Label: Stebbing Recording Centre (New Zealand), ZCD4013-2
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock
Country: New Zealand
Time: 40:00
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb
In the second half of the 1960s, New Zealand musicians departed with
some regularity for London, the pop capital of the world. None were as
successful there as The Human Instinct, who as the Four Fours, had
already cut a steady, if unspectacular, pop path around the top half of
the North Island.
The Four Fours were never the hippest group, but they were seasoned live performers, studio experienced and adaptable, with a strong pop sense and three fine vocalists in guitarists Dave Hartstone and Bill Ward and young drummer Maurice Greer. The group was completed by bass player Frank Hay.
Arriving in England in August 1966 as The Human Instinct, they quickly signed a recording contract with Mercury Records before switching to Deram Records in 1967. They began performing regularly around Great Britain in 1968 with the likes of The Move, The Spencer Davis Group and The Small Faces.
Home again in April 1968, the original Human Instinct split. Drummer and vocalist Maurice Greer retained the name. Greer drafted in Billy TK from Palmerston North’s The Sinners for an unsuccessful return to London.
Back in New Zealand The Human Instinct recorded a series of strong selling New Zealand albums: Burning Up Years (1969), Stoned Guitar (1970) and Pins In It (1971) and they toured Australia in mid-1971.
Two more albums on Zodiac Records – Snatmin Cuthin (1972) and The Hustler (1974) – followed, although neither sold particularly well. The Hustler in particular is regarded as a fine example of blues tinged country rock.
The Human Instinct would remain a feature on New Zealand stages well into the 1980s, with an ever-changing line-up always revolving around drummer Maurice Greer, who resurrects the group periodically to this day, playing festivals and shows in the 2000s.
(audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-human-instinct)
The Four Fours were never the hippest group, but they were seasoned live performers, studio experienced and adaptable, with a strong pop sense and three fine vocalists in guitarists Dave Hartstone and Bill Ward and young drummer Maurice Greer. The group was completed by bass player Frank Hay.
Arriving in England in August 1966 as The Human Instinct, they quickly signed a recording contract with Mercury Records before switching to Deram Records in 1967. They began performing regularly around Great Britain in 1968 with the likes of The Move, The Spencer Davis Group and The Small Faces.
Home again in April 1968, the original Human Instinct split. Drummer and vocalist Maurice Greer retained the name. Greer drafted in Billy TK from Palmerston North’s The Sinners for an unsuccessful return to London.
Back in New Zealand The Human Instinct recorded a series of strong selling New Zealand albums: Burning Up Years (1969), Stoned Guitar (1970) and Pins In It (1971) and they toured Australia in mid-1971.
Two more albums on Zodiac Records – Snatmin Cuthin (1972) and The Hustler (1974) – followed, although neither sold particularly well. The Hustler in particular is regarded as a fine example of blues tinged country rock.
The Human Instinct would remain a feature on New Zealand stages well into the 1980s, with an ever-changing line-up always revolving around drummer Maurice Greer, who resurrects the group periodically to this day, playing festivals and shows in the 2000s.
(audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-human-instinct)
01. The Hustler (04:12)
02. Mae West & My Gangster (04:25)
03. Funky Monkey (03:55)
04. Johnny Blade (03:25)
05. Last Breakfast (03:37)
06. Passing Lanes (07:11)
07. Gypsy Lady (04:18)
08. Nothing's Changed (02:39)
09. Stoned Mary (06:14)
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