North 2 Alaskans featured Spencer P Jones (later of The Johnnies and Beasts of Bourbon),
16 string fretless sitar, vocals, Frank
Savage on vocals, double cutaway medieval dulcimer, Johnny Toppe bass, vocals,
Steve Watson single string lute, vocals,
Jimi Williams guitar, keyboard, vocals .
They were billed as the World’s first
Psychedelic Cabaret Combo. Both these singles were released in 1982 “Love
Machine” (MISS 36) ON Missing Link Records was recorded by The Roosters and The Pastoral
Symphony, both Aussie groups. The B side was a cover of R. B. Greaves 1969
single. The second single “Gonks Go Beat” (LRS-746) released on Green Records
features a great version of Tommy James’s Crimson & Clover with a touch of
Issi Dy’s Incense mixed in. I once heard that they were a last minute booking after the
hard rock band "No Fear" cancelled at the last minute at the Dee Why
Hotel. Needless to say the audience were absolutely dumbstruck when they saw
North 2 Alaskans. It was one of those amazing never to forget nights.
3 comments:
I remember Joan Jett doing a cover of Crimson & Clover, but I do remember hearing this live a few times, I went to city gigs in the Sydney, maybe I saw North 2 Alaskans? (memory is going) ha ha.
As they say about N2A gigs “if u can remember them u weren’t there “
They covered Topper's Armchairs track, The Alamein Train which is art imitating art.
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