Fab Gear British Beat Explosion & Its Aftershocks- Fab Gear: British Beat Explosion & Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 / Various
Six CD set. British Beat was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles' explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64. Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued. Fab Gear includes many of the era's biggest names such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers and The Tremeloes and other hit acts such as The Marmalade, The Alan Price Set, The Rockin' Berries, David & Jonathan, The Ivy League, Twinkle, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Chad & Jeremy, The Tornados, Arthur Brown, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, The Undertakers, Billie Davis, The Migil 5, The Truth, The Quiet Five and The Sorrows. The hefty booklet boasts band-by-band histories and details of each recording, including early works by David Bowie, Status Quo, Clifford T. Ward, Manfred Mann's Mike d'Abo, Lemmy and future members of Yes, The Move, Mott The Hoople, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Traffic, Lindisfarne and Man. The bonus disc six contains recordings which weren't issued at the time, including many tracks which have never been heard before.
Tracklist:
- Yesterday's Gone - Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde
- Somebody Told My Girl - Carter-Lewis ; the Southerners
- My Whole Life Through - the Nomads
- That Boy John - Billie Davis
- All My Loving - Marilyn Powell
- Bye Bye Johnny - the Regents
- Me - a Band of Angels
- Tell Me Now - Ray Singer
- Reelin' and A'rockin' - Mickey Finn and the Blue Men 1
- Baby What You Want Me to Do - Le Group 5 1
- Bo Street Runner - the Bo Street Runners 1
- Love Me Please - Mike Sarne ; the Leroys 1
- Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind) - the Moody Blues 1
- Round and Round - the Mike Cotton Sound 1
- I'm Taking Her Home - the Others 1
- If I Ever Get My Hands on You - the Artwoods 1
- Your Friend - Mal Ryder and the Spirits 1
- I'm Leaving You - Jimmy Royal and the Hawks 1
- You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover - the Wild Oats 2
- Don't Lie to Me - Four + One 2
- Boom Boom - Tommy Bruce ; the Bruisers 2
- Never Let It Be Said - Grant Tracy 2
- Wishing My Life Away - Angelina 2
- What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers 2
- Seven Lonely Days - Migil 5 2
- You're Forgetting - the Wackers 2
- Ain't Nobody Home But Me - Twinkle 2
- She Ain't No Good - the Clique 2
- Baby's in Black - the Hi-Fi's 3
- Plenty of Love - the Sheffields 3
- Don't Come Any Closer - Just Four Men 3
- Love Is Strange - Robb Storme and the Whispers 3
- Love Potion No. 9 - Tony Jackson with the Vibrations 3
- Only Two Can Play - the Midnights 3
- Don't Break My Heart and Run Away - Bobby Rio and the Revelles 3
- Please Believe - the Beatmen 3
- You Don't Care - the Blue Aces Showband 3
- Dance Little Lady - the Chapters 3
- Looking for Her - the First Impressions 4
- Who'll Be the Next in Line - the Kinks 4
- Don't Cry (My Love) - the Limeys 4
- Whirlybird - Part One - the Pros ; Cons 4
- This Is Love - Carl Wayne and the Vikings 4
- My Little Girl - the Epics 4
- My Little Girl - the Lemmings 4
- Something's Hurtin' Me - the Monotones 4
- Follow Me - the Rockin' Berries 4
- Take Away - the Couriers 4
- Rock and Roll Music - Dickie Rock, Miami ; Strings 5
