I was four when this record came out. My dad played this among all his other reggae records. It wasn't until I was a teenager that I realised it was Herman's Hermits. Until then, I thought they were a Jamaican. Still love it today!
Foxy313 ... me too, i'm the super fan of my most loved band Herman's Hermits ... they're great and i loved them so much ... most esp. PETER NOONE, my great loved forever ...
The Hermits were a great band. They were REALLY popular in their time too. I personally think why they never became popular because they never really evolved like the beatles, stones or who. All of the other bands I mentioned changed in one way or another. f
+Barney Os. Also, although Herman's Hermits were an actual band who played live gigs in clubs when they began, after they attained worldwide fame they were more a studio concoction, Peter "Herman" Noone recording his vocals and often studio musicians (such as Jimmy Page), not always the actual Hermits, used for the sessions. But, make no mistake, Derek "Lek" Leckenby was an excellent lead guitarist who played lots on the first few albums anyway. It is Lek's leads that may be heard on "Henry the VIII," and he also arranged the Hermits' cover of Earl-Jean McCrea's "I'm Into Something Good." Unlike The Monkees, who (although Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork were accomplished musicians) began as a studio concoction but later played for real, the Hermits were more comparable to Paul Revere & the Raiders, who began as a great garage band and were turned into more of a gimmick by television appearances (mostly on Dick Clark productions). The Hermits' Dick Clark was British music mogul Mickie Most.
Herman's Hermits started out similar to bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Animals but they never were progressed! This sounds like something from the mid 60s but If you listen to Beatles, Rolling Stones, or an Animals song from around this era, It sounds a lot different!
Never heard this song before. Too bad the Hermits in this lineup never progressed into the 70s. Lek Leckenby (glasses) died in 1994. Today only Peter is still in Herman's Hermit but with a different lineup.
Pretty good considering there is no sound system on sight, guitars not plugged in, and the same for the mic. Excuse me, at 1:33 they decided to add a wire to the mic. My mistake.
