Music Machine - Where The Action is

I't absolutely possible to play with one glove as long as it's not on the hand trying to pick out chords n notes ;)
In the rear view mirror of history it looks pretty damn silly to me too - but back then I think it was percieved as looking pretty sharp. The rest of their look is still as great as ever though, IMHO.
 
... I always found this group a bit too silly. :oops: I mean just the one glove on each guy thing was dumb to me, Then again, I think The Great Scots were the pinnacle so maybe I don't know nothin'.

Hehe, yeah. The Scots had such a great image going for them. Not silly at all. Though they were a truly fantastic band. Anyone got a spare of That's my girl in immaculate condition to sell me? I'm having trouble finding a clean one and it sure is not finding me.

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I know I'm in the minority about them and about some of those groups that went big into the Munsters/zombie/graveyard stuff, some things females are just going to be immune to I'm sure!
Don't know about the graveyard stuff, but a good friend of mine, female, is totally into the Music Machine recently. She even contacted Sean Bonniwell. She said he seemed happy that somebody is still caring for his music. If he only knew! Maybe some of us should drop him a courteous line through his "Beyond the Garage"-homepage...

I had the chance to see him live with some young musicians (as Music Machine) a few years ago, and I was deeply moved. In the beginning he seemed to be struggling with his voice a little, but when singing "Eagle Never Hunts the Fly" it came through full force and from that on it was sheer bliss.
I talked to him a little bit, and I'm still thankful for that. Unfortunately I made some totally superfluous remark about punk rock. I'm still embarrassed about that. "Talk Talk" (as most of his songs) is a rather advanced composition and to call it garage or punk must sound just disrespectful more than anything else to somebody like him...
 
Btw - Look for the mono promo of the 2nd LP. It's a mispress and instead of Double Yellow Line (which is listed on sleeve and label) there's a different mix of Eagle Never Hunts The Fly, with loud psychedelic sound fx. I don't think this version's ever been reissued, and it's pretty effin awesome.
 
Checking at popsike it certainly looks like all mono promos has the unique mix - in most listings it's mentioned, but not all. So, I don't really know. One would think that this pressing woulda been withdrawn as soon as it was discovered. But then again, how many people do actually listen to whole promo LP's? Maybe it was never discovered... there can't be too many of it around though. But I'd take a shot at getting it from someone who doesn't know what he's selling. I did hehe - but I didn't know what I was buying either. I thought it was the regular LP, but mono, and almost fell over when that track hit me :)
Here's from a listing at popsike:
What makes this record unique is the alternate version of "Eagle Never Hunts The Fly" on side one. The label lists "Double Yellow Line" as the second song, but plays the alternate version of "Eagle". The song has added guitar effects in several places. Much more psychedelic sounding than the straight version that is also on the other side. I've heard other stock mono copies that played the regular songs, so I assume this was quickly corrected. I can only guess that just a handful of these exist, especially in this condition. I have never found any reference to this press in any of my Goldmine price guides. Comments or questions are welcome. The side one matrix numbers are 1732 A A1, and side two matrix numbers are 1732 B A1.
Maybe someone here got the facts on this pressing?