Re: The Belle Stars - The Belle Stars (1983)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:30 pm

Track 10 - The Snake. asp

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:30 pm

Butterfield wrote:This sounds like a party cover, like a Russ Abbott or Black Lace type record.

I know - good isn't it! Excited

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:30 pm

Northern Soul classic.

by Butterfield Tue May 24, 2022 7:31 pm

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:31 pm

I only know this one from Tom Jones' version.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:31 pm

I'm disappointed by the use of more-or-less wall-to-wall cover versions on this album.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:32 pm

This one isn't working.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:32 pm

Men, eh!?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue May 24, 2022 7:33 pm

They sound like the dreaded re-recorded versions you find on dodgy Best of the 60s CDs.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:33 pm

Track 11 - Burning. fireball

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:33 pm

It's the old scorpion carried across the stream by a... a... er... beaver proverb?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue May 24, 2022 7:33 pm

Burning

Sounds like Brilliant, after they'd got SAWed.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:34 pm

by Butterfield Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 pm

Hi-NRG energy.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 pm

I've got a 7" by the The Bodysnatchers, who were the Two-tone precursors to this lot.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 pm

The two producers on this album have extremely motley CVs.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:36 pm

Black Sabbath keyboardist Gerald Woodroffe was a member of the Belle Stars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belle_Stars#Discography

gasp

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 24, 2022 7:36 pm

Last track - Needle in a Haystack.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:37 pm

This isn't really very good, but I'd rather've heard more of original material than all the covers.

by Nightjar Tue May 24, 2022 7:37 pm

Oh, and right on cue... Colbert

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Belle Stars or Smelle Farts?