Tony Jackson's Solo Album

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 9:24 am

The Searchers and Hollies have had an ongoing relationship over the years. Tony Jackson's sound after he left The Searchers is "Hollie-like" on a number of his recordings. This is particularly evident to me on "You're My Number One."

scouser · Post by **scouser** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 2:10 pm

"Fortune Teller" was originally recorded by Benny Spellman and almost all the groups on Merseyside had the song in their repetoire.

RAF · Post by **RAF** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 9:01 pm

Fortune Teller:
Does anyone have a clue as to where the inspiration for the guitar sound of Tony Jackson's Fortune Teller derived from. If I'm not mistaking FT was the B-side of a single released by PYE which was also the Label of the Kinks. The whole atmosphere of TJ's rendition reminded me instantly of Kinks songs such as "I need you" and "All day and all of the night". Specially the solo of the latter one seems to have been some sort of inspiration. Were the other versions of the song (Hollies etc) also recorded in this style?
Another "coincidence" is that Ray Davies' Starmaker of the mid seventies sounds very much like Fortune Teller but this is another story.

david · Post by **david** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 4:48 am

Have to say the Rolling Stones did this song too.It appears on their "Got Live If You Want It "LP.There was an EP of the same name released in England without this track.I believe the LP was a European "Import" released about 1968 or 1969 on the London label recorded Live at the Albert Hall London,England

einar · Post by **einar** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 5:18 am

A Tony Jackson source, will be of interest if not already well known:
Article/interview with TJ, by Alan Clayson, in
Record Collector No. 172, December 1993, pp98-102.
Included (as I remember) a TJ discography (Searchers, Vibrations, and later, incl. some records made in Spain(?)

Sideline: When Spencer Leigh researched for his book "Let's go down the Cavern", out of "Hundreds" of possible informants from the Merseybeat era, only one person denied to cooperate: Chris Curtis. A small triumph, it must have been then, when Curtis allowed him the interview that appeared in RC, March 1998. -14 years after his book was released!

Einar

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 7:38 am

Einar: Alan Clayson's interview in Record Collector is a very nice article. It attempts to explain why such a talented artist was not successful following his departure from The Searchers.

There appears to be this magic window of opportunity and success for the Searchers as far as charting goes. Beyond the 1963-1965 window they certainly did not fair well. Those who have embarked on other musical careers after leaving the Searchers have not met with recording success either. "To everything there is a season" I guess.