A quick one today (no, I’m not having a go at the Who), but
a goodie no less and a timely follow up to last week’s post I Want a Lovely,
Lovely Sausage and Come to
Robertson’s by Silver’s People.
Today I bring you the only other known recording on the Alexander
Silver label, the David Kaye Sound’s Lorelei backed with Sing An Alexander Silver Song, both written by our friend Alexander Silver.
What becomes obvious as soon as A-side starts is that my
earlier assumption, that the lead vocalist of Silver’s People was Alex Silver
himself, was wrong. Clearly the vocalist on all four tracks is one and the
same, leading me to the inevitable conclusion that he is (or was) in fact David
Kaye. Not that that information helps us in any way: there’s no information
anywhere on who David Kaye was nor why he thought he was suited to a career in
music.
As with the earlier release, there is no clue as to when the
disc was issued or indeed no information about the other members of the David
Kaye Sound – a woefully inept female backing singer who cannot pronounce the
simple phrase ‘higgledy-piggledy’ (instead constantly rendering it ‘higgledy-picklety’),
plus a guitarist, bassist and drummer. Each one of them sounds about as
competent as the useless musicians employed by song-poem label Tin Pan Alley in
the 1970s (although, god love him, the drummer does attempt to exhibit some
prowess by trying a solo on the flip side). The matrix gives nothing away either. As usual, if you have any info please do tell!
Enjoy!
Download Lorelei HERE
Download Alexander HERE
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