(DAVID BOWIE-THE MANISH BOYS/ DAVY JONES & THE LOWER 3RD)-early RARE-K4-10"

	A$		50
	$		33

DESCRIPTION ITEM: VINYL RECORD 33 1/3 rpm-10 inch
ARTIST: DAVID BOWIE
TITLE: THE MANISH BOYS/ DAVY JONES & THE LOWER 3RD
COUNTRY PRINTED: UK
CAT No: See scans
COVER: (Grade at NEAR MINT)
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
TRACKS:
SIDE 1- THE MANISH BOYS
I Pity the Fool
Take My Tip

SIDE 2- DAVY JONES & THE LOWER 3RD
You've Got a Habit of Leaving
Baby Loves That Way
COMMENT: Biography by Richie Unterberger
SIDE 1- THE MANISH BOYS
The Manish Boys were the second group that David Bowie, then going by his real name David Jones, recorded with (the first was Davie Jones & the King Bees). The Manish Boys formed, without Bowie, in Maidstone, and moved to London in 1964, where Leslie Conn became their agent. Conn was also Bowie's first manager, and when Bowie left the King Bees in mid-1964, he hooked the singer up with The Manish Boys. Like the King Bees and dozens (probably hundreds) of London bands at the time, The Manish Boys played R&B; like the Rolling Stones, they had named themselves after a Muddy Waters song.

The Manish Boys recorded just one single, "I Pity the Fool"/"Take My Tip," released in March 1965. Produced by Shel Talmy (also handling the Kinks and the Who at that time), it marked a progression from the guitar-oriented Rolling Stones-ish R&B of the Davie Jones & the King Bees' 1964 single to soul-jazz in the mold of Georgie Fame. "I Pity the Fool" was a cover of the Bobby Bland classic; "Take My Tip," in which the jazz elements came more to the fore, was the first Bowie composition ever recorded. The sides, on which Jimmy Page played guitar as session man, were enjoyable but not striking, and The Manish Boys split shortly afterward. In their short lifetime they had managed to get on a package tour with Gerry & the Pacemakers, the Kinks, and Marianne Faithfull, but when they got onto BBC TV, it was because of controversy over their (for the time) very long hair, not their music.

SIDE 2- DAVY JONES & THE LOWER 3RD
The Lower Third were the third of the groups with whom David Bowie recorded. Formed in 1963 in Margate, they moved to London in early 1965, and shortly afterward, Bowie (then still going by his real name, David Jones) won an audition to be the band's singer. In the '60s, Bowie unabashedly sponged off the day's trends to dictate the evolution of his own music. Although the two previous groups he had recorded a single apiece with, Davie Jones & the King Bees and the Manish Boys, had been into R&B, The Lower Third would get into mod rock, in the style of the Who and the Kinks. That would be made easier by the presence of producer Shel Talmy, who produced the Who and the Kinks, behind the board on the band's first single. (Talmy had already produced Bowie on the Manish Boys' sole 45.)

Although The Lower Third played on the mid-1965 single "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"/"Baby Loves That Way," it was actually billed to Davy Jones, with no mention of The Lower Third. "You've Got a Habit of Leaving," released in August 1965, was so reminiscent of the Who, and its guitar solo so close to the auto-destructive style of Pete Townshend, that one suspects Bowie wrote this right after hearing the Who's then-current single, "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere." The B-side, "Baby Loves That Way," was more ordinary, and did have a trace of the feyness that would become a more audible part of the Bowie persona as the years rolled by. The single was derivative, and Pete Townshend even told Bowie at a show where The Lower Third supported the Who that a song The Lower Third were rehearsing sounded like one of Townshend's. But the single at least gave Bowie a chance to get his own songs recorded.

The Lower Third made one more single with Bowie, "Can't Help Thinking About Me"/"And I Say to Myself," for which the billing now read David Bowie with The Lower Third. This was fair pop-mod-rock that found Bowie starting to get a wee bit personal in his songwriting. Shortly after the record came out, though, The Lower Third broke up in a dispute over pay with their manager. Feeling that Bowie wasn't supporting their side of the argument, the other members of the band -guitarist Denis Taylor, bassist Graham Rivens, and drummer Phil Lancaster -- left Bowie on his own, which was probably the way the aspiring star preferred it anyway.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
GOOD:
RECORD: Very obviously been played with very noticeable surface marks & exhibits major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable folding, scuffing of spine or edges, splits in seams or spine or fading of colour.
FAIR:
RECORD: Still just playable & exhibits considerable surface noise.
COVER: Major tears, wearing, splits & stains.
POOR:
RECORD: Will not play properly due to scratches etc.
COVER: Very badly damaged.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
Gradings are done visually unless there appears to be a questionable surface mark on the vinyl, it is then put on the turntable to check. A comment describing the outcome will appear if this is the case.

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