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The Turk (An Wot’E Smokes)
1975-'Heavy Metal Kid's' cover version.
A 4/20 gift from Sister Midnight to you.
A ’Smokin’ instrumental exercise in Proto-Metal, Power chord pyrotechnics, originally recorded by UK's 'Heavy Metal Kid’s’ in 1975 (also known later as ‘The Kid’s)
Contrary to what the band’s name implies, they weren’t really a Heavy Metal band at all, but they definitely laid the foundation for what would become ‘HM’ in later years. They had plenty of ball’s out, Heavy, rude & rebellious Rock anthems in their catalog, but still where not a strictly a Hard Rock band at all. Lot’s of Ballad’s, Old time boogie and straight up 70’s brit pop as well. So some listeners get the wrong idea about this band, but this tune in particular, was as hard as anybody in 1975, harder than most.

The bands singer, Gary Holton (R.I.P) was a classic theatrical R & R bad boy/trouble maker, on & off stage. He was right in league with the classic early Gravel-voiced frontmen of Hard Rock ALA: Steve Marriott, Noddy Holder, Alex Harvey, Michael Des Barres, Bon Scott etc.
But he was probably better known in the UK for his acting on TV, Films & Stage all through the 1970’s & 80’s.

The HMK where a bit too ‘diverse’ for their own good. While having a strong cult/club following in the UK, they where too hard to pigeonhole into one genre…Not quite completely a Glam, Metal, Pop or New Wave band. Holton even filled in as temporary lead singer for Punk Rock royalty The Damned (who's members where HMK fans in the early days) for a short tour in the late 1970’s, when Singer Dave Vanian fell too ill to hit the road. That’s an honor for sure.

In any case, check out the original version of this song & the rest of the HMK catalog if you’re a true Rock N Roll huntsman. If not, well, move along…Nothing to see here.

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Reviews from Bandcampers:
Paddy C.
"Excellent sound on this instrumental. Hats off to Steve Darrow."

Colin M.
"Sister Midnight strikes again with another delightful retro cover of a song I'd hadn't heard of before. I dig it.
"I'm really digging this series of obscure covers from Sister Midnight. Good tunes and a lot of fun."

FDJ
"Nice take on an old tune from the always excellent Sister Midnight"

Paddy C.
"Nice end to a nice weekend...Thank you for sharing this groove-laden track..."

The Goon
"Ripple is like a rich uncle who always gives you the coolest stuff. My rock n roll cup runneth over"

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from 'Two Minutes To​.​.​.​Sister Midnight'​-​Hits A Go Go Collection: Vol​.​1, track released April 20, 2019
All instruments: Steve Darrow

Original song written by: Cosmo, Peyronel, 'The Kids''The Turks'
© 1975 Warner Bros. Music/RAK Music

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Re Recording classic & obscure or forgotten songs from the 1960s-80s era of Heavy Rock, Psych, Glam, Proto-Metal etc. including Film/Tv Soundtracks.

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