THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,792) The New Generation — “Sadie and Her Magic Mr. Galahad”
Before the Sutherland brothers (Gavin and Ian) took Rod Stewart “Sailing”, they took us to the land of “Sadie and Her Magic Mr. Galahad”, a delightful pop psych confection, a “pretty solid cheapo psych-pop single” with “[s]ome production flourishes and folky underpinnings, all produced in un-glorious mono where the drums sound like crap.” (jhendrix110, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-new-generation/sadie-and-her-magic-mr-galahad-digger/) A NME review on February 24, 1968 called it “[a]n intriguing disc, full of changing tempos and fascinating backing sounds”, adding “[t]he lyric holds the interest, and the group interprets it well”, ‘[w]orth a spin”. (sporidium, https://www.45cat.com/record/srl1000)
Vernon Joynson tells us all things Sutherland:
This was actually The Sutherland Brothers. They scored a minor hit with “Smokey Blues Away” and the flip side “She’s A Soldier Boy”. . . . The brothers signed to Island in 1972 and recorded two albums of melodic folk-based pop. . . . They . . . wrote and recorded as their second single “Sailing”, which . . . became a million-selling record for Rod Stewart. Their second album was made with the help of session musicians and their search for a permanent backing group resulted in them amalgamating with Quiver in 1973 to form The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. . . . Their first album . . . was well received and they had a US hit with their first 45 “You Got Me Anyway”. . . . When Rod Stewart achieved his massive hit with “Sailing” the band was signed by CBS and soon registered a Top 5 hit with the wimpy pop ditty “Arms of Mary”. They also enjoyed two hit albums . . . .
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