The third entry (subtitled "Mop Top Pop") in this retrospective series of chronological reissues of Pye Records' releases covers the tail-end of the first wave of the British Invasion, from April through July of 1964. Interspersed with promising outfits like the Kinks and the label's one hugely successful act, the Searchers, are more great records by the likes of the Chants and the Trends, who never got the recognition they deserved, and a lot of acts that undeservedly barely made it out of the starting gate, most notably Shane & the Shane Gang, whose bluesy "Whistle Stop" is almost worth the price of admission. It's amazing to see performers like Johnny Sandon (best known in America as a footnote in the Searchers' history) still pushing their work at this relatively late date (and good work it was, too, albeit not really in a Brit beat style), and Beatles footnotes like Jimmy Nicol doing solid soul instrumentals -- "Husky" at least got recorded and pushed heavily on release, probably by virtue of the press Nicol received subbing for Ringo Starr early in 1964, but it was too different from the Beatles' sound to make the leap out of jukeboxes and onto the radio or the sales charts. As with the other parts of this series, the sound is phenomenally good, and the annotation is more thorough than one could ever ask for. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
trax disc 1:
1. Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers 2. I Pretend I'm With You - The Searchers 3. Talk To Me - Rod & Carolyn 4. Show You Mean It Too - Me & Them 5. Everything I Do Is Wrong - Me & Them 6. Don't Bother Me - Gregory Phillips 7. Make Sure That You're Mine - Gregory Phillips 8. Baby Don't Cry - The Puppets 9. Will You Or Won't You - The Hi-Fi's 10. She's The One - The Hi-Fi's 11. You Still Want Me - The Kinks 12. You Do Something To Me - The Kinks 13. It's Great - The Monotones 14. Anymore - The Monotones 15. Never Again - Brett Young & The Ghost Squad 16. You Can't Fool Me - Brett Young & The Ghost Squad 17. Doin' The Mod - Vandyke & The Bambis 18. All I Want Is You - Vandyke & The Bambis 19. I Missed You - Butch Moore & The Capitol Showband 20. You Might As Well Forget Him - Tommy Quickly 21. It's As Simple As That - Tommy Quickly 22. September In The Rain - The Wedgewoods 23. Gone, Gone Away - The Wedgewoods 24. Then I'll Be Home - The Chants 25. She's Mine - The Chants 26. You're A Wonderful One - The Trends 27. The Way You Do, The Things You Do - The Trends 28. Near You - The Migil 5 29. Don't Wanna Go On Shaking - The Migil 5 30. He's Telling You Lies - Lance Harvey & Kingpins
trax disc 2:
1. How Do You Fix A Broken Heart - Lance Harvey & Kingpins 2. Please Don't Tell - The Greenbeats 3. Just You Wait And See - The Greenbeats 4. Write Me A Letter - The Eagles 5. Wishin' And Hopin' - The Eagles 6. I Only Care About You - Julie Grant 7. Blue Star - Donna Douglas 8. When She Comes To You - Daryl Quist 9. Can't Sit Down - The Beatmen 10. Cone On Pretty Baby - The Beatmen 11. Sally Go Round The Roses - The Remo Four 12. I Know A Girl - The Remo Four 13. I Just Wanna Make Love To You - The Soul Agents 14. Mean Woman Blues - The Soul Agents 15. Whistle Stop - Shane & Shane Gang 16. Who Wrote That Song - Shane & Shane Gang 17. That's Alright - Jimmy Powell & Five Dimensions 18. I'm Looking For A Woman - Jimmy Powell & Five Dimensions 19. Donna Means Heartbreak - Johnny Sandon & Remo Four 20. Some Kind Wonderful - Johnny Sandon & Remo Four 21. Husky - Jimmy Nichol 22. Don't Come Back - Jimmy Nichol 23. Someday We're Gonna Love Again - The Searchers 24. No One Else Could Love You - The Searchers 25. Land Of Love - The Blue Aces 26. Nobody Knows - Jason Ford & The Bulldogs 27. Am I The One - Jason Ford & The Bulldogs 28. Don't - Joe Brown & The Bruvvers 29. You Really Got Me - The Kinks 30. It's Alright - The Kinks
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"Beat Beat Beat" Vol. 3
...Many Thanks To LoFi Larry For The Beat Beat Beat Share!served by Gyro1966...
gitit! no pw
CD5
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/6VtFIbGv/file.html
CD6
http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/qnqLGU5V/file.html
Lovin' Beat Beat Beat, thanks for posting. Would anyone have The Impressions - One By One to share?
