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Fabulous Echoes沒有在香港發片後﹐便專心在美國發展。1967年他們便在Warner Brothers旗下出版了一張 Live Recording專輯 The Fabulous Echoes Breakin’ It Up At Dukes! Recorded “Live”。

筆者很早期便在二手唱片店發現此專輯﹐當時覺得要七﹑八十元﹐比較昂貴﹐可是後來更多人發現這隊就是鑽石時期的 Fabulous Echoes 時 ﹐於是唱片就炒到數百元不等﹐幸好後來找到一張近乎全新的﹐才百多元。專輯中的歌曲﹐跟香港時期的風格不同﹐這張專輯除了數首是著名流行曲外﹐很多都是選自不同國家﹑語言的歌曲﹐而且夜總會的感覺較重。

隊員中缺了主音Cliff Foenander ﹐換來的是來自美國 Oklahoma的 Don Gay。記得一個80年代電台懷舊節目﹐提及Fabulous Echoes在美國發展時﹐曾被捲入桃色糾紛中﹐而且更被黑幫追殺﹐不知道隊員的更換是否跟此有關﹐而 Fabulous Echoes在 Liberty旗下也出版過一些單曲。

The Fabulous Echoes Breakin’ It Up At Dukes! Recorded “Live” (1967/Warner) Track List:
01 Day By Day
02 Guantanamera
03 One Paddle Two Paddle
04 Yu don’t Know Me
05 Cuando Calienta El Sol
06 Walk On The Wild Side
07 Mas Que Nada
08 Malagena Salerosa
09 What Now My Love
10 Quando Qunado Quando
11 Strangers In The Night
12 Travel n-Glory Glory Hallelujah


以下轉載自唱片封套的介紹﹕
It was fabulous, indeed, the way Honolulu took to THE FABULOUS ECHOES! The 'take' began when they first came from Hong Kong to Hawaii more than two years ago. Since then it has developed into a fantastic love-affair.
It was early this year at Duke Kahanamoku's where this album was recorded 'live,' that the romance actually happened. The city's pop music lovers really flipped over the Echoes in a big way; turning out in large numbers nightly to fill the Club largest in famed Waikiki Beach and home of Hawaii's great native-son entertainer, Don Ho.

This album gives an excellent insight into this exciting six-man unit, showing how versatile a group of performers they are. They can play almost anything, and play it good. . . from rock 'n roll, to sweet, danceable ballads, to pop hits from foreign countries (the boys sing in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Hebrew, and two Filipino dialects), to rhythm-and-blues and jazz.
From the moment they took the stage at Duke's for their first show, all the way through to their last number, the crowd was, with the Echoes all the way - as evidenced by the applause heaped on the boys from Hong Kong, number after number.

Tony Ruivivar, Jr., on lead guitar, and his brother Danny, on drums, are Filipino lads who were born and raised in Hong Kong. So, too, are Terry Lucido, piano, and Bert Sagum, percussion. Stan;Robertson, bass man, is a native of Scotland; he joined the group in Hong Kong. Don Gay, on organ, trumpet, clarinet, saxaphone, and trombone, is the only American in the group; he hails from Oklahoma. It is the rare combination of his instruments, blended with those of the other Echoes, which gives them such a fat, big band sound. In many of their imaginative arrangements, the use of their voices doubling their instruments, makes it hard to believe that they number only six!

This is a solid-sounding outfit. It's all here in this album, recorded exactly as they performed it at Duke's. I particularly like their versions of "MAS QUE NADA" and "GUANTANAMERA," not to mention "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE" and just about everything else they do. As a matter of fact, one of the most exciting things I've ever heard or seen was their rendition of "TRAVEL ON" and "GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH". They were closing one of their shows and dedicated it to any and all servicemen. Before the number was finished, every one in the huge room was on his feet, whistling and cheering until hoarse! It was electrifying. I hope you find it as memorable when you, too, hear it, as recorded that night.

It all adds up for fun listening. Take particular note of the enthusiastic applause the Echoes earn. It illustrates, better than anything we could say, the affection and esteem Honolulu holds for this young group of performers who are destined to become great stars!


Fabulous Echoes其後於1969年也改了樂團名稱﹐除了美國時期的隊員外加上Roberto Nievera 成為 Society Of Seven﹐簡稱SOS。雖然後來兩位成員Terry Lucido and Danny Ruivivar離世﹐3位只員Don Gay, Roberto Nievera and Stan Robertson離團尋求新發展﹐但是加入新成員的 SOS 卻維持了達30年的歷史。



更多關於Society Of Seven的資料﹕http://starbulletin.com/1999/03/12/features/story1.html

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