The Sorrows - Take A Heart [1965 Freakbeat] (2 CD In 1)

The Sorrows - Take A Heart [1965 "Freakbeat"] (2 CD In 1) CD (2000) To Mp3 320 mbit/s Included: CD Covers and this Info Review by Richie Unterberger allmusic.com A reissue of their mid-'60s album, with eight bonus tracks, including the fine non-LP singles by the original lineup and foreign-language versions of some tunes. One of the best obscure British Invasion records. The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal freakbeat band. They were formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England by Pip Whitcher. The Sorrows released their first album, Take a Heart, in 1965 on the Piccadilly Records label which was a subsidiary of Pye Records. The Sorrows were at the time the hardest, most aggressive and contemporary R&B band of that time, although later this brand of music was eventually termed "Freakbeat". One of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion, the Sorrows offered a tough brand of R&B-infused rock that recalled The Pretty Things (though not as R&B-oriented) and The Kinks (though not as pop-oriented). Their hallmarks are boomy, raucous vocals, lightning fast guitar solos and frantic thudding drums. The musicianship is excellent, yet the band failed to achieve much success, probably because their brand of proto-punk rock and roll was simply too far ahead of its time. After receiving some minor chart positions on the UK Singles Chart, Phil Packham and Don Fardon left the band. Fardon then went on to have a UK chart hit with "Indian Reservation". Wez Price took Phil Packam's place on bass guitar, whilst Roger Lomas became lead guitarist and Pip Whitcher focused on vocals. The band relocated to Italy and received minor success. Following the band's break-up Whitcher and Lomas went on to record at Air Studios under Mike Sullivan. Lomas in the early 1980s became a record producer for his own company, ROLO productions, and produced 1980s ska bands such as Bad Manners. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows Personnel Initial line-up Philip (Pip) Whitcher - (born 1943, Coventry) - lead guitar and vocals. Don Fardon - (born Donald Maughn, 19 August 1940, Coventry) - vocals Philip (Phil) Packham - (born 13 June 1945, Bidford-on-Avon, near Stratford, Warwickshire) - bass guitar Wez Price - (born Wesley Price, 19 July 1945, Coventry) - rhythm guitar Bruce Finley - (born 20 September 1944, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) - drums After 1966 Philip (Pip) Whitcher - rhythm guitar and vocals Wez Price - bass Roger (Rog) Lomas - lead Guitar (born Roger David Lomas, 8 October 1948, at Keresley Hospital, Coventry). Bruce Finley - drums Disc One: The Singles 01. I Don't Wanna Be Free 02. Come With Me 03. Baby 04. Teenage Letter 05. Take A Heart 06. We Should Get Along Fine 07. You've Got What I Want 08. No, No, No, No 09. Let The Live Live 10. Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me 11. Let Me In 12. How Love Used To Be 13. Pink Purple Yellow Red 14. My Gal 15. Gonna Find A Cave * 16. I Take What I Want * 17. Baby All The Time * 18. Baby *** 19. Nimm Mein Herz (Take A Heart In German) 20. Sei War Mein Girl (We Should Get Along Fine In German) 21. Mi Si Spezza II Cuore (Take A Heart In Italian) 22. Vivi (Baby In Italian) 23. Verde, Rosso, Giallo, Blu (Pink, Purple, Yellow, Red In Italian) 24. No, No, No, No (In Italian) 25. Zabadak 26. La Liberta Costa Cara (How Love Used To Be In Italian) 27. Hooky ** 28. You're Still Mine ** 29. Armchair King ** 30. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ** * (unreleased at the time) ** (previously unissued) *** (previously unissued '66 version) Disc Two: Take A Heart (The Album) 01. Baby 02. No, No, No, No 03. Take a Heart 04. She's Got The Action 05. How Love Used To Be 06. Teenage Letter 07. I Don't Wanna Be Free 08. Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me 09. Cara-Lin 10. We Should Get Along Fine 11. Come With Me 12. Let Me In

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 Iron_Horse (2009-05-13)

All comments are wellcome!

sleeplessness (2009-05-26)

These are pretty cool obscure British Invasion bands...
As always, thank you!!