MONO 1965 UK PARLOPHONE ORIG CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS Beat Beatles a+
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RARE MINTY CLEAN 1965 yellow & black PARLOPHONE COLLECTIBLE
BRITISH INVASION BEATROCK SCENE ARTIFACT !
CLIFF BENNETT
And The
REBEL ROUSERS
\ UK - (yellow & Black) PARLOPHONE - PMC 1242 - MONAURAL
TOP COPY in glorious mono ... top shelf condition....
Super rare, especially minty clean like this ...Original British 1965 MONO first pressing with "flipback" laminated cover on the highly collected Parlophone label ... an exciting rave-up British Invasion collectible...
Cliff Bennett was one of the most under-rated R&B singers of his generation. IN the early to mid 60's his group, the Rebel Rousers, took on an exhausting touring schedule which took full advantage of the German "Beat" clubs in the Hamburg Germany area, alongside the Beatles and many others. Their lack of hits went on until they secured the management of Brian Epstein and a little of the Beatles magic touch came their way. If Cliff Bennett's debut album could've come out a year sooner than it did, it just might've pushed Bennett and the Rebel Rousers to the front rank of British Invasion acts, and maybe just a few steps from the top rank of British beat-rocker artists at home -- it's that good. Even listening to it decades after it was recorded, it holds up almost as well as the Beatles' second album, and a lot better than the best albums by any of their Liverpool contemporaries Gerry & the Pacemakers or Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas. In a way, it's not a surprise that the record should be this good, as Bennett was one of the most prodigiously talented singers on the British beat scene, and the album was due months before it was actually released. Lots of British beat acts tried to sound authentic, or at least comfortable doing American-style R&B. Some, like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Small Faces, and the Pretty Things, made their stuff sound almost more authentic than the real article; others, like the Beatles in their early days, did it on their own terms and made it sound as natural as if they'd spent years working clubs in New Orleans, Memphis, or wherever. On their self-titled first album, Bennett & the Rebel Rousers fit into the latter category. Supported more than ably by Howard Wendells' lead guitar and Mick Burt's highly underrated drumming and organist (Roy Young) who were sympathetic to the materials, Bennett rose to the occasion of this debut long-player. His vocal range was phenomenal, and for sheer power he rivaled Paul McCartney -- in his lower register on "Make Yourself at Home" and his mid-range on "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," and then plunging into harder blues on "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby"; and the near-falsetto singing on "Steal Your Heart Away" is spellbinding. One can even forgive the cover of "Beautiful Dreamer," the kind of standard that was usual for the beat band to cover in those days, and they do a better job with it than one would expect. Producer John Burgess, who also worked with Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, evidently had learned by this time that it was best with one of these R&B-based acts to just get the band and the engineer on the same page and stand out of the way and let them do their stuff. However it was done, this is a piece of essential listening, and perhaps as quintessentially representative of the best of the British beat boom as any record this side of the Beatles' first two British LPs. And the only reason it doesn't get rated higher is that it was criminally under promoted by Parlophone who put their interests in their in another one of their artists.
A:
I Can't Stand It
Sweet And Lovely
Make Yourself At Home
You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
Sha La La
B:
One Way Love
Steal Your Heart Away
It's All Right
Beautiful Dreamer
Mercy Mercy
Talking About My Bay
The Pick-Up
CONDITION: The Cover: the fragile laminated UK production in top shape in the "EX" (excellent) to M- upper levels, a special first printing when talking 47 years of age from Englands teen beatrock scene ... has the old style 'flipback' seams ... no split seams, no writing and overall a great display worthy collectible.
The Vinyl: really clean, M- looks and plays outstanding ... a fantastic artifact from the original British Invasion... clean yellow & black Parlophone labels top off a great historic collectible
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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