the point of the music back then was total originallity creativity feel and taste! it was not like today where all these metal heads cop the same riffs and bore you to death with hi gain overplayed bullshit. Mel was a complete inspiration to me both with his skills and the tone of his axe.
This is fantastic rock music - thanks for posting pal. I must agree with HerschelMatt on his list - Sting is such a fake and Flea could have been great if had left the Peppers after Mothers Milk and found a decent band. Luv the drum sound on this Trapeze track.
I think it was 1977. I was introduced to ACDC and Trapeze at around the same time. The location was the Ritz Music Hall in Texas.The concerts were months apart. The place seated about 1700. Who was better? Trapeze sounded more refined but both bands delivered enough energy to call it a toss up. Keep in mind that I had never heard of ACDC and I was only familiar with a few Trapeze songs.
classic good stuff right there-drums sound so good on this track. Glen Hughes vocals and bass playing superb. Check out Black Country Communion if you like this.
This Band was never known in my country Venezuela. On 70's been quite still a teen, in a disco store a found this album in a SALE. Was so cheap that I bought it not knowing the sound. From therem, the album has been always a reference for me. I beleive the Band couldn't get to the "well-known" status they deserve, But for sure they got the talent and quality enough to survive with even tiny or none support.
Mel was a great guitarist and a nice guy. He was very approachable and often wandered around having a chat after a gig. He is much missed. Like most amps of that era his Laney valve stack did not have a master volume control and needed to be driven hard to sound good, which could make it too loud for small gigs. Mel's solution was to turn one of his 4x12 cabs round the other way facing the wall.
Drummer was Dave Holland, who also used to play with Judas Priest. Brill drummer and could also cut it live. Well mr Hughes wouldn't play with any old geezer would he?
60's Gibson SG Std. thru an early Laney Supergroup stack...man o man. One of my heros and a real gentleman, RIP Mel. I did get a black LP Custom for the later Mel tones...he is missed.
glenn hughes...the white stevie wonder...mr. mel galley a great player and person R.I.P....a great band taken apart by commercialism...thanks for the music ...you ARE the band.!!!!
I removed my comments--I never should have responded to 'getchasumm' to begin with...had to block him from my email because of the stuff he was saying--making me very angry.
It's getting so that you can't even comment on YouTube anymore without being hassled.
I know what you mean. You log on to look at a favourite video, make a comment, and some prick abuses you for liking it. If they don't like it, why don't they just leave? Or at least make a polite comment saying they don't like it? If someone doesn't like it, that's OK, but they don't have to be fikkin rude.
my my my-damn-the real thang-killer album-i heard the guitar player or the band got back together about 5 years ago-i seen a lot of super natural shit listening to this band-do yourself a favor and buy thier albums in what ever form they may be-black cloud-medussa-yo-you got it man
Sorry to report the sad passing of the great Mel Galley of Trapeze. As a kid of 15 in early 76 I was lucky enought to see them live at The Greyhound in Fulham and again in 92 when Glen got together with Mel and Dave at the Borderline in London. All their records are worthwhile. If Chas Chandler had picked them rather than Slade as his next band after Jimi - well I am sure they would have been huge. As it is, they were simply the best funk rock band of all time. RIP Mel - your the music.
didnt hear that he passed away. saw them at reading festival must be 74/75 when I was 14/15. I can remember being mesmerised and getting to the front of the stage. Also fell in love with the sound of an ebony Les Paul thru a Marshall stack forever after that.
Great group. Seen then at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton Pa in the mid 70s. Bought Medusa at the record store because their current tour album was sold out at the local head shop. Was not disapointed. Please upload Black Cloud !!!!!!!
Can some one post some stuff from "you are the music, we're just the band" all I have is the scratchy old record my cousin gave me in 1975 and it's not worth punishing listeners with it. I'd love to hear a clear version of "don't stop the music" or "coast to coast" or any of 'em....they all rock! thanx!
They were way up there with any of the 70's bands. Great group. Texas seemed to get them going there more than any other place in the US. Wish they were playing today.
