As with the previous volume #4 has a consistent paisley pop feel throughout; brimming with uncomped Brit pop such as Izzy Pound's 'Pumpkin Mini' (the flip to 'Na Na Na Na' that was comped all those years ago on Incredible Soundshow Stories Vol. 2 LP). This is a great mover that makes this 45 a double header. There's John Bryant with the interesting 'Columbine' who ever since the appearance of his mysterious 'Something's Going On Outside' 45 on a volume in the Oddities LP comp series has garnered great interest. This is a pop beauty, but his '70s self-titled LP, is just country stuff. The Merseys' version of 'The Cat' is probably as rocky as they got (apart from their alt. take of 'Sorrow' on the Unearthed Merseybeat comp from last year) whilst Claes, Dieden, Etctara from Sweden come over all Mike Flowers Pops with their 'In The Jungle'.
A real belter of a pop record is Tim Andrews & Paul Korda's 'Waiter, Get Me A Drink' and Peter Fenton muses at length on the shortcomings of a 'Small Town' ("...what's the use of a small town anyway, it's all over by 9.0'clock..." he add libs across the fade). The Rokes version of 'The Works of Bartholemew' paired with their now legendary 'When The Wind Arises' 45 is a smiley paisley pop pleaser. The Scaffold's 'Goose' should dispel anyone's scowling recollections of 'Lilly The Pink' as this is a real cool period piece with a Mike McGear lead vocal. First Impression's 'Young Man Seeks Interesting Job' is a quirky morality tale of youth's potential for fecklessness and Steve Hammond's 'The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck' is a synthesis of this sort of approach and Peter Fenton's.
As with the first two volumes, there are only fifty copies of each volume and come with useful liner notes. My only criticism with these is that the printer used seems to have been running out of ink, as there are tops and bottoms of words clipped off all over the place, which make it hard to read. Nonetheless, a sterling collection and there's still a #5 to come and there's a space reserved in my collection for it already!
HARD TO FIND AND OOP ENJOY
Finders Keepers - Friday Kind Of Monday
Laurels - Rummaker
Alan Hull - Obidiah's Grave
Dead Sea Fruit - Kensington High Street
Rokes - The Works Of Bartholomew
Roger Dennison - Running Out Of Time
Peter Fenton - Small Town
Merseys - The Cat
Larry's Rebels - Fantasy
Misty - Cascades
Spectrum - Launching Place-Part 2
Shakespeares - Something To Believe In
Liberators - It Hurts So Much
Dennis Couldry - James In The Basement
Tim Andrews & Paul Korda - Waiter, Get Me A Drink
Claes, Dieden Etcetera - In The Jungle
Move - This Time Tomorrow
Scaffold - Goose
John Bryant - Columbine
First Impression - Young Man Seeks Interesting Job
Herbie's People - Residential Area
Steve Hammond - The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck
Truth - Flt Away Bird
Formulaya - A Home
As with the previous volume #4 has a consistent paisley pop feel throughout; brimming with uncomped Brit pop such as Izzy Pound's 'Pumpkin Mini' (the flip to 'Na Na Na Na' that was comped all those years ago on Incredible Soundshow Stories Vol. 2 LP). This is a great mover that makes this 45 a double header. There's John Bryant with the interesting 'Columbine' who ever since the appearance of his mysterious 'Something's Going On Outside' 45 on a volume in the Oddities LP comp series has garnered great interest. This is a pop beauty, but his '70s self-titled LP, is just country stuff. The Merseys' version of 'The Cat' is probably as rocky as they got (apart from their alt. take of 'Sorrow' on the Unearthed Merseybeat comp from last year) whilst Claes, Dieden, Etctara from Sweden come over all Mike Flowers Pops with their 'In The Jungle'.
A real belter of a pop record is Tim Andrews & Paul Korda's 'Waiter, Get Me A Drink' and Peter Fenton muses at length on the shortcomings of a 'Small Town' ("...what's the use of a small town anyway, it's all over by 9.0'clock..." he add libs across the fade). The Rokes version of 'The Works of Bartholemew' paired with their now legendary 'When The Wind Arises' 45 is a smiley paisley pop pleaser. The Scaffold's 'Goose' should dispel anyone's scowling recollections of 'Lilly The Pink' as this is a real cool period piece with a Mike McGear lead vocal. First Impression's 'Young Man Seeks Interesting Job' is a quirky morality tale of youth's potential for fecklessness and Steve Hammond's 'The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck' is a synthesis of this sort of approach and Peter Fenton's.