But after "Revolver" hit things were never the same anywhere no matter what country you were from. Uruguay's Shakers will go down in history for their classic "Break It All" with their "Hard Day's Night' posturing and even a drummer with a big honker (and their LP which even got a release here in the States). Drawl himself, Mick Jagger attempting the lead vocals.ħ. Though one cringes when imagining a '67 Stones version with Mr. It's a perfect slice of soulful British r&b, punctuated by great horns and a lead singer with an amazingly soulful voice. Billy wrote and produced this one and given his penchant for shagging everything that moved one can't help but think this was a none too subtle message to pass on to Mrs. 60's bands Bill Wyman produced, gave songs to, managed etc (see The End, Moon's Train etc). This was another one of those amazing mondo obscuro U.K. HAMILTON & THE MOVEMENT-"I'm Not The Marrying Kind" An Island records 45 from '68 that my friend Jennie Wasserman played me on a Derrick Harriott compilation album.Ħ. This my friends is a wonderful bit of proto-rocksteady with amazing horns and that murky bass/keyboards mix before it got slowed down and mutated into something white college students could blast while smoking too much reefer. DERRICK HARRIOTT-"Tang Tang Festival Song" Maybe it's the punchy horns on this or the urgency of it all, but you've got to admit this was and still is an amazing record.ĥ. You'd think with my distaste for a lot of 80's music and 80's production I wouldn't be able to like a lot of it now, but Julian Cope and Co. Make mine Motown.īack in 1980 when I was a young budding mod I liked a lot of music, not just The Jam and the Specials and from the moment I heard this on the radio on WNEW's "Things From England" (wedged in between The Jam and XTC I believe) I loved it. Motown's gotten a bad shake because of all the tracks you've heard one too many times but past those 12 songs you never need to hear again there's gems like this. SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES-Come Round Here (I'm The One You Need)Ī brilliant bit of Motown magnum opus style with no expense spared on the production, delivery etc.
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