The Hucksters were formed in Scotland in 1988 by five friends determined to write and perform great songs. Later that year they teamed up with a local independent label Rocket 5 (home to Summerhill / Dangtrippers) to release their first single, "Way of the feeling" which was met with impressive reviews including "Single of the Week" in Record Mirror. The collaboration with Rocket 5 continued with the release of a further two LP's, 1989's "Seventh Sense" (drums Rhod "Lefty" Burnett (Primevals/Summerhill)) and 1990's "Hot Coals for Supper" (drums Neil Grant later of Superstar and now Abacus Roolz). Both albums were met with great critical acclaim from the music press in the UK (Seventh Sense being given "guitar album of the month award" in UK trade paper Music Week) and from as far afield as Spain, Sweden, United States and Greece. The Hucksters are drawn to great guitar music and count amongst their influences, the Beach Boys, the Stones, The Beatles to Gun Club and R.E.M.
The core members of Alan, David and Guy remain committed to their belief in music as a way of life and continue to write and record great songs. We've uploaded a couple of tracks from our soon to be reissued debut album "Seventh Sense" along with a couple of tracks recorded earlier this year for a 13 track album called "Abort Mission".
Early Hucksters material has long been out of print and can only be found in record collector shops or maybe on ebay. However a newly remastered version of "Seventh Sense" is now available to buy as a digital download from iTunes stores worldwide via the goldfillingrecords.com collective
Click on the link below for a direct link to the UK store.
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Contact [email protected] for more details.
