Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4-14-09 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

I am a late-comer to the S.A.H.B., as they are also known.

7" AMOS MOSES / SATCHEL AND THE SCALP HUNTER MOUNTAIN UK TOP 19

1976 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

7" BOSTON TEA PARTY / SULTAN'S CHOICE MOUNTAIN UK TOP 12

1976 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

LP FOUR PLAY (without Alex) MOUNTAIN UK TOPC 5006

1977 8 TRKS

CDx2 FRAMED / NEXT… MERCURY UK 586696.2

1973 16 TRKS ('02 issue)

LP IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, THE VERTIGO US VEL-2000

1974 10 TRKS

CDx2 IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, THE / TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME MERCURY UK 586697.2

1974/5 20 TRKS ('02 issue)

LP LIVE ATLANTIC US SD 18148

1975 7 TRKS Live

CDx2 LIVE / PENTHOUSE TAPES, THE MERCURY UK 586698.2

1975/8 17 TRKS ('02 issue)

LP NEXT… VERTIGO DE 6360 103

1974? 7 TRKS

LP ROCK DRILL MOUNTAIN UK TOPS 114

1978 9 TRKS Original UK issue

LP S.A.H.B. STORIES MOUNTAIN UK TOPS 112

1976 8 TRKS Original UK issue

CDx2 S.A.H.B. STORIES / ROCK DRILL MERCURY UK 586699.2

1976/8 17 TRKS ('02 issue)

7" SERGEANT FURY / TOMAHAWK KID VERTIGO US VE-200

1974 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

7" SWAMPSNAKE / GANG BANG VERTIGO US VE-113

1973 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

LP TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME VERTIGO US VEL-2004

1975 10 TRKS

I think that I first heard of the S.A.H.B. when my brother lived in Germany in the early 70’s – he wrote and told me that he had seen them, and that it was a really good show. For certain, the first record I ever heard by the S.A.H.B. was the “S.A.H.B. Stories” LP, particularly Side 2 – by that time, I was already working in my first hippie record store job.

30+ years hence, I am sorry I was too young to have seen them when they played L.A. – friends of mine saw them, and have described it as “quite a show”. Of course, I was also a fan of the Tear Gas LP, and they are the band that essentially became the S.A.H.B. (with the addition of Alex Harvey).

Alas, too young. If I was only a few years older, I would’ve seen the S.A.H.B. and Streetwalkers and…and…and…can’t really sit around all day thinking about which bands I missed when they all came to L.A. to play live.

That said, I got to see Magazine, Ultravox (with John Foxx), Athletico Spizz 80, Rachel Sweet, The Stranglers, XTC, John Otway, John Cale et al. I must be happy about ‘my time’, the stuff I did get to see. But I do still lament that I was too young for the S.A.H.B.! Anyway, I was busy listening to German music when they were happening.