ALLUSIONS - GYPSY WOMAN 1966 AUSSIE BEAT

[arianajeann]

HE IS SO HOT

[TheSunbau]

AAAhhh, I really like this kind of Aussie beat or polished garage rock from the 60s. My hobby is to rediscover all those great bands from that period that didn´t "broke through", It´s a fantastic musical treasure. Listen (youtube) for example to:

THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah",

really f.....g good with a bloody driving beat.

THE GOLLIWOGS and the song "Tell me". Check up the singer....Yes, it´s him!!!

[billiesue02]

Great song. Love the mood this music sets

[MegaJoksa]

GREAT SOUND+++++++++++++

[albainbridge1]

The one person that didn't like this must be very hard to please!

I hope that I was the 38,000th viewing!

I love this version of a great song!!

Al

[Jeanniegw]

I thought that too Al... they must have been one bloke short and the gaffer had to step in at the last minute... but he looks so out of place and imagine trying to sing (or mime) amidst all that smoke these days. Personal bias aside they deserved to be more successful than they were. Guess it was just bad timing or something because Mike and Terry Hearne in particular had enormous talent (despite the terribly miming - Mike,as I recall was quite shy and they weren't used to being on the telly)

[Jeanniegw]

Seems I was a year older than you but still too young for Mike. I went to Hurstville a couple of times but in those days it sure was a trek from Parramatta where I lived then. Mike drove me home occasionally (but at that time he had a Triumph TR4A not a VW) He was always such a gentleman which disappointed me a bit... but made me admire him all the more. I'd love to track him down just to say hello but Mike Morris is such a common name & I don't even know if he's in Oz or back in the UK.

[MegaJoksa]

+++++++++++++++

[sandijean13]

Memories of when I used to go to the Friday night dance at Parramatta. The Allusions played all night long with just a short break. Had a huge crush on Mike. Still have the LP.

[Jeanniegw]

@sandijean13

Must have been at the Rivoli oggling Mike at the same time. I also had a huge crush on him for years but not only because he was handsome & a fab singer; turned out he was a really lovely guy too  My brother & I were fresh out from the UK and Mike sort of befriended us (I would have liked more but I was bit too young) I think we reminded him of home and he actually ended up going back to the UK around 1968/9. Had a couple of letters from him & would love to track him down again.

[Jeanniegw]

@sandijean13 We must have been at the Rivoli oggling Mike at the same time. I also had a huge crush on him for years but not only because he was handsome & a fab singer; turned out he was a really lovely guy too My brother & I were fresh out from the UK & Mike sort of befriended us (I would have liked more but I was a bit too young) I think we reminded him of home and he actually ended up going back to the UK around 1968/9. Had a couple of letters from him & would love to track him down again.

[sandijean13]

@Jeanniegw I would loved to go to the Riv at Hurstville, too, so I could get a double dose of them, but it was just too far away. I remember one night "accompanying" Mike out to his VW Beetle, and talking to him as he packed some instruments into his car. Probably wishing the pesky 16 year old would stop asking questions and just disappear. Think I may have embarrassed him buy staring at him with goo goo eyes whenever he sang The Dancer (my favourite). That was 1967.

[sapphiretaurus]

@onemellowdude This group was trying to emulate the Beatles. You can hear it in their sound. I read a biography of them a while back, and it said thy did follow the Beatles' technique. That other poster who responded to you is always trying to badmouth and discredit the Beatles, so don't pay any attention to him.

[KoivuTheHab]

@onemellowdude No, infact I'm dead serious...

[WinifredCat]

I was looking for Ricky Nelson's version, couldn't find it, but THIS IS REALLY GREAT, too! Wonder what ever happened to these folks...and so many others....

[freebrainstorms]

hey, this is great!

[donletmedon]

is there anybody have the video of 'the dancer'?...

[66rules]

Totally great Beatles sound!

[KoivuTheHab]

Easily better than the Beatles...

[sapphiretaurus]

@KoivuTheHab No, just the same. This is a miming to the studio recording anyway. The Beatles had the same power and energy in their recordings from that time.

[spoofa20]

Their other big hit was "The Dancer".I think it was on the flipside of this one -what a great sound they had.

[cherylharrell1961]

Never heard of these guys before but they & some of the other Oz garage bands I've found on here are good. And we never heard of them before due to being in the states. A Ricky Nelson song, that explains why this sounded familiar to me event ho I never heard of this group before...

[gasbomb01]

what a sensational song.mike morris the lead singer sounds like john stevens from noiseworks.what a voice resemblence.

[stancicm]

i love this song, that seems a rock classic

in australia. I knew it by the saints and the screaming tribesmen, I have discovered that ricky nelson was the first. And now the allusions

version, perfect.

[nemossssssssssssss]

seems a rock classic

It IS a rock classic! I´m from Sweden and it has even reach us living here! But, yeh, The Saints´ cover is a killer!

[babyblue29]

man!kool!!!

[locobuick]

Scottish psychiatrist Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney formed The Allusions while having a hot air balloon holiday over Austrailia.

[tymesup66]

Oh I know this tune! This is a Ricky Nelson tune on Decca! Good tune..!

[bluerondoo]

man, this is soooo good

[junebaby57]

Great song...

[girard54]

I love old aussie garage...where do yoou get their cds? I especially the Atlantics.