A friend of mine turned me onto them while we werer stationed at Bitburg Air Base in Germany in 78, I was playing football and getting into Queen hot and heavy. I heard their first album and fell in love with them. Thank-you for sharing some of the greatest rock ever written and played. Just saying.
Actually, Book Early was the beginning of their fall into boring and normal hard rock. Dinner At The Ritz is a masterpiece--like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, or Supertramp's Crime of the Century....
Such a great sound...miss them a LOT, r they still playing..? Dinner at the Ritz was my favourite LP for years...i,m away to dig it out..also book early and the day the earth caught fire..am i that old ...lol
saw twice in san berdino ca and at chapman college in orange ca in 1979 Mike slammer can play guitar like a mad man live every note! he also played the solo on Warrants first cd.
@emwolbemwolb That's exactly the way I described them to people..."kind of a combination of Crack the Sky and 10cc" actually, and that's certainly not a bad thing to sound like!
Nice one ! Great band, but just clashed with the punk thing in UK, making them "unfashionable" with most radio programmers. Their albums still sound great, whereas most punk records..........yep. Excellent vid as well. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Jim.
Definitely my favourite band when I was a kid. They still are, actually. I discovered them b accident when I was 15 years old. My local record store was playiing 5705 and well, I saw God. I had to have the song immediately. I bought "Book Early" and I couldn't get enough of 'em. I still love introducing City Boy's music to my music loving friends. Each one of 'em is usually very impressed. All ages too!
This track is "smokin hot" .-)
fortheloveoftunes 1 month ago
where can i find this album art ?
DjentlyProgressive 2 months ago
why is there no mentioning of Roy Ward?
AxxLundOlga 2 months ago
A friend of mine turned me onto them while we werer stationed at Bitburg Air Base in Germany in 78, I was playing football and getting into Queen hot and heavy. I heard their first album and fell in love with them. Thank-you for sharing some of the greatest rock ever written and played. Just saying.
bigman61us 5 months ago
These guys kicked major ASS!! We covered a few of their songs, including this one in the band I was in in the 80's!
GVal 5 months ago
Actually, Book Early was the beginning of their fall into boring and normal hard rock. Dinner At The Ritz is a masterpiece--like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, or Supertramp's Crime of the Century....
BluntRapture 6 months ago
Such a great sound...miss them a LOT, r they still playing..? Dinner at the Ritz was my favourite LP for years...i,m away to dig it out..also book early and the day the earth caught fire..am i that old ...lol
Gyrolock 11 months ago
saw twice in san berdino ca and at chapman college in orange ca in 1979 Mike slammer can play guitar like a mad man live every note! he also played the solo on Warrants first cd.
akbigduke 1 year ago
@collinsjamesl
Like your taste in music. I live in the states and the only song that got radio play was 5705 back in the day
Super1bigKahuna 1 year ago
@jimguitarfan
Excellent guitar in this song. Do you play guitar? Can you do this solo?
Super1bigKahuna 1 year ago
This song kicks ass!!!! I wish there was a live video for this.
Super1bigKahuna 1 year ago
reminds me of Crack The Sky
emwolbemwolb 1 year ago
@emwolbemwolb That's exactly the way I described them to people..."kind of a combination of Crack the Sky and 10cc" actually, and that's certainly not a bad thing to sound like!
cathoderoy 5 months ago
The sensational 70's .
capebee 1 year ago
This is a great song, the only good one they did. But this one kicked ass !!!
Gaggen0707 1 year ago
Nice one ! Great band, but just clashed with the punk thing in UK, making them "unfashionable" with most radio programmers. Their albums still sound great, whereas most punk records..........yep. Excellent vid as well. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Jim.
jimguitarfan 1 year ago
Definitely my favourite band when I was a kid. They still are, actually. I discovered them b accident when I was 15 years old. My local record store was playiing 5705 and well, I saw God. I had to have the song immediately. I bought "Book Early" and I couldn't get enough of 'em. I still love introducing City Boy's music to my music loving friends. Each one of 'em is usually very impressed. All ages too!
Thank God for youtube!
collinsjamesl 1 year ago
They were the Best!!!
muzikmann2728 1 year ago
awesome
spiralmetal 1 year ago
'kin cracking song
we like it
firefighterno1 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. This was always my favorite City Boy song. I thought their albums could be kind of uneven.....
dogdyedblack 2 years ago
Woman on album cover looks like Jerry Hall
philwasgood 2 years ago
Nice song!
Puts me in mind of Kayak and 10cc, but a little more mainstream. Dual guitar solo v. v. tight! I give it a solid 88.
(And that oddball fadeout at the end ups that to a 93. I do love me some quirk.)
dddrum 2 years ago
@dddrum Long live Kayak,10cc and City Boy!!!! Great comparison.
JeffELOLynne 1 year ago
used to love this band...
famsim 2 years ago
great great song
sgillman16 2 years ago
When I see at your uploaded videos, I see you definately got the right taste for music :)
Mogansss 2 years ago
Thank you very much..You must have a good test too..
sonnyfagerlund 2 years ago