2 Powerpop wonders from Richard X. Heyman and Peter Noone (Herman)
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The song attached to this post is from a Richard X. Heyman CD not yet publicly available. RXH is a very prolific musician, so for each new CD he releases in recent years, there's another of tracks that didn't make the cut. This "extra" CD is first made available to fans who helped support his artistry by paying him in advance (and in excess of a "normal" price) so he can afford to record and mix a new CD. I'm happy to help support the effort of RXH and his wife Nancy, who are animal-lovers not getting rich from the music industry despite the high quality of his output. This CD, Intakes, is the companion CD to last year's Actual Sighs. The track, while one of the strongest on the CD, is also notable for having the first extended a capella sections I can remember in any of his songs.
Following prior experience, I would expect this "bonus" CD to eventually be available to the general public within a few weeks or months.
The first such "extra" CD was an EP (fewer songs) released after his Cornerstone CD, and was titled:
Ok, an amateurish, rather ugly cover but with great music inside. Included was the track previouly released on the early vinyl EP Actual Size (and re-done years later on Actual Sighs - don't ask, it's too confusing for this post). But here it was sung by Peter Noone, otherwise known as Herman from the 60's pop group Herman's Hermits. Peter is still in fine voice here, and I thought it would be interesting for both fans of RXH and Peter Noone to hear, assuming they haven't already. The track is called Hoosier, and can be found in Comments.
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Comments (8)
I think they are both good tunes, I would not have guessed Peter Noone at all. It does not sound like the usual Noone stuff unless he is doing harmony?
Very nice post
That is because I am an IDIOT and downloaded the wrong version. THIS is the one with Peter Noone:
ok, now THAT"S Peter Noone :-)
I like it much
Thank You!
good stuff here, reminds me of the band I think I told you about the beatifics. That would be a good thing in so many ways
Wow. It's 1981 again. Or is that 1964?
But great music is timeless, doncha think?
Absolutely. Exactly the same thing I was saying to my pals Mozart, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin and John Lennon.
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