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"...Gotta Have You..."
This is the third release from Ace Records and
their 'Big Beat' label imprint for SHEL TALMY Productions and something fans of
The Who's "My Generation" first album Producer are going to get very
excited about.
Amidst the non-album A&B-sides and other
uber rarities are a whopping fourteen Previously Unreleased 60ts cuts - whilst
seven of the 24-sides boast a young 'guitar-slinger' called Jimmy Page who
would of course go on to form some no-mark band in 1968 that never amounted to
anything...anywhere (well, maybe some places). Most of these Planet sessions
also included ace sessionmen Nicky Hopkins on Piano and legendary Drummer Bobby
Graham who is said to have played on over 15,000 recordings...
The first Talmy CD compilation instalment came
in May 2017 - "Making Time: A SHEL TALMY Production" on Ace Records
CDCHD 1497 (Barcode 029667079020) and then Volume 2 in April 2018 - "Planet
Mod: Brit Soul, R&B And Freakbeat From The SHEL TALMY Vaults" on
Ace/Big Beat CDWIKD 336 (Barcode 029667085120). I've loved and reviewed both
and this latest wad of mid-60ts Beat Group goodies is the same – a heady mix of
the amazing and the poppy with room in your life for both. Here are the fuzzbox
shakers and makers...
UK released Friday, 29 June 2018 (6 July 2018
in the USA) - "Planet Beat: From The SHEL TALMY Vaults" by VARIOUS
ARTISTS on Ace/Big Beat CDWIKD 341 (Barcode 029667089128) is a 24-Track CD
compilation of rarities (14 are Previously Unreleased) that plays out as
follows (55:06 minutes):
1. My Baby Is Gone - THE UNTAMED (June 1965 UK
7" single on Stateside SS 431, Non-Album B-side of "I'll Go
Crazy")
2. Leave My Kitten Alone (Alternate Take, Take
1, July 1964) - THE FIRST GEAR (2018, Previously Unreleased)
3. Why - THE PATHFINDERS (2018, Previously
Unreleased)
4. There's Something About You - THE ZEPHYRS
(February 1965 UK 7"single on Columbia DB 7481, Non-Album B-side to
"She's Lost You")
5. Lucy (You Sure Did It This Time) - THE
DENNISONS (October 1964 UK 7" single on Decca F. 11990, Non-Album B-side
to "Nobody Like My Babe")
6. Everybody Knows (Alternate Version, February
1965) - SEAN BUCKLEY & THE BREADCRUMBS (2018, Previously Unreleased)
7. Lonely Man - THE LANCASTRIANS (September
1965 UK 7" single on Pye 7N 15927, A-side)
8. It's Superman - THE IMP-ACTS (2018,
Previously Unreleased)
9. She Said Yeah - THE PRESIDENTS (2018,
Previously Unreleased)
10. She You Later Alligator (Alternate Take) -
WAYNE GIBSON (2018, Previously Unreleased)
11. I'm Leaving - THE TRIBE (February 1966 UK
7" single n Planet PLF 108, B-side to "The Gamma Goochie" - the
A-side is on "Planet Mod...")
12. Gotta Have You - THE LIBERATORS (2018,
Previously Unreleased)
13. Casting My Spell - THE TALISMEN (April 1965
UK 7" single on Stateside SS 408, Non-Album B-side to "Masters Of
War")
14. How Do They Know - THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
(February 1966 UK 7" single on Planet PLF 109, Non-Album B-side to
"How Can You Tell")
15. Black Eyes (Alternate Take) - THE HEARTS
(2018, Previously Unreleased)
16. Our Love Is Gone - THE IMP-ACTS (2018,
Previously Unreleased)
17. What'd I Say - JOHNNY B GREAT & THE
ORCHIDS (2018, Previously Unreleased)
18. Please Go - THE TREKKAS (February 1966 UK
7" single on Planet PLF 105, A-side)
19. Was She Tall (Demo, August 1964 without JP)
- THE LANCASTRIANS (2018, Previously Unreleased)
20. Love Love Love - THE PATHFINDERS (2018,
Previously Unreleased)
21. Talk To Me Baby - THE RISING SONS (July
1965 US 7" single on Amy 931, A-side)
22. Kids Take Over - THE UNTAMED (first issued
2001 on the CD compilation "Gimme Gimme: The Singles And Unissued Rarities
1965-1966" on RPM Records RPM 223 - Barcode 5013929522329)
23. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Alternate
Version, August 1964) - WAYNE GIBSON (2018, Previously Unreleased)
24. Just Can't Keep A Good Man Down - THE
TALISMEN (2018, Previously Unreleased)
NOTES:
All Tracks are MONO except Track 10
Tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19,
20 23 and 24 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (14 in Total)
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 10, 13, 23 and 24 features
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin on Guitar
Tracks 10 and 23 also feature Nicky Hopkins on
Piano
The info-packed 20-page booklet with new ALEC
PALAO liner notes is the usual classy Ace Records affair - Planet Records trade
adverts, publicity cards, promotional band photos in black and white and
colour, IBC Studios Acetates, Tape Boxes, label repros for Planet, Stateside,
Pye and Amy and so on. It's a brilliant and hugely informative read.
Audio – the NICK ROBBINS remastered sound is amazingly good – like the
tapes have been kept well. Listening to the fabulous fuzzed-up guitar track,
crazed solo and shimmering exit provided by Zeppelin’s Page on the Alternate
Take of "Everybody Knows" or his equally wild contributions with
Nicky Hopkins to the alternate take of "See You Alligator" will be
suitably impressed. The harmonica to The Tribe and their Them-cool R&B
growler "I’m Leaving" is superb too – keyboardist Martin Lee,
Guitarist Frank Torpey and singer John Neighbor all kicking up a 60ts-groovy
storm.
