Marylebone Beat Girls 1964-1967 Various Artists (Beat Girls)

£26.33

Genre:
Girls
Label:
Ace Records
Format:
LP
Catalogue Id:
XXQLP 050

This product is also available in these versions:
Marylebone Beat Girls 1964-1967, CD (£14.11)

Superior 60s she-pop from UK Parlophone, Columbia and HMV – in CD and deluxe vinyl formats.

This follow-up to our recent “Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls” and “Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls” releases spotlights the female singers who recorded during 1964-1967 for the EMI group of labels, headquartered in Marylebone in the heart of London’s West End. As girl-pop champion Sheila Burgel writes in the package, “Most of the female acts signed by EMI were teenagers completely tuned in to the current pop trends. Scottish duo the McKinleys, R&B club habitué Julie Driscoll, talent show winner Billie Davis and Midlands pub singer Beverley Jones took original material from London’s Tin Pan Alley and American covers and gave them a vigorous kick that made for fabulous 45s. They may not have had quite the polish of their US counterparts, but the rough’n’ready sound of the Marylebone Beat Girl was precisely her appeal.”

Among the many highlights are ‘Dancing Yet’, a Dobie Gray-style discotheque number by Liza & the Jet Set; ‘Like The Big Man Said’ by Toni Daly, a cover of Italian star Caterina Caselli’s ‘L’uomo D’oro’ with edgy English lyrics by Peter Callander; Helen Shapiro’s latter-day collectable ‘Stop And You Will Become Aware’; ‘Love Is A Word’ by national treasure Alma Cogan, written and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, no less; and Billie Davis’ groovy gender-switched update of Chuck Willis’ R&B nugget ‘Whatcha’ Gonna Do’.

The collection is available in 12-track LP and 25-track CD formats. Julie Driscoll graces the cover of the LP edition, which is pressed on 180g mandarin coloured vinyl in a heavy duty sleeve, with a 3000-word track commentary and an array of rare photos and memorabilia on the inner bag. The CD version, featuring Billie Davis on the cover, comes with a bumper 28-page booklet featuring a 7000-word note and additional photos.

MICK PATRICK

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Track listing

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Side 1

  • 01 Preview Dancing Yet - Liza & The Jet Set

  • 02 Preview Whatcha' Gonna Do - Billie Davis & The Leroys

  • 03 Preview Sweet And Tender Romance - The McKinleys

  • 04 Preview Don't Do It No More - Julie Driscoll

  • 05 Preview Love Is A Word - Alma Cogan

  • 06 Preview Stop And You Will Become Aware - Helen Shapiro

Side 2

  • 01 Preview Music Talk - Beryl Marsden

  • 02 Preview Like The Big Man Said - Toni Daly

  • 03 Preview I Want That Boy - The Chantelles

  • 04 Preview The Boy I Used To Know - Andee Silver

  • 05 Preview Mama Didn't Lie - Jean & The Statesides

  • 06 Preview He Doesn't Want You - The Three Bells

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Smashing girl group sounds from the Parlophone, HMV and Columbia labels ★★★★

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