Dave Clark Five Music

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:26 am

Though they had a sax player I personally don't feel listening to their tracks it was that obvious.

Story gone round for years too that Dave never played drums on the records, a session guy Bobby Graham claimed he did most of the stuff.

Some even claim that when they appeared live there was a drummer off stage somewhere, I saw them live and I would doubt it.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:35 am

Murray: I was born in 1960, so I'm not quite old enough to have been part of the first wave of the British Invasion. I do recall hearing The Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing" at age 6 or 7 and thinking it was the greatest thing I had ever heard. It's still a favorite. Although I hung out with the punk crowd circa 1977, my musical tastes mostly ran towards sixties music. My knowledge of British Invasion music often fools people into thinking I was part of the first wave until they do the math and figure out I was too young.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:36 am

Saw them live too, Roy, and although there were throngs of screaming girls he was definitely playing drums. My guess is that all instruments on recordings were played by session players. The sax was always placed far in the background and basically used to drive the music. With all the echo it's barely out front & visable.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:48 am

There was a lengthy Dave Clark Five thread about a year ago or so where these same thoughts were covered. Some were in the DC5 camp and some were not.

Count me as a big fan. When I was very young (during the first invasion) I liked them more than the Beatles.

There seems to be one old DC5 chord book, available for $250 from Abe's Books:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/ListingDetails?bi=765739107

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:44 am

The first L.P. record I ever bought was The Dave Clark Five Again.My grandfather was a taylor who specialized in making custom shirts(Raymond Massey was one of his customers)He made me a Dave Clark Five shirt with 3 buttons up the side of the collar.In April 1964,When I 1st wore that shirt with a black sport coat,tight white slacks and Beatle Boots with 3 inch heels I was the envy of all my 5 grade classmates at Sheridan Elementary School.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:15 am

I had one of them shirts too Mitch

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:20 am

Back in '65, we used to lock my best friend's sister in her bedroom because she liked the DC5. I still favor that approach.

lennon211 · Post by **lennon211** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:38 pm

For those that have the CD set The History of the Dave Clark Five, listen to two tracks: "I Am On My Own" off of disc 1 and "Maze of Love" on disk 2. The opening hooks sound remarkably like another group that I know (hint: starts with a "B" and ends in "eatles").

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:33 pm

I always thought they were a great band and agree it is hard to find their stuff. I have a few of their LP's here including their greatest hits (?) which is a great record. They always sounded the most american of the British invasion bands to me.
When I was a kid the local radio stations used to have contests where you had to vote for either them or The Beatles, The Beatles always won of course.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:36 pm

Can't you See That She's Mine is I saw her Standing There with different words basically but it is still a great song. If you stay around here long enough you will see the same threads 3, 4 or more times.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:45 am

Having a Wild Weekend was the first album I ever bought.

If I can have this (and Airplane records) with me in the closet, that's fine with me.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:04 am

I remember when the Beatle dolls where in stores,the same company made(Remco?)also made Dave Clark 5 dolls.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1964-Remco-Dave-Clark-5-doll_W0QQitemZ190138126781QQcmdZViewItem

raider · Post by **raider** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:57 pm

Mitch I have all 7 CD's the complete history
on the DC5. Have you ever listen to there later
material? I also have 1 CD of the above in mp3
format. I also have a music book on them and
some single sheet music. I never got to see
them live but a few years ago I did get to see
Mike Smith and he sounded just like he did back
in the 60's. He had the same setup as the DC5
just different people backing him up and if you
closed your eyes and just listened to the music
you were brought back to the British Invasion.
If a band covers there music all you ever hear
are the hits. With the CD's that I have I get
to hear a bunch of songs that most people don't
know anything about.
Lou D