The Arrival Of The Eyes: Complete Recordings

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1. Guest says

   August 18, 2014 at 12:00 am

   Great Vibe! Simple 60’s rock, does not get any better than this!

2. Guest says

   November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am

   Excellent album and group with many good songs on the C.D. , very enjoyable listening of this 1960s band. If you like the 1960s Rock era you got to have this in your collection.

3. Guest says

   December 30, 2012 at 12:00 am

   Love this album, catchy guitar riffs, singing is awesome… Every one thats into garage or mod should own this album…

4. Guest says

   September 26, 2012 at 12:00 am

   i did not want to start this review off comparing this cd to the first few who albums but honestly that is all i can do especially my generation (1965) and a quick one from 1966, this is a very raw sounding version of those records and the stones covers are very well done and totally RAW, to bad this cd has gone unnoticed for a while and of coarse i had never heard this band before, it seems like it is chic now to compare most 60s garage bands to mid 60s who and in a lot of cases these reviews are not acurate but in this case i must be 100% honest and agree with that energy buzzing around these recordings, a couple of the riffs are even identical to i cant explain so it is obvious what these guys where trying to do at this time, anyway the point is these recordings are very raw as i said and very mid 60s british mod, these guys must have been all wraped up in that whole artschool scene to create recordings like this as far back as 1965 such as they did, i really like this cd a lot and i do highley reccomend it to any garage rock, freakbeat or mid 60s mod era fan, this of coarse comes with a very informative booklet and even some printed matter in the booklet that was copied from original fan club letters and flyers, these guys where great nearly 50 years ago, its to bad not much had become of them and they did not get to write and record more original songs, anyway this is a 5 star cd.

5. Guest says

   May 16, 2012 at 12:00 am

   Twenty-eight track compilation of virtually every song this short-lived British psych / garage band ever laid down in the studio. Yet, another must-hear band that I originally heard on the ‘Nuggets II’ 4-CD box set. Nearly eighty minutes worth of music encoded on this import CD to take in. First, we get both sides of The Eye’s 1965 – 7\\” 45 vinyl single – the toe-tapping \\”When The Night Falls\\” with it’s B side \\”I’m Rowed Out\\”. Followed by their 7\\” single they released the next year, 1966’s \\”The Immediate Pleasure\\” with it’s flip side (their should-have been a international smash hit) \\”My Degeneration\\”. Also enjoyed the several demo edits of a couple of the previously mentioned songs. Plus, the last nine tracks of this disc (that’s one third) The Eyes cover a bunch of well-played Rolling Stones covers – couldn’t get enough of their versions of \\”As Tears Go By\\”, \\”Route 66\\”, the always good to hear \\”The Last Time\\”, \\”Little Red Rooster\\” and especially the barn-stormer of ’em all \\”It’s All Over Now\\”. Personnel: Terry Nolder – vocals, Chris Lovegrove – guitar, Steve Valentine – rhythm guitar, Barry Allchin – bass and Brian Cocoran – drums. Recommended for fans of the Creation, Birds, The Attack, Q65 and Misty Wizard.

6. Guest says

   December 20, 2011 at 12:00 am

   The Eyes were another of those ‘also-ran’ Mod bands that never managed to break through to success in the 60s, but are now seen with not a little bit of love. How great their lack of commercial was is epitomized by the last twelve cuts. This batch of songs – all written or covered by The Rolling Stones – was released in 1966 as \\”A Tribute to The Rolling Stones by The Pupils\\”. To make matters worse, the group received the princely sum of £180 for the work.

   The sad thing about this career nadir – in point of fact, the band broke up in ’67 – is the fact that The Eyes were very good. There is not a bad track on this album which is one of the most clear examples of a Mod band running full tilt that you’re going to hear outside those first two or three Who albums. Admittedly, the band sounds more like the Stones when they are The Pupils but whether as themselves or their alter egos, this band could rock. Listen to them on `Man with Money,\\” for example; it’s as good as The Who’s version; but, if you want to try and convince me it’s better, I’ll listen to your reasons but I doubt I’ll agree. Keeping with the Who theme, you also hear The Eyes inserted some psychedelic flavor into some of the cuts that seems a lot like where Townshend et al were heading on `Sell Out.’ And, unlike some of these albums where the alternate cuts are dross amongst a few nuggets, the demos are alt-takes provided are, in some cases, better than the originals!

   A really good album!

7. Guest says

   August 17, 2007 at 12:00 am

   If you ever wished that The Who had minted a few more seminal hard-rocking mod sides in 1965 then you’re in luck. This little known (but desperately collected) UK mod band did it for them! The Eyes first four singles feature the same sort of hard-struck rhythm guitar, melodic riffing and full-kit drumming as did the Who’s work of the same era. The pill-popping attitude and Stones-styled R&B are perhaps even truer to the mod ethic than the more musically ambitious works of Townshend et al.

   Acme’s compilation pulls together the band’s seminal singles plus an album of Stones covers and alternate takes of key sides. The disc opens with the blistering kiss-off \\”When the Night Falls,\\” full of hammering chords, brooding drums, harmonica and a spastic Dave Davies-styled guitar solo. The flip, \\”I’m Rowed Out\\” cops the Who’s intro from \\”Can’t Explain\\” before the singer spits out his fed-up lyrics garage-style, and the bluesy \\”My Degeneration\\” features great bass and drum playing in a Sunset Strip style.

   A cover of The Everly Brothers’ \\”Man With Money\\” adds some Merseybeat harmonies, and a buzzing cover of \\”Good Day Sunshine\\” suggests The Eyes weren’t nearly as jocular as The Beatles, though they did have a kazoo. Their cover of \\”Shakin’ All Over\\” is more lecherous than Johnny Kidd’s, though not as bombastic as The Who’s. Their Rolling Stones fixation begins with a Radio London commercial cut to the tune of \\”Route 66\\” and continues through eleven tracks written or associated with the Stones and recorded for The Eyes one and only LP.

   The Stones covers are more of a curiosity than an improvement on the original versions or an expansion on the Eyes core talents. It’s the singles, including the thick, stinging \\”You’re Too Much\\” and beat pop \\”Please Don’t Cry,\\” that make this compilation a must-have any British Invasion and mod fan. [©2007 hyperbolium dot com]

8. Guest says

   November 6, 2006 at 12:00 am

   All I know is i got mine.You get to hear the classic \\”When the Night Comes\\” in three different versions from any released previously. The \\”Demo 2\\” version is the awesomest with it’s extended guitar freakout which is as classic in simplicity as Dave Davies’s on \\”You really got me\\”. WOW!The rest of the originals are also excellent British rock and their versions of classics Shakin all Over, Man with Money and even their interpretations of \\”The Rolling Stones\\” (as The Pupils)are definitive. Get this at any cost but i recommend you shop around.