Tuesday, 20 September 2022

The Raybeats "Roping Wild Bears" - EP 1981

Subtly different versions than were offered on the full length LP this is a nice find for fans of the genre. I'm not sure where the bears, ropes or the dancing cover girls fit in, but the music is top shelf.
Five pretty talented guys were official Raybeats: Don Christensen, Jody Harris, Pat Irwin, George Scott and Danny Amis (Scott’s replacement). Don Christensen has done a lot of work with Philip Glass, Jody Harris has worked with some of the best-known and least-known in the music industry, Pat Irwin has invaded countless living rooms with a variety of theme songs and soundtracks in addition to backing the B-52’s from 1989 to 2007, and Danny Amis hit pay dirt with Los Straitjackets. Only George Scott, due to his untimely death, didn’t make as extensive a mark as his fellow band members; even so, in his three years on the music scene (1977-80), he notched up a fairly impressive résumé. And, perhaps more importantly, at least as far as this project goes, if it hadn’t been for George Scott, there wouldn’t be a Raybeats’ tribute page because the Raybeats never would have been. - The Tone Zone
Line Up:
Pat Irwin: saxophone, acetone, guitar / Jody Harris: guitar / Danny Amis: bass, guitar / Don Christensen: drums

traxfromwax:
1. Searching 2. Rise and Fall of the Flingel Bunt 3. Tight Turn 4.Tone Zone

7 comments:

RYP said...

The Raybeats "Roping Wild Bears" - EP
gitit! no pw
https://mega.nz/file/RKwy2YyT#jL8fil7r5YM3Njgd9G7-Pg5zoMQTTToWcUYOa8MX2UU

dado said...

Great thanx RYP I'm waiting for EP "It's only a Movie" with a great cover of "Jack The Ripper"

Anonymous said...

RYP

Thanks for the Raybeats. Danny Amis would later form Los Staitjackets.

Best regards

Zippy

draftervoi said...

Thanks! I have their first LP, and knew about this...but not that they were different versions than the album!

Anonymous said...

Greetings. Love your blog! Looking for a rip of "the Teenbeats- SurfBound" and "the Yetti-Men / Uppa-Trio" LP if you can help. I hope that you can. I don't where else to find them. Fingers crossed.

Anonymous said...

Cool! Thanks! Their Guitar Beat album was my gateway drug into the world of instro (for lack of a better term) many moons ago.
Elwood

Anonymous said...

Raybeats - Guitar Beat (1981)
https://musify.club/release/the-raybeats-guitar-beat-1981-543847