The “They Don’t Care” Trio (Phonokol 1971)

The “They Don’t Care” trio was formed after its members - Matti Caspi, Gady Oron, and Yaakov Noy served together in the military band “Southern Command”, as a separated group called “The Three Fatties”. Apart from songs, they also performed skits and mime pieces. Humor was one of the trio’s key attributes until its end.
As “The Three Fatties”, in the military band’s program “Stronghold A A”, they performed the songs “Three Legs” and “I’m Dying” - which was accompanied by a memorable music video directed by Shmuel Imberman, one of the first music videos filmed to Israeli television, in which the three are dressed up as comic and extremely fat people.

Even while they were still soldiers in the military band, the three recorded an album by the Phonokol record company, and after they were dismissed from their military service they changed their name to the “They Don’t Care” trio, released the album and started performing its songs on stage.
Matti Caspi composed all the songs except for two, and made the vocal arrangements. The orchestral arrangements were made by Albert Piamenta.
Among the most prominent hits in this album were “Desperation Met Desperation”, “Two Birds”, “The Most Beautiful Year of my Life”, “The Street Man”, and “Why isn’t Every Day Saturday”.
The album was never released as a single CD to date, but some of the songs featured in it were released alongside others in the collection album “The First Time”.

Regarding the album’s cover, the following text was written:

Matti Caspi
Born in 1949 - Israel. As a son of the Hannita kibbutz, he studied piano for six years at the Nahariya Conservatory. Matti began his path as a singer in the “Southern Command” military band where he composed his first songs “And It will Happen That Day” and “Six Months of Service”.
Today, Matti’s repertoire has many songs that prove his enormous composing talent and he is responsible for the vocal arrangements made for the songs in this album. His light and amusing indifference wondrously “grabs” the listening audience in public shows. He has a deep baritone voice.
Yaakov Noy
Born in 1947 - Poland. He immigrated to Israel in 1957 and was educated at the Shfaim kibbutz. “Yaankale” is a great pantomimist who has worked in this field since he was fifteen. He was the one who came up with the idea of forming the trio and has contributed a large part in the building of the program. In this album you will find three songs written by him.
Gady Oron
Born in 1949 in the Nir-Am kibbutz, the soloist of the “Southern Command” military band (“I will Pinch You”). He began his musical career when he was fourteen when he performed in different events related to the kibbutz’s school and the surrounding area. Visually he is the nicest of the group and has a lovely tenor voice.
We have witnessed many trio formations in recent years, but the most unique is the “They Don’t Care” trio with its perfect harmony, the high level of its performance, and the right and diverse choices of material. There is no doubt this trio serves as one step forward in the Hebrew song field. It may be hard to believe, but this album was recorded while Gady, Matti and Yaakov were still in the army, serving in the “Southern Command” band which they established, and the preparations for the album were also made while they were moving and performing from one military post to another. The trio, which members are all kibbutz born, has started these days its public shows and is very successful, especially in their performances of their famous songs “Desperation”, “I’m Dying”, “Why Do You”, etc., songs which are part of the Israeli hitlists and often played on various radio stations. Finally, we have before us an album which is the most convincing business card of the “They Don’t Care” trio.

Some of the album’s songs also appeared in the album: “The First Time”.
In 2009 the entire album came out as a collection CD published by Phonokol.