Above photo: The SPEKTORS. Brian Gannon, Bon Scott (dec) Wyn Milson John Colins (dec) Murray Gracie 1966 Fremantle Oval.The stage was the back of a semi trailer.Brian was playing a Guild Starfire bass,Wyn is playing an Epiphone casino, the drums were Ludwig,i was playing a Fender Stratocaster,The amps were Goldentone, Fender Bandmaster and Fender Super Amp
The SPEKTORS
Origin Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres Pop, rock, beat
Years active 1964–1966
Labels See for Miles
Associated acts The Valentines, Fraternity, AC/DC
Past members
John Collins
Brian Gannon
Murray Gracie
Wyn Milsom
Bon Scott
The above video was in 1966 Fremantle Oval, Perth Western Australia.
The stage was the back of a semi trailer. Brian was playing a Guild Starfire bass, Wyn is playing an Epiphone casino, the drums were Ludwig,I was playing a Fender Stratocaster. The amps were Goldentone, Fender Bandmaster and Fender Super Amp.
The Spektors were an Australian beat, pop and rock ‘n’ roll band active in Perth from 1964 to mid-1966. Their co-drummer and part-time lead singer, Bon Scott, was later lead vocalist with hard rockers, AC/DC.
The Spektors were formed in 1964 by co-vocalists and co-drummers John Collins and Bon Scott, along with Brian Gannon on bass guitar, Murray Gracie on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Wyn Milsom on guitar. Collins and Scott would each play half a set as drummer and the other half as lead vocalist. They performed beat, pop and rock ‘n’ roll music.
The Spektors enjoyed local acclaim by winning the Perth heat of the national Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds competition. Their repertoire included popular songs, often originally by The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. As the band developed, Scott would step up and sing occasionally while Collins played drums, on songs such as a cover of Van Morrison’s “Gloria”. According to Gracie their influences were “more blues than pop – groups like the Pretty Things, Them, and the Kinks”.
In October 1965 the group recorded four tracks for local TV show, Club 17, including cover versions of “Gloria”, Mike Berry’s “On My Mind”, The Beatles’ “Yesterday and George Gershwin’s “It ain’t necessarily so”. In late 1966, Milsom and Scott joined with members of local rivals The Winstons, and formed a new group, The Valentines, with Scott sharing vocal duties with Winstons’ Vince Lovegrove.
Discography
Bon Scott with the Spektors (CD, 1992, See for Miles records)
Bon Scott with the Spektors and the Valentines (CD, 1999, See for Miles records)
These songs and interviews were pirated from the TVW channel 7 show “Club 17” by Martin Clark, who was the recording engineer at the time.