- She Lied - the Buckinghams 5
- Fe Fi Fo Fum - the Eccentrics 5
- Not a Great Talker - the Riot Squad 5
- She's About a Mover - Buddy Britten and the Regents 5
- In the City - Charles Dickens 5
- Just Keep Right on - the Cops 'N Robbers 5
- I'll Go Crazy - the Untamed 5
- Honeysuckle Rose - the Quiet Five 5
- Down Home Girl - Felders Orioles 5
- I Wanna Know - Paddy Klaus ; Gibson 6
- I've Found Her - the Legends 6
- He's Got No Love - the Searchers 6
- Show Me Around - Mike Hurst 6
- Do It the Right Way - Major Rowly 6
- You Gotta Give - Kenny Bernard and the Wranglers 6
- Pretty Little Face - Mal and the Primitives 6
- Take a Heart - the Sorrows 6
- If I Were the Only One - the Imp-Acts 6
- Any Day Now - the Alan Price Set 6
- Have You Seen My Baby? - the Washington DC's 7
- Never Gonna Love Again - New Faces 7
- I'm So Clean - Ronnie Jones 7
- Count the Stars - Russ Loader with the Ladybirds 7
- You're on Your Own - the in Crowd 7
- On the Horizon - the Syndicats 7
- I'm the One - the Alan Bown Set 7
- Today, Tonight and Tomorrow - the Chosen Few 7
- Think It Over - the Hellions 7
- I Can't Stand the Pain - the Lancastrians 7
- That's My Story - the Nightshift 8
- Come on Home - the Truth 8
- Stingray - the Tornados 8
- Land of One Thousand Dances - the Action 8
- Gonna Give Him Some Love - the Chantelles 8
- Bone Idol - Brian Diamond and the Cutters 8
- My Love Will Stay - the Carnaby 8
- Find Somebody to Love - the Meddyevils 8
- Don't Be Gone Too Long - the Slade Brothers 8
- A Friend - the Ugly's 8
- Laughing Fit to Cry - David and Jonathan 9
- She'll Get No Lovin' That Way - the Kirkbys 9
- Pena, Penita, Pena - the Tomcats 9
- Where Did All the Good Times Go - Shades of Blue 9
- Nobody But You (Live) - Earl Preston's Realms 9
- I Can't Stand It (Live) - Michael Allen 9
- That's Alright (Live) - the Richmond Group 9
- And I Say to Myself - David Bowie with the Lower Third 9
- Throw Your Love Away Girl - the Undertakers 9
- You Don't Know - Arthur Brown ; the Diamonds 9
- That's All I Want - Episode Six 10
- Take a Bit of Notice - the Time 10
- Girl Don't Tell Me - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways 10
- Upgraded - the Boomerangs 10
- Stay By Me - the Rocking Vickers 10
- Given Half a Chance - the Deputies 10
- After Tonight - the Clockwork Oranges 10
- Have You Lost Your Mind - Tony Colton 10
- It's a Cruel World - Luvin' Kind 10
- People Like You - the Bats 10
- I'm with You - the People 11
- I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt on You - Philip Goodhand-Tait and the Stormsville Shakers 11
- I Know a Boy - the Bluechips 11
- We'll See It Through - the Moonlighters 11
- Lies - the Spartans 11
- I Go to Sleep - the Fingers 11
- Aggravation - Chris Curtis 11
- One Day - the Ivy League 11
- Top Girl - the Cymbaline 11
- The Music Goes Round - the Jeeps 11
- You'll Find Out - Paul's Troubles 12
- Have I Offended the Girl - the Bystanders 12
- It's My Problem - the Chevlons 12
- A Love of Our Own - the Debonaires 12
- Simplified - the Majority 12
- Back Seat Driver - the Ministry of Sound 12
- Look Away - the Appalachians 12
- What Does She Want? - Hayes and Wadey 12
- Good Day Sunshine - the Tremeloes 12
- High and Drifting - Tuesday's Children 12
- Little Girl - the Rogers 13
- It's All Leading Up to Saturday Night - the Marmalade 13
- Little Venice - Mick ; Malcolm 13
- I'll Give You Better Love - the Kytes 13
