"Girls On 45" - Volume 3

26 Girl Groups, Girlie Pop and Soulful Ladies 1963-1967

Teensville Records have served up yet another 26 female delights from 1963 - 67 (64.49mins long). The compilation is the usual mix of femme pop, girl groups and more soulful songbirds. The best known acts are Debbie Rollins, Ramona King, April Young and the Blossoms. The vast majority of tracks are new to my ears and most are either good or great - 'Nightfall' by Sherry Grooms is fantastic (written by Joe Melson - hence it sounds like a Roy Orbison song). Other goodies include 'Fools errand' by Barbara Chandler (covered in the UK by the late, great Billy Fury as 'Do you really love me too') and 'My love,come home' by The blossoms is worth the cd price alone, it's so beautiful. There are lots of rare tracks here, many to discover for the first time, my favourite is 'Promise' by Mer-Lyn. This series keeps getting stronger with each volume. It comes with a colourful 12 page booklet which does its job well enough - label scans, pics and reasonable liner notes. Overall, very, very good, if you enjoyed volume 1 and 2 then this is more of the same with no drop in quality tracks, in fact I think this is stronger. Recommended. 9/10.

trax:
1. Please Don't Kiss Me Again - The Charmettes 2. Fool's Errand - Barbara Chandler 3. Don't Wait Up For Me, Mother - Joanne Engel 4. Who Cares What People Say - Debbie Rollins 5. My Love, Come Home - The Blossoms 6. Mama, I Think I'm In Love - Beverly & The Del Capris 7. That Kind Of Love - Diana King 8. Night Fall - Sherry Grooms 9. Promise - Mer-Lyn 10. Who's Been Telling Him - Nancy Mason 11. I'm Gonna Tie Him Down - Lacey Jones 12. Jimmy Darling - Vicki Sallee 13. Billy's Gone Away - Tina Robin 14. Blue Roses - Ramona King 15. Walk Away Girl - Sandy & The Sophomores 16. This Heart Is Haunted - Kelly Garrett 17. Bring Back Yesterday - Sylvia St. Claire 18. I Want Him - Joanne Engel 19. If You Walk Away - Lightnin' Hopkins 20. Troublemaker - Diane Renay 21. Why Am I Crying - Shirley Wahls 22. It's As Easy As 1,2,3 - Jill Gibson 23. They Talk About Us - Cindy Williams 24. Boys Are A Dime A Dozen - Vicky Gomez 25. Life Of The Party - Jeanne Thomas 26. This Time Tomorrow - April Young
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