Hi. i am looking at an eric and the vikings discography and I see the following:

Zip 102167 - Eric and the Vikings - Chinese Soul / ?

anyone have any idea what this is? is this some sort of mistake? thanks in advance.

Hi. i am looking at an eric and the vikings discography and I see the following:

Zip 102167 - Eric and the Vikings - Chinese Soul / ?

anyone have any idea what this is? is this some sort of mistake? thanks in advance.

No mistake....I have this record. It's garage, and very primitive at that. It's certainly not the same group that made the soul 45s. The number listed is the date of recording/mastering (October 21 1967), it's a Rite press, from somewhere in PA. I think the the flip side is "Vikings Theme" or something like that.

No mistake....I have this record. It's garage, and very primitive at that. It's certainly not the same group that made the soul 45s. The number listed is the date of recording/mastering (October 21 1967), it's a Rite press, from somewhere in PA. I think the the flip side is "Vikings Theme" or something like that.

thanks so much, it was a mistake since it's not the soul group. i have the eric and the vikings on karate, which is a rock record, maybe they're related or maybe they were two rock groups (as it's not very raw sounding as you describe the zip record to be).

How come the groups would have the same, seemingly very unusal, name?

I'm not doubting there were several groups, but it seems strange that they would all share the same unusual name - unless Eric & Vikings has another origin and the existing reference was used by the 2 or 3 groups.

Anyone got any thoughts please?

Cheers

Richard

How come the groups would have the same, seemingly very unusal, name?

I'm not doubting there were several groups, but it seems strange that they would all share the same unusual name - unless Eric & Vikings has another origin and the existing reference was used by the 2 or 3 groups.

Anyone got any thoughts please?

Cheers

Richard

I thought it was weird the first time I found that the karate group was different. But I think in popular culture, "eric" is a viking name, so it's not that much of a stretch for a group leader named eric to name his group the vikings.

This is true Bob and why you won't find 45s by "Ivar the Boneless and the Superiors"

ROD

I thought it was weird the first time I found that the karate group was different. But I think in popular culture, "eric" is a viking name, so it's not that much of a stretch for a group leader named eric to name his group the vikings.

Makes sense Bob - thanks for the clarification

Cheers

Richard

This is true Bob and why you won't find 45s by "Ivar the Boneless and the Superiors"

ROD

i bet if more soul artists were named ivar you would

thanks so much, it was a mistake since it's not the soul group. i have the eric and the vikings on karate, which is a rock record, maybe they're related or maybe they were two rock groups (as it's not very raw sounding as you describe the zip record to be).

I think the Karate and Zip records are two different bands. According to my old friend who put together a book about PA bands from the 1960s, the band on Zip only made that record, and he got his info from a band member.

I don't know who the Karate band was. That label had an interesting roster - Detroit soul, UK beat bands, studio novelties, and a belly dancer! Skip Drinkwater on Karate also seems to be from Philly.