The Zombies at the ABC, Glasgow

The Zombies, with new guitarist

Originally uploaded by miketransreal

The Zombies were great!
I had never heard Oracle & Odessey in it’s entirety, so this was the ideal way to do so!
The first set wasn’t officially the Zombies, rather it was Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone’s touring band and they played the big hits, etc. that weren’t on the lp, and highlights from their solo careers. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted and Hold Your Head Up, Woman, for instance!
Good stuff!

The 2nd set consisted of the (more or less) original lineup of The Zombies playing the complete Oracle & Odessey lp in order, with a couple of other songs as encores at the end.

Brilliant stuff, with any number from 2* to 13** people playing or singing on stage, depending on the song. And Blunstone, especially, looked like he was having a great time! And his voice was still great.

*Blunstone & guitarist, and also Argent & bass player

**Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, original bass player, original drummer, replacement guitarist (but officially a Zombie, I think), synth player (from the Brian Wilson band!), touring band drummer now on percussion, touring band bassist (played with the Kinks for 20 years) now on backing vocals, female backing vocalist, and 4 piece brass section! =13

And because it started fairly early, it finished just in time for me to get the 22.30 train home for a relatively early night!

edit: There are another couple of pictures, with brief comments, on my Flickr page, btw.