Comments for Kursaal Flyers, Five Live Kursaals

This record catches the Kursaals at their best. live. To call the genre from which it came "punk" is a mistake however. Perhaps "pub rock" or "power pop" might be more fitting. The band had a minor hit with "Little does she know" and Birch later had one with the Records'' "Starry Eyes".

Features Will Birch of the Records.

This Five Live Kursaals doesn't show as much energy or strong melody as The Records who are now called John Wicks and The Records to focus on the songwriting of John Wicks and Will Birch. The Records had the hits Starry Eyes and Teenarama and Hearts In Her Eyes while The Kursaal Flyers had well really none that I can think of. Jude Cole was a member of The Records and sang and played guitar on Crashes a great album that was released in 1980 has just been reiussed on cd for 2005 by On The Beach Recordings. Crashes is available at most fine music retail shops. Shades In Bed with High Heels was the hit album which contained Starry Eyes and Teenarama and Shades In Bed is also available from On The Beach recordings at stores everywhere in the world. The Records are one of the all-time greatest bands. They toured with the likes of The Cars, The Jam and Paul Weller, Robert Palmer, Sting and The Police and Joe Jackson. In 1979, The Records played numerous stadiums and club venues in support for Shades In bed, which was entitled The Records in the United States and contained alternate artwork. The Records official site is www.therecords.org and in 1980, The Records continued to please fans with their extraordinary rock and roll, while maintaining their pop sensibility. Though he is now a full-scale producer and singer/songwriter, Jude Cole was vocalist and guitarist in The Records until 1980, when they quickly returned to the UK. Jude Cole moved to Los Angeles, where he expanded his career, playing bass for a rock legend and the man who brought us "Runaway," Del Shannon. In the coming years, Jude Cole would begin his solo career, recording numerous hit albums, with radio singles and videos on mtv. Hearts in her eyes was recorded by the Searchers and more recently by Mary Chapin Carpenter, an acclaimed singer/songwriter. The Records had singles that charted above Cheap Trick and Neil Young. The Records contained members of The Kursaal Flyers and formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982. Today, The Records are known as John Wicks and the Records and they sound just as they did 25 years ago. I went to www.johnwicksandtherecords.com and listened to some of the new recordings, which sound great! The site has an excellent 3-part biographical section, along with a complete discography, tour dates, a discussion forum and an archive. While The first album, Shades In Bed features John Wicks, Huw Gower, Will Birch and Phil Brown, the second album, Crashes features John Wicks, Jude Cole, Will Birch and Phil Brown. Shades In Bed features the hits Starry Eyes, Teenarama, Rock and roll Love Letter and See My friends a popular cover of the classic song "See My friends," by The Kinks. The Records Shades in bed album was produced by John Mutt Lange who went on to produce AC/DC Highway to Hell, Def Leppard and currently producing his wife the country rock and pop crossover Shania Twain. Crashes is the current cd re-issue, which included the hit "Hearts in Her eyes." The disc features Jude Cole on vocals and guitar. Smashes, Crashes and Near Misses is a greatest hits compilation, which serves as a great introductory for newer fans. Paying for the summer of love contains rare songs and tracks that have never been released on cd until now. John Wicks and The Records have recorded several albums, including Rock Ola and their newest album, entitled Rotate. Rock Ola is a stripped-down rock and roll album with songs of the same quality as the classic Records material. Rotate explores the different aspects of songwriting, while maintaining the quality and craftsmanship of the past recordings. Some say The Records were and still are punk, power pop, new wave, other say rock and roll. The truth is that The Records fall under no true classification. Long live The Records, as they continue to rock the world! The Records are still around but now called John Wicks and The Records. They still play the hits like Starry Eyes Teenarama Girl and Hearts In Her Eyes but they have some new songs that rock too. The proof is on The Records official page www.johnwicksandtherecords.com but I like the songs lots so they speak for themselves. This cd is great and has some of the best remastering that Ive ever heard as far as new albums on cd like Crashes or Shades In Bed for example. Both of these reissues sound better than the old vinyl lps that I had when I was young. Rock Ola is a great album although its not remastered like the new one on the box set. The songs stay true to the classic sound of The Records with the loud guitars and perfect vocals. Jude Cole was in the Records but hes not on this album. Neither is Huw Gower on this album. Jude Cole has had a great solo songwriter career and Huw Gower has been playing with Rick Springfield , Graham Parker , Carlene Carter and The Rooks. The Records first album called Shades In Bed was produced by Mutt Lange who produced Ac/Dc Highway to Hell a week later. Mutt Lange now writes and produces his wife Shania Twain a pop legend around the world as well. I saw The Records open for The Cars and Joe Jackson both were good live shows. The Records now call themselves John Wicks and The Records because John Wicks is writing songs for people like Mary Chapin Carpenter Joy Division and The Searchers. Shades In bed came out in what 2002 or 2003 on cd? The 2nd album Crashes has just been remastered and released on cd with bonus tracks and is sold everywhere in the world. It sounds better than the crusty old vinyl I've got but I've got all their material already anyways. I just ordered the 2 new tee shirts from the official John Wicks and the Records site: www.johnwicksandtherecords.com