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20 tracks,
April 1978 |
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EMI NUTM12 (0C05406613M) |
Good UK
compilation. All
tracks mono. Unrelated to EMS 1120 |
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SIDE ONE |
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I
Want That (Lewis-Weisman) 1962 |
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So
What (Crompton-Jones) 1961 |
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Feelin'
(Robinson-Heath) 1959 |
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Please
Don't Touch (Heath-Robinson) 1959 |
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Restless
(Wadmore-Kidd) 1961 |
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Let's
Talk About Us (Blackwell) 1961 |
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The
Birds And The Bees (Newman) 1965 |
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It's
Got To Be You (Birch) 1966 |
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Jealous
Girl (Mills-Weske) 1964 |
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Shakin'
All Over (Heath) 1960 |
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SIDE TWO |
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I'll
Never Get Over You (Mills) 1963 |
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Growl
(Heath-Robinson) 1959 |
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I
Can Tell (Smith-McDaniels) 1962 |
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Hungry
For Love (Mills) 1963 |
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Linda
Lu (Sharpe) 1961 |
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A
Shot Of Rhythm & Blues (Thompson) 1962 |
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Your
Cheatin' Heart (Williams) 1964 |
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My
Babe (Dixon-Stone) 1964* |
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Castin'
My Spell (E. & A. Johnson) 1964* |
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Big
Blon' Baby (Robert-Jacobson) 1960 |
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"The Best
Of..." 1
Over the years, Colin Miles has
put a lot of thought into many fine compilations issued first via Charley Records and later on
his own label, See For Miles. Initially he compiled albums from major 60's EMI bands
including
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas ("Listen") and this fine offering to
Kidd and co. In line with EMI's Starline label the previous UK retrospective to Kidd on had no sleevenotes
whatsoever: this release more than redressed the balance by including a copious discography
history by Geoff Barker (then of BBC Radio 1's "It's Rock 'n' Roll") AND each
tracks' release dates, catalogue numbers, other side, etc. This time around, original mono
mixes were used throughout and although there was no previously unreleased material, there
was a welcome appearance of the rare "Big Blon' Baby", one of two tracks the
band recorded for the 1960 "Saturday Club" compilation, named after the BBC
Radio show on which the group appeared. Also included were both the
breathtaking "solo"
tracks recorded by the Pirates without Kidd, "My Babe" and "Castin' My
Spell", both of which which appeared on a single in early 1964.
The
mono-only approach was a reflection of gradually changing attitudes to archive material. Record-collecting was
starting to take off big time amongst the masses who wanted to hear original
recordings in all their glory. The re-issue specialists and, later the big labels began
issuing ever- better compilations without electronic stereo separation techniques,
which were sometimes clumsy and ruined the original atmosphere of the
original mono mix. (Modern fake stereo technology can be quite
good but still is never quite the real thing.) This
was a worthy release for British fans, although EMI France still managed
to out-gun it the same year with their
release of the double-LP, "Rocker".
That balance would be redressed however, when Colin Miles issued the
excellent complimentary "Rarities"
LP (still available on CD today).
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