Them
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Everyone wants to know about... that there Them group!
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc, 10 April 1965
...and here's the secret of their success — writes PENNY VALENTINE ...
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones et al: NME Poll Winners' Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Live Review by Keith Altham, Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 16 April 1965
IT WAS THE GREATEST POP SHOW ON EARTH ...
Them: The Session That Started It All...
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 1 May 1965
ONE RECORDING session. Approximately four or five hours work. That was all it took to produce two smash hits for Them. ...
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 14 May 1965
I CAN'T say that it came as a surprise to find that – after three cancelled appointments with Them – they were not at the ...
Report and Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 26 June 1965
BUDDING songwriters, your troubles are over! No longer need you sweat and toil with difficult words and lyrics. Stop sending letters to John Lennon now. ...
Singles from Them, Tom Jones, Percy Sledge et al
Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 14 May 1966
Sandie's improved — this is a big hit ...
The Intense and Mysterious Them
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 25 June 1966
THEM ARE more than just an awkward name to fit grammatically into a sentence. ...
Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Them, Beach Boys, Kinks et al: Singles Reviews
Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 6 May 1967
A multitude of newies this week including Presley, Dylan, & Beach Boys ...
Discography by Geoffrey Cannon, Melody Maker, 27 March 1971
Update, 2019: This piece continues that on "What's so special about Van Morrison", also here in the RBP archive, commissioned by Richard Williams as my ...
Van Morrison: The Hottest Hand in Rock And Roll
Discography by Metal Mike Saunders, The Rag, 6 December 1971
THERE ARE four remaining survivors from the English Invasion: the Kinks, the Hollies, the Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison. All four of these have wound ...
Them: Them.…Featuring Van Morrison
Review by Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, October 1972
JOHN BALDRY tells of the time in L.A. that he answered his phone. "Lester Bangs here," said the caller, to which Long John replied, "He ...
Van Morrison: St.Dominic's Preview (Warner Bros.); Them: Them Featuring Van Morrison (Parrot)
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, October 1972
AFTER TUPELO HONEY Van Morrison must have been faced with a choice. He could continue with his domestic tranquility myth, which was as artistically false ...
The Who: Odds & Sods/Them: Backtrackin'
Review by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, November 1974
1974 HAS CERTAINLY been a good year for reissues, even if UA's Jan & Dean set didn't quite make it to the starting gate. Four ...
Van Morrison: A Period Of Transition and The Story Of Them
Review by John Morthland, Creem, August 1977
A Period of Transition is a disappointing album, and at first I thought it was mainly because after his nearly three years absence, I expected ...
Them: The Story Of Them Featuring Van Morrison (Deram)
Review by Jim Irvin, MOJO, January 1998
SOMEHOW THE legend has grown up that Them comprised one stone genius and a bunch of hapless fools, dispensable at whim. It's understandable, as said ...
Them: 'Baby Please Don't Go' (1965)
Book Excerpt by Greil Marcus, 'When That Rough God Goes Riding', June 2010
IN 1965, THEM'S 'Baby Please Don't Go'–usually cited as a rock 'n' roll update of a song first recorded by the Mississippi blues singer Joe ...
How 'Gloria' Became the Ultimate Rock Anthem
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, 2017
'GLORIA', WRITTEN more than fifty years ago by Van Morrison for his band Them, is the simplest song. Just three chords – my musician friends ...
Decca Records in 1964: The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Tom Jones and the British pop explosion
Retrospective by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 3 July 2019
To celebrate 90 years of Decca Records, a new book about the label's history is being released. In this exclusive extract, renowned music critic Jon Savage ...
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