Monday, May 19, 2025

VA - The Decca Years 1963, Forty-Five 45s from the Pioneers of British Pop [2025] (2 x CDs)

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VA - The Decca Years 1963, Forty-Five 45s from the Pioneers of British Pop [2025] (2 x CDs)

Once again, Decca Records have been shining a light into the recesses of their vast archive to bring you 'The Decca Years 1963', a newly compiled collection of hits and rarities from the pioneers of British Pop music, available as a 45-song 2CD set, or a 22-song 'highlights' LP. Alongside big hits and familiar favourites from Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, Billie Davis, Kathy Kirby, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, The Tornados, and Tommy Steele, we are excited to bring you some tracks that are being made available again for the first time in more than 60 years, and a few that have never been on CD before. Both formats come in eye-catching, retro style packaging that references Decca releases from the early '60s and feature informative track-by-track sleeve notes. (bear-family.com)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Do You Love Me? 2:24

02 Big Three - Some Other Guy 1:48

03 Bern Elliot & The Fenmen - Money 2:27

04 Mojos - Forever 2:31

05 Billie Davis - Tell Him 2:12

06 Lyn Cornell - Sally Go Round The Roses 3:02

07 Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Kansas City 2:34

08 Lee Curtis & The All-Stars - Let's Stomp 2:14

09 Redcaps - Talkin' Bout You 2:21

10 Dave Berry and The Cruisers - Memphis Tennessee 2:24

11 Sounds Incorporated - Keep Movin' 2:03

12 Doug Sheldon - Mickey's Monkey 2:19

13 Chucks - Loo-Be-Loo 2:56

14 Heinz - Just like Eddie 2:40

15 Jet Harris - Diamonds 2:20

16 Pete Maclaine and The Clan - Yes I Do 1:56

17 Country Gentlemen - Greensleeves 1:45

18 Billy Fury - Like I've Never Been Gone 2:12

19 Jimmy Powell - Remember Then 2:10

20 Steve Marriott - Give Her My Regards 1:55

21 Chimes - Can This Be Love 2:15

22 Beat Boys - That's My Plan 2:00

23 Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds - Beachcomber 2:20


CD2

01 Eden Kane - Sounds Funny to Me 2:36

02 Anthony Newley - I Love Everything About You 1:53

03 Fortunes - Summertime Summertime 1:52

04 Vernons Girls - Do The Bird 2:16

05 Jean Martin - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya 2:43

06 Tornados - Globetrotter 2:41

07 Louise Cordet - Which Way The Wind Blows 1:57

08 Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 2:28

09 Cloda Rogers - Sometime Kind of Love 2:24

10 Mal Ryder - Cry Baby 2:27

11 Gamblers - You've Really Got A Hold on Me 3:08

12 Karl Denver - Still 2:13

13 Bachelors - Whispering 2:26

14 Courtenay - Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter 2:30

15 Davy Graham - She Moved Thro' The Fair 3:10

16 Eric Rogers and his Orchestra - The Iron Maiden 2:26

17 Ron Grainer - That Was The Week That Was 2:12

18 Jackie Frisco - You Can't Catch Me 2:04

19 Orchids - Gonna Make Him Mine 2:14

20 Janice Nicholls - I'll Give it Five 2:03

21 Tommy Steele - Flash, Bang, Wallop 2:18

22 Tsai Chin - Any Old Iron 2:32


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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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9 comments:

  1. And to think Decca chose Brian Poole & the Tremeloes over The Beatles because they were locals. ( in London)

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    1. Hi Dr Robert.
      Funny how things pan out.
      Cheers.

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  2. ..... and they were beter than The Beatles at that time!

    I hope there are more years - this is FAB!!

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    1. More Decca years - hope it also

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    2. Hi Paul Redbeard.
      Music is subjective but always universal. All were good in their own way.
      Cheers.

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  3. Thanks BB for This Decca - --- as Paul Redbeard says --- hope also for more Decca years

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    1. H Bluero.
      There has been a lot of Decca label music posted here already, I am sure more will follow.
      Cheers.

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