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RATINGS:
Overall ****
Audio ****
Presentation *****
"…Cry No More…"
To look at this January 2025 UK CD smooching your New Year retinas with knowing saucy winks – you would not credit it with being release number eleven in Ace's ongoing series for 60t's trailblazing women - Beat Girls.
In fact - "You Got Me Hooked! More Marylebone Beat Girls" is a second-volume follow-up to its well-reviewed predecessor "Marylebone Beat Girls 1964-1967" from June 2017 – a whopping seven years after that quietly joyful event (see full list of Beat Girls releases below). Of course, with a compilation listen like this - you do have to love Sixties Mono Singles (only three are in Stereo) and the constant angst/purring of beehive babes who may or may not know how to woo innocent Mutts and Jeffs.
Many of the 60ts lady heroes (sung and unsung) are here – the ground-breakers like in-demand session Vocalist Liza Strike, eventual Tyne Tees TV Presenter Friday Browne whose 45 is sought-after and not just for John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page on the B-side, chanteuse Elkie Brooks before her teaming up with Robert Palmer in Vinegar Joe and then a huge solo career to this day, Just Another Diamond Day folk darling Vashti Bunyan, sexpot sister Valerie Mitchell (her sibling was Janie Jones of The Clash fame – check out their ample-assets photo on Page 14), Irish Blues nut Ottilie Patterson teaming up with visiting Chess Records legend Sonny Boy Williamson in 1964 to do a Big Joe Williams cover and of course that genre ground-breaker from up North - Cilla Black (gorgeous colour snap of Lorra-Lorra on the rear page of the chock-a-block booklet – Vashti Bunyan graces the front sleeve colour shot – new from her archive). The Black and White photos that follow each entry too are enough to make you teary-eyed – doing it back in the day when talent plus cahonies was genuinely out there for any young woman.
Marylebone was/is an area in London within earshot of Abbey Road Studios where many of these young EMI hopefuls were recorded – Columbia, Parlophone and HMV Records being the bulk of these UK 45-single releases. Amassing the Discography however for these 26 sides (14 new to CD) - it is noticeable that many entries are rated at 5 or 6 good - rather than 7, 8, 9 or 10 great – so some caution is advised for newcomers (hence the 4-star rating despite exceptional presentation).
But once again the NICK ROBBINS Audio is as pucker as you would expect from an Audio Engineer who must be one of the most experienced in England - and the IAN CHAPMAN and MICK PATRICK liner notes of 24-pages seriously needs to be put up for some kind of writing award – page after dedicated page of superlative in-depth researched detail collectors will love. To the go-getter backcombed gals of yesteryear – damsels who were not distressed but determined to damn the torpedoes no matter what cardigans said - to the details…
UK released Friday, 31 January 2025 - "You Got Me Hooked! More Marylebone Beat Girls" by VARIOUS ARTISTS on Ace/Kent Soul CDTOP 1652 (Barcode 029667112222) is a 26-Track CD-only Compilation of Remasters from 1963 to 1969 including 14 Tracks New to CD. It is the eleventh release in their Beat Girls Series (see full list below) and plays out as follows (65:35 minutes):
1.Snakes And Snails – ALMA COGAN (July 1965, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7652, A-side – written by Chris Curtis of The Searchers – features John Paul Jones on Bass and Jimmy Page on Guitar)
2. I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In) – HELEN SHAPIRO (1967 recording first issued on the February 1998 UK CD compilation "At Abbey Road 1961 to 1967" on EMI 493 4522 (Barcode 724349345225) – a Lesley Gore cover version)
3. Don't Let It Rain – KATHY KISSOON [aka Peanut] (January 1969, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 8525 in STEREO, A-side – written by John Peel and S. Roberton – became the Charting Duo Mac And Katie Kissoon in the Seventies – thereafter Katie Kissoon became a hugely popular Backing Vocalist for big names like Van Morrison, Roger Waters, Robbie Williams, George Harrison and many more) – see also Track 20 – the B-side
