or four: as Roy Clough also speaks about a mystical release: "Shoot 'em up baby"): Umbrella Man and Kinky Kathy Abernathy. I have wanted them for years, and finally countryman and equal great Searchers-fan Einar R. in Trondheim sent me two of his old copies, as I fixed the purchase of the last Iron Door CD from amazon. I now have I think,( apart from the abovementioned 2 other Liberty-singles) everything the group has ever released of songs, on vinyl or CD )which is a satifaction for all collectors I suppose). But to the records: Are there any written information, any references in interviews etc. to these releases? I briefly spoke to Frank and John about them in my interview with the band last november in Plymouth ( ref: subject in this forum: "Article in norwegian newspaper",) and I remember John giving the impression they didn't think too much about them, at least not now. And laughing hard about the "Pasha"-single. I didn't write anything about this in my article, naturally (I didn't have that much space), but now I would love to hear opinions? Personally I kind of like Kinky Kathy .., it makes me laugh. It is really sort of what we in Scandinavia call "danceband"-music, w. reference to big orchestras and smooth 60s/70 groups who founded a sound that is also often characterized as "swedish-top" music (at least in Norway) Whereas "Umbrella" is a more typical Searchers harmony-song ( although the tune isn't that strong in my opinion), Kinky Kathy has this happy-go-lucky scandinavian-like refrain and rhythm. Very un-Searchers-like, I feel, but maybe not..? It really also sounds like an attempt to join the Eurovision Melody contest - and there's a lot to be said about that ... What do you others feel about these songs, those of you have them, or actually have listened to them. And to the flip-sides: Susanna and Over the Weekend (the last a Frank Allen-song - pretty weak and equally "Eurovision song-contest", I think). Glad to hear opinions.
Erik
