December 2006:

SEVENS - Sevens LP (FEATHERED APPLE)
Die SEVENS aus Basel stehen für eine der besten aber leider auch rarsten europäischen 60s Garage Alben. Originale in Mint Condition brachten schon bis zu $ 3000. 1965 aufgenommen und 1966 veröffentlicht, entghält das Album 9 großartige Songs der SEVENS, darunter poppige Garage Hits wie etwa "Be My Loving Baby" oder "What Can I Do", regelrechte Beat Punker wie "Talk About Her", lockere R&B Hits mit treibenden Beat wie "Why Don't You Love A Man Like Me", sowie mit "Panam" auch mal ein, mit wildem Orgelsound angereichertes, überdrehtes Instrumental. Dazu kommt eine extrem harte Version von "I'm Crying" der ANIMALS, das von THEM bekannte "I'm Gonna Dress In Black" in einer hervorragenden Version, sowie "Don't You Fret" von den KINKS. Musikalisch erinnern die SEVENS teilweise an die REMAINS, SHADOWS OF KNIGHT, YARDBIRDS und ganz frühe SEEDS, sind aber auf jeden Fall recht eigenstängig. Absolute Pflichtscheibe für jeden 60s Garage Fan! Offizielles Reissue von 2005 in absolut erstklassigem Sound und mit der exakten Nachbildung des gefalteten Pappcovers in durchsichtiger Plastikhülle. Kommt dazu mit großem s/w Poster auf dessen Rückseite sich Bandphotos, Flyers, Plakate und die ausführliche Bandgeschichte befinden.
-Incognito Records, Stuttgart, Germany




March 7. 2006: eBay listing

The Sevens - s/t (SWI., Feathered Apple FA 6507, '05)
Simple THEE best beat/garage LP from Europe in the 60s, hands down!! This is also reflected in its $2000+ price tag on an original copy!! Originally released on the Swiss Layola label in '65, this ROCKS from start to finish! The best thing (apart from the awesomely raw recording) is that it's mostly comprised of EXCELLENT original songs, with just a few covers thrown in (Animals' I'm Crying, Kinks' Don't You Fret etc) - dig the feedback freakout of Panam, the rockin' 12-string of Be My Loving Baby, the moody minor key gems You Should Know and What Can I Do!! FANTASTIC!!
This is the 2005 Feathered Apple release, the only band-sanctioned version of this landmark LP. This has been carefully mastered from a very clean copy of the original LP, so sound quality is TOPS!! Comes in full colour fold-over sleeve (like the original) with a large (A2) B & W poster, with full band history in English on the back. Very limited edition!
Comes in a self-seal clear polythene bag! THIS IS A VINYL RECORD, NOT A CD!!!
Mole, The Embrooks, U.K.

Please note: This LP now comes inside a thick and heavy plastic sleeve, like in the 60s!!




15.11.05 05:56:41 MEZ

The Sevens: Sevens CD (Switzerland, Sevens, 2005). This is a brand new, sealed, high quality CD reissue (not a CD-R or copy!) of this fantastic 1960s Continental beat gem, the fabulous one and only LP by "Sevens", the first time on CD. Sevens were the great white hope for the new race at the Dawn of '65 (The Spokesmen asked for Correction!). This is their entire mega hyper rare LP plus 45 cuts and unreleased demos - straight from the band's own archives!! Thanks to the Sevens for making this available - top '65-'66!! 21 great tracks! Don't miss this gem!
jukeboxphantom

Samstag, 15. Oktober 2005, 20.03-22.00 h SWISS RADIO DRS3

CH Special, Samstag, 15. Oktober 2005, 20.03-22.00 h, DRS3. CH Special Interview mit The Sevens

1965 erschien das Debut-Album der Basler Sixties-Band The Sevens, welches eben neu und zum ersten mal auf CD wiederveröffentlicht wurde – und bereits rund 2'000 mal verkauft wurde, erstaunlicherweise vor allem im Ausland. Sevens-Schlagzeuger Nando Gasparini und Gitarrist/Sänger Pino Gasparini sind im CH Special zu Gast.

