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Artist: Them
Author: Tommy Scott/Phil Coulter
Label: Decca
Year: 1966
On their second album Them Again. Jimmy Page was hired as guitarist for these sessions. Coauthor Tommy Scott producing (see footnote). Phil Coulter co-wrote Hi Hi Hazel, Puppet On A String and Congratulations. Congratulations indeed.
Covers:
Iguanas [without Iggy Pop]
Tommy Scott [coauthor; released only in Germany six months after Them; Tommy also co-wrote Call My Name and Don't You Know on that album (Them Again)]
Ronnie Bird [as Chante]
Godfathers [left-over of their Birth, School, Work, Death album]
Beck [uses riff from Them's version in Devil's Haircut from Odelay; see also: It's All Over Now Baby Blue]
Van never ever revived this garage classic. The reason? Those Tommy Scott songs (there's three of them on Them Again) were contractual obligations but not only that: for some reason Tommy once lost his nerve against Van, throwing him off a staircase or something. Anyhow, Van took it serious, banning Tommy Scott clear out of his system. Even if I Can Only Give You Everything was re-cut in at least 15 different countries, including Argentina and Singapore.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)