So Rare UK LP-Sorrows-Take a Heart-Freakbeat Mod Classi
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Description
Very nice and seldom seen MOD FREAKBEAT Classic album from The Sorrows, this is an original UK Piccadilly LP from 1965.
A fantastic collection of tracks on this one, all of them are great!
Cover a little grubby and with some bottom seam damage, there is blue biro (a girl's name) to the rear and also to the front the name Gail appears, the vinyl is glossy and has some biro on the labels (both sides) where a biro has been applied while the record is turning (see pic), the vinyl has several abrasions and scratches none of which are too serious, the record plays through with some clicking and bacon fat but there are no sticks, jumps or hissing to speak of and the music overcomes and overpowers what noise there is, overall then a vg+
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 was excellent, yet the band failed to achieve much success, probably because their brand of Garage rock/Freakbeat 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. In 2003 Lomas produced the Grammy Awardwinning album, Jamaican E.T. for Lee "Scratch" Perry.
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Baby • No No No No • Take a heart • She's got the action • How love used to be • Teenage Letter • I don't wanna be free • Don't sing no sad songs for me • Cara-lin • We should get along fine • Come with me • Let me in
UK NPL 38023 Piccadilly 1965
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