"HIDE AND SEEK" A Collection Of British Blue-Eyed Soul 1964-1969

Hide and Seek: British Blue Eyed Soul 1964-1969 collects 20 tracks from an overlooked aspect of the '60s U.K. rock scene, namely the blue-eyed, mod soul sound that lurked behind the scenes between 1964-1969. Some well-reissued bands like the Action or the Small Faces dipped their toe into similarly soulful waters, but the bands here for the most part go all out and draft in big horn sections, chunky Hammond organs, backing singers and a feel pitched somewhere between a Northern soul All-Nighter, a sweaty night at the cabaret, and the bottom half of a package tour. In other words, you're looking at pure gold here. Well, almost pure. As with most collections the track list has some clear winners (Barry St. John's devastatingly hot "Turn on Your Light" that out-Lulu's Lulu by a mile, Jon & Jeannie's strutting "We Got Lovin,'" Kevin "King" Lears' wild, indescribable take on "Cry Me a River" (think Bobby Darin on peyote and you're halfway there), the funky antics of Johnny & John on "Bumper to Bumper," the chunky bubblegum soul of Bernie & the Buzz Band on "Don't Knock It.") Hide and Seek: British Blue Eyed Soul 1964-1969 is a vital piece of crate digging scholarship that fills a gap most U.K. music geeks didn't even know was worth investigating. ~ Tim Sendra, Allmusic

trax:
1. Hide And Seek - Dave Antony 2. Our Love Is Getting Stronger - Jason Knight 3. Turn On Your Light - Barry St. John 4. Now I Taste The Tears - Fearns Brass Founndry 5. Sign On The Dotted Line - Gene Latter 6. We Got Lovin' - Jon & Jeannie 7. Traveller Man - The Stone Graphics 8. Daytime Lover - The Anglians 9. Cry Me A River - Kevin "King" Lear 10. You And Me - Carl King 11. Don't Lead Me On - The Exotics 12. Bumper To Bumper - Johnny & John 13. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - Five & A Penny 14. I've Lost You - James Royal 15. You Got Me Baby - Johnny Carr 16. Surrender Your Love - The Carrolls 17. Don't Knock It - Bernie & The Buzz Band 18. You Won't See Me Leaving - Cinnamon 19. Help Me - Owen Gray 20. I Close My Eyes - Watson T. Browne & The Explosive
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