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The Easybeats Easy (1965)
Originally Released 1965\nRepertoire CD Edition Released 1992\n2nd Repertoire CD Edition Released November 14, 2002\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Their first album, not available outside Australia until the 1990s. The Vanda/Young songwriting partnership had yet to dominate the band in their early days, and most of the (entirely original) material here comes from the pens of George Young and singer Stevie Wright. It's more Merseybeatish and less oriented toward power-pop and staccato guitar attacks than their subsequent releases, which isn't really detrimental; it doesn't scale the peaks the band would shortly climb, but neither does it have the overdone good-time mania that made some of their efforts hard to take in more than limited doses. A fairly consistent, if not incredibly remarkable, relic from the Beat era, with some very Beatlesque tracks, including "It's So Easy," "I Wonder" (on which Harry Vanda sounds a lot like a young George Harrison circa "Do You Want to Know a Secret"), and cuts that could pass for the Searchers ("I'm Gonna Tell Everybody"), Gerry & the Pacemakers ("Hey Girl," "A Letter"), the Merseybeats ("Cry Cry Cry"), the Kinks ("You'll Come Back Again"), and Peter & Gordon ("Girl on My Mind"). Stuck in the middle of all of those delightfully derivative treasures is the most defiantly original track off the album, and (not coincidentally) their first big Australian hit, "She's So Fine," which doesn't sound like anything else here, pulsing with energy, a hot pumping bass part, and a ferocious guitar break. The Repertoire Records CD reissue enhances the original album significantly with the addition of eight bonus tracks, including five jewels from the Vanda/Young songwriting team. -- Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nPromising freshman effort by Aussie Heroes, September 6, 2001\nReviewer: Randall E. Adams (Los Angeles, CA United States)\nThe first three bars of "It's So Easy" announces the group's intentions. The Easybeats had arrived to conquer. Few first albums start with a more confident and heraldic ten seconds. \nI wish I could say that the rest of the album lives up to that first ten seconds. It doesn't. Think of how the Rolling Stones' first album on British Decca compares to their great demos preceding their signing (with "Diddly Daddy," "Bright Lights Big City" and that incredibly fluid version of "Baby What's Wrong?"). That's just how "Easy" compares to the Easybeats' astonishing demo tape recorded immediately after their signing to Albert Productions in Australia. The demo was fierce and instrumentally imaginative, with dirty guitars sounding so much later than 1964. Their first single "For My Woman" comes from that demo and is a welcome bonus track on this CD. The studio album is mild and polite by comparison. Nonetheless, the Easybeats magic shines on "She's So Fine," "Ya Can't Do That," "She Said Alright" and "You Got It Off Me." \n\nIf this release had been planned rationally, the bonus tracks would have consisted of the 1964 demo (good for nearly a dozen tracks) and the live version of "She's So Fine." While you DO get the live "She's So Fine" and "For My Woman," most of the bonus tracks are outtakes from "Good Friday," which definitely do not belong on this early collection. However, there is their great 1965 cover of the Nashville Teens' "Find My Way Back Home." The story is that a TV show on which they were guesting forbade the performance of original material so they quickly cobbled together this super cover that easily beats the original. \n\nIf you are starting the Easybeats, either buy one of the "best of" collections or buy "Good Friday" or "Volume 3." These are the most consistent releases for the beginner. Buy "Easy" once you are hooked.\n\nHalf.com N/A
This rock cd contains 22 tracks and runs 55min 16sec.
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