The Poets As+Bs + Unreleased Tracks (SCO) Flac + MP3

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The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his Immediate Records label. Their cover version of "Baby Don't You Do It", 

Musically, the band's style contained elements of both the hard R&B of the early Small Faces (both bands would cover "Baby Don't You Do It") and The Action along with the more melodic sounds of The Kinks, The Searchers and the later period Small Faces. Visually, they sported an Edwardian look similar to the early Kinks with matching velvet jackets, ruffled shirts, tight pants, Beatle Boots and shag haircuts. Within the West of Scotland however, their look was interpreted as based on the Poet Rabbie Burns appearance in paintings of the time.

Their 1964 single "Now We're Thru'" was a #31 hit in the UK. However, later singles were not chart successes outside Scotland, and no full album was completed.

Some of their singles are on various compilation albums, including the Nuggets II box set on Rhino Records (one song) and The Immediate Records Story (four songs) on Charly Records. One of their tracks "That's The Way It's Got To Be" was on the soundtrack for the films Factory Girl and Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.

Their former member, Hume Paton, born Hume Michael Paton, 6 October 1945, Bellshill, Glasgow, died on 30 April 2011, from a heart attack in Saint Georges, Grenada, West Indies at the age of 65. Another former member, Alan Weir, born 12 September 1943, Gartcosh, Lanarkshire died on 9 June 2010 from cancer in Cambridge, at the age of 67. Another former member John Dawson, born 6 May 1944, Glasgow, Strathclyde died on 6 January 2002, Glasgow, Strthclyde, Scotland of cancer, at the age of 57.

In 2011, The Poets reformed with original members George Gallacher and Fraser Watson, and on 2 December that year, played at the Eyes Wide Open club's 7th anniversary celebration. This was meant to be a one off, but just before the gig, The Poets' name appeared in the line-up to Le Beat Bespoke 8, listing them as playing on 8 April 2012.

Lead singer George Gallacher born 21 October 1943, Royston, Glasgow, died of a heart attack on 25 August 2012, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, at age 68 while travelling home after watching his beloved Partick Thistle win 3-0 against Dumbarton. The remaining founder member, Tony Myles, now lives in Spain where he hosts various radio programs and continues to write music at his home studio in the Costa Blanca.

Definitive 20-track compilation includes the A-sides and B-sides of all seven of their singles, half a dozen previously unissued cuts of some interest, and detailed liner notes. Solidifying their place as one of the best lost bands of the '60s, it's well worth acquiring by British Invasion fans.

Tracks 13,14,18 & 20 unreleasd at the time.

Tracklist

1 Now We're Thru'

2 That's The Way It's Got To Be

3 I Love Her Still

4 I Am So Blue

5 There Are Some

6 I'll Cry With The Moon

7 Call Again

8 Some Things I Can't Forget

9 Baby Don't You Do It

10 I'll Come Home

11 In Your Tower

12 Wooden Spoon

13 It's So Different Now

14 I'll Keep My Pride

15 Baby Please Don't Do It (Alternative Longer Version)

16 Never Thought She Would

17 Dawn

18 Fun Buggy

19 Heyla Hola

20 Someone

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