Gary Thain Discography before Heep

Halfbreed
The battle of NW6
The time is near
Little Big Band - Live
Overdog
72nd Brave

Recordings with Heep

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Before he played with the Keef Hartley Band he released several singles in New Zealand with The Strangers or The Secrets and recorded an album with New Nadir that was never released.
If you have one of these singles ot know something about these early recordings email me
And as ever, if you have some photos or information about Gary Thain, email me too

Thanks to John Smith for the following:
THE STRANGERS
Robbins RRSP23 My Blue Heaven/The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs 1963
Robbins RRSP48 Pretend/Alright 1964
Robbins RRSP52 Can't Help Forgiving You/I'll Never Be Blue 1965
THE SECRETS
Allied International JAR522 It's You/You're Wrong 1966

Thanks to Ueli Schaer for the following information about Thain's recordings with Champion Jack Dupree:
690500A May: CHAMPION JACK DUPREE. LP 'Scoobydoobydoo' (Blue Horizon 7-63214). Producer: Mike Vernon.
Sound engineer: Mike Ross. Musical director + arrangeur: Terry Noonan.
Recorded on the 3rd + 4th February, probably in London.
- I Want To Be A Hippy (Jack Dupree)
- Grandma (Jack Dupree)
- Puff Puff (Jack Dupree) -Jack Dupree on drums
- Blues Before Sunrise (Carr)
- I'll Try (Jack Dupree)
- Going Back To Louisiana (Jack Dupree)
- Ain't That A Shame (Jack Dupree)
- Stumbling Block (Jack Dupree)
- Old And Grey (Jack Dupree'
- Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well (Jack Dupree)
- Postman Blues (Jack Dupree)
- Lawdy, Lawdy (Jack Dupree)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Champion Jack Dupree (voc, p)/Richard Studt, Reg Cole, Barry Wilde and Peter Oxer (violins)/Terry Noonan and Bud Parks (trumpets, flugelhorn)/Alan Skidmore and Les Wigfiels (tsax)/Jim Chester (bsax)/Gary Thain [under pseudonym Wallace Tring] (bass)/Alex Dmochowski [under pseudonym Eduardo Givezano] (bass)/ Mike Vernon (perc)/Aynsley Dunbar [under pseudonym Harris Dundee] (dr)/Keef Hartley [under pseudonym Big Chief Drumstick] (dr, perc)

690328A 28th March: CHAMPION JACK DUPREE. 7" single (Blue Horizon 57-3152). Producer: Mike Vernon. Sound engineer: Mike Ross. Recorded on the 3rd + 4th February, probably in London. A: Ba'la Fouche (MT/Jack Dupree) -Jack Dupree on drums B: Kansas City (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) Line-up: MT (gtrs)/Jack Dupree (voc)/Gary Thain (bass)/Mike Vernon (perc)/ Keef Hartley (dr)