I've seen this group at least a dozen times, and I got to go onstage before one of their concerts -during a soundcheck- and meet them, back in the early seventies.
Glenn Hughes was a big influence on my bass playing. These guys were way underated, and ahead of their time. I too would love to see some live footage turn up!
I thought the band Trapeze were from Birmingham...I bought the single Send Me No More Letters in 1970; it was on the Threshold label and produced by John Lodge.
Trapeze was originally formed in Wolverhampton, and were indeed signed to the Threshold label. I have never heard the single you mentioned however. I saw Trapeze with Glenn Hughes only once, when they had gotten breifly back together (in '76) after Glenn left Deep Purple...all the other times I saw them their bassist was Pete Write. But they always had Mel Galley and Dave Holland.
Thanks ever so much. The single, Send Me No More Letters, I first heard at Molinuex (I'm a life-long Wolves fan) in January 1970; it's a great record and should have made the charts, but received little air play; I'd call it a ballad with strings. Didn't hear from them much more after that.
It's great to hear that they were from Wolverhampton. You can download the single (albeit a short version) on Limewire.
Just checked HMV on-line. Send Me No More Letters is available on the CD, Trapeze (Remastered) on CHERRYRED MELON CDLEM21; but is currently not in stock. Think I'll be ordering this soon as. I'd need to catch up on this band.
My buddy and I heard "The Jury" on the radio and ran out and bought the album-we lied to our parents and hitchiked into san francisco to Fillmore West and caught them live...We were 15 or 16-must of been 1970-71..Would love to see 'The Jury" live!....
This music is nothing if not awe inspiring,,, and must have been seen to be believed,,, the dearth of live footage of Trapeze Mach1 featuring the insanely gifted Glenn Hughes, is nothing short of criminal...As this track so justly illustrates,,, The band was years ahead of it's time... the entire group was wildly imaginative...this unique style of riffing has yet to be duplicated anywhere else in rock...Inventive, Soulful, and Heavy as Hell...If anyone has live footage please unlock the vault..!
speaking of 15 years old....anybody see em at ' McGonagle Seaside Stadium' (a carport, really) in Md. had some wine the 'Good Humor'man let me chill, and some very 'average' bud we shared with the band
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OnlyAPawn1970 1 week ago
saw them in 74 great then great now!
bod287 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
hang in there, used to have some of this on lp's. god bless
bissontess 5 months ago
Trapeze was my first concert in Wichita Falls, Texas. The opened for someone else (can't remember who) and blew them away. Awesome band!
ishtochituklo 6 months ago
It's interesting how Taste is linked with this post.
JimBozeman1956 7 months ago
Totally awesome. I love how strained Glenn's voice sounds is on Medusa, personality plus, totally rockin'.
TheGypsyBangles 7 months ago
This is why I love YouTube. You discover all this stuff you didn't know existed. How fucking cool is this song?
devtrev 7 months ago 3
my dads band opened for these guys in the early 70s
WCrawfish 8 months ago
Does anyone have Trapeze's "Don't Ask Me How I Know" to upload?? Email me!
oatesfan 9 months ago
Glenn has a New and Serious Rock Band with Jason Bonham. Check them Out !
dbrew2u 10 months ago
Brings back many memories of seeing Trapeze at Cannock Town Hall!!! RIP Mel serious underated (Oh and I helped them pack their gear up
lizzietalkalot 11 months ago
Brings back many memories of seeing Trapeze at Cannock Town Hall!!! RIP Mel serious underated.
lizzietalkalot 11 months ago
This is some fantasic classic rock - better than the crap that is played on the radio or concerts these days.
katnip9 11 months ago 3
the point of the music back then was total originallity creativity feel and taste! it was not like today where all these metal heads cop the same riffs and bore you to death with hi gain overplayed bullshit. Mel was a complete inspiration to me both with his skills and the tone of his axe.
pleximarz 1 year ago 4
Saw this name at another posting and thought the name sounded familiar. Don't remember ever hearing this. Good stuff anyway.
daven58100 1 year ago
Mel Galley's rhythmic sense was absolutely unique...nobody else plays like that.
jonsilence 1 year ago
seen this band 3 times in the 70's...........r.i.p. mel galley
bendrinkin59 1 year ago
can't find trapeze songs to download, does anyone no where I can find them?? I was hoping for the full discography, but a few songs will do! Cheers!