- California Jazz Club U.S.A. - Hat and Tie 13
- Walking Down the Street - the Renegades 13
- All Night Stand (UK Version) - the Thoughts 13
- Too Much on My Mind - Gates of Eden 13
- Sad Subject - Sounds Around 13
- Take Your Love - the Knack 13
- That's When Happiness Began - the Montanas 14
- Please Mr. Sun - Gnomes of Zurich 14
- Party Line - the Attraction 14
- Session Man - Five's Company 14
- I Just Can't Go to Sleep - the Doc Thomas Group 14
- Hurdy Gurdy Man - the Spectres 14
- The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck - Steve Hammond 14
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - the Factotums 14
- Canadian Sunset - the Symbols 14
- Such a Pity - the Secrets 14
- We Can Make It, Baby - Marcus Tro 15
- Steppin' Out - the Athenians 15
- The World's Been Good to Me - the Peenuts 15
- Girl Trouble - the Exceptions 15
- Saturday's Child - the Spectrum 15
- Do It Again a Little Bit Slower - Bobby Johnson and the Atoms 15
- Makin' My Mind Up - Katch-22 15
- I'm Not Ready for You - Five's a Crowd 15
- Poison Ivy - the Cherokees 15
- I'll Try - the Web 15
- Louie Louie - the Changing Times 16
- Help Me - the Second Thoughts 16
- Always on My Mind - Count Downe ; the Zeros 16
- Love Potion No. 9 - the Baskervilles 16
- Wanderin' Eye - the Mighty Atoms 16
- Heartbreak Love or Paradise - Five Steps Beyond 16
- Down Down - the Silence 16
- So Fine - Herbie's People 16
- Make Up Your Mind - the Connoisseurs 16
- One More Chance - the Gremlins 16
- It Must Be Love (Demo) - Barney J Barnes ; the Intro 17
- Run to Me - Glenda Collins (Unissued) 17
- You're Not There - the Uprooted 17
- You're No Use - the Fadin' Colours 17
- You're Just Another Girl - the Brood 17
- Just Won't Do - the Flies 17
- I Can't Stand the Pain - the Trendbender Band 17
- Everybody Loves a Lover - Jeff Curtis ; the Flames 17
- Betty Jean - Earl Preston ; the TT's 17
- Follow Me - the Mike Stuart Span 17
- Any Day Now - Outer Limits 18
- Carabella - the Cordes 18
- Tomorrow - the Newtowns 18
- I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - the Bo-Weevils 18
- Time Will Tell on You - the Xit (Alias Consortium) 18
- Sweet Little Rhythm and Blues - Mike Forde ; the Fortunes 18
- Lend Me Your Comb - Rory Storm ; the Hurricanes
Six CD set. British Beat was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles' explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64. Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued. Fab Gear includes many of the era's biggest names such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers and The Tremeloes and other hit acts such as The Marmalade, The Alan Price Set, The Rockin' Berries, David & Jonathan, The Ivy League, Twinkle, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Chad & Jeremy, The Tornados, Arthur Brown, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, The Undertakers, Billie Davis, The Migil 5, The Truth, The Quiet Five and The Sorrows. The hefty booklet boasts band-by-band histories and details of each recording, including early works by David Bowie, Status Quo, Clifford T. Ward, Manfred Mann's Mike d'Abo, Lemmy and future members of Yes, The Move, Mott The Hoople, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Traffic, Lindisfarne and Man. The bonus disc six contains recordings which weren't issued at the time, including many tracks which have never been heard before.
