[2016-04-29] VA "Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls 1963-1968" (Ace UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:44 pm

Description
Located in London’s West End, Pye and sister label Piccadilly boasted a super girl-pop catalogue. With the emphasis on 1960s beat, here are two dozen peachy highlights.

This CD opens with a Pye release from 1966 that on the one hand is a rewritten nursery rhyme, and on the other a fuzz guitar-driven freakbeat nugget. Produced by Mark Wirtz, ‘Scratch My Back’ is the third and most coveted of the four singles London-based Jan Panter recorded for as many labels between 1965 and 1969. To promote the discs Jan popped up on television shows such as Stramash!, Gadzooks! It’s All Happening and Thank Your Lucky Stars, performed in concert around the country and posed in a bikini for glamour mag Parade, with minimal commercial success.

Pat Harris & the Blackjacks close the show with their recording of Chan Romero’s beat group staple ‘Hippy, Hippy Shake’. When the Swinging Blue Jeans’ version of the song made the charts, Pat and her guys had every right to feel miffed, having issued theirs a couple of months earlier. But Merseybeat was all the rage in 1963, and the Swinging Blue Jeans had the advantage of coming from Liverpool, while Pat and the group hailed from Wales. Nevertheless, they were a popular live draw on the holiday camp circuit and as far afield as Hamburg, where they performed at the Top Ten Club, the Beatles’ old haunt.

Fan favourite Billie Davis’ self-penned rocker ‘Ev’ry Day’, soulful Geordie girl Kim D’s groovy ‘Come On Baby’, Sandra Barry’s version of the Exciters’ ‘We Were Lovers (When The Party Began)’, the Satin Bells’ English language recording of French yé-yé girl France Gall’s ‘Da-Di-Da-Da’ and 18 other girl-pop gems complete the package, all wrapped up in a sumptuous 24-page booklet featuring a 5000-word track commentary illustrated with a plethora of photos and colourful memorabilia.

Tracklist
1. Scratch My Back - Jan Panter
2. Ev'ry Day - Billie Davis
3. Come On Baby - Kim D
4. Now That You've Made Up Your Mind - Val McKenna
5. He Doesn't Love Me - The Breakaways
6. Heart - Petula Clark
7. It's Hard To Believe It - Glenda Collins
8. Run - Sandie Shaw
9. Something To Give - Nita Rossi
10. Da-Di-Da-Da - The Satin Bells
11. We Were Lovers (When The Party Began) - Sandra Barry
12. I Got A Feeling - Tawny Reed
13. Why Don't I Run Away From You - Antoinette
14. Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (In My Mind But Me) - Tammy St John
15. Incense - Sheila Carter & Episode Six
16. Pay You Back With Interest - Dana Gillespie
17. Well How Does It Feel - Barbara Ruskin
18. I've Found Love - Sharon Tandy
19. It's So Fine - Dee King
20. He Knows I Love Him Too Much - Glo Macari
21. He's No Good - The Baker Twins
22. Don't Lie To Me - Jeannie & The Big Guys
23. I Only Care About You - Julie Grant
24. Hippy, Hippy Shake - Pat Harris & The Blackjacks

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CRHR6I2/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CRHR6I2/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2016 2:34 pm

[2016-04-29] VA "Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls 1963-1968" (Ace UK)

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