Vivian Stanshall - "The Young Ones"

The inimitable Viv Stanshall with his take on The Young Ones. Photos of Viv, Syd (school) and a couple of paintings by Joash Woodrow

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• Vivian Stanshall
• The Bonzos
• The Young Ones
• Sixties
• Seventies
• Keith Moon

[Broadclystboy]

One of the greatest rock n roll lines of all time

All right Lee - if you must!!!!

[minutegongcoughs]

@Broadclystboy Absolutely

[WackaJawacka]

Ha Ha.

I BOUGHT this NEW.

The band was Kilgaron.

I played it to a musician friend. He said "Kilgaron, We used to gig with them!"

"Once in every lifetime, comes a love like this...." etc

[minutegongcoughs]

That's the one. Kilgaron. Because it was the 'B' sideof the single it was included on the Harvest Box Set. Can anyone put up the John Peel show version?

[minutegongcoughs]

I've searched for some info on this session but cannot get a list of everyone who played on it. Viv treated it as a throwaway track I believe.

[af4k]

Is Bubs White playing guitar on this one? Anybody know?

[minutegongcoughs]

It was "B" sided in 1976 w/Are You havin' any fun. 45 - Harvest 5114. It's on the Harvest Box comp. I would like to know if Bubs White is on guitar?

[Hemulen40]

Wooo....Viv beats Stiff Lichard any day .

[DavidMJordan]

God wanted to be in the Bonzos but they said he was too normal.

[themanfromwem]

what a load of bollocks

[chuckdwagner]

@minutegongcoughs

The musicians who played on this track were collectively known as Kilgaron, a Forest of Dean based rock band 1972 - 1981. The members at the time of this session were Rob Butler (vocal/guitar) Roger Byett ( guitar ), Tudor Griffiths (keyboards), Mike Hopkins (drums) and Charlie Kyte ( bass ). KIlgaron were playing @ The Golden Lion, Fulham. The set list included The Young Ones. An A & R man from Harvest Records at the gig asked them to do the session.

[chuckdwagner]

@af4k

No, Bubs White is not playing guitar. The geetar man is Roger Byett, lead guitarist with Forest of Dean rock band Kilgaron. The story is, Kilgaron were playing @ The Golden Lion, Fulham. An A&R man from Harvest was at the gig. The Young Ones featured in the set list at the time. Mr A&R man booked KIlgaron to do a session with Viv to record the Young Ones. It was recorded @ Air London studios an a Sunday afternoon. I think it was a case of Viv fulfilling his recording contract to Harvest.

[shangrigreige]

my goodness

[hermitcrabbot]

Having been pushed to the limits of toleration, I fell screaming into the Czarchasm.

[strangeones4]

@minutegongcoughs  God Bless Adrian Edmondson.

[CountKryzal]

Beautiful and inspired genius incredibly executed. Had I such an ounce of his talent!

[CountKryzal]

Genius or madness? Neither - a beautiful and unique amalgam of both. God bless, Vivian, my friend