Conras85 1 year ago
@Conras85 Try learning how to torrent. They usually have good results, just make sure you've got some decent anti-virus.
Brando2600 1 year ago
Mother's, Erdington, England 1970, Trapeze live. Man this takes me back..Thanks ! :)
Pentalpha5 1 year ago
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Pentalpha5 1 year ago
This is fantastic rock music - thanks for posting pal. I must agree with HerschelMatt on his list - Sting is such a fake and Flea could have been great if had left the Peppers after Mothers Milk and found a decent band. Luv the drum sound on this Trapeze track.
MissEgasMoniz 1 year ago
Entwistle... McCartney... Hughes...
In order... my fav bass players.
I play bass... for 40 years.
Sting... Flea... they suck!!!
HerschelMatthews 1 year ago
Cant believe the drummer (holland) is the same guy who recorded with judas beast in their golden age
NinjaJedi11 1 year ago
Best of the best. The drummer reminds me of Jimi's drummer Mitch Mitchell. Not a shy lad. Group is bad to the bone.
EdVidz 1 year ago
hughes-holland-galley!!!! were unheard of untill the demise of trapeze, not so super,
steveavison 1 year ago
trapeze was the first supergroup!!!! HUGHES-HOLLAND-GALLEY!!!!
soulmoover 1 year ago 2
I think it was 1977. I was introduced to ACDC and Trapeze at around the same time. The location was the Ritz Music Hall in Texas.The concerts were months apart. The place seated about 1700. Who was better? Trapeze sounded more refined but both bands delivered enough energy to call it a toss up. Keep in mind that I had never heard of ACDC and I was only familiar with a few Trapeze songs.
superjtrdr 1 year ago
Glenn Hughes on vocals ?
titustiti 1 year ago
@titustiti Yes.
Zepp2k7 1 year ago
@Zepp2k7 Thank you. I wasn't sure !
titustiti 1 year ago
classic good stuff right there-drums sound so good on this track. Glen Hughes vocals and bass playing superb. Check out Black Country Communion if you like this.
tazmankb26 1 year ago
Wooooooooo!
6CHRIS6ROWE6 1 year ago
great track Cool groove.
anvil1 1 year ago
This Band was never known in my country Venezuela. On 70's been quite still a teen, in a disco store a found this album in a SALE. Was so cheap that I bought it not knowing the sound. From therem, the album has been always a reference for me. I beleive the Band couldn't get to the "well-known" status they deserve, But for sure they got the talent and quality enough to survive with even tiny or none support.
loboenvivo 1 year ago
@loboenvivo texas got the best of this bands playing
sjuozhunki 1 year ago
love the old stuff......
rltrent1 1 year ago
40 years later and this still sounds fresh
SRCervecero58 1 year ago
@SRCervecero58 that's why certain music is called TIMELESS! :o)
genxxxersize 1 year ago
you got to like this its rocks
purelee4fun 1 year ago
Mel was a great guitarist and a nice guy. He was very approachable and often wandered around having a chat after a gig. He is much missed. Like most amps of that era his Laney valve stack did not have a master volume control and needed to be driven hard to sound good, which could make it too loud for small gigs. Mel's solution was to turn one of his 4x12 cabs round the other way facing the wall.
kenhart2 2 years ago 2
Glen hughes playing bass.But whos the drummer? Tight as a ducks arse.Great track.
banjaxed31 2 years ago
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MOPEDER01 2 years ago
Dave Holland later went on to play for Judas Priest.
MOPEDER01 2 years ago 2
Drummer was Dave Holland, who also used to play with Judas Priest. Brill drummer and could also cut it live. Well mr Hughes wouldn't play with any old geezer would he?
Nobbygooner61 2 years ago
My favourite track of all time,Mel Galley was a genius.
