Amongst the tiny cadre of people who care, opinions on the Invaders are divided. The pseudonymous Alan Fleagle (the infamous Shake Some Action compiler) calls their first single a "classic" (it's the first song on the first volume of the series). Then the Trouser Press said, "Take pomp-rock, shorten its sights (unpump the pomp a bit), inject a bit of youth, alternate male and female vocals and what have you got? The Invaders, who still manage to have all the snap and appeal of week-old pastry." More recently someone (...err...that was me, yesterday) labeled them "quirky not-quite-new-wave and not-quite-Deaf-School pop".
The Invaders - Best Thing I Ever Did
Now it's up to you to asses the lasting value of this bunch. Here are their four single from 1979-80 (the last two lack picture sleeves - because sometime life is sleeveless) all bundled together. Look out for "The Best Thing I Ever Did" which is a great song but perhaps as a title for a very first single it merely tempted fate.
P.S. The Invader are, alas, not related to any of the cultural phenomenon that bear their name including the kitschy-cool 70's comic book about American superheroes (Human Torch, Captain America, Sub-Mariner) fighting WWII in Britain.
Nor the New Zealand novelty rocker, "She's a Mod" by Ray Columbus and the Invaders
Though perhaps their name was partially inspired by the ultra-cool 60's TV show, The Invaders.
That "She's A Mod" video is almost as crazy as Freddie & The Dreamers performance of "I'm Telling You Now" on Ed Sullivan. If a battle between Ray and Freddie were to take place who do you feel would have the upper hand?
Hi Jeffen sometime ago you left a comment on a posting I did of the Clues.
Ian Cook their guitarist has recently added a comment saying that I only posted 4 of the 6 tracks and that he has several mint copies that he is selling for a fiver each (link in the comment). Considering there's only 1,000 pressed looks like a good deal to me.
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Nor the New Zealand novelty rocker, "She's a Mod" by Ray Columbus and the Invaders
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Nice one. I've been looking for those Invader singles. Great post!
ReplyDeleteThat "She's A Mod" video is almost as crazy as Freddie & The Dreamers performance of "I'm Telling You Now" on Ed Sullivan. If a battle between Ray and Freddie were to take place who do you feel would have the upper hand?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImLhAbLT4c
Hi Jeffen sometime ago you left a comment on a posting I did of the Clues.
ReplyDeleteIan Cook their guitarist has recently added a comment saying that I only posted 4 of the 6 tracks and that he has several mint copies that he is selling for a fiver each (link in the comment). Considering there's only 1,000 pressed looks like a good deal to me.
So I thought you might be interested
By the way what did you think of the NoMen?
All the best Gary
Longy
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked - not everyone's cup o' meat but some good tracks.
CPB
If it's dance-off Freddy'd school Ray.
If it's about the Rock, Ray would kick Freddy to the ground with his shiny Beatle boots.
Gary
Thanks for the update
The NoMen are yes. Very TVP (right down the to Syd Barrtet cover) but a little more on the sing-a-long side of things.
Nice recommendation.
Very glad you kept up ASM by the way.
Can you please re-up these someday...
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