01.26 vinyl podcast - Colonel Bagshot
On this show, I play a track called “Six Day War” by a British group called Colonel Bagshot, recorded for the Cadet Concept label in 1971. Cadet Concept was an imprint of the Chess and Cadet label created by Marshall Chess, son of Leonard Chess and nephew of Phil Chess, the founders of the label. Leonard and Phil had done well with Jazz, Blues and Soul records, but Marshall was young and was interested in Rock and Roll and Psychedelia, and Cadet Concept was his pet label for high concept projects like Rotary Connection.
I wasn’t really able to find any information about Colonel Bagshot, other than that they were from Liverpool. This track is a spare and haunting retelling of the march to war. You might recognize this from a track called “Six Days” on Dj Shadow’s album The Private Press, which samples large chunks of the Colonel Bagshot song.
The Six Day War, also known as the June War, was fought in 1967 between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria. This was the war which put the Gaza Strip and West Bank under Israeli control. In rhetoric about the situation in Israel and Palestine, there tends to be a lot of talk about pre- and post-1967 borders, which refer to the borders before and after this war.
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March 9th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
Amazing!!! Thanks
May 20th, 2005 at 10:44 am
awesome, thanks!
June 7th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
I know the personnel of Colonel Bagshot…….Kenny Parry,Brian farrell,Dave Dover & Terry McCusker…They recorded in England for Parlophone (Beatles british label) and later Polydor.
They were produced by Allan Clarke of the Hollies (featuring Graham Nash) and were managed by Chas Chandler (who also managed Jimi Hendrix)
they changed their name to “Bunny” after lead singer Brian Farrell went solo
and they also were members of Eric Burdon’s Barrell for a spell before touring Europe supporting 70’s british superstars “Slade”
Three members of the group still play together in an amazing country band called “Hambone” and are still recording on their own label.
July 6th, 2005 at 5:35 am
he, a lot of thanks, i´m searching for the original singer of this great DJ Shadow mix for a long time :D
October 11th, 2005 at 9:27 am
I can put you in touch with the band if req
December 19th, 2005 at 2:39 pm
Hi, I wrote that track “6 days” that D.J.Shadow recorded , and 3 of Colonel Bagshot , still play together in a band called “Hambone” , site hambone.biz.
December 30th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
i go to see brien and kenny at a place called the british legion in rose lane liverpol on a wed they are very talented and we have a lot of fun with them they are wasted there and should move around more, i hope in the future they will think about this as they would be enjoyed by most people,
January 22nd, 2006 at 11:41 am
Glad to finally hear this track in its entirety. Kenny Parry is an amazing vocalist and all round musician.
February 13th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
have liked this for years where cab i find a copy of it i really need to have it