Genre: rock
Rating: ** (2 stars)
Title: Whoaretheseguys
Company: CineVista
Catalog: CV-1001
Year: 1972
Country/State: Madison, Wisconsin
Grade (cover/record): NM/NM
Comments: still in shrink wrap (opened)
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4
Price: $
Cost: $66.00
During their
early-'70s heyday, Madison, Wisconsin's The Tayles harkened back to the days
of classic garage rock. Showcasing the talents of woodwind player Scott
Eakin, drummer Rick Markstrom, keyboard player Paul Petzold, guitarist Bob
Schmidtke and bassist Jeremy Wilson, the band debuted with the release of a
pair of little heard singles for the obscure Age of Aquarius label
("She Made Me that Way" b/w "Bizarro Ben" and
"Funny Paper Sam" b/w "It's High Time").
Released by the small local CineVista label, 1972's "Whoaretheseguys"
was a live effort recorded at Madison's Nitty Gritty Club. Heavily hyped by
fans and reviewers, these guys were little more than your standard bar band.
Among their shortcomings, even though all five members were credited with
vocals, they lacked a strong singer. Musically they were certainly
competent, though Eakin's flute bugged the hell out of us. With Schmidtke
and Wilson responsible for all of the material, the collection steered the
middle ground between cutesy nostalgia numbers ("Did It"),
standard blues-rock ("Baby DoughDough") and longer jam-oriented
material ("Bizzaro Ben"). Unfortunately, little on the ten track
set was of repeated interest. At least "Angry with My Friend" had
a little bit of meltdown guitar. A major disappointment, guess you had to be
there ... (Original copies included a lyric sheet insert.)
"Whoaretheseguys" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Introduction
(instrumental) - 0:59
2.) Bizzaro Ben (Jeremy Wilson) - 6:21
3.) Did It (Jeremy Wilson) -3:10
4.) Baby DoughDough (Jeremy Wilson - Bob Schmidtke) - 3:25
5.) Black Widow Spider (Jeremy Wilson - Bob Schmidtke) - 4:56
(side 2)
1.) Life On
Other Planets Shuffle (Bob Schmidtke) - 1:25
2.) Angry with My Friend (Jeremy Wilson) - 6:20
3.) Master of the Arts (Jeremy Wilson) - 3:26
4.) Apocalypse Blues (Jeremy Wilson) - 2:37
5.) Guitar (instrumental) (Bob Schmidtke) - 7:24
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