Tracklist:
- Yesterday's Gone - Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde
- Somebody Told My Girl - Carter-Lewis ; the Southerners
- My Whole Life Through - the Nomads
- That Boy John - Billie Davis
- All My Loving - Marilyn Powell
- Bye Bye Johnny - the Regents
- Me - a Band of Angels
- Tell Me Now - Ray Singer
- Reelin' and A'rockin' - Mickey Finn and the Blue Men 1
- Baby What You Want Me to Do - Le Group 5 1
- Bo Street Runner - the Bo Street Runners 1
- Love Me Please - Mike Sarne ; the Leroys 1
- Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind) - the Moody Blues 1
- Round and Round - the Mike Cotton Sound 1
- I'm Taking Her Home - the Others 1
- If I Ever Get My Hands on You - the Artwoods 1
- Your Friend - Mal Ryder and the Spirits 1
- I'm Leaving You - Jimmy Royal and the Hawks 1
- You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover - the Wild Oats 2
- Don't Lie to Me - Four + One 2
- Boom Boom - Tommy Bruce ; the Bruisers 2
- Never Let It Be Said - Grant Tracy 2
- Wishing My Life Away - Angelina 2
- What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers 2
- Seven Lonely Days - Migil 5 2
- You're Forgetting - the Wackers 2
- Ain't Nobody Home But Me - Twinkle 2
- She Ain't No Good - the Clique 2
- Baby's in Black - the Hi-Fi's 3
- Plenty of Love - the Sheffields 3
- Don't Come Any Closer - Just Four Men 3
- Love Is Strange - Robb Storme and the Whispers 3
- Love Potion No. 9 - Tony Jackson with the Vibrations 3
- Only Two Can Play - the Midnights 3
- Don't Break My Heart and Run Away - Bobby Rio and the Revelles 3
- Please Believe - the Beatmen 3
- You Don't Care - the Blue Aces Showband 3
- Dance Little Lady - the Chapters 3
- Looking for Her - the First Impressions 4
- Who'll Be the Next in Line - the Kinks 4
- Don't Cry (My Love) - the Limeys 4
- Whirlybird - Part One - the Pros ; Cons 4
- This Is Love - Carl Wayne and the Vikings 4
- My Little Girl - the Epics 4
- My Little Girl - the Lemmings 4
- Something's Hurtin' Me - the Monotones 4
- Follow Me - the Rockin' Berries 4
- Take Away - the Couriers 4
- Rock and Roll Music - Dickie Rock, Miami ; Strings 5
- She Lied - the Buckinghams 5
- Fe Fi Fo Fum - the Eccentrics 5
- Not a Great Talker - the Riot Squad 5
- She's About a Mover - Buddy Britten and the Regents 5
- In the City - Charles Dickens 5
- Just Keep Right on - the Cops 'N Robbers 5
- I'll Go Crazy - the Untamed 5
- Honeysuckle Rose - the Quiet Five 5
- Down Home Girl - Felders Orioles 5
- I Wanna Know - Paddy Klaus ; Gibson 6
- I've Found Her - the Legends 6
- He's Got No Love - the Searchers 6
- Show Me Around - Mike Hurst 6
- Do It the Right Way - Major Rowly 6
- You Gotta Give - Kenny Bernard and the Wranglers 6
- Pretty Little Face - Mal and the Primitives 6
- Take a Heart - the Sorrows 6
- If I Were the Only One - the Imp-Acts 6
- Any Day Now - the Alan Price Set 6
- Have You Seen My Baby? - the Washington DC's 7
- Never Gonna Love Again - New Faces 7
- I'm So Clean - Ronnie Jones 7
- Count the Stars - Russ Loader with the Ladybirds 7
- You're on Your Own - the in Crowd 7
- On the Horizon - the Syndicats 7
- I'm the One - the Alan Bown Set 7
- Today, Tonight and Tomorrow - the Chosen Few 7
- Think It Over - the Hellions 7
- I Can't Stand the Pain - the Lancastrians 7
- That's My Story - the Nightshift 8
- Come on Home - the Truth 8
- Stingray - the Tornados 8
- Land of One Thousand Dances - the Action 8
- Gonna Give Him Some Love - the Chantelles 8
- Bone Idol - Brian Diamond and the Cutters 8
- My Love Will Stay - the Carnaby 8
- Find Somebody to Love - the Meddyevils 8
- Don't Be Gone Too Long - the Slade Brothers 8
- A Friend - the Ugly's 8
- Laughing Fit to Cry - David and Jonathan 9
- She'll Get No Lovin' That Way - the Kirkbys 9
- Pena, Penita, Pena - the Tomcats 9
- Where Did All the Good Times Go - Shades of Blue 9
- Nobody But You (Live) - Earl Preston's Realms 9
