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Freaks of Nature People! Let's Freak Out

I think this are the Belfast Gypsies, the other "Them".

I think you are correct, they were called that, but used the name Freaks of Nature on this release following split from Van Morrison. Here's the info on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them_%28band%29):

In late August 1965, Billy Harrison and Pat McAuley formed a rival Them, competing with the Morrison/Henderson line-up and leading to legal action.[23] In March 1966, the latter won the rights to the name while the former, now without Harrison but with Pat's brother Jackie McAuley (born John McAuley, 14 December 1946, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) (ex-Them, ex-The Kult), were only allowed to use 'Other Them' in the U.K. The McAuley brothers became, unofficially, The Belfast Gypsies (or Gipsies), though they were never actually billed as such, and recorded two singles on Island Records (one released under the name Freaks of Nature) and one Swedish-only album, all produced by Kim Fowley

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Jacky- Pumpuang, what a treasure, luk tung at its finest.

http://youtu.be/ixuSOWVqTlI

They are always regarded as treasures more when they are dead though. Never saw her but have seen her three sisters who sing and her son. He has a 'rival' concert celebration on soi Ekami every mid June while his notorious dad is involved with the one at Wat Trapkkedan. Pumpuangs brother gunned down her first husband in the Dusit Thani car park but only did 5 years for murder, so the judge was probably a fan. I hear father and son have made it up now after nong Phet accused him a child abuse , quite a family!

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