From 1965, the sole and rare LP by this New Zealand group is actually one of the better imitation Merseybeat-style records from outside the U.K., and still barely known even to most avid '60s rock collectors. "You and Me," "If You Had Love," "I'm Telling You," "My Arms Want to Hold You," and "One Boy Too Late" -- all but the last of them original songs -- are all pretty respectable, if fairly lightweight, tunes in the style, sometimes with a hint of country or (in the guitar twang) the Shadows, and sometimes a little close to the Searchers in flavor. The band fares less well on the covers of songs by the likes of the aforementioned Searchers ("What Have They Done to the Rain," the Malvina Reynolds folk song the Searchers made into a hit), the Mojos ("Everything's All Right"), and the Beatles ("I Feel Fine"). These are competent but add nothing to the superior originals, although at least the group manages to simulate, sort of, the feedback intro of "I Feel Fine." A few other tracks indicate that, like many bands of the time, they were making a conscious effort to project all-around versatility, with an instrumental Shadows cover ("Theme for Young Lovers") and a fairly mild R&B raver with a Bo Diddley rhythm ("Don't You Touch That Girl").
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