#the abdabs

[bandcampsnoop]

9/22/24.

Guerssen Records (Spain) has uncovered another gem - Keith Noble "Mr. Compromise". Originally issued as a demo in 1970, Noble clearly is of the psych/folk/pop tradition.

I immediately thought of The Kinks, and The Byrds. The Bandcamp page also mentions The Incredible String Band and Al Stewart. And if this is up your alley, check out The Optic Nerve - a 1980s band that plied this sound admirably (also reissued recently by Guerssen).

Noble was a member of early pre-Pink Floyd bands Sigma 6 / The Abdabs .

[mamazano]

The Abdabs

Formed in early 1960’s as Sigma Six, then the T-Set, The Screaming Abdabs and then the  Abdabs – & eventually morphed into  Pink Floyd – Members included at one time or another:

Rick Wright – Keyboards Formerly with The Sigma 6 (64) – Pink Floyd Roger Waters – Bass Formerly with Geoff Mott & The Mottoes (62); then The Sigma 6 (64); next Leonard’s Lodgers (64)  Pink Floyd Nick Mason – Drums Formerly with  Leonard’s Lodgers (64) Syd Barrett – Guitar Formerly with The Hollerin’ Blues (62); then with Geoff Mott & The Mottoes (62); next Those Without (63); next Leonard’s Lodgers (64);  Departed 1968 – Pink Floyd–; Later on with The Stars (72) Bob Klose – Guitar Formerly with Blues Anonymous (61);  next Leonard’s Lodgers (64); Departed 1965 Chris Dennis – Vocals Formerly with The Redcaps; departed 1965 Dave Gilmour – Guitar Arrived 1968; formerly with The Newcomers (61); then to The Ramblers (63); next The Joker’s Wild (63-67); then Bullitt (67) – Pink Floyd