Неизвестные 60-е. Часть 24. Группа The Gestures

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The Gestures

Personnel:
GUS DEWEY gtr, vcls A
TOM KLUGHERZ bs A
DALE MENTON gtr, vcls A
BRUCE WATERSTON drms A

ALBUM:
1 MEET THE GESTURES (Sundazed LP 5021) 1996

45s:
1 Run Run Run/Seems To Me (Soma 1417) 1964 44
2 Don't Mess Around/Candlelight (Soma 1426) 1965
3 Run Run Run/Seems To Me (Apex 76939) 1965
4 Don't Mess Around/Candlelight (Apex 76953) 1965

Operated out of Mankato, Minnesota, but they were an important part of the Minneapolis sixties scene. They were originally known as The Jesters but altered the spelling when they discovered there was another band of the same name. Run Run Run, a bouncy pop tune, actually made the Billboard Charts. The song was also recorded by The Castaways and like them The Gestures were quite influenced by the British invasion sound. All four of their tracks can be heard on the 1965 compilation The Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 2 which also came out on the Soma label. Dale Menton, who fronted the band, was in several other Minnesota bands including The Best Things, The Madhatters, The Seraphic Street Sound and Buckwheat.

In 1996, Sundazed released Meet The Gestures, which contains all their single cuts, plus loads of unreleased material. The additional unreleased tracks confirm a strong British invasion beat era influence on the band. There are three more Dale Menten originals - two versions of I'm Not Mad, an instrumental Savage World and Stand By Me, a gentle beat ballad. The remainder of the material comprises cover versions, which injected enough of their own style and flavour to make them good sixties recordings:- Things We Said Today (two versions) (Beatles), She Cried (Jay and The Americans), Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Gerry and The Pacemakers), Can I Get A Witness (Marvin Gaye), Long Tell Texan (Coasters) and Hi-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker). It seems these were recorded very soon after the release of their second 45 in the hope of releasing an album which didn't happen until Sundazed stepped in!

Run Run Run
https://www.beatles.ru/down.asp?id=4

I Am Not Mad
https://www.beatles.ru/down.asp?id=5

Hi Heel Sneakers
https://www.beatles.ru/down.asp?id=6

Blin, nakonec-to wspomnili! Zamechatelnaja gruppa. Paru let nazad ja natknulsja na ih vinilovij disk i ochen protaschilsja!! Tam dazhe byl kakoj to bitlovskij cover, kazhetsza Things We Said Today.

Ja daje hotel priobresti ih na CD, no Sundazed takuju cenu zalomil, 17 EUR -(( Zazhralis..