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The
three remaining ELECTRIC CHAIRS, VAL, J.J., and HENRI, spent the following
months doing a spectacular tour of lawyers offices, in a bid to sort out
their affairs and retrieve their instruments, and during this period they
decided to pursue a more musically and contractually democratic direction,
and some time later teamed up with CHRIS REEVES, vocals / guitar, and
a non musician, MARC GLODER ( FRENCHIE ) a punk, who was then forming
an indie - punk record label called, FLICKNIFE RECORDS,
which is now part of CHERRY RED RECORDS.
Frenchie had a few lyrics, and wanted to put a band together with the
Electric Chairs to be the first release on the then, new, FLICKNIFE label.
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NO
MESSAGE /
SHAKE SOME ACTION
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So,
the musicians in the band started writing, recording, and producing,
sharing lead vocal parts on verses and choruses, and mixing musical
influences, and recorded the tracks, NO MESSAGE,
a punky / ska track with conversely, a lot of messages, and a cover
version of, SHAKE SOME ACTION, originally recorded
by 60's band, THE FLAMING GROOVIES.
NO MESSAGE,and SHAKE SOME ACTION,was then released as a single in
1980 on, FLICKNIFE RECORDS, under the band name
of, THE MYSTERE FIVE.
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Label: Anag Punk
[Chry Red]
Catalog: #42
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The
track 'Shake some Action' was re-released in 1995
and 2002 on
Flicknife Records: The Punk Collection (Captain Oi Records)
You
can purchase The Punk Collection at Amazon
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The
Mystere Five
No
Message
Lyrics by: Johnson/Haller/Reeves/Padovani/Gloder
Music: Johnson/Haller/Reeves/Padovani
John
(JJ) Johnson:Drums/Percussion/Lead and Backing Vocals
Chris Reeves: Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals
Val Haller: Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals
Henri Padovani: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Frenchie: Backing Vocals
Shake
some Action
Lyrics/Song:
Flaming Groovies
Re-Arrangement: Johnson, Haller, Padovani, Reeves
John
(JJ) Johnson: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Chris Reeves: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals.
Henri Padovani: Guitar, Reverse Guitar, Bass, Backing
Vocals
Val Haller: Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Frenchie:
Backing Vocals
Produced
by The Mystere Five
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This
was followed by the release of the second MYSTERE FIVE single at
the end of 1980, NEVER SAY THANK YOU and HEART RULES THE HEAD,
recorded this time without Chris Reeves and written, performed,
and produced by J.J., VAL, and HENRI.
THE
MYSTERE FIVE, as the name suggests, had a deliberately anonymous
and mysterious image not revealing who the band members were, and
this was reflected on their single covers. The singles were recorded
with minimum resources, but created a big impact when released,
receiving glowing reveiws, high placings in the indie charts, and
a lot of airplay especially in the U.K.and Europe. (see above).
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NEVER
SAY THANK YOU / HEART RULES THE HEAD
Flicknife RecordsCat No FLS202 |
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Never
Say Thank You
Lyrics: Val Haller/Marc Gloder
Music: Johnson/Haller/Padovani
Val
Haller: Lead and backing Vocals,keyboards.
John (JJ) Johnson: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Henri Padovani: Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals
Frenchie:
Backing Vocals
Heart
rules the Head
Lyrics: John (JJ) Johnson
Music: Johnson/Haller/Padovani
John
(JJ) Johnson: Lead Vocals, Drums, Backing Vocals, Trumpet
Val Haller: Backing Vocals,keyboards.
Henri Padovani: Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals
Frenchie:
Backing Vocals
Produced
by The Mystere Five
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FLICKNIFE
RECORDS, was bought by CHERRY RED RECORDS,
at www. cherryred.co.uk in the early
1990's, and these records may or may not still be availiable through
them. |
New
Musical Express review
1980
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