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PRE-RELEASE INFO! OUT IN LATE JULY 2009:

THE NEW NADIR / ME AND THE OTHERS – UNCOVERED

The New Nadir / Me And The Others - Uncovered (Feathered
Apple Records FA-6514) vinyl LP, with inserts! Retailprice: EURO 13.00

Groundbreaking split LP including 5 killer previously unreleased 1967
freakbeat/rnb/garage studio tracks by the legendary New Nadir featuring
Ed Carter from San Francisco, California on lead guitar and vocals (pre The
Beach Boys); Gary Thain from Christchurch, New Zealand on bass (pre
Keef Hartley, and Uriah Heep); plus Peter Dawkins also from Christchurch,
New Zealand on drums (the greatest record producer from down under).

The New Nadir have played some celebrated clubs in London such as the
Speakeasy where they gigged a few times with Jimi Hendrix, who was
supposed to produce their first record for the UK Polydor label, however
after Ed Carter had received the offer to join The Beach Boys, the band
split and nothing was ever released.

The five tracks by The New Nadir on this LP were recorded on Monday,
August 28th 1967, at a professional Swiss recording studio near Zurich, and
capture them in great mood at their fantastic first recordings. The songs
range from top freakbeat/garage masterpieces (TOMORROW, as well as I
NEED HER NOW), thru unique eastern influenced freakbeat tracks with raga
riffs (BLACK SNOW), and onto the pop-art sound of PEOPLE ARE
CHANGING, and the rambling rnb/freakbeat/garage guitar instrumental
WALKING.

The LP is highlighted by the monster previously unreleased freakbeat track
LOVE IS NOT A GAME, which was recorded by the pre-New Nadir outfit Me
And The Others in November 1966, at Regent Sound Studios in London.
This could easily hail as one of the greatest freakbeat tracks which was
ever produced in the UK.

Me And The Others were a mid 60s beat/rnb/freakbeat band from
Christchurch, New Zealand featuring Peter Dawkins on drums, and vocals
(ex The Strangers); Dave Chapman on guitar, Gary Thain on bass (ex The
Secrets, and The Strangers), as well as Paul Muggleston on lead vocals,
guitar, and organ (ex The Secrets, The Dynamics, Atlantics, etc.). The LP is
rounded out by 5 choice never before released live tracks from a Me And
The Others gig in Germany that was recorded in January 1967: The
amazing Graham Bond Organisation type of guitar - organ instrumental
COMING HOME BABY, plus fantastic kiwi modbeat/garage/freakbeat
versions of YOU BETTER RUN, HOLD ON I’M COMING, and CAN’T TURN YOU
LOOSE, as well as the killer garage punk original track EVEN GREEN ONES.

Key selling points:

1. Gary Thain played with his brother Arthur in the fabulous early 60s
beat / garage band The Strangers with whom he released three excellent
45s between the years 1963 to 1965. Gary’s 2nd band The Secrets was
nominated with the Loxene Golden Disc award for IT’S YOU (the Searchers-
like top-deck of the killer garage track YOU’RE WRONG) in 1965.

After the breakup of the Secrets in 1966, Gary Thain and Paul Muggleston
(also from The Secrets) teamed up with Peter Dawkins and Dave Chapman
to tour Europe with Peter’s band Me And The Others.

After the breakup of Me And The Others, Gary, and Peter went on to form
the legendary freakbeat/rnb/garage trio The New Nadir with Ed Carter from
California on vocals, and guitar. The rest is history. Ed Carter then joined
The Beach Boys, and Gary went on to play with Keef Hartley and Uriah
Heep.

2. Ed Carter became the lead guitarist and bass player of The Beach Boys
in 1968, with whom he still plays with today.

3. Peter Dawkins has produced no less than 20 number one hit records,
and over 50 gold and platinum albums during his producing career.

4. Ed Carter began in 1963 to play guitar and bass with The Shufflers, a
surf and rhythm and blues band from southern California featuring Mike
Kowalski on drums, and Bruce Johnston on keyboards and guitar. In 1965
Johnston joined The Beach Boys to replace Brian Wilson at concerts. Three
years later, in 1968, Carter and Kowalski became permanent members of
The Beach Boys too.

5. Jimi Hendrix was going to produce the first record of The New Nadir for
the UK Polydor label, however after Ed Carter received the offer to join The
Beach Boys, The New Nadir split and nothing was ever released.

6. Jimi Hendrix shared the stage with The New Nadir several times during
1967 – 1968, and he jammed with them at the Speakeasy!

7. LOVE IS NOT A GAME was never released, only because Me And The
Others had no time to record a flipside for it, as they had to leave for some
gigs in Germany, where they finally broke up in February of 1967.

8. The five songs by The New Nadir are all top notch 1967 freakbeat
originals, written by Ed Carter, Gary Thain, and Peter Dawkins.

9. The New Nadir tracks have a killer analogue sound quality as they were
cut DIRECTLY from the original master tapes!

10. The New Nadir tracks were all recorded as part of a package promotion
deal which was put together by the famous Swiss 60s music magazine Pop,
and the small Swiss Eurex Records label. The recording session was held at
a professional Swiss recording studio that was located near Zurich.

11. The New Nadir tracks on this LP were never released because the band
didn’t want to end up on a small Swiss record label. They wanted their first
record to be produced by Jimi Hendrix for Polydor Records in the UK.

12. The LP comes with solid extensive liner notes written by Peter Dawkins
and Dave Chapman.

13. The LP cover shots of Me And The Others were taken in London for
Brian Epstein’s agency.

Tracklist:
THE NEW NADIR
1. People Are Changing
2. I Need Her Now
3. Walking
4. Tomorrow
5. Black Snow

ME AND THE OTHERS
1. Love Is Not A Game
2. Even Green Ones
3. Coming Home Baby
4. You Better Run
5. Hold On I’m Coming
6. Can’t Turn You Loose

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