LIVE24SEVEN // Motoring, Sport & Entertainment B E V B E VAN’ S - CD P I C K S OC TOB E R 2 0 1 7
Bev Bevan shares four of his favorite CD’s for our listening pleasure, enjoy the October fab four...
The October fab four...
Wilson Pickett Sings Bobby Womack (Kent)
Between 1966 and 1968, soul legend Wilson Pickett recorded no less than 17 songs written by up and coming singer/songwriter Bobby Womack, with whom he had much in common stylistically. Bobby Womack's own time as a hit maker was still a few years off, it was largely the popularity of Pickett's versions of his songs which set him on his way to soul superstardom. Recorded in Memphis and Muscle Shoals with the leading studio musicians of the day, Wilson Pickett Sings Bobby Womack is in many ways the great lost Pickett album and one which compares favourably with any of his official Atlantic releases of the period.
The Turtles – Happy Together (Edsel)
California pop band The Turtles enjoyed 18 hit singles in the USA during the late sixties, three of which (Happy Together , She'd Rather Be With Me and Elenore) were also big hits in the UK. The back end of 1966 had been a period of change for the original Turtles, but the re-born group, now including ex Leaves bassist Jim Pons and drummer Johnny Barbata, opened 1967 with the American chart topper Happy Together and this album of the same name soon followed. As well as the title track other highlights include follow-up single She'd Rather Be With Me, Guide For The Married Man (written by John Williams and Lesley Bricusse for the movie of the same name), Warren Zevon's Like The Seasons and Think I'll Run Away, written by Turtles' lead singers Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, known in later years as Flo and Eddie, when they joined Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention.
Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat (Music Club Deluxe)
The first time I met Paul Young was when he, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and myself were all invited to a grand re-opening of the Durham Ox pub and restaurant in Shrewley, Warwickshire a few years back. Paul formed his first professional group, Streetband, in 1977 and the following year they had their one hit wonder with the novelty record Toast. By 1979 Paul was part of the eight-piece combo Q-Tips and were signed to Chrysalis Records, but found no chart success. By 1982 Paul Young had launched a solo career and got signed to the CBS label. After a couple of unsuccessful singles, his big breakthrough finally came in the summer of 1983, when his cover version of Marvin Gaye's Wherever I Lay My Hat went on to top the UK charts.
This comprehensive double CD compilation features all the hits from this fine singer who powered through the ‘80s and ‘90s with both hit singles and hit albums. Tracks include Come Back And Stay, Love Of The Common People, I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Everything Must Change, Tomb Of Memories, Softly Whispering I Love You, Oh Girl, Every Time You Go Away and that aforementioned 1983 number one.
Paul still continues to perform live - I saw him at the Assembly in Leamington Spa last year.
Marylebone Beat Girls 1964-1967 (ACE) This follow-up to Love Hit Me (Decca Beat Girls) and Scratch My Back (Pye Beat Girls) spotlights the female singers who recorded during 1964 to 1967 for the EMI group of labels, headquartered in Marylebone, in the heart of London's West End. Highlights include: Whatcha Gonna Do by Billie Davis; Don't Do It No More by Julie Driscoll; Love Is A Word by Alma Cogan; Stop And You Will Become Aware by Helen Shapiro; Music Talk by Beryl Marsden; Euston Station by Barbara Ruskin; and Suffer Now I Must by Cilla Black. The collection is available as a 12-track vinyl long player or a 25-track CD.
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