76Sprinter 2 years ago
@76Sprinter Albert Einstien was a genius.
viewmore100 1 year ago
It sounds great to hear this again, I couldn't live with out this album all thru High school.
trapperrod123 2 years ago
60's Gibson SG Std. thru an early Laney Supergroup stack...man o man. One of my heros and a real gentleman, RIP Mel. I did get a black LP Custom for the later Mel tones...he is missed.
talpajam 2 years ago 2
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chrisbass48 2 years ago
Dave Holland!!
canor022 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Sure but he tried to have a sex with a preteen boy. Im not sure but he is in prison now. He really fucked up like Roman Polanski...
acidofilia 2 years ago
Wow,
Totally inapropriate. Shut the fuck up . for fucks sake .
greenelectra 2 years ago 2
the band that got glen the gig with deep purple.
corm1000 2 years ago
My fav band of all time . This white boy has soul.
skunkdad7 2 years ago 2
so glad to hear this again its been sooo long
zipperhead
zaq979 2 years ago
Mel Galley was one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet,and one of the finest musicians.Thanks for the memories.
76Sprinter 2 years ago
wow
MrDecoy84 2 years ago
some of the most epic music ever recorded
baleyyg 2 years ago
glenn hughes...the white stevie wonder...mr. mel galley a great player and person R.I.P....a great band taken apart by commercialism...thanks for the music ...you ARE the band.!!!!
mmusicman11 2 years ago 2
Que sonzeira!!!
endmarinho 2 years ago
Great band saw them in 1974.
NICOLA21000 2 years ago
Whoa....takes me waaaaay back. So cool to hear this again. Touches My Life. Thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
treasuresrv 2 years ago
What a group, thanks for uploading something from them! Cool!
visionarydreams 2 years ago
I removed my comments--I never should have responded to 'getchasumm' to begin with...had to block him from my email because of the stuff he was saying--making me very angry.
It's getting so that you can't even comment on YouTube anymore without being hassled.
Very sad.
alembicbassdude 2 years ago 17
I know what you mean. You log on to look at a favourite video, make a comment, and some prick abuses you for liking it. If they don't like it, why don't they just leave? Or at least make a polite comment saying they don't like it? If someone doesn't like it, that's OK, but they don't have to be fikkin rude.
pathdaly 2 years ago 20
@pathdaly Ditto here, way too many uneducated ashholes wanting to be heard. If they only had a clue!
Meuadiv 1 year ago
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alembicbassdude 2 years ago
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alembicbassdude 2 years ago
im now in PARKHOUSE
Beereyjr 3 years ago
my my my-damn-the real thang-killer album-i heard the guitar player or the band got back together about 5 years ago-i seen a lot of super natural shit listening to this band-do yourself a favor and buy thier albums in what ever form they may be-black cloud-medussa-yo-you got it man
infomaggot 3 years ago
soulful
Joeey 3 years ago
Trapeze is so great! :-)
master0076 3 years ago
I saw them in sutton in ashfeild, many years ago, pls tell me what year and venue,,,yeah hi
bod287 3 years ago
trapeze rocks ! killer
skunkdad7 3 years ago
I saw these guy's in atlanta in the 70's with spirit and they rocked! the tempo is driving, love the drummer.
ga6strings 3 years ago
Can some one post "Send Me No More Letters"?
kronte10 3 years ago
Sorry to report the sad passing of the great Mel Galley of Trapeze. As a kid of 15 in early 76 I was lucky enought to see them live at The Greyhound in Fulham and again in 92 when Glen got together with Mel and Dave at the Borderline in London. All their records are worthwhile. If Chas Chandler had picked them rather than Slade as his next band after Jimi - well I am sure they would have been huge. As it is, they were simply the best funk rock band of all time. RIP Mel - your the music.
babylonska 3 years ago
didnt hear that he passed away. saw them at reading festival must be 74/75 when I was 14/15. I can remember being mesmerised and getting to the front of the stage. Also fell in love with the sound of an ebony Les Paul thru a Marshall stack forever after that.
hutchgil 3 years ago
Saw this band in Beaumont Texas at Lamar University in the early seventies
STFUmorons 3 years ago
Great group. Seen then at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton Pa in the mid 70s. Bought Medusa at the record store because their current tour album was sold out at the local head shop. Was not disapointed. Please upload Black Cloud !!!!!!!
