The Toggery Five - I`d Much Rather Be With The Boys

The Toggery Five ( 1964 - 1966 ) http://www.toggery-five.com/index.html featuring lead vocals by Paul Young ( later vocalist with Sad Cafe & Mike & The Mechanics ) and Frank Renshaw failed to chart with this, their second single composed by Andrew Oldham - Keith Richards - which had been considered `too poppy` for use by The Rolling Stones.
Their first single had been the Frank Renshaw penned I`m Gonna Jump which had been banned by the BBC due to it`s lyrical content.
This was their second single and for their third single they had recorded I`m Alive produced by Ron Richards the Hollies producer. The Hollies heard the Toggery Five recording and rushed into the studio to record their version of it, again with Ron Richards producing. Even through the Toggery Five had a release date for their single , The Hollies who were also on EMI got a release date 2 weeks before The Toggery Five and shortly after stopped the Toggery Five version from being released. The Hollies single hit #1 in the UK . The Toggery Five never really recovered from this disappointment - The Hollies offered Toggery Five `Going Away` - a song written for them by Graham Gouldman which Toggery Five recorded but it wasnt released. The Toggery Five disbanded soon after .
The Toggery Five`s original version of I`m Alive has never been released and remains in EMI`s vaults . It would be interesting to hear this.

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[DJJimmyBee]

Superb Brit Pop Rock Soul all in one!

[john111257]

superb 60s single...top post

[mairuz1]

Nice memories off Stockport.....

[peterdchecksfield]

The Stones didn't borrow this - they wrote it!

[alancastrian]

Thanks for posting. I have been looking for this for ages. Makes me feel young again :) *****

[GuessTheCrowd]

I also heard it on SOTS, which is why I looked it up. Another hidden gem, great record.

[Strawberry7Lynn]

I heard this song for the first time this morning (Sat 6 Feb 2010) on Brian Mathews' Sounds of the 60's on BBC Radio 2.

B. Mathews told his listeners the story behind the song, and what he said seems to have come straight from 45RPM SINGLES info (top right of screen)!

[topolino2]

Stones borrowed this... needs much more "air time" then "main stream" venue ever gave it..

[mrdee11091]

fantastic info here thanks for this upload also