

Not sad, old son - respect always lives on.

However, if you're the same size as the sensational Mr Cleminson, (now retired) you need to have a wee word with yourself!

SAHB - the things that dreams are made of!

[JONNYFONG]

Boom Shakalaka Meooow!!!

[PAULLONDEN]

This band was'nt called SENSATIONAL

for nothing,Alex we all know,

but that Cleminson dude is something else.

HAIL VIBRANIA !

[Loverearsup]

The Opening of this reminds me of "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes. SAHB had a great blend of styles in this song!

[marspyramid]

CELTIC #1

[12Jetdiver55]

Wow!!! Does this bring back memories. I remember when he did this song on Kirshner's.

[alanmorri]

I ...was the man in the jar!!!

[juvi65]

Fantastic...didn`t know,there was videos of sahb.I am enjoying with this video and particularity with this song...man in the jar.

Relly wonderfull

[josatinho]

hi died in the age of 47

[badger2196]

Saw them 5 times in the 70's - they were awesome, and my friends and I actually met Aex himself. Those were the days.

Still have a pile of SAHB vinyl in the garage.

[kirkwanglers32]

Very underated band.

RIP Alex.

[afatmod]

What a great song!

[kirkwanglers32]

SAHB WELL Ahead of its time.

[Intoyou00]

This is still one of myfavouritethings .....'myfavouritethings'

[angusdesire]

God is a Glaswegian and long may he reign over Vibrania

[bobby0]

I loved this song in the 70's and still do.Great to see it here,thanks for posting it.

[eamonosu]

hehe

looks like columbo

: }

[kalidescopeeye]

this band r the best fucking band ever

[thornogson]

your not wrong there

[lightnight00]

Second thoughts.. I love both.!(I'ts seeing them that always makes it even better.)

[lightnight00]

I CONCUR......

[BY119ROCK]

This version of The Hot City Symphony (Don Kirschner's Show 1976) is even better than on original album, I think.

[kirkwanglers32]

Brillant band, Rest in Peace mate,we all loves you still.2007 Aug

[lightnight00]

By the way 'myfavouritethings,' this footage is one of myfavouritethings. Zal's guitar playing,? OH ................h.......There goes that feeling Again !!!!!!. Thanks for posting xxx

[lightnight00]

Nice to hear how S.A.H.B. Were,and still are appreciated 'Across the pond! ! !

[cb3961]

saw the in Cleveland,Ohio 9/74 - outstanding show. They had bagpipes and female backup singers for ANTHEM,outrageously GOOD. Alex really knew how to put together a band and stage show. A top five show in all my years of Cleveland concert going...

[mheatley123]

I was there too - grew up on cleve music scene- Cleveland got all the national touring acts before they hit NY! Did you catch TUBES? How about Roxy Music. I remeber Slade and Iggy Pop,($4.00 at the door) and great mescalin, or whatever. I am in VA now. 40 years passed, here I sit pissed that I just missed Buddy Guy last week, got to work at keeping up with the local music scene. Mike in Richmond, VA

[lightnight00]

ZAL.......<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[chuckdrum]

Wow, Zal is incredible on guitar, out of all the bands i grew up with in the 70's SAHB is one of the few i still listen to all the time! I threw out my Tedious Led Zeppelin, and Rush lps years ago!

[eiuqcaj76]

Being Scottish I heard they had a piper in the band so naturally I had to check them out. What a show! Pure entertainment from start to finish! That was in January '76; after the show a girl I was with talked her way back stage and we got to meet them later that night at Swingo's. I was just a kid but they were really cool and gave me their autographs and talked with me for a while although I knew they had more pressing matters to attend to

[RoCkErGiRlUk]

by the way hazel was a detective show quite a few years back-but check out maggie bells vocals-they are bloody fantastic

[RoCkErGiRlUk]

brilliant band-amazing song-the impossible dream?possibly the finest album in the world-les harvey was in stone the crows with vocalist maggie bell(who did the the theme to hazel-terrible les lost his life so early-what a way to go-my mate was at the gig where les les was electrocuted-terrible

so sad les

[jdlewis60]

Most under-rated band ever. Real talent here. Zappa, Queen, Steely Dan, all wrapped into one. Kiss even stole some of this act.

[nickm2343]

great song, great lyrics.Did alex harvey write all the lyrics for SAHB?I've heard his brother Les was a great guitarist as well.

[Loverearsup]

This is the 1st SAHB song I heard on the radio.  This opens up just like "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes. Funky stuff!

[n55ffc]

I never saw them either and I'll regret for ever too, why aren't band original like this these day's.....just magic!

[MLennholm]

There are plenty of original and exciting bands today but they're not given the proper attention by the people who can expose them to the public. The music industry is shallow and tragic these days.

[Earwigger]

This version of the song is absolutely incredible, I love it. I wish stereo recordings existed of this.

[catdude57]

I thought he died from cancer. Either way he never got the respect he was due

[onosokki]

Heart Attack

[morceguetty]

the sensational alex was killed by pure wiskie .

unfortunatelly !!

[KEALYBOY]

Wow that was great - never seen it before.

[nigeldick]

It is one of my eternal regrets that I never saw SAHB live. This album takes me back to a cheap and cold bedsit at University. Now...if only I can find video footage of Tomahawk Kid.

[jpjonesy]

My band used to do "Tomahawk Kid" and "Framed." Fun songs to play, made for great stage theatre artists like Alex. My brother saw them a couple of times - I snagged an SAHB concert poster off a wall in Germany to give to him. "Man In A Jar" & "Gang Bang" my fave SAHB songs.