4. Too Late To Say You're Sorry – THE SOUL MATES (September 1965, UK 45-songle on Parlophone R 5334, A-side – featuring singer Liza Strike – song written by Brian Henderson) – for LIZA STRIKE see also Tracks 10 and 25
5. Getting Nowhere – FRIDAY BROWNE (January 1966, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5396, A-side – her real name is Maran Stockley – song written by Graham Gouldman later of 10cc – B-side (Track 24) "And (To Me He Meant Everything)" is sought after by collectors because it features Jimmy Page on Guitar pre-Led Zeppelin) – see also Track 24
6. The Town I Live In – JACKIE LEE (November 1966, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 8052, A-side – Mike Leander Arrangements) – see also Track 12 as EMMA REID
7. From Now On – CILLA BLACK (November 1967, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5652 in STEREO, B-side of "I Only Live To Love You" – both sides Produced by George Martin)
8. Cry No More – THE THREE BELLS (August 1966, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7980, A-side – three sisters, Sue, Carole and Jean Bell from Liverpool - song written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy and first issued by Ben E. King) – see also Track 15
9. He's Gotta Love Me – ELKIE BROOKS (June 1965, HMV POP 1431, A-side – written by Kenny Lynch and Jerry Ragovoy – later joined Vinegar Joe with Singer Robert Palmer) – see also Track 14
10. How Can I Know – LIZA & THE JET SET (September 1965, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5248, B-side of "Dancing Yet" – song written by Brian Henderson) – see also Tracks 4 with The Soul Mates and Track 25 as The Jet Set
11. You Can Go – VALERIE MITCHELL (May 1966, UK 45-single on HMV POP 1529, A-side – written by Sidney Gilbert – sister of Marion Mitchell aka Janie Jones made famous (infamous) by The Clash song on their debut album)
12. Just Like A Man – EMMA REDE [aka Jackie Lee, see Track 6] (February 1967, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 8136, A-side – written by Les Reed and Barry Mason)
13. Baby It Hurts – GLENDA COLLINS (April 1964, UK 45-single on HMV POP 1283, A-side – written by Billy Page – both A&B-sides are R.G.M. Sound which was Joe Meek – B-side "Nice Wasn't It" also written by Joe Meek)
14. Stop The Music – ELKIE BROOKS (February 1966, UK 45-single on HMV POP 1512, B-side of "Baby Let Me Love You") see also Track 9
15. He Doesn't Love Me – THE THREE BELLS (October 1964, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7399, B-side of "Softly In The Night" – three sisters, Sue, Carole and Jean Bell from Liverpool - song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde and covered earlier in the year by The Breakaways on their March 1964 UK 45 as the A-side of Pye 7N 15618) – see also Track 8
16. I Know – TIFFANY (July 1965, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5311, B-side of "Am I Dreaming" – real name Irene Green, ex Liverbirds – song is a Susan George cover version)
17. Baby Please Don't Go – OTTILIE PATTERSON Accompanied By SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (February 1964, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7208, A-side – a Big Joe Williams cover version, Irish Born singer and Blues enthusiast Ottilie sings Lead Vocals while Blues Legend Sonny Boy Williamson also provides Harmonica – arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde)
18. Get Lost My Love – MILLICENT MARTIN (June 1963, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5033, B-side of "Gravy Waltz")
19. Take Me Away – JANE HILLARY (May 1966, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7918, B-side of "You've Got That Hold On Me" – Produced and Written by Don Charles and Peter Lee Sterling aka Don And Pete who had released one UK single "And I'm Crying Again" on Columbia DB 7881 in April 1966 – Jane Hillary is Brenda Hill of The Ravons who appeared on Opportunity Knocks in 1965)
