[2024-06-21] Various Artists "Having A Rave-Up! The British R&B Sounds Of 1964" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:37 pm

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Description
• Four-hour, 3CD anthology of hard-edged British R&B from the genre’s pivotal year.

• Featuring hit singles, key album tracks, cult classics and some fabulous previously unreleased recordings.

While 1963 belonged to the Merseyside-led beat boom, the following year saw the emergence of homegrown R&B as market leaders The Rolling Stones were joined on the Thames Delta by a host of equally young, raw and enthusiastic British blues-hounds.

The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds and Manfred Mann would all come to national prominence, but many other putative king bees – The Artwoods, Downliners Sect, early Ronnie Wood outfit The Birds – would have to settle for a more localised audience.

Other hard-up heroes trying to pay the rent included The Who (as The High Numbers), Steve Marriott (as leader of The Moments) and Rod ‘The Mod’ Stewart (with The Hoochie Coochie Men), who all gave early notice of their developing talent to an indifferent world.

As a new wave of acne-scarred teenage degenerates clambered out of the primordial R&B soup, the R&B revolution spread throughout the land: Newcastle likely lads The Animals topped the charts, Birmingham outfit The Spencer Davis Group also made early commercial progress, while The Betterdays were initially banned from Plymouth dancehalls for playing what the local Mecca ballroom manager described as “n***** music”. Although more musically sophisticated Flamingo Club regulars like Georgie Fame and Zoot Money are also represented, the emphasis on ‘Having A Rave-Up! – The British R&B Sounds of 1964’ is on what would subsequently be labelled as garage R&B/punk, with the bigger names joined by such equally artless hopefuls as The Fairies, The Cops ‘n’ Robbers, The Authentics and The Primitives.

In addition to the various hits and misses, our overview includes tracks from ultra-rare private pressings and numerous previously unissued tracks, including a pulverising six-minute rave-up from The Tridents, featuring Jeff Beck just before he jumped ship to join The Yardbirds.

With 91 great tracks, three great chords and a 48-page booklet that's overflowing with rare photos and memorabilia, the most blueswailing ‘Having A Rave-Up!’ is a thrilling reminder of a time when rock music was young, loud and dangerous.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Rosalyn – The Pretty Things
2. Baby What’s Wrong – Downliners Sect
3. Sweet Mary – The Artwoods
4. Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth – The Betterdays
5. Climbing Through – The Authentics
6. Help Me – The Primitives
7. I’m Your Kingpin – Manfred Mann
8. Leave My Kitten Alone – The First Gear
9. I Got Love If You Want It – The Athenians
10. Honey In Your Hips – The Yardbirds
11. Bo Street Runner (Oak version) – Bo Street Runners
12. The Uncle Willie – Zoot Money
13. Castin’ My Spell – The Pirates
14. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child – Dave Berry
15. Oh Yeah! – The Others
16. That’s Alright – Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions
17. Crawling Up A Hill – John Mayall & The Blues Breakers
18. Long Legged Baby – The Graham Bond Organisation
19. Zulu Stomp – The Brand
20. Looking For My Baby – The Second Thoughts
21. I’ll Be Good To You – The Talismen
22. A Shot Of Rhythm ‘N’ Blues – The Sundowners
23. Chicago Calling – The Iveys
24. I’m A Lover Not A Fighter – The Bo-Weevils
25. Betty Jean – The Cops 'N’ Robbers
26. Walking The Dog – The Dennisons
27. Baby I Go For You – The Blue Rondos
28. One Fine Day – Shel Naylor
29. I Want To Be Loved* – The Stylos
30. What’s That? – Group 5
31. Got My Mojo Working – The Sheffields

[CD2]
1. Beautiful Delilah – The Kinks
2. Pretty Thing – David John & The Mood
3. Reelin’ And A Rockin’ – Mickey Finn & The Blue Men
4. I Wish You Would – The Yardbirds
5. You’re On My Mind – The Birds
6. Anytime At All – The Fairies
7. Tiger In Your Tank* – The Tridents
8. Draggin’ Around – The Saxons
9. Let’s Make It Pretty Baby – The Soul Agents
10. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ – The Sorrows
11. Shame Shame Shame – The Merseybeats
12. Boom Boom – Blues By Five
13. I’m The Face – The High Numbers
14. Dimples – The Spencer Davis Group
15. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia – The Searchers
16. Come Back Baby – Screaming Lord Sutch
17. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – The Plebs
18. You’ll Be Mine – Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men
19. Parchman Farm – Georgie Fame
20. A Certain Girl – The Paramounts
21. I’m Gonna Jump – The Toggery Five
22. Memphis – The Hollies
23. Forget It – Mal Ryder & The Spirits
24. Peter Gunn – The Remo Four
25. Voodoo Blues* (demo version) – Shades Of Blue
26. Hoochie Coochie Man – The Art Wood Combo
27. 24 Manhattan Place – The Excerts
28. You’re Gonna Ruin Me Baby* – The Original For-Tunes
29. Do The Dog – Lester Square & The G.T.’s
30. Down The Road Apiece – The Cops ‘N’ Robbers

[CD3]
1. Sect Appeal – Downliners Sect
2. I Ain’t Got You – The Yardbirds
3. Bald Headed Woman – The Sneekers
4. Don’t Bring Me Down – The Pretty Things
5. Cracking Up – The Betterdays
6. Hide ‘N’ Seek (Oak version) – The Thyrds
7. She Said Yeah – The Animals
8. Woman – The Zombies
9. Baby What You Want Me To Do* – The Stylos
10. I Don’t Care – Duffy Power
11. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – The Clique
12. Money Money – The Moments
13. How Many More Times – The T-Bones
14. T.N.T. – The Nashville Teens
15. That’s What I’ll Do – The Bad Boys
16. You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – The Wild Oats
17. Honey Hush – Christian’s Crusaders
18. Right Throughly – The Saxons
19. Don’t You Mix It With Money – The Talismen
20. My Luck Never Showed* – Shades Of Blue
21. Pretty Thing – The Mike Cotton Sound
22. To Catch That Man – David John & The Mood
23. Billie Jean* – The Fuzz
24. Bright Lights Big City – The Hoochie Coochie Men Featuring Rod Stewart
25. Midnight Special – The Iveys
26. Bo Diddley – The SW4
27. Every Night – The Excerts
28. Evil* – The Original For-Tunes
29. Sticks And Stones – Four Just Men
30. Long Tall Shorty* – The End

*previously unreleased

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Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:57 am

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djgarver · 18 Dec 2007

All these Grapefruit sets have been excellent!

Great combination of known music plus a lot of undiscovered gems which fit right in....

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[2024-06-21] Various Artists "Having A Rave-Up! The British R&B Sounds Of 1964" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)

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