I Pity The Fool

.....At the end of 1964 the Manish Boys (see previous post) played on a package tour with the Kinks and were introduced to their then current producer, Shel Talmy. Talmy was an American who had a well-earned reputation for delivering hits in England. He began using Jimmy Page as a session guitarist very early in Page's career and reportedly had an unofficial agent/"finder's fee" relationship with him, taking a smaller percentage of Page's session fees than most managers would but, as a producer, guaranteeing that both of them would make up any difference through a high volume of work. It also worked as insurance against Page, a killer guitarist even then, from getting hits for other producers.

.....On February 8, 1965, Talmy took the Manish Boys and Page into the recording studios of the International Broadcasting Company at 35 Portland Place in London. There they recorded:

[2:09] I PITY THE FOOL ([Deadric] Malone)................7XCE 18677
from A-side 7" EMI/Parlophone R5250 (UK) 65-03-05

A Shel Talmy Production, [Engineered by Glyn Johns]
Published by Mecolico NCB

• Personnel (see Manish Boys in previous and next posts; plus Jimmy Page)