HW:OPAL BUTTERFLY - Tractor

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Tractor used to be 'The Way We Live' and while Ozit have poured forth a load
of Tractor title in the intervening years, the original Tractot self titled
album remains one of the legendary overlooked albums of the seventies - not
sure about a Hawk comparison, but their 'modus operandi' was really their
own and the ten minutes or so of 'Make The Journey' turned up real LOUD
still has the spine tingling.
Andy Gravelbadly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas, Guy" <Guy.Thomas at LONDON.ENTOIL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: HW:OPAL BUTTERFLY - Tractor


> Doug,
>
> Thanks for the Opel B posting.  Does anybody know if Robbie Milne, who was
> mentioned in the personnel line-up, is the same geezer who was in
"Tractor",
> circa 1972? There were two blokes in Tractor, Milne (I think) played
> everything except drums!
>
> The album, also called Tractor was re-issued back in 1984, with cover
notes
> by John Peel, who was instrumental in getting the band going originally on
> his See-for-Miles label.  In those sleeve notes he likened Tractor very
much
> to DoReMi era Hawwind! Good enough reason to buy the album!  It was
> re-issued again, on CD in 1991, with the previous LP on the same disc too.
> (I can't recall the previous name for the guys, or the name of the LP).
> Great music though!
>
> Regards to all and see you at Brixton. (I'll be wearing a fairly horrible
> red/white/black striped jumper!)
>
> Guy T.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug Pearson [mailto:ceres at SIRIUS.COM]
> > Sent: 11 October 2000 21:29
> > To:   BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: HW:OPAL BUTTERFLY
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:14:07 -0600, Mike Coleman
<deltawave at METRONET.COM>
> > wrote:
> > > my copy of "Groupie Girl" is german pic sleeve version....is this the
> > same
> > >as yours???
> >
> > Hi, Mike - my copy is a New Zealand (or maybe Australian) pressing (it
was
> > sent to me by Violet, the singer of Space Dust, after I sent her a copy
of
> > Half Japanese's '1/2 Gentlemen Not Beasts' triple-LP, which was the top
> > item on her "wants" list) without a pic sleeve.  I doubt that the music
is
> > any different from the German pressing you have (which is probably
higher
> > quality).
> >
> > >    think the value on this one is through the roof....also
> > >isn't there a 45 with "Mary Anne with the shaky hand"(giggles) or
> > >something???
> >
> > taken from:
> > http://www.borderlinebooks.com/uk6070s/tapestry.html
> > >Personnel:
> > >RICHARD BARDEY bs A
> > >TOM DOHERTY bs, gtr A
> > >SIMON KING drms A
> > >ALAN LOVE A
> > >ROBBIE MILNE A
> > >IAN 'LEMMY' KILMINSTER gtr, vcls
> > >RAY MAJOR gtr, vcls
> > >
> > >45s:
> > >Beautiful Biege/Speak Up (CBS 3576) 1968
> > >Mary Anne With The Shakey Hand/My Gration Or? (CBS 3921) 1969
> > >You're A Groupie Girl/Gigging Song (Polydor 2058 041) 1970
> > >
> > >Lemmy and Ray Major were not on the first two 45s. Lemmy was still
> > >with Sam Gopal from mid-1968 to mid-1969. The fact that after leaving
> > >Opal Butterfly he joined Hawkwind has made their singles collectable
> > >and sought-after (particularly the second one. The 'A' side of this
> > >was a Who cover.). Later still, he was in Motorhead. For the record
> > >Major was later with Hackensack and Mott The Hoople. Opal Butterfly
> > >appeared in the 'B' movie 'Groupie Girl' and have a track My Gration
> > >Or? on the Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks (CD).
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> >         -Doug
> >          ceres at sirius.com
> >