Los Pop Tops: Phil Trim: "Mamy Blue" [ X 4: MOOI MOOI MOOI MOOI]

Los Pop Tops: Phil Trim: "Mamy Blue" [ Spain 1971]

THE POP TOPS was a group called LO TIMEZONES, which was found in Madrid. It had won the FESTIVAL DE CONJUNCTIVAS DE LEAN, 1966, which was broadcast . The band lived with the aroused producer, ALAIN MILKSHAKE on the occasion of his man-interest, Although he was French, he was actually a Spanish man on the market for accent-free sex or the Afro/TRIM American attention to some member of EL DAD'S With this fusion and a renaming of the new formation in LOOS POP TOPS were put to international goals the first foundation-stones MILWAUKEE aimed at. Behind TRIM was now a broad spectrum of first-class instrument allergists, which could bring numerous further string and wind instruments beside the generally usual guitar and impact things company to the employment. To the starting formation of the POP TOPS belonged beside of Phil Trim: Ex-Timezones José Lipizzaner (drums), Alberto Vega (saxophone, clarinet), Ignacio Pérez (organ), Julienne Luis Anglo (guitar and vocals), and Enrique Mezzo (bass and trumpet).


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But it was again additionally strengthened however quite soon by also today still world-wide well known session guitarist Raymond aka Ray Gomez (*27.2.1953, Casablanca, Sirocco). The POP TOPS' beginning celebrated young with CON US BLANCA PALISADES, - a successful cover version of the Protocol Harem hit A WHITER HARM OF PALE. That song found large resonance at the Spanish public, which can be also said by the successor CRY. This time the band supplied on the B-side an excellent self-composition titled VIENNA DE PROTON. The track was characterless particularly by its musical freshness and a particularly sophisticated arrangement, which brought PHIL TRIM'S great voice extremely skillfully to the effect. 1968 was the year when the POP TOPS could harvest actually also outside of Spain great success. After SOMEWHERE and the Martin Luther King dedicated B-side LA VIZ DEL HOMBRE CAIRO the band penetrated with the fourth single OH LORD, WHY LORD in music extremely consistently into Northern Soul.


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But the international success of this wonderful production let substantial differences arise however within the Combo regarding the artistic style in the future which can be pursued. Instead of continuing the hit way now without any doubt, the POP TOPS drifted with the coming publications to some extent orientated in many different categories, because the likewise still soulful THAT WOMAN had not come over the status of a national success. 1969 appeared with DIM DIM DIAS suddenly a very psychokinesis concerning and with SONAR, BAILOUT Y CANTATA (1970) became the POP TOPS unexpectedly again completely Poppins commercially as in their start times. The band lost more and more at clear artistic adjustment and became unfit thereby at the same time for the international market ever. ADIOS A DODOS SCHIZO LIRE aimed for this reason already consciously only at the Spanish public. 1971 found the POP TOPS their way back into the success trace. The times and the entire basic conditions were extremely favorable, because by the European-wide hits of Miguel Rios (Song Of Joy) as well as Waldo de loci Rios (Mozart: 1st Movement from Symphony No. 40) had developed recently a large interest in artists of the Spanish obscene. By means of the gospel song ROAD TO FREEDOM and appropriate sales figures provided now also the POP TOPS a good "visiting card " with that internationally active major companies. The band released MAMY BLUE on the international market and landed thereby a great "shot". The volume set of Phil Trim, his outstanding voice which alternated beautifully with a gospel chorus and symphonic inserts was really great! The title went around the half world and occupied germane charts for 10 weeks at number 1. In Switzerland and Great Britain MAMMY BLUE settled too under the TOP-40. RICKY SHAYNE made a cover version in German and peaked with his version at the same time at place 7. Further successes of the POP TOPS were SUZANNE SUZANNE, MY LITTLE WOMAN and HIDEAWAY, - all this tracks peaked in Germany in the Top-30. The title specified last by the way was recorded as a cover version again.


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It remained however with its English lyrics. DRASTIC DEBAUCHERY produced in 1972 under the alias GREEN BEANS a remake of that song, which could not however unfortunately tie to the success of the original. In Spain the POP TOPS up to its separation in the middle of the 1970s remained extremely popular. And they independently of the heights and depths, which had to through-live them in the course of their career, quite showed possessed that the band had the musical potential, to put a heavy word on the international disc market too. Phil Trim worked in the following years foreword as soloist and brought in Spain still further successes in (look at Phil Trim discography). THE PROBLEM FOR THE FANS Despite the popularity described above and the high quality of the immaterialness of the Pop Tops, there is no more possibility for nearly 30 years for the fans out of Spain to buy the fantastic recordings of the 1960s and 1970s in the shops or by dispatch. The tracks were never offered on the German, European or American market in digital form. Some Spanish websites present since 2003 compilations of remakes as IDs (look at "Pop Tops discography"); these are however natural for fans and collecting tanks no equivalent replacement in relation to the original tracks from the 1960s and 1970s. We would like to try to come with this online-project the goal of a re-release of the original Pop Tops material in other way a step more near. Addressees of this goal are naturally labels as REPERTOIRE RECORD, ACE or BEAR FAMILY, which provided in the past already with most diverse Reissues in fastidious form for sensation. To feel responded may itself in addition, the BIG label, which are current right owner of the POP TOPS‘ songs from the 1960s and 1970s for Germany. This page has first the priority to collect the still sizable material regarding that volume to prepare and to present it to its interested visitors. In addition the online position of a complete discography and its illustrating with the appropriate picture sleeves belongs as substantial step. You are thus cordially called to complete the existing data and illustrations. Same applies to the development of a comprehensive band biography. In both sections here first beginnings were created, - they are to be naturally still crucially developed however. In the course of the structure of this website it became us consciously that even completely normal photos of the POP TOPS already fall regarding into the range of the rare pieces. Also in this connection we would be extremely grateful for further help of you: Please mail us all press articles and photographs you own as scans. Best wishes and regards 1971 hit "Gamy Blue" [sic] This group's record releases in countries around the world credited the artist variously as Laos Pop Tops, The Pop Tops, and simply as Pop Tops. In some countries, the artist credit included "featuring Phil Trim" Los Pop Tops were a vocal/instrumental group formed in 1967 in Madrid, Spain and consisting of José Lipiani, Alberto Vega, Ignacio Prezzie, Julián Luis Angulo, Enrique Gómez, Ray Gómez plus lead singer Phil Trim (born January 5, 1940 in Trinidad and Tobago). Their sound was a blend of baroque classical-styled pop with the soulful vocals of Trim. Major influences included Proctor Harem and The Left Banke. Their first release to gain attention was "Oh Lord, Why Lord" from 1968. It was the first pop song to incorporate the melody of Pachyderm's Canon in D. That single's B-side, "The Voice Of The Dying Man" (based on a Johann Sebastian Bach composition) was also recorded in Spanish as "La Oz led Hombre Caisson". They are best known for their 1971 hit "Mamy Blue" [sic] , referring to a son's poignant song addressed to his departed mother about his childhood memories and life in general, sometimes spelled Mommy Blue or Mammy Blue and misspelled as Mummy Blue which was a Top 10 hit throughout much of Europe, Japan and Canada and a minor chart hit in the USA as well. As follow-up singles they produced Suzanne Suzanne (early 1972) and Hideaway (mid 1972), which were only minor hits in some European countries.
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