Redaktion: Christoph Alispach/Moderation: Dominic Dillier

September 2005

Sevens - Sevens. LP, £14.00 (Feathered Apple - FA 6507)
We do not exaggerate if we say that The Sevens are some kind of a legend in the Garage rock panorama, not only in Switzerland, where their origins are, but even in the rest of the world where their 1965 self titled LP is a myth - very few people can claim to have seen this record. Originally released as a full length LP with 12 tracks, this reissue includes said 12 tracks and a massive fold out poster A must for all the garage rockers, this album will please anyone who is into the Rolling Stones , the Animals, Sonics, Downliners etc. So obscure that even Billy Childish hasn't heard it yet!!!
Freak Emphorium, U.K.

28. Sept. 2005

The Sevens – Same LP
Probably the best (certainly rarest) European 60s beat LP!!! From Switzerland, the Sevens charge thru 12 primitively recorded cuts, inc 9 dynamite originals, and 3 stonking covers (Animals' I'm Crying, Them's Gonna Dress In Black & Kinks' Don't You Fret). Every cut is a killer, from the 12-string jangle of Be My Loving Baby, the organ-led garage of Talk About Her, to the feedback-laden instro, Panam! These guys ruled!! They may not have had the sophistication of Les Sauterelles, but when it comes to hard-rockin' beat delivered in a wonderfully twisted accent, it don't get no better than this!
Mole, THE EMBROOKS, London, UK

Monday, September 05, 2005 10:37 AM

got your KOOL Sevens package today, looks WILD!!! Haven't heard the discs yet, but will spin later tonite. THANKS - !!!
Peter Markmann, Australia

2. August 2005

Telebar TV show with Pino Gasparini
Interview with Pino to promote (for the very first time) the official Sevens LP and CD on the local Basel TV show Telebar!

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:59 PM

The Sevens
falls nicht schon selbt entdeckt:
in der neuesten ausgabe des "migros magazin" !!! auf dem titelbild Michel Bovay als Zen Meister inkl. Bezug zu den Sevens !!
Andy Wunderlin

Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:40 AM

Shindig reviews are now up inc Sevens review.
Paul
http://www.shindig-magazine.com/reviews.html

Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:51 AM

The Sevens: s/t LP (Switzerland, Feathered Apple, 2005).
Just issued, licensed from band and an exact reissue (in true stereo) of this rarest of Continental beat artifacts, originally issued on Layola in '66. This reproduction has great sound, comes in a thin fold over sleeve just like the originals did, plus comes with a cool poster. The sound matches the original as closely as possible. Nice job.
Karl Ikola, Anopheles Records, San Francisco

Monday, July 11, 2005 11:27 PM

Thanks for the records...Went to the PO Box this morning and got them. Wow! is all I can say... this is just amazing. The music, the sound, the way it looks and the INCREDIBLY COOL poster...all in all it's just a great freakin' rock and Roll item. Congratulations! I just love it! I mean it...It's really great and it's too bad reissues or records in general are not released like this anymore...A labour of love...11 out of ten!
Enric Bosser, Penniman Records, Barcelona, Spain

Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:13 PM

THE SEVENS
The Sevens (Feathered Apple Records, LP)
So you head off to record a couple of tracks for a local compilation album which you hope to have finished by lunch time, and you come out of the studio at 3.00am the following morning having recorded a whole album – and mostly first takes at that! Such is the case with Swiss beat band The Sevens. In 1965 the Layola label wanted to compile an LP of Basel bands, the Sevens amongst them. The studio was the back room of the Landgastof Riehen restaurant in Lucern. Pitt Linder, a Swiss engineer and sound equipment constructor recorded the sessions including the resultant Sevens LP. The band themselves were reportedly not too happy with it. They felt the original recordings sounded better than they did on the album and that the feedback and distortion they achieved in the studio had been erased and even some bass parts are thought to be missing that were recorded! Minus this and plus forty years in passing to reassess it by, and this edition of the Sevens album is probably the best sounding and certainly the most lovingly packaged ever. The LP comes in a great wrap-around repro colour sleeve and a huge foldout insert which features a b/w poster of the band on one side and great b/w pics and a full history of the band on the other. Given the spit and chewing gum approach that the original album was recorded with, the Feathered Apple reissue has done a good job in sound restoration. Sevens tracks are ubiquitous to garage comp collectors; ‘The Love of A Bird’, What Can I Do’, ‘In God I Trust’ and the freak beat instro (which probably was even more so before it got tamed for vinyl) that is ‘Pan Am’ (improvised in the studio for the album) are all here and make this LP more than a the sum of its parts. It would be quite easy, superficially, to just hear it as another bunch of beat wannabes, but with the care and attention to detail that this has received as a complete package, you get the history and the context lacking in other reissue editions of the album. This makes you hear it with fresh ears and lets you catch some of that youthful enthusiasm that fuelled the beat scene in so many towns and cities around the world at the time. Great beat permeates the album’s twelve tracks, nine of them group compositions. If you’ve been contemplating buying a vinyl edition of the Sevens album, here’s the one to get.
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/featheredapple/
Paul Martin, Shindig! Magazine, U.K.

