DOWNLOAD NO.12 - BEATHOVEN / THE INNOCENTS

SOME OF THE BEST POP MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA WAS MADE BY GROUPS THAT WERE NOT PROMOTED FULLY AT THE TIME BY THEIR AFFILIATED RECORD COMPANIES. BEATHOVEN WAS ONE SUCH AUSSIE GROUP.

THEY HAD A NAME THAT WAS A PLAY ON SPELLING, LIKE THE GROUP THEY STYLED THEMSELVES AFTER, "THE BEATLES".

BEATHOVEN HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL 7" SINGLES THAT IF RELEASED OVERSEAS WOULD HAVE MADE A BIG AURAL IMPACT.

THEIR SINGLE "SHY GIRL" SOUNDED LIKE AN EARLY BEATLES SONG BUT DONE IN A MID-1970'S STYLE. IT IS THE MOST LENNON-MCCARTNEY SOUNDING SONG NOT RECORDED BY THE BEATLES.

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DAVID MINCHIN AND THE BEATHOVEN BOYS WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF STYLE CHANGES AFTER THEIR FIRST SINGLES WERE RELEASED. FINALLY THEY METAMORPHOSED INTO THE GROUP "THE INNOCENTS". IN THEIR NEXT PHASE THEY PRODUCED SOME EXCELLENT POWER POP IN THE 1980S. IT IS STILL VERY COLLECTABLE TODAY.

IN MY STUDIO COLLECTION I HAVE MADE SOME EXTENDED 12" VERSIONS OF THEIR SINGLES. DAVE AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT A C.D. OF THE EXTENDED REMIXES.

DAVE HAS ALLOWED ME TO EXTENDED BEATHOVEN'S "SHY GIRL" AND PUT IT ON THIS SITE. THE MIX HAS AN EXTRA FEW BARS AT THE START AND SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES THAT HARDLY CHANGE THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL. DAVE LIKED THIS 12" MIX BECAUSE HIS GUITAR SOLO GETS 2 RUNS WITH THE SECOND VERSION BEING SLIGHTLY FUZZY. THE ORIGINAL 3 MINS IS NOW 5 MINS.

DAVE WANTS INTERESTED PEOPLE TO CONTACT HIM BY E-MAIL OR PHONE ABOUT THE UPCOMING C.D. COLLECTION HE IS ABOUT TO RELEASE WITH THE SUPPORT OF RAVEN MUSIC.

DAVE'S MOBILE NUMBER: (OZ PREFIX PLUS) 0 4 3 8 1 9 0 0 2 1

DAVE'S E-MAIL: minchinhampton@gmail.com

PLEASE TELL HIM TOM SENT YOU.

NO, YOU DON'T GET A DISCOUNT !

DAVE AND THE BOYS (MEN) HAVE ALSO PRODUCED SOME NEW "INNOCENTS" SONGS IN "THE" ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS LONDON. THEY WERE THERE IN 2006 JUST BEFORE MY WIFE AND I WENT TO LONDON. IF ONLY I WOULD HAVE KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO POP ALONG TO SEE THEM.