Please were formed by Peter Dunton and Bernie Jinks in late 1967. They had just returned to Britain from Germany where they had played with Neon Pearl, which also included their third member Jurgen Ermisch. The fourth original member Adrian Gurvitz later co-founded Gun. Unfortunately this line-up left no vinyl legacy or unreleased recordings that have been located behind it. They disbanded in May 1968 when Peter Dunton joined The Flies for whom he wrote both sides of their Magic Train 45. When The Flies split up at the end of 1968, Dunton reformed the band (line-up 'B'). Rob Hunt had also been in The Flies. They recorded all the cuts compiled on this album. Please split again in April 1969 when Peter Dunton joined Gun. The remaining members recruited a new drummer and renamed themselves Bulldog Breed. They later cut the Made In England album. In the Autumn of 1969, Peter Dunton quit Gun to reform Please with Bernie Jinks and Nick Spenser (ex-Neon Pearl). This incarnation was relatively short-lived as they had difficulty recruiting a suitable keyboard player. In early 1970 Dunton, Jinks and a later Bulldog Breed member Keith Cross joined forces to form T2, who were responsible for the excellent It'll All Work Out In Boomland album. One of T2's tracks, No More White Horses also crops up in a radically different form on Please's 1968/69 retrospective.
Please was the predecessor to the heavy psych/prog band T2 and they recorded these songs in 1968 and 1969 like the album title says. The earlier version of Please was Neon Pearl who recorded some songs in Germany in 1967. Their archival album is also worth checking out by the way. Neon Pearl relocated to the UK and changed their name to Please after some line-up changes.
This album includes the first version of the song "No More White Horses" which is better known as a song by T2. This version is a true killer as well. Also you can find "The Story" from this record which is very similar to The Gun's song "Rat Race". Adrian Gurvitz who later formed The Gun was also a short time original member of Please so it's easy to understand why these two songs remind each other so much.
The album includes 12 songs and I can fairly say that I like all of them very much. There is not a weak second on this archival album and in case you're a fan of T2 this album is an essential listen. And every fan of the late 60's psychedelic rock should give this album a try because the material here is really high quality.
Tracklist
A1 We Aim To Please
A2 No More White Horses
A3 Paper Anne
A4 Seaweed
A5 Break The Spell
B1 Strange Ways
B2 Man With No Name
B3 Watching
B4 You're Still Waiting
B5 Breakthrough
B6 The Story
B7 Folder Man
Credits
Bass Guitar – Bernie Jinks*
Design – The Unconditional Jellyhead Position
Drums, Organ, Vocals – Peter Dunton
Flute, Vocals – Robin Hunt (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B5)
Guitar – Nick Spenser (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B3, B4, B6, B7), Rod Harrison (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B5)
Written-By – Peter Dunton
Notes
The songs on this album were recorded in 1968 and 1969.
Enjoy.
Ty To Original Sharer.
"I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free"
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