THE KNACK
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The Knack. Those who have heard them are intrigued. Those who haven't heard them invariably confuse them with the like-named '80's "My Sharona" group. Either way, the Knack we're
interested in was a polished '60's pop combo whose music is worthy of much greater investigation.
The original, ‘60’s Sunset Strip era Knack was formed in 1965 at Hollywood High by Michael Chain. Chain was the group’s primary lead singer as well as songwriter. While he wrote with
both Gould and Cochran he had a hand in all the band’s original songs. The band was originally named The InMates but after a Shindig road show changed their
moniker to The Knack. The Knack performed major concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, Palladium, Melodyland, and Carousel and appeared at all the major clubs on the Strip: The Hullabaloo,
Whiskey-A-Go-Go, the Galaxy, the Trip, the Crescendo, Gazzarri’s, It’s Boss, the Cheetah, the Cherokee, the Sea Witch, and others. According to Chain, The Knack were “mods, not rockers”
and practiced “finesse, not noise.” Their manager, Abe, arranged for Nick Venet, The Beach Boys producer, to come to a club
to see the group perform live. Venet later brought Capitol, leading to the Knack’s signing with the very prestigious label. While all the Knack released songs are excellent,
“Time Waits For No One” is the only one that had any national success. Frank Zappa played the piano on "Softly Softly".
Dink Kaplan's older brother was the lead guitarist for The Mothers of Invention and this association led to Zappa's contribution.
Unfortunately, in 1969, the band broke up. Chain would shortly thereafter form Pinkiny Canandy and record for Uni Records. He is currently touring with his new band (having recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan).
( text: www.60sgaragebands.com/biosessays/knack.html )
MEMBERS:
Michael Chain
Dink Kaplan replaced by Bobby Cochran
Ken Meyers replaced by Pug Baker
Larry Gould
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I'm Aware / Time Waits For No One
The Spell / Softly Softly
France
Capitol EAP 120923
Value: 50 €
Pretty Daisy
Banana Man
Germany
Capitol K 23 554
Value: 35 €
Softly Softly
The Spell
Germany
Capitol K 23 516
Value: 35 €
Softly Softly
The Spell
Japan
Capitol CR-1792
Value: 60 €
Time Waits For No One
I'm Aware
Germany
Capitol K 23 478
Value: 30 €
Time Waits For No One
I'm Aware
Japan
Capitol CR-1721
Value: 35 €
Time Waits For No One
I'm Aware
USA
Capitol 5774
Value: 30 €
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