Juniors Eyes - Battersea Power Station SLRZ 1008 LP
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If you would like to receive an email of my future listings, please add me to your Favourite Sellers list... Album Information Artist Juniors Eyes Title Battersea Power Station Label Regal Zonophone Records Cat. number SLRZ 1008 Stereo Producer Tony Visconti Country UK Sleeve Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Released 1969 Matrix number Side 1 YCARX 53-1 Side 2 YCARX 54-1 Album Condition Label None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade Spindle Wear Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex Other info. Cover None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade RingwearFront
X Ex Back X Ex+ Inner Laminate/ card creasesFront
X
Vg Back X Ex+ Inner Shelf Wear? Edges X Ex Spine X Ex+ Corners X Ex+ Other info. Split on top edge of sleeve. Sleeve has laminate creases. Disc None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade Paper Scuffs Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex Surface Marks Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex+ Scratches Side 1 X Ex+ Side 2 X Ex+ More Details? Side 1 Marks on side 1 - not audible. Side 2 Sound None Minor Moderate SubstantialGrade
Suface Noise Side 1 XEx+ Side 2 X
Ex+ Clicks or Pops Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex Audible scratches Side 1 X Ex+ Side 2 X Ex+ More Details? Side 1 Side 2 Lp Information
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Battersea Power Station
Junior's Eyes are one of the more well-known unknowns — if such an oxymoron can be applied — of the late-'60s British psychedelic scene. Most people who have seen any reference to them at all are apt to know them only as an act that served as David Bowie's backup group briefly in the late '60s. Mick Wayne, Junior's Eyes' lead guitarist and songwriter, played guitar on Bowie's "Space Oddity" and some of Bowie's other recordings. Prior to forming Junior's Eyes, he had briefly been in the Hullaballoos, a lightweight British Invasion band that had a bit of success in the States. He had also been in the Bunch of Fives with ex-Pretty Things drummer Viv Prince. As part of the Tickle, he wrote their sole 1967 single, "Subway (Smokey Pokey World)," one of the greatest obscure psychedelic 45s. He also played acoustic guitar on James Taylor's Apple album.
All of these interesting peripheral contributions might lead one to suspect that Junior's Eyes' 1969 album, Battersea Power Station, could be a hidden nugget of psychedelia. But although it is well-respected by some cultists, it's actually a letdown, with a very ordinary if somewhat eclectic assortment of tunes (all penned by Wayne) which reflect the British scene's juncture between psychedelia and hard rock/progressive rock. The melodies aren't memorable, the intricate song structures tend to make one's mind ramble rather than intrigue, and there's an overall sense of pedestrian ploddiness, in spite of the ambition of much of Wayne's songwriting.
Other than Wayne, Junior's Eyes' personnel was variable during its brief existence. Members of some note who played in the lineup at some point included drummer John Cambridge, who went on to another David Bowie backup band, the Hype; guitarist Tim Renwick, who much later would play with Pink Floyd; and Steve Chapman, who later played drums with Poco. After Junior's Eyes broke up in early 1970, Wayne went on to session work and a stint with the Pink Fairies.
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