All You'll Ever Get From Me Single: 1970

Sweet
Jan 23, 1970
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Sweet's Early Parlophone Non-Hit

Released on Parlophone (R 5902) in the UK on January 23, 1970, The Sweet’s “All You'll Ever Get From Me” — backed with “The Juicer” — was one of their earliest singles before the full Chinnichap glam breakthrough. Produced by John Burgess and Roger Easterby for AIR Production, the single did not chart in the UK.

Connolly and Tucker unexpectedly met Wainman, who was now a producer and aware of two budding songwriters, Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, seeking a group to perform some demos they had composed. Connolly, Priest, and Tucker lent their vocals to a track titled "Funny, Funny," which featured Pip Williams on guitar, John Roberts on bass, and Wainman on drums. Wainman began pitching the track to various recording companies. The band conducted auditions for a new guitarist and chose Welsh-born Andy Scott. Scott had recently been playing with Mike McCartney (Paul's brother) in the Scaffold. As part of the Elastic Band, he played guitar on two Decca singles, "Think of You Baby" and "Do Unto Others," and appeared on the band's sole album, Expansions on Life, as well as some Scaffold recordings. The band rehearsed for several weeks before Scott's live debut with Sweet on 26 September 1970 at the Windsor Ballroom in Redcar.

In March 1971, RCA released "Funny, Funny," penned by Chinn and Chapman, marking the group's first international success as it reached the Top 20 on numerous global charts. EMI re-released their 1970 single "All You'll Ever Get from Me" in May 1971, but it failed to chart again. Their subsequent RCA single "Co-Co" in June 1971 reached number two in the UK, while the follow-up single, "Alexander Graham Bell," released in October 1971, peaked at No. 33. These songs still had session musicians playing the instruments, with the quartet contributing only the vocal

Track Listing

A: All You'll Ever Get From Me

B: The Juicer

Production

Producer – John Burgess, Roger Easterby

Published By – Cookaway Music Ltd. NCB

Made in Gt. Britain

1970 Release

Country: Germany

Catalogue: 1C 006-91 415 M

UK Variants

7", 45 RPM, Single – Parlophone – R 5826 – UK – 1970

7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo – Parlophone – R 5902 – UK – 1970

7", 45 RPM, Single, Solid Centre – Parlophone – R 5826 – UK – 1970

7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo – Parlophone – R 5826 – UK – 1970

7", 45 RPM, Single, Solid Centre – Parlophone – R 5902 – UK – 1971

7", 45 RPM, Large Hole – Parlophone – R 5902 – UK – 1971

7", 45 RPM, Single, 4-prong centre – Parlophone – R 5902 – UK – 1971

Chart Performance

No chart success in the UK.

Legacy

A transitional single from The Sweet’s pre-glam phase — raw, pop-rock energy hinting at their future stomp.

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia and BBC Official Charts Company