Saturday, July 09, 2005 7:08 PM

The Sevens LP is indeed a classic! Thanks for re-pressing! Brilliant job!

Todd Mayberry, U.S.A.

Friday, July 08, 2005 4:25 AM

Listening to it now. It's a great LP with alot of Garage/Beat mixed in to it. I love the songs with the heavy organ sound. Thats what its all about for myself. I love "Panam" , "In God I trust" is a killer track and the best song on the LP. "I'm Crying" is a great garage cover classic.

Joseph Shafir, Canada

Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:32 PM

The Sevens LP looks & sounds amazing....an absolutely UN-feathered object and in my opinion your best release...so go on...and why not putting out the unreleased tracks ??

Gipe Dohy, Paris, France

July 2005

Und hier noch die Top Ten Liste von Klang und Kleid. Aufgesetzt von Ekke! Viel Spass beim Durchwühlen!

1 SEVENS (Feathered Apple)
The Sevens - LP

2 VARIOUS ARTISTS (Norton)
Shake It Up And Move - LP

3 ROBERT JAY (Voxpop)
Alcohol - 7 inch (Single)

4 KING AUTOMATIC (Voodoo Rhythm)
Automatic Ray - LP

5 SOUP GREENS (Misty Lane)
That's Too Bad - CD

6 VARIOUS ARTISTS (B-Sharp)
Lost Illusions Vol. 1 - LP

7 A-LINES (SFTRI (Sympathy))
You Can Touch - LP

8 VARIOUS ARTISTS (Vinyl)
Jump And Shout! - LP

9 A-BONES (Norton)
Daddy Wants A Cold Beer - Doppel-CD

10 REATARDS ()
Monster Child - 7 inch (Single)

July 2005

THE SEVENS - Same LP
Feathered Apple Records
Let me tell you the truth: This platter in glorious black vinyl is one of thee 6t's reissues of the year! Originals of this album, which was released in 1966, fetch up to Dollar 3000 in near mint condition, so what about getting one of these babes? THE SEVENS hailed from Basel, Switzerland, and recorded some of the best Beat Ravers ever! "I'm crying", what a song! Scorching guitars, a manic organ and a way cool singer, an instant classic! The album contains a well mixed tracklist of frantic Beat & some really haunting ballads! This damn thing contains no less but 9 killer original-songs & 3 wild covers of choice ANIMALS, THEM and KINKS tracks! This reissue is absolutely legal & pressed with license of the band. The sound quality on this STEREO LP is FABULOUS AUTHENTIC and blows the inferior Akarma release out of the water....some say it even sounds better then the original LP! Here's some of the last copies of the first 400er pressing including a huge poster! File next to LOS MOCKERS, SHADOWS OF KNIGHT, your fave record!

Lutz/Soundflat Records, Germany

Friday, July 01, 2005 11:30 AM

Du hast wirklich ganze Arbeit geleistet. Es freut mich für Dich, dass die LP so gut ankommt. Mich freut es natürlich auch. Ich danke Dir auch, dass Du mich auf dem Laufenden hältst, was da noch alles mit den Sevens läuft.
Michel Bovay, The Sevens

Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:56 AM

I think this is very funny! Especially reason number 2!

Top Ten Reasons Record Collectors Can't Get A Date

10 - Dinner & a Movie might interfere with the ending of an ebay auction.

