VA — Don\’t Blow Your Cool! (More 60s Girls from UK Decca) (2020)

FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) | 1h 4 min | Beat, Mod, Soul, Folk Rock, Pop Rock | 416 MB

With the original vinyl compilation Girl Zone in 1986, Ace Records became the first reissue company to plunder Decca Records 1960s female catalogue. No-one really knew whether there was a demand, so it was something of a gamble. Happily, reaction was positive and the album sold well. Fast forward 30 years, and their similarly themed Love Hit Me! collection became one of their top-selling releases of 2016. Having established that there\’s still a demand, Ace now present Don\’t Blow Your Cool!, their latest sumptuously packaged all-female Decca anthology. Along with a hand-picked selection of proven fan favourites, with the more avid of collectors in mind, the compilation includes ultra-rare French language versions of Summer Nights by Marianne Faithfull and You Just Gotta Know My Mind by Dana Gillespie, plus other new-to-CD tracks by visiting American Joy Marshall, folk-rocker Beverley, Marvettes lead singer Margo, much-loved girl group the Orchids and, with her Goldfinger -style theme from cult favourite TV series Adam Adamant Lives, lip-gloss queen Kathy Kirby. Compilation and notes by girl-pop buffs Mick Patrick and Ian Chapman (just like back in 1986).
01. Stevie Kimble — All The In The World
02. Dana Gillespie — He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
03. Antoinette — Jenny Let Him Go
04. Lulu — Take Me As I Am
05. Lorraine Child — You
06. Marianne Faithfull — With You In Mind
07. Kathe Green — Pose Hill
08. Barry St. John — Mind How You Go
09. Vashti — Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind
10. Billie Davis — Me About You
11. Joy Marshall — Heartache Hurry On By
12. Twinkle — What Am I Doing Here With You
13. Beverley — Museum
14. Dana Gillespie — You Just Gotta Know My Mind (Tu N\’As Vraiment Pas Change)
15. Barry St. John — Don\’t You Feel Proud
16. Margo — The Spark That Lights The Flame
17. Marianne Faithfull — Summer Nights (Nuit D\’Ete)
18. Beverley — Picking Up The Sunshine
19. Adrienne Poster — Backstreet Girl
20. The Blue Orchids — Mr. Scrooge
21. The Caravelles — Don\’t Blow Your Cool
22. Kathe Green — Promise Of Something New
23. Clare Torry — Love For Living
24. Kathy Kirby — The Adam Adamant Theme