THE HONEYCOMBS

RARE BEAT - GARAGE ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC
THE HONEYCOMBS
Records are not for sale - For your viewing pleasure only

One night the group, known then as The Sheratons, was playing in a London pub. In the audience were Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, a very prolific British songwriting team, who later wrote hits for such artists as Lulu, Elvis Presley, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and Petula Clark. Howard and Blaikley,liked what they saw and suggested the band might like to hear some of their material. The band had an upcoming audition with indie record producer Joe Meek, whom most notably had produced The Tornados and composed their number one hit "Telstar" in 1962 and were eager for some new material. At the audition in Meek's studio in Holloway Road, they played Howard and Blaikley's "Have I the Right?" which Meek recorded. The group's founder Martin Murray had worked as a hairdresser, Honey Lantree being his assistant. They decided to combine his profession with the name of the drummer and changed their name to The Honeycombs. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree. They were signed to the Pye record label. After proving a 'sleeper' for seven weeks the record took off in summer 1964 reaching the number one spot around the world and selling over 2 million records. It was Meek's final hit in the United States, where it was issued on the Interphon label. The Honeycombs were managed by Howard and Blaikley who went on to write more successes for them. They were especially successful in Sweden and in Japan. The Honeycombs line-up changed in 1966 and the group became known as the New Honeycombs. Further singles were recorded at Joe Meek's studio and were released on the Pye label.

MEMBERS:

Denis "D'Ell" Dalziel - Vocals
Ann "Honey" Lantree - Drums
Martin Murray replaced by Peter Pye - Rhythm Guitar
John Lantree - Bass
Alan Ward - Lead Guitar

BEST LINK:

The Honeycombs Official website

Love In Tokyo Goldfinger Japan PYE LL-822 Y Value: 80 €	Nice While It Lasted Once you Know Japan PYE LL-744 Y Value: 85 €	Petula Clark / Kenny Ball Anita Harris / Honeycombs: Have I The Right UK Piccadilly NEP 34100 Value: 10 € HITMAKERS	Santa Claus Is Backin' To Town Silent Night Holy Night Japan PYE LL-826 Y Value: 100 €
She's Too Way Out That's The Way Denmark PYE 7N 301 Value: 45 €	She's Too Way Out That's The Way Sweden PYE 7N 301 Value: 40 € BLUE SLEEVE	She's Too Way Out That's The Way Sweden PYE 7N 301 Value: 50 € RED SLEEVE	She's Too Way Out That's The Way Sweden PYE 7N 301 Value: 25 € YELLOW SLEEVE
She's Too Way Out / That's The Way Nice While It Lasted / Leslie Ann Norway PYE NEP 5040 Value: 80 €	She's Too Way Out / That's The Way Nice While It Lasted / Leslie Ann Sweden PYE NEP 5040 Value: 60 €	Something Better Beginning I'll See You Tomorrow Germany Vogue DV 14347 Value: 60 €	Something Better Beginning I'll See You Tomorrow Holland PYE 7N 15827 Value: 20 €
Something Better Beginning Me From You Japan PYE LL-789 Y Value: 75 €	Something Better Beginning I'll See You Tomorrow Norway PYE 7N 15827 Value: 50 €	Something Better Beginning If You've Got To Pick A Baby Sweden PYE Value: 70 €	Something Better Beginning / I'll See You Tomorrow That's The Way / Can't Get Through You Spain PYE PYEP 2079 Value: 55 €
That's The Way Can't Get Through You Holland PYE 7N 15890 Value: 15 € RED SLEEVE	That's The Way Can't Get Through You Holland PYE 7N 15890 Value: 15 € BROWN SLEEVE	That's The Way Colour Slide Japan PYE LL-710 Y Value: 50 €	That's The Way Have I The Right Japan PYE JP-427 Y Value: 25 € REISSUE
That's The Way The Foundations Japan PYE MA-86 Y Value: 10 € REISSUE	That's The Way She's Too Way Out Norway PYE 7N 301 Value: 25 €	That's The Way Colour Slide USA Interphon IN-7716 Value: 25 €	That's The Way / Colour Slide Have I The Right / I Want To Be Free Spain PYE Hispavox HPY 337-02 Value: 60 €
That's The Way / I Can't Stop Have I The Right / If You Should Japan PYE YSS-149-Y Value: 50 €	That's The Way / She's Too Way Out Colour Slide / This Too Shall Pass Away New Zealand PYE NEP 24230 Value: 35 €	That's The Way / She's Too Way Out Colour Slide / This Too Shall Pass Away UK PYE NEP 24230 Value: 25 €	The Kinks: You Really Got Me / The Shangri-La's: Remember Have I The Right / Tony Jackson: Bye Bye Baby UK PYE NEP 24214 Value: 25 € HITMAKERS
The Searchers Have I The Right Germany PYE Ariola 12244 AT Value: 20 € REISSUE	This Loving Feeling / Kind Of Girls It's So Hard / Have I The Right Israel Piccadilly 17101 Value: 50 €	This Year Next Year Not Sleeping Too Well Lately Holland PYE 7N 15979 Value: 30 €	Who Is Sylvia Who Will I Know Sweden PYE 7N 17059 Value: 55 €
You Should All Systems Go Japan PYE LL-901 Y Value: 100 €

This is page 2 of 2 pages.

<< FIRST PAGE < PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE > LAST PAGE >>

This page is part of www.7inchrecords.com