20. Will I Never See The Sun – KATHY KISSOON (January 1969, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 8525 in STEREO, B-side of "Don't Let It Rain" - became the Charting Duo Mac And Katie Kissoon in the Seventies – thereafter Katie Kissoon became a hugely popular Backing Vocalist for big names like Van Morrison, Roger Waters, Robbie Williams, George Harrison and many more) – see also Track 3 – the A-side
21. Come In To My Arms Again – BARBARA RUSKIN (October 1967, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5642, A-side – written by Barbara Ruskin – was later covered in the USA by The Vogues for their July 1970 45-single as the B-side of their 50ts Medley song on Reprise 0931)
22. Train Song – VASHTI (May 1966, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7917, A-side – real name Vashti Bunyan) – for its B-side "Love Song" see also Track 26
23. You Kissed Me Boy – LESLEY DUNCAN (February 1964, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5106, A-side – written by Lesley Duncan and Jimmy Duncan)
24. And (To Me He Meant Everything) – FRIDAY BROWNE (January 1966, UK 45-single on Parlophone R 5396, B-side of "Getting Nowhere" (see Track 5) – her real name is Maran Stockley – "And (To Me He Meant Everything)" is sought after by collectors because it features Jimmy Page on Guitar pre-Led Zeppelin) – for Friday Browne see also Track 5
25. You Got Me Hooked – THE JET SET (November 1964, Parlophone R 5199, A-side – The Jet set featuring Lead Vocalist and Session Singer Liza Strike – see also Track 4 by The Soulmates and Track 10 by Liza & The Jet Set
26. Love Song – VASHTI (May 1966, UK 45-single on Columbia DB 7917, A-side – real name Vashti Bunyan) – for its A-side "Train Song" see also Track 22
NOTES: All Tracks in MONO except Tracks 3, 7 and 20 in STEREO
The listen stretches through a surprising number of flipsides - from the cool kitsch of June 1963 (Millicent Martin) through to January 1969 (Katie Kissoon) – but mostly concentrates on the mid-years inbetween. Clever-inclusions come in the shape of the sought-after Millicent Martin B-side from 1963 "Get Lost My Love" on Parlophone – later to become globally famous as a version of the brassy theme song used in The Austin Powers Movie – an almost vaudeville nugget that offset the terrible "Gravy Waltz" A-side. Working with The Yardbirds as he toured England and Europe – Chess Records giant Sonny Boy Williamson was boozed and schmoozed by the young men and ladies of Blighty – enjoying a renaissance not afforded in his native land. Northern Ireland vocal belter Ottilie Patterson (County Down) lets rip with her Bessie Smith growl and purr on the Big Joe Williams classic "Baby Please Don't Go" – her fantastic pairing producing a winner. Another Six Counties genius Van Morrison would also tackle this gem with Them on Decca a few years later – but you have to say that the liner notes are right to claim that Ottilie was a firebrand singer now overlooked – smart stuff to put the track on here.
A definite move forward in sound and feel and back when she was called Kathy – Katie Kissoon gets all melodrama Soulful with her fab 1969 B-side "Will I Never See The Sun" – great stuff and one Mods and Northern Soul fans will dig. Speaking of Soulful girlies – Barbara Ruskin belts out her own "Come In To My Arms Again" in a very Phil Spector Ronettes fashion – all Wall of Sound melodrama over-produced (on purpose) by Jack MacLeod. The sheet music to the Lesley Duncan song "You Kissed Me Boy" appears on Page 3 – a pretty song at best - but LD would go on to write so much better stuff in the Seventies – see my review for the 2CD anthology "Sing Lesley Sing: The RCA and CBS Recordings 1968-1972" on RMP Records from June 2017. Fantastic is the only way to describe the slink of Liza Strike as she vocally elevates the title track "You Got Me Hooked". Soft and mellow and pretty does it as all five foot eight and half-inches tall (her EMI bio) Vashti Bunyan (then trading as Vashti) travels North for her "Train Song" – longing for her man on a British Rail rustbucket in that ever-so-slightly fay whispered vocal of hers - the equally lovely blue-eyed B-side "Love Song" (Track 26) ends the compilation in a perhaps too mellow manner (but collectors will love their inclusion).
