Re-up of the 3rd Slade single. Details below. Catch it here. It'll be in the compilation I'll gather some time later but I don't really know when.
Released in September 1970, 2 months before their Play It Loud album, this single is maybe one of their most forgotten ones although the songs are not rare, both included on the album. In this single, the Beatles influence is very pregnant, but the Cream and Ten Years After influences are easy to find on "Know Who You Are". On the B-side, it's not being rude to say the song is a plagiarism of McCartney but with a Bee Gees flavour (the band of the sixties, not what they became once turned disco). All in all, a totally commercial miss but a testimony of the ability of the band not to be only a stomping and funny bunch of glamsters. To note that during these months, the band had a skinhead look that would have allowed them to play unnoticed during the punk's era. PS. The single was released without cover sleeve so I did one with a picture of the times
Released in September 1970, 2 months before their Play It Loud album, this single is maybe one of their most forgotten ones although the songs are not rare, both included on the album. In this single, the Beatles influence is very pregnant, but the Cream and Ten Years After influences are easy to find on "Know Who You Are". On the B-side, it's not being rude to say the song is a plagiarism of McCartney but with a Bee Gees flavour (the band of the sixties, not what they became once turned disco). All in all, a totally commercial miss but a testimony of the ability of the band not to be only a stomping and funny bunch of glamsters. To note that during these months, the band had a skinhead look that would have allowed them to play unnoticed during the punk's era. PS. The single was released without cover sleeve so I did one with a picture of the times
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