@ Anonymous, the final batch as requested. Many thanks to Bill for the original Kent postings.
KENT 015 - Shoes.rar
http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/yTfsacMs/file.html
KENT 016 - Where The Girls Are.rar
http://www114.zippyshare.com/v/GCSRsl6i/file.html
KENT 017 - Footstompers.rar
http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/MoPEIQ2Z/file.html
KENT 018 - Dues Paid In Full.rar
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/FpgrAuft/file.html
KENT 019 - Pure Soul.rar
http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/l3eNoit4/file.html
KENT 020 - On the Up Beat.rar
http://www9.zippyshare.com/v/AMbctLxV/file.html
KENT 021 - Gems.rar
http://www58.zippyshare.com/v/OJRWTvqA/file.html
Enjoy the choons!
cheers,ELtel
BONUS 1 OF 7 @320
R&B Hipshakers Vol.3 - Just A Little Bit Of The Jumpin' Bean
The third volume in Vampi Soul's Hipshakers series is again compiled by WFMU DJ Mr. Fine Wine and features an array of late-'50s to early-'60s R&B, some jump blues stragglers, and a bit of proto-rock & roll -- punctuated by honking saxes, shouting vocals, and tempos guaranteed to have you doing exactly what the title says. This set features rare tracks from Joe Tex, Little Willie John, the underrated Red Prysock, and many more. Roll back the rugs and grab a partner; this stuff will get you in a dancing mood real quick. (Tim Sendra, Allmusic)
1. Cozy's Mambo - Cozy Cole
2. Old Faithful and True Love - Earl King
3. Much Later - Jackie Brenston
4. Mama Needs Your Lovin' Baby - Linda Hopkins
5. She's Mine - Joe Tex
6. Sixteen Tons - Eugene Church
7. Hold It - Bill Doggett
8. Dry Bones Twist - The Drivers
9. Take Your Fine Frame Home - Billy Gayles
10. Harem Girl - Red Prysock
11. Don't Play With Love - Little Willie John
12. One Buffalo - Jimmy Peterson
13. The Jumpin' Bean - The Mystics
14. Just a Little Bit - Tiny Topsy
15. Thanks Mr Postman - Bobby King
16. I Won't Have It - The King Pins
17. Send Me a Picture Baby - Mel Williams
18. In the Open - Freddie King
19. Please, Please Be Mine - El Pauling
20. Nothing But Good - Hank Ballard
http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/Au0HgjwL/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/r-b-hipshakers-vol-3-just-a-little-bit-of-the-jumpin-bean-mw0002411189
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hipshakers-Volume-Just-Little-Jumpin/dp/B0078ADN9K
BONUS 2 OF 7 @320
The Black Hollies - Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere '13
The Black Hollies spent three albums and many years digging as deeply into the '60s as they could. Touching on blues-rock rave-ups, melancholy Baroque pop, swirling psychedelia, and good old British Invasion-style songcraft, the New Jersey trio had their revivalism down to a science. When it came time to record their fourth album, they decided something needed to change. Justin Angelo Morey wrote a different-sounding batch of songs for their next album, and over the next three years, through various travails, he and the band recorded them. Not exactly forsaking the thickly psychedelic sound they'd cultivated so precisely, they set about updating their approach and scuffing up their previously pristine songs. The band's DNA expanded to include input from a wider range of sources, including the hypnotic drone of '90s noiseniks like Spacemen 3, the driving rhythms of '70s Germany, and the reverb-heavy sound of garage pop contemporaries like the Black Lips. It was a daring move, to blow up their identity and forge a new path, but it works completely. Credit the production skills Morey exhibits, as everything sounds amazingly rich and full, his hook-filled and moody songwriting, the work of the band (especially Jon Gonnelli's excellent work on vintage keys), and the overall feeling of the band's perfectly handled growth that comes through as the record spins. The songs fit together like interlocking pieces of a puzzle, each one sharing the same strongly melodic core and hazy overcoat of sound, but each having a life of its own, too. The buzzing "When It's Time to Come Down" is a highlight, so is the over-driven ballad "Here Comes the Rain," which shines like a wet rain slicker. There's even a song that sounds like it could have been a hit in the early '90s -- the steady rolling title track has some very catchy "hey hey" backing vocals and a kind of happy Jesus and Mary Chain vibe that makes it hard not to stop the record and give it a second, or third, spin. What impresses most, though, is the overall impact the accumulated songs deliver as the album progresses. While it's kind of a bummer that the Black Hollies don't sound like an update of the Left Banke anymore, what they've become is even better. (Tim Sendra, Allmusic)
