I wanted to celebrate the season by posting a holiday track from the Leopards' rare 1997 LP Kansas City Slickers. As is obvious, the Leopards were to the Kinks what the Spongetones were to the Beatles. This is one of many high points of the record, and I especially love the nice touch of the barrel house piano which neatly encapsulates the Kinks' music hall-inspired pop that we know and love.
Merry Crimbo to each and every one!
Where has this band been all my life?
ReplyDeleteSeriously -- never heard of 'em and it's great.
KC:
ReplyDeleteWhat he said. What a great song. Why don't I know about these guys?
Here's a real Kinks Kristmas:
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go to 4:27 for Father Christmas live, complete with Ray dressed for the part.
Merry Krimble!
Guys, after the holiday, I'll post the LP to a file sharing site. Remind me. It's great and exceedingly rare.
ReplyDeleteBTW, the did have a LP on Bomp in the early 80s that was not as good.
ReplyDeleteMJ, I haven't seen that live track! Thanks!
More on The Leopards found here:
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Ha! Thank you Sir!
ReplyDeleteSounds a bit like The Charlatans.
ReplyDeleteUh, possible typo in the post? I was under the impression that this album dated to 1977. Sound of vinyl record noise on this YouTube "video" tends to underline my case. (I will be watching for the file share of this disc, btw)
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure this goes back to 1977 as well, as I remember an ad in Trouser Press for it.
ReplyDeleteBeg, pardon, it is a typo, 1977 is correct, I posted this on Youtube burned from my copy of the vinyl. Thanks for the correction!
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