Various Artists - Planet Beat; From The Vaults Of Shel Talmy (@320)

 

Various Artists - Planet Beat; From The Vaults Of Shel Talmy

Planet Beat - From the Shel Talmy Vaults.

Big Beat have recently accessed one of the most worthy vaults known to UK 1960s rock history: the archives of producer Shel Talmy, the man behind You Really Got Me, My Generation and dozens of other signature records of Swinging Britain’s mid-60s glory days. Arriving on these shores in the summer of 1962, thanks to both undoubted ability and sheer bravado, Talmy quickly made a name for himself in the UK record business with hits from the Bachelors and others. But it was with the concurrent beat music boom that he really shone, bringing an authentic American edge to the studio scene and injecting some much-needed muscle into any record he supervised. Talmy was also an entrepreneur, swiftly establishing an independent production operation with which to sign acts and lease them to major labels. Eventually he formed his own imprint, Planet Records, which issued two-dozen highly collectable releases before imploding due to distribution problems in late 1966. Planet Beat gathers two-dozen nuggets from the unlocked Talmy vault to present an unprecedented overview of his achievement in the beat group category. There are alternative versions of classics like the Breadcrumbs’ Everybody Knows and the First Gear’s Leave My Kitten Alone, with a young Jimmy Page tearing it up on the fuzz. Rare items from the Rising Sons and Untamed join choice gems from the Planet discography along with unreleased excitement from the likes of the Liberators, Johnny B Great and Imp-Acts. Everything on Planet Beat is drawn from the first generation master tapes and comes with copious illustrations and notes by compiler Alec Palao. A feast for anyone interested in the golden era of British beat.

Tracklist:

1.1 My Baby Is Gone - the Untamed

1.2 Leave My Kitten Alone - the First Gear

1.3 Why - the Pathfinders

1.4 There's Something About You - the Zephyrs

1.5 Lucy (You Sure Did It This Time) - the Dennisons

1.6 Everybody Knows - Sean Buckley ; the Breadcrumbs

1.7 Lonely Man - the Lancastrians

1.8 It's Superman - the Imp-Acts

1.9 She Said Yeah - the Presidents

1.10 See You Later Alligator - Wayne Gibson

1.11 I'm Leaving - the Tribe

1.12 Gotta Have You - the Liberators

1.13 Casting My Spell - the Talismen

1.14 How Do They Know - the League of Gentlemen

1.15 Black Eyes - the Hearts

1.16 Our Love Is Gone - the Imp-Acts

1.17 What'd I Say - Johnny B Great ; the Orchids

1.18 Please Go - the Trekkas

1.19 Was She Tall - the Lancastrians

1.20 Love Love Love - the Pathfinders

1.21 Talk to Me Baby - the Rising Sons

1.22 The Children Take Over - the Untamed

1.23 Ding Dong! the Witch Is Dead - Wayne Gibson

1.24 Just Can't Keep a Good Man Down - the Talismen

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