LeHiGuy1 3 years ago
Can some one post some stuff from "you are the music, we're just the band" all I have is the scratchy old record my cousin gave me in 1975 and it's not worth punishing listeners with it. I'd love to hear a clear version of "don't stop the music" or "coast to coast" or any of 'em....they all rock! thanx!
econoroller 3 years ago
They were way up there with any of the 70's bands. Great group. Texas seemed to get them going there more than any other place in the US. Wish they were playing today.
jgkan123 3 years ago
I've seen this group at least a dozen times, and I got to go onstage before one of their concerts -during a soundcheck- and meet them, back in the early seventies.
Glenn Hughes was a big influence on my bass playing. These guys were way underated, and ahead of their time. I too would love to see some live footage turn up!
alembicbassdude 3 years ago
I thought the band Trapeze were from Birmingham...I bought the single Send Me No More Letters in 1970; it was on the Threshold label and produced by John Lodge.
Is this the same band?
johnjarvo 3 years ago
Trapeze was originally formed in Wolverhampton, and were indeed signed to the Threshold label. I have never heard the single you mentioned however. I saw Trapeze with Glenn Hughes only once, when they had gotten breifly back together (in '76) after Glenn left Deep Purple...all the other times I saw them their bassist was Pete Write. But they always had Mel Galley and Dave Holland.
alembicbassdude 3 years ago
oops, thats Pete WRIGHT. (sorry Pete!)
alembicbassdude 3 years ago
Thanks ever so much. The single, Send Me No More Letters, I first heard at Molinuex (I'm a life-long Wolves fan) in January 1970; it's a great record and should have made the charts, but received little air play; I'd call it a ballad with strings. Didn't hear from them much more after that.
It's great to hear that they were from Wolverhampton. You can download the single (albeit a short version) on Limewire.
Best wishes...JJ
johnjarvo 3 years ago
Dave Holland the child molester ?
getchasumm 2 years ago
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alembicbassdude 2 years ago
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alembicbassdude 2 years ago
mr dave holland for you remember that .
you are mr shit .that is what you are.
bengativo6 2 years ago
Just checked HMV on-line. Send Me No More Letters is available on the CD, Trapeze (Remastered) on CHERRYRED MELON CDLEM21; but is currently not in stock. Think I'll be ordering this soon as. I'd need to catch up on this band.
Thanks again...
johnjarvo 3 years ago
JJ- You are welcome,always good to hear from friends in the U.K. Have a good one!
alembicbassdude 3 years ago
saw em n 72 with marshall tucker(the originals) outdoor concert,it sound just like the record what a great time to be alive
fms1952 3 years ago
My buddy and I heard "The Jury" on the radio and ran out and bought the album-we lied to our parents and hitchiked into san francisco to Fillmore West and caught them live...We were 15 or 16-must of been 1970-71..Would love to see 'The Jury" live!....
tonfan 3 years ago 2
This music is nothing if not awe inspiring,,, and must have been seen to be believed,,, the dearth of live footage of Trapeze Mach1 featuring the insanely gifted Glenn Hughes, is nothing short of criminal...As this track so justly illustrates,,, The band was years ahead of it's time... the entire group was wildly imaginative...this unique style of riffing has yet to be duplicated anywhere else in rock...Inventive, Soulful, and Heavy as Hell...If anyone has live footage please unlock the vault..!
bevis2007 4 years ago 3
Nice pick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
buzzsherman 4 years ago
I listen to this, I'm 15 and smoking dope inthe garage again!
Bam420Bam 4 years ago
old school rock n roll - can someone upload "midnight flyer", or "the jury"
pleasseeeeeeeeee.
jesussalazar83 4 years ago
speaking of 15 years old....anybody see em at ' McGonagle Seaside Stadium' (a carport, really) in Md. had some wine the 'Good Humor'man let me chill, and some very 'average' bud we shared with the band
peadyq7755 3 years ago