Harvey Scales - Trying to Survive (Opaque Turquoise Vinyl)

Harvey Scales - Trying to Survive (Opaque Turquoise Vinyl)From his early '60s days as hip shaker Twistin' Harvey to his late '70s nights on the light up dance floor in search of a "Disco Lady," Harvey Scales survived scrapes with the pop charts, bankrupt record companies, walk outs, sit ins, strikes, price hikes, lay offs, and under table payoffs over a 40 year career. Compiled here for the first time are Scales' Cuca and Magic Touch recordings, 27 slabs of cracker jack R&B, stomping northern soul, divorce

These tracks are such a contrast to the way I am feeling now and the current songs we've been working on so slip back into this moment in time

Possum Sting and Undercurrent

and delivers the singular

much to the dismay of the government of the time

the heart of What Is Not Strange

Unshakeable hooks on tracks like “Peach Kelli Pop” inspired rave reviews upon release

Gone At Last

10 Give It to Me

and driving indie rock

including the band’s cover of Little Feat’s “A Apolitical Blues” and the instrumental “Baluchitherium

2 Loose (2020 Remaster)

LP2 Side 1: 1