I often find the idea of these compilations better than the actual listen – but "You Got Me Hooked! More Marylebone Beat Girls" achieves that double-whammy that Ace Records does so well – a surprising and uplifting tinkle on the memory glands whilst at the same time satisfying the lust of collectors for rarities on Remastered Digital.
Well done to the good chaps praising ground-breaking ladies – admirable and fun. And as I eye the black and white promo photos of a Five Point Cut Helen Shapiro on Page 5 or the gorgeous Updo Styled Katie Kissoon on Page 6 or even a brooding Bob Bouffant Millicent Martin on Page 18 – I think of their classiness and the sheer hutzpah they had to take on such a male dominated world.
I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In) - Helen Shapiro and her fellow goers sang in the Sixties – yes you are and yes you did…recommended…
Beat Girls Series from Ace Records of the UK
CDs and LPs Issued from March 2016 to January 2025
CD (24 Tracks):
Released 25 March 2016 on Ace Records CDCHD 1456 (Barcode 029667074629)
VINYL LP as "Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1963-1970" (12 Tracks, 180 Grams, Sunshine Yellow Coloured Vinyl)
Released 25 March 2016 on Ace Records XXQLP 041 (Barcode 029667004312)
2. "Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls 1963-1968" (24 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 29 April 2016 on Ace Records CDCHD 1472 (Barcode 029667075923)
3. "The Girls Want The Boys! Sweden's Beat Girls 1964-1970"
CD (24 Tracks):
Released 28 October 2016 on Ace Records CDTOP 1482 (Barcode 029667077224)
VINYL LP (12 Tracks, 180 Grams, White Coloured Vinyl LP)
Released 28 October 2016 on Ace Records XXQLP 048 (Barcode 029667005319)
4. "Marylebone Beat Girls 1964-1967"
CD (25 Tracks):
Released 30 June 2017 on Ace Records CDTOP 1492 (Barcode 029667078726)
VINYL LP (12 Tracks, 180 Grams Weight, Orange Coloured Vinyl):
Released 30 June 2017 on Ace Records XXQLP 050 (Barcode 029667005715)
5. "Beat Girls Español! 1960s She-Pop From Spain" (Torrelaguna Sound and Yé-Yé)
CD (25 Tracks):
Released 26 January 2018 on Ace Records CDTOP 1512 (Barcode 029667086325)
VINYL LP (14 Tracks, 180 Grams, White Coloured Vinyl LP)
Released 26 January 2018 on Ace Records XXQLP 053 (Barcode 029667007115)
6. "She Came From Hungary! 1960s Beat Girls From The Eastern Bloc"
CD (24 Tracks):
Released 25 September 2018 on Ace International CDTOP 1519 (Barcode 029667088329)
VINYL LP (14-Tracks, 180 Grams, Translucent Red Coloured Vinyl LP)
Released 25 September 2018 on Ace International XXQLP 054 (Barcode 029667007917)
7. "Live It Up! Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-1967" (25 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 30 August 2019 on Ace Records CDTOP 1550 (Barcode 029667095327)
8. "She Came From Liverpool! Merseybeat Girl-Pop 1962-1968" (24 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 29 November 2019 on Ace Records CDTOP 1561 (Barcode 029667096829)
9. "Don't Blow Your Cool! More 60s Girls From UK Decca" (24 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 29 May 2020 on Ace Records CDTOP 1568 (Barcode 029667097826)
10. "She Wants You! Pye Records' Feminine Side 1964-1970" (25 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 26 February 2021 on Ace Records CDTOP 1596 (Barcode 029667101028)
11. "You Got Me Hooked! More Marylebone Beat Girls" (25 Tracks, CD-only)
Released 31 January 2025 on Ace Records CDTOP 1652 (Barcode 029667112222)
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