PERFORMER & TRACK INFORMATION
Track Title:
WILD THING
Track ID:
0007991978
The earliest product information we have available for this track is:
1st Registering Company
Mercury Records Limited
1st Registered Label
CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION
1st Registered Cat. No.
YRNRLP66
Year first registered
1966


Performers
TROGGS, THE, Group, S
LARRY PAGE, Producer, S
REGINALD MURICE BALL, Vocals, O
COLIN MICHAEL FRECHTER, Music Director, N
CHRISTOPHER C BRITTON, Guitar, O
PETER STAPLES, Bass Guitar, O
RONNIE BOND, Drums, O
GABRIEL ALEGRET RAMALLO, Instruments, O
JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ MATEO, Instruments, O

2 Spaniards on the original troggs recording............. 1966 !

...."Wild Thing", has a "musical director " credited!
How bizarre. Was this a 60`s name for "recording engineer"?
I can`t imagine Larry Page needed too much help.
There is little written about the Troggs recordings.
A bit of Troggs trivia, did you know that they were the band at Stings wedding?

http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/colin_frechter.htm

Colin was educated at Aldenham School, Elstree and after a spell as a shop assistant at Harrods, went into the R.A.F. as a clarinet player in 1958. He spent 2 1/2 years in No. 2 regional Band (Far East) at Changi, Singapore. On release from the Air Force in 1961, he worked for music publishers Francis, Day & Hunter and then as Musical Director for Page One Records. It was at Page One that he was involved with The Troggs as musical director, ocarina player, keyboards and backing vocals). 'Wild Thing' and a string of hits followed.