For background on the combo please check post on the US 1964 "Little Children" LP https://monolover.blogspot.com/2015/10/billy-j-kramer-with-dakotaslittle.html . One of many successful UK bands from the early sixties I was aware of and sometimes listened to, but didn't follow and never bought back then. Therefore this hit compilation was a nice addition to the collection, containing twelve tracks recorded 1963-65 and previously 45 only in the UK. Larger part produced by George Martin with an unmistakable Liverpool sound. They were most prosperous doing covers of Lennon-McCartney compositions. There are two of those included here - "I Call Your Name" and "From A Window" - the latter certainly one of the better from the duo not recorded by The Beatles. I also get the UK #1 "Little Children" and its flip side "They Remind Me Of You" plus a version of the Bacharach ballad "Trains And Boats And Planes". In all a quite lovely trip back in the years, conveyed by original mono takes with pristine audio. This copy is an early reissue of the 1966 MFP "Billy Boy", which came with different sleeve design. But as it has the same "MFP 1134" matrices I guess the audio is the same too. To my knowledge those were the only releases. This came with label as shown here on heavy vinyl in a laminated flip/back cover. (SXS*)
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