THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,387) The Nerve — “Piece By Piece”
The Nerve’s (see #418) euphoric mod anthem is “a suitably abrupt slice of mod-like grunge”. (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era) You can have all of my heart provided that you don’t tear it apart piece by piece!
The Nottingham band was championed by Reg Presley. Acolytes of the Troggs? Trogg-lod-ytes! Discogs tells us:
F[irst] Mark Faine And The Fontains, the[n] . . . The Children . . . . In 1967 they signed to Page One Records. Label owner Larry Page insisted on a name change and liked The Lovin’. Under this name they made their record debut with “Keep on Believin’”. One other record followed before they changed their name again, this time to The Nerve. Three records were released as The Nerve with “Piece By Piece” their best known. The songs were produced by Reg Presley from The Troggs, after seeing them in action in a hotel where the Troggs stayed. He became their manager in 1968. Finally they issued their last single “You Wrecked My Life” as Duffy Taylor Blues, before returning home as virtual unknowns.
Popsike.com adds:
[They] being groomed for stardom by none other than legendary independent pop impressariio, Larry Page before being championed and produced by Andover’s Trogladyte, Reg Presley. Presley was so impressed by the band’s energy, look and original songwriting, he himself directed their infamous promo shot for the Fleet Street press!! . . . [The Nerve was] an everyday provincial rock band . . . thrust into the dazzling limelight of London’s pop circus at the height of the British pop phenomena in the 1960s!!
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