POP FROM ENGLAND VOL. 1 M 048 31 261 (-69) GERMANY

A compilation offering a lot more than the surface may suggest. Due to the dull title, chintzy sleeve quality and budget label you'll probably only see it in the cheapest bins and then pass it by without wasting a second glanze. But if you care to pick it up and listen it's actually a very good collection of sixties cuts. Then big hits like Hollies "I'm Alive", Gary And The Pacemakers "Ferry Cross The Mersey", Scaffold "Thank You Very Much" and Freddie And The Dreamers "You Were Made For Me", coupled with today less known numbers as The Shadows "Foot Tapper", The Dakotas "The Cruel Sea" and Adam Faith "A Message To Martha". Four of the tracks - Georgie Fame "Sitting In The Park", Cliff Richard "The Young Ones", The Dakotas "The Cruel Sea" and Young Idea "With A Little Help From My Friends" - come out as more or less enhanced mono, the rest true stereo. Audio shifts a little, but most of it tophole - big, strong and natural, providing very good listening. So if you're curious about sixties music and want it almost as it was, or just wanna lay back remembering exactly how it was, this could be a very cheap way in. Only released in Germany, also as cassette (1M 224-31 261). Vinyl had label as shown here in a thin glossy cover. (GÖXÄ*) (SÄM*) (SXS*)