VA - Having a Rave-Up! The British R&B Sounds of 1964 [2024] (3 x CDs)

BRITISH R&B

VA - Having a Rave-Up! The British R&B Sounds of 1964 [2024] (3 x CDs)

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 pulverizing 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. (www.cherryred.co.uk)

A Four-hour, 3xCDs 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.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Pretty Things - Rosalyn 2:21

02 Downliners Sect - Baby What's Wrong 2:56

03 Art Woods - Sweet Mary 2:53

04 Betterdays - Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth 2:50

05 Authentics - Climbing Through 3:02

06 Primitives - Help Me 3:39

07 Manfred Mann - I'm Your Kingpin 2:46

08 First Gear - Leave My Kitten Alone 2:22

09 Athenians - I Got Love If You Want It 2:49

10 Yardbirds - Honey in Your Hips 2:18

11 Bo Street Runners - Bo Street Runner 2:06

12 Zoot Money - The Uncle Willie 2:54

13 Pirates - Castin' My Spell 2:24

14 Dave Berry - Don't Gimme No Lip Child 2:16

15 Others - Oh Yeah! 2:50

16 Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions - That's Alright 2:13

17 John Mayall & the Blues Breakers - Crawling Up a Hill 2:16

18 Graham Bond Organisation - Long Legged Baby 2:15

19 Brand - Zulu Stomp 2:17

20 Second Thoughts - Looking for My Baby 2:45

21 Talismen - I'll Be Good to You 2:53

22 Sundowners - A Shot of Rhythm 'N' Blues 1:50

23 Iveys - Chicago Calling 2:38

24 Bo-Weevils - I'm a Lover Not a Fighter 3:02

25 Cops 'N' Robbers - Betty Jean 2:22

26 Dennisons - Walking the Dog 2:34

27 Blue Rondos - Baby I Go for You 2:10

28 Shel Naylor - One Fine Day 2:28

29 Stylos - I Want to Be Loved 1:56

30 Group 5 - What's That? 2:35

31 Sheffields - Got My Mojo Working 2:35

CD2

01 Kinks - Beautiful Delilah 2:07

02 David John & the Mood - Pretty Thing 2:16

03 Mickey Finn & the Blue Men - Reelin' and a Rockin' 2:22

04 Yardbirds - I Wish You Would 2:17

05 Birds - You're on My Mind 2:47

06 Fairies - Anytime at All 2:17

07 Tridents - Tiger in Your Tank 5:43

08 Saxons - Draggin' Around 2:11

09 Soul Agents - Let's Make it Pretty Baby 2:08

10 Sorrows - Don't Start Me Talkin' 3:13

11 Merseybeats - Shame Shame Shame 2:26

12 Blues By Five - Boom Boom 2:19

13 High Numbers - I'm the Face 2:34

14 Spencer Davis Group - Dimples 2:21

15 Searchers - Gonna Send You Back to Georgia 2:17

16 Screaming Lord Sutch - Come Back Baby 2:23

17 Plebs - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 1:53

18 Long John Baldry & the Hoochie Coochie Men - You'll Be Mine 2:31

19 Georgie Fame - Parchman Farm 3:07

20 Paramounts - A Certain Girl 2:10

21 Toggery Five - I'm Gonna Jump 2:18

22 Hollies - Memphis 2:34

23 Mal Ryder & the Spirits - Forget It 2:03

24 Remo Four - Peter Gunn 3:15

25 Shades of Blue - Voodoo Blues (demo version) 3:52

26 Art Wood Combo - Hoochie Coochie Man 2:51

27 Excerts - 24 Manhattan Place 2:28

28 Original For-Tunes - You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby 2:34

29 Lester Square & the G T'S - Do the Dog 2:52

30 Cops 'n' Robbers - Down the Road Apiece 2:44

CD3

01 Downliners Sect - Sect Appeal 2:02

02 Yardbirds - I Ain't Got You 2:00

03 Sneekers - Bald Headed Woman 2:29

04 Pretty Things - Don't Bring Me Down 2:10

05 Betterdays - Cracking Up 2:11

06 Thyrds - Hide 'n' Seek 2:25

07 Animals - She Said Yeah 2:18

08 Zombies - Woman 2:25

09 Stylos - Baby What You Want Me to Do 2:37

10 Duffy Power - I Don't Care 2:42

11 Clique - See That My Grave is Kept Clean 2:43

12 Moments - Money Money 2:17

13 T Bones - How Many More Times 3:21

14 Nashville Teens - TNT 2:52

15 Bad Boys - That's What I'll Do 2:46

16 Wild Oats - You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover 2:27

17 Christian's Crusaders - Honey Hush 2:09

18 Saxons - Right Throughly 1:55

19 Talismen - Don't You Mix it With Money 2:14

20 Shades of Blue - My Luck Never Showed 2:29

21 Mike Cotton Sound - Pretty Thing 3:24

22 David John & the Mood - To Catch That Man 2:09

23 Fuzz - Billie Jean 3:37

24 Hoochie Coochie Men - Bright Lights Big City (Featuring Rod Stewart) 2:31

25 Iveys - Midnight Special 3:08

26 Sw4 - Bo Diddley 2:37

27 Excerts - Every Night 3:10

28 Original For-Tunes - Evil 2:45

29 Four Just Men - Sticks and Stones 2:28

30 End - Long Tall Shorty 2:52

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