Band founded 1964 in Boston, England. After a couple of years struggling without securing a record contract or getting any kind of breakthrough on home turf they moved to Denmark 1966, and there within only six months succeeded to be one of the most auspicious outfits in Scandinavia at the time. For exemple their 1966 cover of The Four Seasons "Sherry " topped the Swedish list and the 1967 "Lollipop" reached #2. Between 1966-69 the original setting released eight singles and two albums - apart from this the 1967 "It's Happening". Later the band has seen a fair share of hiatuses and member changes, but as I understand they're still at it in some form. This album contains two A:s and two B:s of contemporary 45 releases while the remaining ten tracks were LP only. Music is a mix of soft and up-tempo, most of it sung high-pitch. Some reminding of Beach Boys, others sounding like from an earlier US tradition. The vocals are exquisite and I'm amazed how high they could reach and still appearing unstrained. It's all embraceable, but if I have to pick favorites it'll be - "Stay" where they're about an octave above the Hollies version and "You Can Be My Baby" having a borderline messy garage feeling. All very well produced with top audio. If you're a fan of male high-pitch vocals it's a gem, well worth to be picked and enjoyed. To my knowledge this was the only original issue. EMI 1974 compilation "Red Squares Favoritter" (6C 054-38110) had a couple of the cuts in common. On the Columbus 1996 2xCD "The Ultimate Collection 1966-69" (CD 81536) you get it all. First Danish had label as shown here and fully laminated flip/back cover. (SCÄ*) (CCÖ*) (BRBÄ*)
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