From 1973, please enjoy Easybeats auteurs Harry Vanda and George Young -- doing business as the Marcus Hook Roll Band -- and perhaps the greatest rock record almost nobody has ever heard.
The incomparable "Natural Man."
Seriously -- if a hookier, funnier, and more kick ass couple of minutes have ever been committed to magnetic tape, I for one have never encountered them.
And if you're wondering why this wasn't a hit, perhaps the mispelling of Vanda might indicate just how big a priority this was to the braniacs at Capitol Records at the time.
To all Powerpop readers, if you are not familiar with this track download it. It is a shining example of how good rook and roll can be. You will enjoy it! Must of us will be shaking our asses to it.
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Allan Rosenberg "Lost at Sea" Area24Radio.com
Steve: You should continue highlighting Vanda-Young, Easybeats and Stevie Wright music until everyone gets it. They will!
I picked up this track (possibly here) a few years back & since then have grabbed every Marcus Hook Roll Band track I could get my hands on, which amounts to 13 tracks & which may be the entirety of their recorded output for all I know. You can find much of it on Youtube. Good stuff.
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