The Quik
Beats have just released a limited edition three track EP on 7” vinyl. A double
‘A’ side, the EP ‘Get Carter’ is The Quik Beat’s first commercial release and
features live studio recordings that reflect the band’s stage performances. The
title track is a reinterpretation of the evocative Roy Budd film score that
provided the brooding theme for the cult classic movie of the same name, whilst
the flip side features two tracks, the classic blues tune ‘Dimples’ and ’Sorry’
a song originally released by The Easybeats in the 60s.
Get Carter - A six-minute instrumental that builds
from the intro’s haunting initial theme to a crescendo of powerful Hammond and
guitar solos driven by a frenetic virtuoso drum-beat.
Sorry - A lesser known tune which
Australian band The Easybeats took to number one in their home country
immediately prior to making the big time with the world-wide hit ‘Friday On My
Mind’ in 1966. More recently the song has become staple of The Quik’s live
shows where its driving guitar riff has made it a firm favourite with
audiences.
Dimples - The Quik’s version of Dimples is
based upon a fragment of soundtrack from another cult classic film,
Quadrophenia. In the film the action cuts from a nightclub scene just as the
house band (Cross Section) strike up the tune. When the soundtrack album for
the film was released a full version of the 30 second snippet did not feature,
prompting a generation of mods to search in vain for a recording of this
distinctive version of the tune.
Mixed and
produced at Univibe Studio’s in Birmingham, the EP was subsequently mastered
for vinyl at Abbey Road studios in London by legendary engineer Geoff Pesche.
The 7” vinyl is available through the band’s website and has been produced in a
short run ‘limited edition’ of 300 copies and will not be repressed. The tracks
will also available on iTunes.
This is a
highly recommended 7” (I have copy 79 of 300 so this is already moving quickly)
and shows the great musicianship of this band (who I previously had the pleasure
of seeing support Secret Affair).
Drawing
inspiration from the explosion of exciting new bands that burst on to the
British ‘beat’ scene in the mid-sixties, The Quik Beats seek to recreate the
live music experience that was available in the coolest clubs in swinging
London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester in the mid and late sixties.
At a Quik
Beats gig you can expect to hear an eclectic mix of familiar favourites from
artists like The Small Faces and The Spencer Davis Group and The Kinks, rare
soul from Nolan Porter and Julian Covey, foot stomping instrumentals from the
likes of Booker T and a whole range of other classic tracks that’ll remind you
why the 60s was the most important decade in music history!
Forthcoming gigs: -
16 May The Artrix, Bromsgrove (with The Whoo)
23 May The Hop Pole, Bromsgrove
6 Jun The Feathers Inn, Lichfield
12 July The Feathers Inn, Lichfield - Charity
Event
18 July Moduska3
25 July Worthing Music Mania Scooter Weekend
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