#19: Hermania
First aired March 19, 2007, episode #19 of Andrew Sandoval’s “Come To The Sunshine” features more than two hours of Manchester’s finest, Herman’s Hermits (Peter, Barry, Lek, Keith & Karl). Our host spins the cream of the crop of the Hermits’ recorded legacy: an album spotlight on their 1967 masterwork BLAZE (in MONO no less); a peek at their unissued covers album from ’68 (anyone for the Hermits’ rockin’ spin on “Rock And Roll Woman” – we kid you not); plus loads or rare and unusually wonderful tracks.
Make no mistake: it may be two of the best, least pretentious hours of music you’ll hear all year.
Meet me under the whale at the Natural History Museum.