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Downliners Sect - The Rock Sect's Inn (1966)

Track listing:
  1. Hang On Sloopy 2:21
  2. Fortune Teller 2:26
  3. Hey Hey Hey Hey 2:09
  4. Everything I've Got To Give 2:09
  5. Outside 2:33
  6. I'm Hooked On You 1:23
  7. Comin' Home Baby 2:56
  8. Why Don't You Smile Now 2:10
  9. Don't Lie To Me 2:37
  10. May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose 3:00
  11. He Was A Square 3:09
  12. I'm Looking For A Woman 3:19
  13. The Rock Sect's In Again 2:51
  14. Brand New Cadillac 2:16
  15. All Night Worker [Single A-Side] 2:39
  16. Glendora [Single A-Side] 2:48
  17. I'll Find Out [Single B-Side] 2:17
  18. The Cost Of Living [Single A-Side] 1:47

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Size: 96.8 MB
Bitrate: 256
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Source: Japan 24-Bit Remaster

Their wildly erratic third album includes some tepid material, but also has some of their best tracks, especially their vicious run-through of the early British rock & roll standard "Brand New Cadillac." It's most notable for the appearance — through God-knows-what channels — of "Why Don't You Smile Now," which was written by Lou Reed, John Cale, and two unknowns before the Velvet Underground formed.

The Downliners Sect were a British rhythm and blues band of the beat boom era, formed in 1963 when the existing Downliners band split up.

Stylistically, they were similar to The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R & B on their first album The Sect. They subsequently modified their musical style, and after an EP of 'sick' songs (eg "I Want My Baby Back") they experimented with both country ("The Country Sect") and rock ("Rock Sect's In"). They later collaborated with Billy Childish's Thee Headcoats, and released two albums under the name Thee Headcoats Sect.

Of all the British R&B bands to follow the Rolling Stones' footsteps, the Downliners Sect were arguably the rawest. The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison. Long on crude energy and hoarse vocals, but short on originality and songwriting talent, the Sect never had a British hit, although they had some sizable singles in other European countries. Despite their lack of commercial success or appeal, they managed to record three albums and various EPs and singles between 1963 and 1966, with detours into country-rock and an EP of death rock tunes. Although they recorded afterwards, it is the Sect's early work that continues to attract connoisseurs of '60s garage and punk.

01.Hang on Sloopy
02.Fortune Teller
03.Hey Hey Hey Hey
04.Everything I've Got To Give
05.Outside
06.I'm Hooked On You
07.Don't Lie To Me
08.May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
09.He Was A Square
10.I'm Looking For A Woman
11.Rock Sect's In Again
12.Brand New Cadillac
+ Bonus Tracks