The Easybeats - Easy (1965)

The Easybeats - Easy (1965)

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Easy is a studio album by The Easybeats. The album was released in September 23, 1965. It was later reissued by Repertoire Records and included eight new tracks.



The Easybeats

The Easybeats were a rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969. They are widely regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their classic 1966 single "Friday on My Mind" (the folk-pop group, The Seekers, had international hits in 1965). Their manager was former Sydney real estate agent, Mike Vaughan.

The band's line-up exemplified the influence of post-war migration on Australian society. All five founding members were from families who had migrated to Australia from Europe: lead singer Stevie Wright and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Henry Fleet were from England; rhythm guitarist George Young was from Scotland; lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde were from The Netherlands.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Easybeats




The Easybeats - Easy

Their first album, not available outside Australia until the 1990s. The Vanda/Young songwriting partnership had yet to dominate the band in their early days, and most of the (entirely original) material here comes from the pens of George Young and singer Stevie Wright. It's more Merseybeatish and less oriented toward power-pop and staccato guitar attacks than their subsequent releases, which isn't really detrimental; it doesn't scale the peaks the band would shortly climb, but neither does it have the overdone good-time mania that made some of their efforts hard to take in more than limited doses. A fairly consistent, if not incredibly remarkable, relic from the Beat era, with some very Beatlesque tracks, including "It's So Easy," "I Wonder" (on which Harry Vanda sounds a lot like a young George Harrison circa "Do You Want to Know a Secret"), and cuts that could pass for the Searchers ("I'm Gonna Tell Everybody"), Gerry the Pacemakers ("Hey Girl," "A Letter"), the Merseybeats ("Cry Cry Cry"), the Kinks ("You'll Come Back Again"), and Peter Gordon ("Girl on My Mind"). Stuck in the middle of all of those delightfully derivative treasures is the most defiantly original track off the album, and (not coincidentally) their first big Australian hit, "She's So Fine," which doesn't sound like anything else here, pulsing with energy, a hot pumping bass part, and a ferocious guitar break. The Repertoire Records CD reissue enhances the original album significantly with the addition of eight bonus tracks, including five jewels from the Vanda/Young songwriting team. ~ Richie Unterberger Bruce Eder, All Music Guide



Tracklist:

(LP Tracks)

01_It's So Easy

02_I'm A Madman

03_I Wonder

04_She Said Alright

05_I'm Gonna Tell Everybody

06_Hey Girl

07_She's So Fine

08_You Got It Off Me

09_Cry Cry Cry

10_A Letter

11_Easy Beat

12_You'll Come Back Again

13_Girl On My Mind

14_Ya Can't Do That

(CD Bonus Tracks)

15_For My Woman

16_Say That You're Mine

17_The Old Oak Tree

18_Friday On My Mind

19_Lisa (Rough mix)

20_Find my Way Back Home

21_No One Knows

22_She's So Fine (Live)



Line up:

Stephen Wright - Lead Singer

Harry Vanda - Lead Guitar

Snowy Fleet - Rythm Guitar

Dick Diamonde - Bass

George Young - Drums