- I Can't Stand It (Live) - Michael Allen 9
- That's Alright (Live) - the Richmond Group 9
- And I Say to Myself - David Bowie with the Lower Third 9
- Throw Your Love Away Girl - the Undertakers 9
- You Don't Know - Arthur Brown ; the Diamonds 9
- That's All I Want - Episode Six 10
- Take a Bit of Notice - the Time 10
- Girl Don't Tell Me - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways 10
- Upgraded - the Boomerangs 10
- Stay By Me - the Rocking Vickers 10
- Given Half a Chance - the Deputies 10
- After Tonight - the Clockwork Oranges 10
- Have You Lost Your Mind - Tony Colton 10
- It's a Cruel World - Luvin' Kind 10
- People Like You - the Bats 10
- I'm with You - the People 11
- I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt on You - Philip Goodhand-Tait and the Stormsville Shakers 11
- I Know a Boy - the Bluechips 11
- We'll See It Through - the Moonlighters 11
- Lies - the Spartans 11
- I Go to Sleep - the Fingers 11
- Aggravation - Chris Curtis 11
- One Day - the Ivy League 11
- Top Girl - the Cymbaline 11
- The Music Goes Round - the Jeeps 11
- You'll Find Out - Paul's Troubles 12
- Have I Offended the Girl - the Bystanders 12
- It's My Problem - the Chevlons 12
- A Love of Our Own - the Debonaires 12
- Simplified - the Majority 12
- Back Seat Driver - the Ministry of Sound 12
- Look Away - the Appalachians 12
- What Does She Want? - Hayes and Wadey 12
- Good Day Sunshine - the Tremeloes 12
- High and Drifting - Tuesday's Children 12
- Little Girl - the Rogers 13
- It's All Leading Up to Saturday Night - the Marmalade 13
- Little Venice - Mick ; Malcolm 13
- I'll Give You Better Love - the Kytes 13
- California Jazz Club U.S.A. - Hat and Tie 13
- Walking Down the Street - the Renegades 13
- All Night Stand (UK Version) - the Thoughts 13
- Too Much on My Mind - Gates of Eden 13
- Sad Subject - Sounds Around 13
- Take Your Love - the Knack 13
- That's When Happiness Began - the Montanas 14
- Please Mr. Sun - Gnomes of Zurich 14
- Party Line - the Attraction 14
- Session Man - Five's Company 14
- I Just Can't Go to Sleep - the Doc Thomas Group 14
- Hurdy Gurdy Man - the Spectres 14
- The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck - Steve Hammond 14
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - the Factotums 14
- Canadian Sunset - the Symbols 14
- Such a Pity - the Secrets 14
- We Can Make It, Baby - Marcus Tro 15
- Steppin' Out - the Athenians 15
- The World's Been Good to Me - the Peenuts 15
- Girl Trouble - the Exceptions 15
- Saturday's Child - the Spectrum 15
- Do It Again a Little Bit Slower - Bobby Johnson and the Atoms 15
- Makin' My Mind Up - Katch-22 15
- I'm Not Ready for You - Five's a Crowd 15
- Poison Ivy - the Cherokees 15
- I'll Try - the Web 15
- Louie Louie - the Changing Times 16
- Help Me - the Second Thoughts 16
- Always on My Mind - Count Downe ; the Zeros 16
- Love Potion No. 9 - the Baskervilles 16
- Wanderin' Eye - the Mighty Atoms 16
- Heartbreak Love or Paradise - Five Steps Beyond 16
- Down Down - the Silence 16
- So Fine - Herbie's People 16
- Make Up Your Mind - the Connoisseurs 16
- One More Chance - the Gremlins 16
- It Must Be Love (Demo) - Barney J Barnes ; the Intro 17
- Run to Me - Glenda Collins (Unissued) 17
- You're Not There - the Uprooted 17
- You're No Use - the Fadin' Colours 17
- You're Just Another Girl - the Brood 17
- Just Won't Do - the Flies 17
- I Can't Stand the Pain - the Trendbender Band 17
- Everybody Loves a Lover - Jeff Curtis ; the Flames 17
- Betty Jean - Earl Preston ; the TT's 17
- Follow Me - the Mike Stuart Span 17
- Any Day Now - Outer Limits 18
- Carabella - the Cordes 18
- Tomorrow - the Newtowns 18
- I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - the Bo-Weevils 18
- Time Will Tell on You - the Xit (Alias Consortium) 18
- Sweet Little Rhythm and Blues - Mike Forde ; the Fortunes 18
- Lend Me Your Comb - Rory Storm ; the Hurricanes