“Wanted: Dead Or Alive” / “One Day” (Living Legend LL-723) November 1965
The Rogues | Wanted: Dead Or Alive | Living Legend | 1965 | This was an early Michael Lloyd and Shaun Harris outfit. Those two of course would eventually form The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. But it’s still 1965 on this record and they’re probably just messing about in the studio under the supervision of Living Legend Records owner Kim Fowley.
’Wanted: Dead Or Alive’ is the best ’Hey Joe’ re-write you’ll ever hear. It’s killer from start to finish and of course pure Hollywood, Sunset Strip. The flip ’One Day’ is another folk rock gem but this tune is moody and fragile.
Tom, a regular reader of my blog sent me the following information about The Rogues.
Hello Colin: I remembered seeing something about this tune . . . and had to search it out. Its in The Trash Box (box CD set) on Hit Records. Cd #1 / cut 18. In the booklet the set comes with . . . Wanted Dead Or Alive, there’s a story behind the tune . . . quote . . . This amazing, slow re-write of ”Hey Joe” features some rather well known names behind its nondescript moniker.
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