http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/z7a5stdm/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/somewhere-between-here-and-nowhere-mw0002582032
BONUS 3 OF 7 @320
Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello '67
Often cited as the ultimate Tim Buckley statement, Goodbye and Hello is indeed a fabulous album, but it's merely one side of Tim Buckley's enormous talent. Recorded in the middle of 1967 (in the afterglow of Sgt. Pepper), this album is clearly inspired by Pepper's exploratory spirit. More often than not, this helps to bring Buckley's awesome musical vision home, but occasionally falters. Not that the album is overrated (it's not), it's just that it is only one side of Buckley. The finest songs on the album were written by him alone, particularly "Once I Was" and "Pleasant Street." Buoyed by Jerry Yester's excellent production, these tracks are easily among the finest example of Buckley's psychedelic/folk vision. A few tracks, namely the title cut and "No Man Can Find the War," were co-written by poet Larry Beckett. While Beckett's lyrics are undoubtedly literate and evocative, they occasionally tend to be too heavy-handed for Buckley. However, this is a minor criticism of an excellent and revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience. (Matthew Greenwald, Allmusic)
Before Tim Buckley got carried away with jazz rhythms in the '70s, he made profoundly moving folk-rock albums that showcased his stunning vocal range, thoughtful lyrics, and penchant for occasionally imbuing tracks with surprisingly soulful, non-blue-eyed grooves and infectious jangle-pop melodies. Goodbye and Hello, his second album (recorded in 1967 when he was only 20), runs the gamut. Here Buckley hints at the sensual howl that would blossom in the '70s ("I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain," "Pleasant Street," "Hallucinations"). While he goes into hippie-poet-deep-thinker mode on a few songs, the excellent folk-soul tracks win out. --Lorry Fleming
http://www120.zippyshare.com/v/fBRVZBWO/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/goodbye-and-hello-mw0000199708
http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Hello-TIM-BUCKLEY/dp/B000005ITY
BONUS 4 OF 7 @VBR
Best of Kayden and Merben Records
A tiny label, but one with some really great sounds – a great slice of the late 60s Philly scene, and a pretty darn soulful one at that! The label started as Kayden in Philly, then moved across the river to New Jersey and switched to Merben – but had a really unified sound throughout their short run, so much so that even the few pop recordings here come across with a pretty soulful feel! Most numbers are upbeat, and move in a Northern-ish soul mode – and the male singers here are especially great, almost a bit more deep soul than usual for the Philly scene, especially some of the groups. CD features 24 cuts from both labels, including some unreleased material – and titles include "You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing Baby", "Help Me Pretty Baby", and "At The End Of The Day" by John Bowie, who's pictured on the front cover – plus "Stop Think It Over" and "A Place For Me" by Leverett Sisters, "I Wanna Know" by Bill Horton, "Seven Days Fifty Two Weeks" by Cody Michaels, "Ask Any Girl" and "What Am I Gonna Do" by Matt Sound, "Where Did You Leave Your Heart" by Sharon Marshall, "Shake Me Wake Me" by Natural Facts, "I Can Only Give You Everything" by Bram Rigg Set, "Why Did God Make Girls" by JD Rogues, "Tell Me" by Shags, "How Could You Have Known" by Bats, and "Paint It Black" by Jimmy Roma. © 1996-2016, Dusty Groove, Inc.
