Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - I Can Tell - 1962 45rpm video free download

Jonn Kammeron

These drummers could really keep time!This great Merrsey Beat Sound was onlydone with two tracks. Wonderful musicians just as good live. 

Blunt Blunt

Awesomeness!

Pete Lucas

Really does sound like Merseybeat before the Beatles and the others came on stream in 1963 - specially the guitar break.

titostacos

This is not as good as the Bo Diddley original or the Dr. Feelgood version. In my opinion.

lexlex862

great song well sung great backing i think mike was only 19 or 20 when this was recorded

VintageSG

Given Mick's high opinion of James Burton, or just he needed the same effect and that was the only workable solution. Meh, who cares. Sounds damn fine.

1springcottage

I believe this is a Bo Diddley song originally released in 1962. Nobody does the bass line like John B Sparks and Lee sang it he was about to kill. Great Song

55KatDaddy

Are you sure Mick Green was the 1st one to do that ?? I thought that James Burton was the first one to do this

Olavi Rytkönen

That´s the truth! My all-time rock favourite is Dr.Feelgoods version I Can Tell.

fab60s4ever

this is a great version but I really dig Rory Storms version much more !! Thank you for posting .

2322Hoover

In these days of big stereo sytems (that's what a 25K pa rig is, after all) it's unimagineable to hear everybody using their own amp, with no di's to a pa system. It's the difference between a photograph and the real thing. These guys were electric in every sense of the word. Thank you for reminding me.

jofrad

@MrChristobisto I agree 100% but if you'd ever heard Brian Griffiths of the old Merseybeat group The Big Three you'd have heard somone who could run him a close second. Unfortunately none of their recordings do the band justice c/f their live performances, the nearest is their debut single Some Other Guy which was apallingly recorded and the intro cut. On this recording Brian was using a cheap Vox guitar through a homemade amp and speakers. To hear them live was an unforgettable experience.

MrPlectrist

The great Mick Green had a truly unique sound. in 1962 no other guitarist in the world sounded as cool and modern as this. This can be considered the birth of modern funky guitar style, some years before any other attempt. What a great musician.

jofrad

The only band from the South of England that could hold a candle to the the northern beat groups (at this time). An absolutely blistering version of the Bo Diddley classic. The Pirates at their very best.

Tepawox

Best version ever!

northlight1908

Not bad, but the Bo Diddley original (especially the longer album edit) kills this. The beat is better in Bo's version and it's just grittier overall.

55KatDaddy

If you like this version (what's not to like), check out the Dr Feelgood version (definitive, IMO)

Ken Adams

This is awesome!!! My 1st time hearing this, Dam!!! My woman just shattered my heart, She's gone now.....Peace

jason75

Now this is music to my ears, better the todays crap, what these kids listens to.

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