New Colony Six At River Edge I Lie Awake Orig 45 Promo
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New Colony Six At River Edge I Lie Awake Orig 45 Promo
New Colony Six
I Lie Awake / At the Rivers Edge - Sentaur 1202
Very rare original Sentaur Records single release. Promo copy
Great garage rock from Chicago.
Visually Graded.
Record: VG. Some light scuff marks and light scratches.
Although Them only had a couple of moderate hits in the U.S., their influence on American bands could be surprisingly substantial. There might be no better Them-like mid-'60s American garage rock performance than the New Colony Six's "At the River's Edge," issued on a 1966 Centaur single that didn't chart nationally, in part because of a dispute over the label's name that affected distribution.
The single actually wasn't too typical of the New Colony Six, who usually favored more British Invasion pop harmony-driven rockers (and within a couple of years were getting into straight mainstream pop).
The record begins with a lonesome unaccompanied bluesy harmonica before launching into a super-fast, almost tribal full beat, with the rapidly up-and-down bass runs characteristic of several early British R&B bands. The obvious model for "At the River's Edge" is Them's "Mystic Eyes": They share a pounding beat, captivating if basic blues-rock riffs, a ghostly graveyard organ hovering over the proceedings, and an almost stream-of-consciousness vocal by a distraught walking narrator. "At the River's Edge" has a somewhat cheerier gloss to the vocal than Van Morrison's customary scathing phrasing on "Mystic Eyes," yet the actual subject matter of "At the River's Edge" might be more distressing, intimating a guy on the edge of throwing himself in the river to drown. Despite the numerous comparisons, "At the River's Edge" is almost as compelling a performance as "Mystic Eyes" helped along by some fine harmonica work and truly demonic background screams. Unlike "Mystic Eyes," which fades out in the middle of a Van Morrison harmonica solo, "At the River's Edge" comes to a powerful rounded full end as the band chants "hey hey hey" over and over until coming to a full declarative stop.
"At the River's Edge" got in line for some retroactive appreciation when it was included in the original Pebbles series of '60s garage rock compilations, gaining in popularity when the New Colony Six's rare first album was reissued, and the song was eventually placed on the Nuggets box set. – All Music Guide
Cover: Cameo/Parkway paper sleeve.
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