"Rock, mod & soul! The Kayden & Merben label existed for a few short years in the Philadelphia area, and released some excellent northern soul, mod instrumentals and '60s garage! The unreleased acetates by John Bowie is worth the price alone; not only this, but you get northern soul by Bill Horton, the long version of Vivian Carol's rare Merben 45, mod instrumentals by Jimmy Roma and the Matt Sound, and garage pounders by Bram Rigg Set and the Shags and New Jersey's own J.D. Rogues!"
1. John Bowie - You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing, Baby
2. John Bowie - At The End Of The Day
3. John Bowie - Help Me Pretty Baby*
(Merben Acetate)
4. Bill Horton - I Wanna Know
5. Leverett Sisters - Stop, Think It Over
6. Leverett Sisters - A Place For Me
7. Vivian Carol - Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah*
(Long Version)
8. Jimmy Roma - Paint It Black
9. Cody Michaels - Seven Days Fifty Two Weeks
10. Cody Michaels - Open The Door Richard
11. John Bowie - You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing* (Demo Version)
12. John Bowie - Help Me Pretty Baby*
(Demo Version)
13. Matt Sound - Ask Any Girl
14. Matt Sound - What Am I Gonna Do*
15. Matt Sound - She Loves Me For Myself *
(Vocal Version)
16. Sharon Marshall - Where Did You Leave Your Heart
17. Natural Facts - Shake Me Wake Me*
18. J.D. Rogues - Why Did God Make Girls
19. Bats - How Could You Have Known
20. Bram Rigg Set - I Can Only Give You Everything
21. Bram Rigg Set - Take The Time Be Yourself
22. Shags - Breathe In My Ear
23. Shags - Tell Me
24. Shags - As Long As I Have You
*previously unreleased material
http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/HZ1KDa69/file.html
INFO
http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com/PhillyCds.html
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/782254
http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/va-best-of-kayden-merben-records-cd/PH.012CD.html
BONUS 5 OF 7 @320
Jim Lauderdale - Soul Searching Vol. 1 Memphis '15
Americana Singer/Songwriter Jim Lauderdale is nothing if not prolific. At least once before he released TWO CDs of his own songs on the same date! Most of his releases these days are self-released so he has full control.
This time he is releasing two CDs but has combined them into one package. I guess you could call this his Tennessee Music Trail album. The first disc has 13 songs recorded in Memphis (with lots of Memphis horns) while the second has 13 more songs but was recorded in his home base of Nashville. And, interestingly, each Cd clocks in at about 47 minutes.
If you had played the first CD (Memphis) for me (well, at least the first 10 track) and asked me who was singing, I certainly would not have guessed Jim Lauderdale. I’ve got many JL albums and I’d still not recognize him. But I loved the arrangements and- especially – the horns and organ. (The latter is due to the fact that he enlisted Luther Dickenson – North Mississippi All Stars – and Boo Mitchel – son of Willie Mitchell of Hi Records fame – to co-produce that disc. I really liked it, well, until track 11, when that and the next two tracks sort of “petered out” on me.
As for the Nashville disc, it’s not much different than other recent JL records and, when the horns and organ go away, Lauderdale’s clever lyrics stand out with the more laid back production.
Yes, I’ll play the second dis again but I’m sure I’ll lean towards the Memphis one more often. That one has the “soul of the Memphis sound”.
The packaging is simple. The inside of the Digipak lists the titles as well as the musicians who played on the sessions. The back panel repeats the track listing with the time length added.
Lauderdale fans will definitely want this one.
I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.
