"They did (The Spotnicks) a lot of stuff which I was struggling to play, and then I discovered that they were speeding up the tapes to be able to play that fast!... The Sputniks used to do this incredibly fast stuff like "Orange Blossom Special", and we used to really kill ourselves - make our fingers bleed - trying to play it. That's where I learned technique, really." - Brian May
Brilliant playing for 1963 ! - they were well named as their playing was
"Out of this World" - many happy memories. Thanks to pacobeat63 for sharing !!!
I love the Spotnicks and would like to thank for this post.
We have also nice electric guitar player, his name is Nobuhiro Mine, who is still actively playing now. He is using the same loud speaker JBL D130, Bo Winberg also uses same one.
Please fined some nice videos by the keyword "Nobuhiro MIne", and you can enjoy a tune "Karelia", the Spotnicks played it about 40 years ago.
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Dont get fooled folks, This has been recorded at slower speed on tape then at back to normal speed it sounds sparkling and clean and awesome.. Look for Les Paul guitar technics then you'll understand..
Yes, it's true, the lead guitar by Bo Vinberg was recorded half-speed. But I must add that in 1966, back in Budapest, Hungary, in my first band called Syconor, our lead guitarist, Tamás Barta, at his age of 18, played Orange Blossom without any tricks. He just played it as he heard it on the original Spotnicks recording. He became Hungary's most significant guitarist, playing in bands like Hungaria and LGT. Sadly, he's been murdered in Los Angeles in 1982 and I've lost a good friend. R.I.P.