VA — Beat, Beat, Beat! Volume Two — More Mop Top Rarities — January To April 1964 (2001)
FLAC(tracks) | Oldies, Beat, Rhythm & Blues, Pop Rock | 2h 18 min | 544 MB
CD 1:
1. Gregory Phillips & The Remo Four — Everybody Knows (2:54)
2. Gregory Phillips & The Remo Four — Closer To Me (1:56)
3. Me & Them — I Think I\’m Gonna Kill Myself (2:02)
4. Me & Them — Feels So Good (2:20)
5. Mike Goodman — Did You (1:46)
6. Robb Storme & The Whispers — To Know Her Is To Love Her (2:11)
7. Robb Storme & The Whispers — Bu-Bop-A-Lu-Bop-A-Lie (2:15)
8. The Migil 5 — Mockin\’ Bird Hill (2:47)
9. The Migil 5 — Long Ago And Far Away (2:08)
10. Various — Johnny Devlin & The Detours — Somes (2:31)
11. Various — Johnny Devlin & The Detours — If You Want Someone (2:27)
12. The Sheffields — It Must Be Love (3:08)
13. The Sheffields — Say Girl (2:18)
14. Various — Johnny Sandon — Sixteen Tons (2:23)
15. Various — Johnny Sandon — The Blizzard (4:00)
16. The Undertakers — Just A Little Bit (2:25)
17. The Undertakers — Stupidity (2:02)
18. The Sundowners — Come On In (2:21)
19. The Sundowners — A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues (1:51)
20. The Monotones — What Would I Do (2:01)
21. The Monotones — Is It Right (2:28)
22. The Commanches — Tomorrow (2:08)
23. The Commanches — Missed Your Lovin\’ (2:24)
24. Various — Andy Cavell — Tell The Truth (1:41)
25. The Kinks — Long Tall Sally (2:11)
26. The Kinks — I Took My Baby Home (1:48)
27. Jeannie & The Big Guys — I Want You (2:30)
28. Jeannie & The Big Guys — Sticks & Stones (2:12)
29. Linda Doll & The Sundowners — He Don\’t Want Your Love Anymore (2:05)
30. Linda Doll & The Sundowners — Bonie Moronie (2:31)
CD 2:
1. Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four — Prove it (2:32)
2. Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four — Haven\’t You Noticed (2:00)
3. Tony D. & The Shakeouts — Is It True (2:01)
4. Tony D. & The Shakeouts — Never Let Her Go (1:51)
5. The Trends — All My Loving (2:10)
6. The Trends — Sweet Little Miss Love (2:06)
7. Julie Grant — Every Day I Have To Cry (2:27)
8. The Breakaways — He Doesn\’t Love Me (1:58)
9. The Overlanders — Yesterday\’s Gone (2:11)
10. The Overlanders — Gone The Rainbow (2:30)
11. Dane Rogers & The Nu-Beats — Mary Mary (Marry Marry Me) (1:37)
12. Dane Rogers & The Nu-Beats — Jeanette (1:43)
13. Gerry Dorsey — Take Your (2:39)
14. Gerry Dorsey — Baby I Do (2:29)
15. Jimmy Nicol & The Shubdubs — Humpty Dumpty (2:22)
16. Jimmy Nicol & The Shubdubs — Night Train (2:05)
17. The Puppets — Three Boys Looking For Love (1:39)
18. The Puppets — Shake With Me (2:18)
19. Mark Wynter — It\’s Love You Want (2:23)
20. The Sheffields — Got My Mojo Working (2:34)
21. The Sheffields — Hey, Hey Lover Boy (2:29)
22. Teddy Green — Give Me Your Hand (2:23)
23. Brad Newman — Please Don\’t Cry (2:22)
24. Brad Newman — Every Hour Of Living (2:29)
25. The Remo Four — I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (2:14)
26. The Remo Four — Peter Gunn (3:15)
27. Jackie Lynton — Little Child (1:59)
28. Jackie Lynton — Never A Mention (3:00)
29. Peter\’s Faces — Why Did You Bring Him To The Dance (2:16)
30. Peter\’s Faces — She\’s In Love (2:48)
This two-CD set picks up right where the first volume left off, a chronological account of Pye Records\’ releases in the Merseybeat style from January until April of 1964. There\’s amazingly little that isn\’t worth hearing — in fact, nothing here is not worth knowing about — among these 60 songs, even if some of the groups are almost totally unfamiliar: Me & Them, cheerful Cockney rocker Mike Goodman, Robb Storme & the Whispers (doing a pounding, beat-style version of \»To Know Her Is to Love Her\»), Johnny Devlin & the Detours (no, not the Who in their brief existence under that name), Teddy Green, and Peter\’s Faces (formerly Peter Nelson & the Travellers). One will come away from listening to this set not only with a lot of good tunes that were hits in other hands (\»Yesterday\’s Gone\» by the Overlanders, the Trends\’ cover of \»All My Loving,\» \»Everyday I Have to Cry\» by Julie Grant, the Kinks\’ version of \»Long Tall Sally\»), but a few chart hits, in the U.K. (\»Mocking Bird Hill\» by the Migil Five) and internationally (a handful of Searchers singles), and lots of decent songs off the obscure side of the British Invasion. This isn\’t the kind of collection for someone who wants chart singles and songs recognized off the radio, but for someone who wants to hear the all-rans of that phenomenon and 140 minutes of material that\’s every bit as earnest (if not as inventive or distinctive) as the best work of the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and more, this set is for you. The annotation is extensive and detailed, and the sound is excellent.
