In this episode of Vinyl Vibes, Jack is joined by Andy Anderson, lead singer of The Missing Links. Andy grew up during the '50s and early '60s in New Zealand. He was exposed to rock and roll for the first time when he heard Little Richard's "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" over the radio. He would soon start playing drums and playing in various local bands such as being the drummer for The Corvairs. During his teenage years he was greatly impacted by The Beatles. Andy would get to see the fab-four live on their 1964 world tour when they played Wellington Town Hall in June of that year.  Soon after Andy would travel via plane to Sydney Australia. In 1965 he would join a band called the Missing Links in what would become their second lineup. The band would sign to Philips Records and release their first single "You're Drivin' Me Insane" in August 1965. The single was hard-hitting and ahead of its time as It was released before fellow hard-hitting groups such as The Who and The Troggs had conquered the music world. The singles  "Wild About You" and "H'tuom Tuhs" would follow in September and October respectively. Their sought after self-titled album recorded without a producer in a cramp studio would come out in December 1965. Before their break up in August 1966 the band would release an EP called Links Unchained in April 1966.  Andy remained in music for sometime after the break up of the band but would undertake a successful acting career soon after. He has since returned to music and on Half a Cow Records released his latest album, Andersongs, in 2017. "The second show...you had the seats behind the Beatles...and Ringo Starr, I was right behind him literally like three steps and I knew he had been sick, he couldn't do some of the shows in Sydney and I'm siting there going 'fall off that stool, yes fall out of that stool, I know your songs just fall off that stool" ha ha...they were just an amazing band" - Andy Anderson on this episode of Vinyl Vibes talking about seeing the Beatles' 23 June 1964 concert at Wellington Town Hall Episode Hosted and Produced by Jack Hodgins To hear the full on-demand version of this program, go to https://www.2nurfm.com.au/shows/vinyl-vibes The website for Vinyl Vibes.  If you like this content, we'd love to hear from you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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