Arrows
author: Nikki Sudden
Featuring appearances by Bill Wyman, Dallas Taylor, Ian McLagan and Tetsu Yamauchi alongside original Arrows Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, Paul Varley and Terry Taylor this is an essential album for anyone who still loves the Seventies. Those who remember the Arrows for their mid-70's Granada TV show, I Love Rock 'N' Roll and little else, would be well advised to hear the real band.
Compiled and released by former-Arrows frontman, Alan Merrill, the 19-track compilation contains assorted outtakes that Mickie Most definitely didn't want the UK record buying public to hear. Tales and tussles - vignettes of London and New York life. This isn't the clean teenybop glam-pop that the Arrows were painted as. Numbers like Driving All Night show the real soul of the band. Basing Street Leslie, recorded with Tetsu and Mac from the Faces sounds like an outtake from the legendary Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu, Rabbit album-it's that good! Forget any preconceptions you might have and track this album down, you won't be disappointed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Nikki Sudden-Berlin-20 November 2002
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Rolling Arrows!
author: Richard Hurley
This entire album is a catchy blues based pop rock excursion. Apart from the obvious, "I love rock and roll" , I particularly love the tracks ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman plays bass on, "at the candy shop" and "baby doll" which have the benefit of CS&N original member Dallas Taylor on drums.
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The Arrows rock!
author: Hannah
I didnt know what to expect when I got this cd.
I was a little curious about the band, and had seen the name in the press with reference to "I love rock n roll"
Well, it's a great record. The songs! All very well crafted. The playing, all around, fantastic (the super star guests really impressed me!) and the singing heatfelt and soulful.
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Who Done It's Cool!
author: Larry
I love that cute tune! Alan Merrill would also perform that tune on a 1989 HBO special, Encyclopedia Brown.
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