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San Francisco's pre-eminent popmeisters the Mojo Men are well known to mid-60s aficionados, thanks to both some garage-rocking sides for Autumn and the dulcet baroque experiments of their Reprise years. The 24 previously unreleased titles featured on "Not Too Old To Start Cryin'" fall stylistically between these two schools, yet they may well be amongst the best studio recordings of their entire career.
These sessions were held in the year preceding the Mojo Men's chart breakthrough in early 1967 with `Sit Down I Think I Love You', and consist principally of original material. The Mojos were known for their quality songwriting and tight, self-contained arrangements, not to mention a powerhouse vocal team in bass player Jim Alaimo and the drumming Mojo Woman, Jan Errico.
Garage and folk-rock sounds abound on here, from the snotty punk of `Til I Find You' to the sombre Marianne Faithfull-isms of `Don't Leave Me Crying Like Before'. There's a sprinkling of proto-psych too on cuts such as `Free Ride' and `What Kind Of Man'. It's rare that a cache of this standard comes to light nowadays, which makes "Not Too Old To Start Cryin'" a must for any fan of mid-60s garage and pop.1. Not Too Old To Start Cryin' (Second Version)
2. 'Til I Find You
3. Is Our Love Gone (Second Version)
4. Sure Of Your Love
5. Don't Leave Me Crying Like Before
6. You Didn't Even Say Goodbye
7. What Kind Of Man
8. Happiness Is You
9. Look Into My Eyes
10. What's The Answer
11. Free Ride
12. Times Like These
13. Another World
14. Give Me One More Chance
15. Don't Let It Happen To Me
16. Remember Me
17. Oh Lonesome Me
18. Not For Me
19. They May Be Right
20. She Cried
21. I've Had It
22. Is Our Love Gone (First Version)
23. Not Too Old To Start Cryin' (First Version)
24. There Goes My Mind
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