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Stumbled across a 45 that I enjoyed back in 1967 but hadn't heard or thought of since
Sopwith Camel & their single entitled Hello Hello
Enjoyed it back then & paid a visit to YouTube last night to conjure up the old memory banks
Still sounds good today with a touch of vaudeville to it
A poor cousin to Winchester Cathedral perhaps but enjoyable none the less
Anyone else get some listening pleasure from Hello Hello?
Last edited by unclefester (November 26, 2020 8:16 am)
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i remember the song somewhat, liking it, certainly. but what i remember most about sopwith camel is having read in goldmine, maybe relix, somewhere... a pretty strange and twisted tale as i remember, about what happened to the band during the time between the release of their first album and their second, something like six years later. can't say what happened, as i don't recall, but do remember thinking it was a pretty interesting story when i read it, however long ago that's been..
Last edited by gopher (November 26, 2020 8:13 am)
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I loved the song and loved singing to it. (still do) My mother loved it too...a plus in my book.
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I have this song on an old compilation album and it was always a fave of mine. But what really surprised me was that there's a spoken intro that no one ever hears in the 45 version that was released for radio play. I can see why they cut it off - it really doesn't add to to the tune and it's pretty bizarre. But it took me by surprise the first time I heard it, because I never knew it was there. You can hear it in the version below.
As for the band itself, they broke up in 1967 after this song was released, reformed with a different sound in 1971 and then broke up again for good in 1974. Sounds like this Sopwith Camel did not have a smooth flight and crashed twice!
Wikipedia notes two members of the group played on Norman Greenbaum's Spirit In The Sky in 1969.
Now I invite you to have some of my tangerine...
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Several years back, I was able to get ahold of drummer Norman Mayell and sent him a video of the group doing "Monkeys On The Moon". In return, he sent me two different "Hello Hello" clips the band did on Where The Action Is.