Grant Tracy & The Sunsets - Teenbeat (1963) @ Flac

 

Repost / Update

The minor early-'60s British rock band Grant Tracy & the Sunsets never had any hits. But their Ember label nonetheless collected both sides of their first five singles (all issued in 1961-1962, and variously credited to Grant Tracy & the Sunsets, Grant Tracy, or the Sunsets), along with four new instrumental tracks. It's an unimpressive mix of Shadows-styled instrumental rock and blah teen idol pop, some of them covers of American songs; "Say When" and "Please Baby Please" were both penned by the Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman songwriting team, while "Pretend" and "Love Me" were covers of hits by Carl Mann and Elvis Presley, respectively. For "Taming Tigers," Tracy summoned one of the most obvious apings of Del Shannon ever, though the song wasn't too good. Future Honeybus member Pete Dello did play guitar on much of the material, as well as writing or co-writing four of the tunes, though all of the stuff he had a hand in authoring was instrumental. All 14 songs from the LP have been reissued on the CD Everybody Shake! Grant Tracy & the Sunsets, the Complete Collection, which also includes a dozen other tracks from subsequent singles, demos, and unreleased recordings.

01.Grant Tracy-The Great Matchmaker 

02.Grant Tracy & The Sunsets-Say When 

03.The Sunsets-Cry Of The Wild Goose 

04.The Sunsets-One Mint Julep 

05.The Sunsets-Little Kelly 

06.Grant Tracy & The Sunsets-Love Me 

07.Grant Tracy-The Tears Came Rolling Down 

08.Grant Tracy & The Sunsets-Pretend 

09.Grant Tracy-Taming Tigers 

10.The Sunsets-Mountain King 

11.The Sunsets-Savoy Club Stomp 

12.The Sunsets-Manhunt 

13.Grant Tracy & The Sunsets-Please Baby Please 

14.Grant Tracy-The Painted Smile 

15.Grant Tracy-Tell Her I Lied 

16.Grant Tracy-Never Let It Be Said 

17.Grant Tracy-4 Lips, 2 Hearts, 1 Love 

18.Grant Tracy-Bye Bye Jeannie 

Thanks to SummerSouvenir for the update in Flac

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