Nuggets II: Don’t You Remember by The Sound Magics

Apologies for the brief article – it’s hard to find much out about this Dutch band.

Don't You Remember?—The Sound Magics

• Track 63, disc 3
• Year: 1966
• From: Doesburg, Netherlands.

8/10

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Credits

3/9. DON’T YOU REMEMBER? – The Sound Magics (Netherlands)
(Rob van Waegeningh/J. Mouris)

PERSONNEL/ROB VAN WAEGENINGH: guitar * HENK ALFRINK: bass * P. DEKEN * FREDERIK KLOMP
Produced by HANS VAN HEMERT
Recorded in Holland
Philips single #JF-327-972 (1966) [Netherlands]

The Sound Magics

Unfortunately, little has been uncovered about The Sound Magics, who were reportedly from Doesburgse or Arnhem. Released on Philips in 1966, the single’s picture sleeve shows the five young musicians with their amps and drums in the back garden of a thatched cottage. Four of them wear white roll-neck sweaters bearing the same “SM” logo as their bass drum; the fifth–presumably the singer–is dressed in black.

Mike Stax, Nuggets liner notes

Don’t You Remember

‘Don’t You Remember’ hits a lovely midpoint between the mid-1960s work of The Beatles and The Zombies. It’s restrained, with a melancholy minor-key feel. The group’s singing is lovely, and the guitars glisten. They reportedly achieved their guitar sound by using Multitone amps.

It’s a shame that they only recorded a handful of songs before sinking into obscurity because this song is lovely.

The Aftermath

According to the group’s profile on RateYourMusic, fourteen different members played in The Sound Magics during their four years. Two of these members later played in Moan, alongside the “legendarily hedonistic” Herman Brood.

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