Steve Ramm
“Anything Phonographic”
CD1
http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/YzLA8385/file.html
INFO
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015NQO5DS?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
BONUS 6 OF 7 @320
Jim Lauderdale - Soul Searching Vol. 2 Nashville '15
Songwriter Jim Lauderdale is a true auteur and also kind of a nut, as well as a stylistic gadfly who simply cannot be pinned down to any one genre. After conquering mainstream Nashville as an out-of-left-field hitmaking composer, Lauderdale migrated into his career as an amazingly idiosyncratic performer, hopscotching from project to project and style to style while always managing to put his own unique stamp on whatever music he delved into... For a while he seemed like an annointed heir to the bluegrass throne, making two albums with the great Ralph Stanley... He also recorded some jam band music with the band Donna The Buffalo and of course countless odd albums on his own, each one pursuing whatever whimsies his creative muse provided.
On this new self-released 2-CD set, he devotes one disc to his own version of the classic Memphis R&B of the 1960s and '70s, working with producers Luther Dickinson (of the North Mississippi Allstars) and Boo Mitchell (son of Memphis legend Willie Mitchell.) Singing his odd, labyrinthine lyrics atop rich, bluesy riffs and a bright, robust horn section, Lauderdale twists his way through a series of emotive, emphatic numbers, while on Disc Two he returns to Nashville and gets funky there as well.
There's a sort of self-referential, blind-to-the-dictates-of-the-market quality that can make Lauderdale's songs seem almost impenetrable at times, although the thorny, unruly lack of classic structure can consistently amaze and delight longtime fans. Here, though, almost at the end of the project, he rolls out several songs that seem unusually accessible and direct. On "Why Does God Let That Happen," he explores the eternal question of why there is evil and misfortune in a world where supposedly God looks over us all, while on "Water Water Please Come Back," he sings a plea to the weather that will resonate with listeners in the West, the Midwest, the Sahara, Australia, the Asian plains and anywhere else in our poor, battered world where drought and severe climate change have become the new normal. When he sings on "Signals From Space" about how the universe is always beaming messages into his head, some listeners might be forgiven for taking him literally, but Lauderdale knows he's one of us as well, as heard on the "Plan B," where he wonders aloud what the hell we're gonna do next. Whatever the new plan is, one thing is for sure: Jim Lauderdale is always going to challenge and delight his fans. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)
CD2
http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/aKqnXCv6/file.html
INFO
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015NQO5DS?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
BONUS 7 OF 7 @320
James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Check Out Time '89
Thought by many to be deceased, singer James Davis returned from musical invisibility to make this sparkling comeback set for Black Top. His hearty pipes sounding anything but over-the-hill, Davis roared a combination of his own fine tunes and remakes of songs first done by Bobby Bland, James Carr, and Wynonie Harris in front of a terrific combo (guitarists Anson Funderburgh and Clarence Hollimon, saxist Grady Gaines). A revival of his own slow blues "Your Turn to Cry" recalled Davis's early-'60s glory days. (Bill Dahl, Allmusic)
http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/lBh7UiKq/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/check-out-time-mw0000199920
http://www.amazon.com/Check-Out-Time-James-Davis/dp/B000006KSU
CORRECTION:
Fugi "Mary, Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip"
http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/iqAzRTRb/file.html
COMPLETE 9 TRACK ALBUM, Sorry about the missing song 2!!!!
Gyro, thank you for, "Best of Kayden and Merben Records"...deep Philly Soul, especially John Bowie from the "Philadelphians."
Many thanks for the "Best Of Kayden".
cheers ELtel
Thanks to Gyro for The Black Hollies.
To those on the line about the Tim Buckley album: grab it; it's a great one.
Please does anyone have Various - R&B Hipshakers Vol.4 - Bossa Nova And Grits?
Thanks
Marlon
Thanks for the Tim Buckley. I'd love to see "Starsailor," one of the most musically challenging albums ever made (and that's a good thing) put up here.
Tanx for Hipshakers & Kayden/Merben!
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