SCENE '65 /16 TOP R&B TRACKS 33SX 1730 (-65) UK MONO

  Follow-up to the 1964 "On The Scene" r&b sampler  https://monolover.blogspot.com/2023/09/on-scene-33sx-1662-64-uk-mono.html  . This comes with the same kind of set-up - a collection of sixteen single cuts, most then non-LP in UK. An amazing blend of freakbeat and rocking r&b, recorded 1963-65. I get both rare 45 takes from well known outfits and even rarer cuts by shortlived today almost forgotten bands. At this time Zoot Money's Big Roll Band included Andy Summers (who would go on to Eric Burdon & The Animals and world wide fame with Sting in Police) and Paul Williams (later in Juicy Lucy, Tempest and Blue Whale). Bo Street Runners incorporated both Mike Patto and Mick Fleetwood (who by then had moved on from The Cheynes, the band he played with appearing on the "On The Scene" sampler). Fairies has a certain John "Twink" Adler on drums (later inTomorrow, Pretty Things and Pink Fairies) . The Zephyrs at the time included both Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention, Fotheringay) and Pete Gage (Vinegar Joe). To me it's beautiful. The mono mixes pristine close to the fact and the audio tophole - e.g. I've never heard Yardbird's "I Ain't Got You" clearer with better separation. Getting tons of good music, well sounding original mono recordings and a large portion rock/pop history on the same plate...yummy. Favorite tracks - Downliners Sect "Little Egypt", Bo Street Runners "Tell Me What You're Gonna Do", Fairies "Get Yourself Home" and Zephyrs "She's Lost You". To my knowledge this UK was the only release. It had label as shown here in laminated flip/back cover with rice paper EMI inner. (SÄM*) (ÖGÄ*) (ÄNÄ*) (YÄB*)(FXÄC*)