{"id":6772,"date":"2024-12-12T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:08:18","slug":"shindig-issue-158-the-fleshtones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6772","title":{"rendered":"Shindig! Issue #158 \u2013 The Fleshtones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHIL SUGGITT penned an excellent article on THE FLESHTONES&#8217; in issue #158. In this extract from the piece the band&#8217;s 1985 live album is remembered\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hide And Seek (Live At Gibus Club, Paris, France \/1985)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_g-yoexzdA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">A live album seemed an obvious move. Building on their popularity in France, The Fleshtones were booked in 1985 for a run of dates over a two-week period at the Club Gibus, in Paris. The plan was to swiftly record the first live show, tape and mix it at a local studio the next day, press it in Amsterdam the next, and have it printed and ready to sell in the club before their residence finished. This was an ambitious plan in the pre-digital age. Despite the best efforts of engineer Jim Ball and producer Richard Gottehrer, the project was beset with problems. The gig was below par, as the band hadn\u2019t shaken off jetlag and Peter\u2019s voice was shot. The Paris studio available was small and poorly equipped, and there was only a four-hour window to mix and overdub. The result was disappointing for all concerned. Ball regretfully summed up the project. \u201c<i>Speed Connection<\/i> is what it is: a testament to how to do a record in a week.\u201d The set, mixing popular cuts from the early albums, was far better on subsequent nights, but a great opportunity to capture the live magic had been missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u201cOur live shows and records are two different animals,\u201d says Peter. \u201cThere are a few reasons for this, the most obvious being that a record does not miraculously transport the actual band into your living room. There\u2019s a lot you don\u2019t see, and a lot that happens by chance and chaos that just won\u2019t happen once the music is fixed on a recording. Also, we came to doing all this by way of being big fans of records. We tend to envision our songs as completed records way before we get anywhere near a recording studio. This kinda cuts producers out of the loop. Ultimately, we want our records to sound like records we love. Someday maybe we\u2019ll make a really \u2018live\u2019 sounding record, but of course that will be fake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6773\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SD158-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SD158-1.jpg 673w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SD158-1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Body\">The set always includes some impressive cover versions, drawn from over 250 they have played over the years, almost every song that made you shake your hips. \u201cA favourite that is guaranteed to get a crowd going is \u2018Alright\u2019 by The Coastliners, which is still included in all out live shows. An interesting note is that however successful the cover, we tend to drop it as soon we find out another band is covering it as well, so don\u2019t tell us about some band covering \u2018Alright&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Body\">The Fleshtones can also draw on a hefty back catalogue of self-penned songs. \u201cWe\u2019ll toss off one of our very first songs (it\u2019s on our first aborted LP <i>Blast Off<\/i>) \u2018How I Feel\u2019 when we all get really worked up,\u201d says Pete. \u201cWe also do old songs like \u2018Shadowline\u2019 and \u2018Hexbreaker\u2019 if people request them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>To read the full article order\u00a0<\/em>Shindig!\u00a0<em>issue #158 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverbackpublishing.rocks\/product\/shindig-158-on-sale-5th-of-dec-2024\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6772&amp;t=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%23158%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Fleshtones&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6772&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2FWebsite-Featured-Image-copy-2-1.jpg&amp;p[title]=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%23158%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Fleshtones\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6772&amp;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%23158%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Fleshtones&amp;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6772\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHIL SUGGITT penned an excellent article on THE FLESHTONES&#8217; in issue #158. In this extract from the piece the band&#8217;s 1985 live album is remembered\u00a0 &nbsp; A live album seemed an obvious move. 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