SHRINK WRAP 1965 DAVE CLARK FIVE LIKE THAT Beatles

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1965 BEATLES BEAT STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!                           

                  THE DAVE CLARK FIVE

           I LIKE IT LIKE THAT

\                                      USA - Yelllow EPIC RECORDS - LN 24178 - MONO  

NICE clean...1965 first pressing in bold vibrant MONO ...blows the stereo issue out of the water! ...Sometimes unknown or forgotton, one of the very *best* DC-5 albums, in the direct vein of the Beatles 'For Sale' album, and retaining their own big beat style ...

***STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!

The end of the year 1965 brings little news. It is not excluded, actually, that the Dave Clark Five, and others as well, despite being well aware of the times "a-changin'", seriously hoped that the times wouldn't change too much. In a way, they were right. All that psychedelia, seriousness, Eastern influences, ragas, artsiness, it can be cool for a certain period, but at the bottom of it all there's always the common man and his strife for simple, cheerful, catchy pop material. Who the heck is gonna sing along to a sitar, of all things? As Ringo Starr would remark exactly forty years from then on, "gimme back the beat and let's rock on". At least the Dave Clark Five knew exactly what their fans wanted from them, and gave them exactly that.

The song 'You Know You're Lying', for instance, lies flat in the Beatles For Sale area - in particular, the 'and you're making a fool out of me' has the word "me" chanted exactly the same trickily modulated way the Beatles twisted it on 'What You're Doing' (and the two songs have other lyrical and melodic elements in common). It doesn't matter whether this was a direct steal or a subconscious borrowing; the fact is that the Beatles sang that way one year ago. And that's not all: 'I Am On My Own' takes the guitar riff of 'Baby's In Black'! Just LISTEN! It's the EXACT same riff. They're lucky the Beatles didn't sue them, but just the same, they aren't really stealing, just quoting ideas within the context of creations all their own. And the whole idea seems a bit strange. A little bit of Beatle-borrowing was typical of the band from the very beginning, but still, most of the time they tried to flesh out their own sound - you know, drums, stomping, tough melody & balladry -- the whole shiznit.

Some songs, however, still retain the old sound, and unsurprisingly, they're the best ones. The title track, a hit single for the band from as early as June '65, sounds like a cool drunken rocker rather than one of those innocent boy-meets-girl pop ditties that the band had previously preferred for single material; nevertheless, they seemed to have hit the right spot with it. Mike Smith is the hero - too professional and slick to be really taken for a drunk hellraiser, but a hundred percent entertaining all the same.

Finally, the hilarious rave-up 'I Need Love', seriously influenced by the Yardbirds' version of 'For Your Love' (to say the least), features a heavy amount of noise and clocks in at a jaw-dropping 3:41, all because the boys need extra time to prove they can do steam-raising r'n'b just as tough as anybody. And you know what? = I think it works.

I Like It Like That

Pumping

I Need Love

Maybe It's You

That's How Long Our Love Will Last

A Little Bit of Love

I'll Be Yours My Love

Please Love Me

Goodbye My Friends

I Am on My Own

She's a Loving Girl

You Know You're Lying

CONDITION: The cover is solid all over still in original shrink wrap and...MINT

The vinyl is all glossy clean on both sides, a few stray light short scuffs, nothing much, mostly clear ... VG++ to "EX" plays enjoyable, fun.

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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