1965 MONO ORIG THE SORROWS "TAKE A HEART" POWER-CHORD FREAKBEAT GARAGE BEAT LP

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128

   ORIGINAL 1965 FIRST PRESSING IN GLORIOUS MONO

         PLAYS FANTASTIC FOR IT'S AGE OF 52 YEARS
                              ..               = the SORROWS =
               "TAKE A HEART"
          
                                                                                      ARGENTINA - PYE RECORDS- 12.603 (MONO)


Plays CLEAN!!!

Extremely rare 1965 "PYE" label first print in glorious MONO ... about never see this pressing, cut from the original metal-masters from parent company at London's Pye records ...
The collector will be hard pressed to find a better (song for song) '60s beat/garage album, as tracks are not only consistently good, they're gggreat!

"The Sorrows" are considered perhaps to be the archetypal FREAKBEAT band: their brand of thumping powerhouse Rhythm and Blues/Blues/Rock at the time was groundbreaking and way ahead of it's time... The energy of their music made "The Rolling Stones" sound like easy listening, which was no mean feat. The musicianship was excellent, the lead guitar breaks by "Pip Whitcher" were lightning fast, raw and crunchy. The drumming of "Bruce Finley" was frantic yet still tight. The pounding, booming vocals by "Don Fardon" literally take your breath away.

With the rich, gritty vocals of "Don Fardon", taut raunchy guitars, and killer material (both self-penned and from outside writers), they rank as one of the better British bands of their era, and certainly among the very best never to achieve success of any kind in the US
"The Sorrows" released their first album, "Take a Heart", in 1965 on the "Piccadilly Records" label as well as the extremely rare "Music Hall" label in Argentina, both '65 releases were a subsidiary of UK "Pye Records".

The Sorrows’ roots can be traced back to Coventry England (around 1963), where Don Fardon (vocals), Pip Whitcher (lead guitar), Terry Jukes (rhythm guitar), and Philip Packham (bass) played in various local beat groups.  While plying their trade in the local night clubs the group was discovered by John Schroeder, Picadilly’s label manager.  Their first Picadilly (owned by Pye) single, “I Don’t Want To Be Free/Come With Me,” was an excellent Kinks-like number, full of power chords and tough, soulful vocals.  Another quality-killer single leaked out (“Baby”) but success seemed to elude the boys.

It wasn’t until “Take A Heart” that the Sorrows had their big top 20 smash.  Originally written by songwriter Miki Dallon and recorded by the Boy Blues, “Take A Heart” for our money, is one of the UK’s greatest rock n roll singles when performed by the Sorrows.  The song’s arrangement gradually builds up into an explosion of speedy guitar work, charging rhythms, and violent lead vocals (Fardon was a great vocalist).  Without question, this track is one of the true classics.  To capitalize on the single’s success Pye released the Take A Heart LP in December of 1965.  The LP is consistently wicked-good, featuring originals, a few more tracks written by Miki Dallon and some interesting R&B covers.  Standouts include their ferocious take on “Teenage Letter,” the trashy mod pop of “Come With Me,”  a couple of strange beat ballads (“How Love Used To Be” and “We Should Get Along Fine”), and a Dylan influenced folk-rocker titled “Don’t Sing No Sad Songs For Me.”  Another great cut is their cover of “Let Me In,” a track that rocks really hard and features impressive fretwork.  Take A Heart is right up there with the early Stones’ output, the Pretty Things first two LPs, and the Small Faces first LP; it’s that great.

  Baby    
   No No No No    
    Take A Heart    
    She's Got The Action    
   How Love Used To Be    
    Teenage Letter    
    You've Got What I Want    
     Let The Live Live    
     I Don't Wanna Be Free    
    Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me    
     Cara-lin    
    We Should Get Along Fine    
     Come With Me    
    Let Me In

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                 CONDITION: The cover: rated: The fragile dark cover is in much better condition than expected, light wear persists, but only light and nothing overbearing. Will rate VG(+) to avoid any disappointment but clearly potential to serve space in most important collections! Visual handling around the edges, actually solid otherwise ...There are no delete marks, no split seams, no fading, and no writing  ...

The vinyl: Rated: near M- looks VERY clear & clean, someone will love this platter, plays minty clean from start to finish and both PYE labels are CLEAN !
                  A cool addition to anyone's music library!






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