Roger Chapman and FAMILY 1969
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2007
- Roger Chapman and Jim King, playing "dim".
Shortly after this performance, Chapman..threw King out of the band,that was Jim kings in the first place..something Jim NEVER got over. 
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I saw Family many times. In their first two years they were the BEST live group. They were never as good after Jim King left.
Ah, I lived in Chelsea awhile, Notting Hill too, nowhere also. Seen the Family at the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park gig, excellent performance it was, so hurray for Roger Chapman.
One of the most interesting and unique groups ever.
Jim King has lived in Macclesfield for well over a decade. We occasionally speak when we see each other: he used to lodge here with my OH, about 12+ years ago.
My OH saw Jim a few months ago, telling him I'd bought a couple of Family CDs from Amazon. He wasn't impressed, prefering to forget Family - he says he's more into classical now and composing his own music. He's rather quiet and reclusive, I think his early 'habits' took theor toll on him.
what a christmas pressie. just as well i wasn't around in the early 70s. whenever i hear this masterpiece i start dancing (badly) in a very camp, bowieish way...god this is cool..
Sad to hear of Jim King- RIP -
still love Family Entertaiment ! a class album which stands the teset of time.
Outstanding!!
Thank you Mr dretety!
more wonders from the world's most forgotten rock band. thanks dretety.
can't stop playing this clip. what a groove it has.
just occured to me that the next best vibrato vocalist after chapman is probably michael stipe.
i suppose the two share a certain virtuosity, wouldn't you all agree?
I heard Roger Chapman on the Adventurers. For decades I wondered who it was singing. Now I've found out and I'm so fookin' happy.
Anyone listening to this track 2021 ?
Sorry but does 2024 count?
there aren't too much great singers like Chappo is my man!!!!
Just a note to all Jim King fans: Sorry to say he passed away on 6th February 2012 in Middlewich and was cremated in Crewe crematorium on 28th March 2012. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
simply good stuff,nice tune and in a perfect snitt for them days
the Family band is great,so as well their frontman.....
40 years later inbetween since , still no equivalent showed up...
In a way it makes me wonder.....
thanks for information.
This is what the group FAMILY were all about, this THE best line up features the great Jim King, comments please...
I heard them, Roskilde 1972, great!
thanks mate
They were a brilliant group ! But then they just faded .
@lifereguard nice comment, we were in the same world, as you say, fond memories. only a diferent part of the country. cheers.
Of course Dim is still available on CD on the awesome Family entertainment album which has is stillin print. The track also plays over the credits with footage from the Family Music from the Vaults DVD. Funny when they call Family a forgotten band, not a month has gone by in 35 years that I haven't played a few tunes of theirs !
Wish there were more videos of Jim King with Family. The only ones I've seen are this one and 'Me My Friend' from 68.
the albert hall concert had jazz sax master tubby hayes play the sax solo spot on old songs new songs.
Hey man glad you like it, thanks for your comment.
thats sad news, hope Jim finds the peace he deserves...
Japlick.. i watched this many times and i never spotted that.... i feel silly now...
It's not too clear from the quality of this upload, but this "video" (in the technical sense) was made in an unusual way. It was shot with the backing track played at half speed, and they mimed to it at half speed. Then the recording was sped up to double speed, bringing the music back to normal speed but the motion at double speed. That's why their movements look rather uncanny and it's how the vision mixer was able to keep up with all the fast shot cuts.
It wasn't possible to vary videotape speed in those days, so it was done using an Action Replay machine (as used in sports programmes).
hi yes........the songs on the streetwalkers red card album....great album should be able to check it out on strretwalkers website....hope you get a listen .
@dretety I also heard this. King apparently became unreliable, not showing up for studio session etc. It is sad because he was just great with the band, especially his sax playing on Songs like Weaver's Answer and A Song for Me. With King there was no one to beat Family live. He read somewhere he is still around and living in Cheshire and still playing music.
DIM it's in the title upload.
@retroperitoneal its on cd called vicous but fare 1977
Chapman's voice and Family in general are an acquired taste. I didn't like them at first either. But when you "get them", it's really cool stuff.
strange Chocolate Kings brought me there.
Would be wonderful to hear the whereabouts of Mr. J. King. As well has anyoner heard any recent news of Charlie Whitney?
Sadly Jim King died in 2012 - see post above. Charlie Whitney lives on the island of Lesbos in Greece.
There were rumors of too heavy involvement in drugs, as was the alleged reason for Davy O'List's departure from the Nice and Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd, I agree King added a unique quality to the band, but I was quite satisfied with what Poli Palmer brought as well.
How 'bout that guy from Pavlov's Dog, David Surkamp? Interesting vibrato there
p.s.any idea when Jim King left Family?
I was lucky enough to see them 4 times in Edinburgh - and was stunned by their
performances =- and gifted musicianship
I have a recording of them playing in Edinburgh, Christmas of 1972 I think - a tremendous performance.
Can someone PLEASE upload 'Riot on the Western Front'?!!!!!
"It's from Family Entertainment Stinky. Some consider it their best album, some Music In A Doll's House, but I prefer the later, more sophisticated stuff like Bandstand and It's Only a Movie. "
]I always felt that Music in a dolls house was their most acid record the others are stronger on straight blues. In fact it took me years to appreciate the other records which have some great moments.
Same here Burger (11 years ago!) - I felt they became a brilliant, if more mainstream, band with those last two albums. With the exception of the instrumental on "Movie" there's not a wrong step on either. I do love the early albums, but they are more acid-folk/prog influenced than balls-out rock and roll like Broken Nose or Check Out. Much as I love Poli (and Bolero Babe on Bandstand, with his amazing prog keyboards, is in my top three Family songs), Tony Ashton brought something different, a boozy but technically wonderful persona.
i think it's called DIM , if i'm wrong someone tell me =P.
what's this track called - it's brilliant.
Again, another song where the normally annoying Chappo vibrato is employed really tastefully. Good song, good performance. Good stuff.
i have much of his latter day stuff, for a price.
King had a lot of troubles with his mind, he was quite unwell and was asked to leave for the good of the band.
I actually think they got better-tighter musically and more willing to take risks-when Palmer and Weider (later Wetton) joined, The only Family album I did not like all that much was "It's Only a Movie". I thought they were just a brilliant band throughout almost their entire career.
I thought all the Family albums (except It's Only a Movie) were phenomenal, whereas Movie was showing wear and tear--Cregan and Ashton, though good, were not as good as who they replaced, and the band was not as creative.
Unerreicht.