9 - Your idea of Sex is on the Trans-Canada label

8 - You can't find a girl who wants to go to the All Captain Beefhart Karaoke Night

7 - Most women know it's a thin line between Psych and Psycho

6 - You play The Moving Gelatine Plates as "mood" music

5 - Your constant talk of 12" scares most women off

4 - Your loyalty to vinyl includes Betsy the Blow Up Doll

3 - You're afraid Mom might get jealous

2 - You're guilty of the bigeest turn-off to women known to man....you own a bootleg copy of The Seven's LP.

And the #1 reason Record Collector's Can't Get A Date....... You can't find a woman in true Mint- condition!!!!
Rich Haupt, Rockadelic Records, Texas
posted by Aimee Wood, Michigan

Monday, June 27, 2005 6:33 PM

THE SEVENS "S/T" (Feathered Apple) LP
Beautiful package, great sound and comes with a A2-size poster. This is the first official reissue of the best and rarest Swiss 60s beat, garage album. The ultrarare original LP by this legendary group from Basel, Switzerland, was recorded in 1965 and issued in 1966. This is the first pressing of 400 numbered copies. Tracks: Be My Loving Baby/ I´m Crying/ I´m Gonna Dress In Black/ Talk About Her/ The Love Of A Bird/ Why Don´t You Love A Man Like Me/ Panam/ Pretty Little Angel/ What Can I Do/ You Should Know/ In God I Trust/ Don´t You Fret.
Crypt Records

19. Juni 2005

The Sevens – Same LP
Feathered Apple Records
27. Mai 2005, es ist kurz vor 09.00 Uhr, als unser Postbote draussen klingelt. Ich habe heute frei und erwarte ihn bereits, das heisst, eigentlich erwarte ich nicht ihn, sondern das Paket, das er dabei hat. Ja, und dann habe ich diese Platte wenig später in meinen Händen. 30 Jahre (!) Plattensammeln, von Vinyl bis CD, von Singles bis DVD, alles liegt bei mir Zuhause rum.
30 Jahre, in denen ich auf diese Platte gewartet habe. Sie war immer die Nummer 1 bei mir auf der Suchliste, allerdings auch mehr Legende, als dass ich tatsächlich noch damit gerechnet hätte, dieses Stück Vinyl selber in den Händen zu halten. Von was spreche ich: The Sevens waren eine der vielen Schweizer Beatbands, die in den 60’s versuchten am Stuhlbein der Beatles oder Rolling Stones (für die sie am berühmten Zürcher Krawallkonzert 1967 eröffnen durften) zu rütteln. Am 01. August 1965 wurde diese Beatplatte im hinteren Teil des Landgasthofes in Riehen/Basel aufgenommen und beim Label Layola herausgegeben. Diese Platte gilt seitdem als beste Schweizer, wenn nicht sogar als beste europäische Langspielplatte im Bereich Beat. Im Original nur noch, wenn überhaupt mal angeboten, zu astronomischen Preisen zu erhalten. Bootleg davon gab es schon einige, direkt von irgend einem schlechten Band gezogen. Diese Wiederveröffentlichung nun ist die erste Offizielle und von der gesamten Band abgesegnet. Das Basler Sammlerlabel Feathered Apple hat hier ganze Arbeit geleistet, im Inlay kann man die ganze Geschichte der Band nochmals nachlesen, die Aufnahmen sind in sehr gutem Sound gehalten und kommen absolut frisch aus den Boxen. Musikalisch spielen, sorry spielten die Sevens den harten schnellen Beat und galten gar als die SEEDS Europas. 9 eigene Kompositionen und 3 Covers (Animals, Kinks). Wer sich mal eine besondere Freude machen möchte sei dieses liebevolle Wiederveröffentlichung ans Herz gelegt. Kommt natürlich nur auf Vinyl. Wenns interessiert, meine neue Nummer 1 auf der Suchliste ist nun die erste und einzige CD der US Band Teen Machine „After School Special“ von 2001. Möchte aber nicht wieder 30 Jahre warten.

