Christie For All Mankind (Vinyl, CBS Records, 1971) ***
Genre: Pop/ rock
Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Yellow River
Gear costume: My Baby's Gone (For All Mankind)
Active compensatory factors: I have written about my history with Yellow River before. Its power is undiminished.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Yellow River
Gear costume: My Baby's Gone (For All Mankind)
The video on that previous post is here, plus the band on a nicer river here. There's also a cool live version here.
What I didn't mention on that post was how I first heard the song and the album.
I had started at Manukau Intermediate in 1969 and was in my second year (standard 2) in 1970 when the song came out. It was an instant hit (it went to #2 in NZ) and I was aware of it from the radio when I stopped off at a friend's house one day on the way to school.
He had a little portable record player and the Christie album. It probably belonged to older siblings, but I was instantly smitten by the bright yellow cover with its stained glass style photo display.
The first album is a bit overshadowed by the splendor of the two hits but the rest is still quality power pop. Jeff Christie's distinctive vocals are the key strength.
Album number two, For All Mankind, leans more towards nascent Americana or country rock and has some bright moments. It's certainly worth a listen.
Where do they all belong? Those two albums are all the band Christie delivered but the search for all remaining Christie product remains. Notably, No Turn Unstoned - a compilation from 2012.
Where do they all belong? Those two albums are all the band Christie delivered but the search for all remaining Christie product remains. Notably, No Turn Unstoned - a compilation from 2012.
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