Gary Thain Rarities
The Strangers
Arthur Thain, Gary Thain, Graeme Ching, Dave Beattie
Started as a cover band, The
Strangers were part of the New Zealand music
scene of
the mid sixties. Though they never made a impact world wide,
they had a
good bit of
local interest. The band had two Thains in the
lineup, Gary and his
brother Arthur. Only six songs are known to exist, the
following are four of those recordings.
1. Pretend
1964
2.
Alright
1964
3.
Can't
Help Forgiving You 1965
4.
I’ll
Never Be Blue1965
The Secrets
Derek Wright, Wayne "Biggy" Allen, Gary Thian, Paul Muggleston
Formally known as The Dynamics,
two members left and one the new members
to join was Gary Thain in 1965. The only known recording to surface we've
found
are of the single from 1966 of It's You and You're Wrong.
The later track was
co-written by Gary, but it's incomplete. We've yet to locate the complete
song.
1. It's
You 1966
2.You're
Wrong 1966
Keef Hartley & Band Video
The earliest known video of Gary Thain to
surface to date. Broadcast on
The Beat Club in the UK in 1969, in black and white footage. Windows
Media Format, less then 1mb in size. View it here.