Andi Wunderlin, Moloko Plus

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:14 PM

Many thanks for the Sevens LP which arrived today via Lenny Helsing (please say hi and thanks from me, I don't have his e.mail address, we were both original Shindig e.group members). It looks like a very nice job, I will enjoy reading the huge insert! The Shindig review will probably just feature the front sleeve as far as pictures go as the site gets pushed for space (and time to form everything up) but I will write a substantial review as there is a lot to draw on in the liners anyway.
Paul Martin, Shindig

Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:29 PM

WOWWWWWWWWWWW this really is a great release of The Sevens, they will be proud of you I am sure...the cover looks stunning, and what can I say about the insert, just fabulous!!!!!!! Some real great pics, and of course the story, hope my editing went some way to help you achieve what you hoped for. I just played the LP and it also sounds JUST GRRRRRRRRRREAT! Hey, how come all the track credits are changed, was it all wrong originally - you may have said something to me while we were working on the story, and if so, I apologise, I must've forgotten. Cos even on the original single version of In God I Trust it just says Boway, but now on your great release it just says Aebischer. How did you manage to get the correct credit...and make it stick with the legal performing/mechanical royalties team...cos these things are notoriously difficult to re-instate once a name has been used for this number of years...wrongly!
Lenny Helsing, The Thanes, Scotland

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:39 PM

Best Reissue of The Decade
Aimee Wood, Michigan

Sunday, June 05, 2005 12:51 PM

Die Sevens sieht ganz toll aus! Und die Mods 7" auch! Gehört habe ich bisher nur die Singles. Sehr schön! Guter Sound und prima Songs. Die Splitsingle der Chesterfield Kings / Lyres gefällt mir ebenfalls. Das Geld ist auch unterwegs. Review wird noch ein bisschen dauern, da ich ziemlich viel zu tun habe. Und ich möchte die Platten schon richtig würdigen.
Mike Korbik, Twang-Tone, Berlin

Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:37 AM

AMAZING, THE SOUND IS NOW FANTASTIC, VOICES ARE SO CLEAR
YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD WORK, POSTERS, STORY COOLLLL
Oktay Guerbuz

Friday, June 03, 2005 12:16 PM

The SEVENS LPs have splashed down here and I must say that you did a FANTASTIC job on it - man, does this LP sound cool! I immediately put the LP up on my website (incl. my praise!), hopefully some people will grab it fast.
Hope you'll be in Rotterdam....The Sevens LP will make Monoman climb down!
Erik Meinen, Beat Behind The Dykes

Friday, June 03, 2005 11:22 AM

SEVENS: S/T (Feathered Apple)
First OFFICIAL re-release of this top notch Swiss 60's beat/garage album! Limited to 400 numbered copies. Comes with large A2-size poster inside with The Sevens story told on the photo-backed back. The sound quality on this STEREO LP is FABULOUS AUTHENTIC and blows the inferior Akarma release out of the water....some say it even sounds better then the original LP (released on Layola in 1966 and one of the rarest Euro 60's beat albums!). After the amazing Dr. Spec's Crypt 45, here's another release that sets new standards for VINYL SOUND REPRODUCTION! Incl. "Be my loving baby", "Talk about her", "Panam", "In God I trust", "Don't you fret" etc.
Erik Meinen, Beat Behind The Dykes

Friday, June 03, 2005 2:17 AM

I got the Seven package yesterday. Looks and sounds fantastic! And thanks for putting my name in the credits -- an honour for me!
Mike Stax, Ugly Things magazine, The Loons

Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:16 PM

Reissue sieht super aus und tönt auch so, das Poster ist auch ein Hammer. Gratulation!
Sam Mumenthaler, Beat-Pop-Protest, Bern

Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:51 PM

DANKE FÜR DIE SCHNELLE ZUSENDUNG DER LP´S, SIND BESTENS GELUNGEN! KANNST DU MIR NOCH WENIGSTENS 2 EXEMPLRE FÜR BEKANNTE ZURÜCKSTELLEN? VIELLEICHT WERDEN NOCH MEHR DRAUS.
Ulrich Kessenbrock, Deutschland

Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:06 PM

I'm glad that you did a proper job on the Sevens and it is something that you are proud of. That is the most important thing. It's an added bonus when the guys in the band are thrilled with the results. We're always thrilled with that. I'm sure that this record will be considered a classic for many years to come.
Billy Miller, Kicks Magazine, Norton Records, New York City/font>

Monday, March 21, 2005 11:05 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lenny Helsing, The Thanes, Scotland, U.K.