Of the "known" identities, listeners will no doubt be familiar with David John & The Mood, but not this previously unreleased version of "Diggin' For Gold", a Lee Dorseyesque, atmospheric R&B performance which pre-dates the vastly different version they cut with Joe Meek.
The set opens with "I Need You" and "View From The Circle", a couple of fuzz-scorched Mod R&B shakers, featuring soulful vocals and the kind of hard-drivin' drumbeats that instantly fill a dance floor: dynamite stuff by an unnamed band on a Phil Solomons-produced acetate.Įqually boggling to the mind is Thor's "Lindsay Davis", a moody freakbeat piece featuring eerie harmonies and great organ sounds suspended over a relentless charging jungle drum beat: breathtaking! The Birmingham-based Psychotic Reaction came up with some decidedly psychotic action on their two-sided acetate both "Oh Misery" and "Be My Girl" are tough, rough-round-the-edges garage punkers - almost American-sounding, in fact. From the same archive that brought you the amazing Purple Heart Surgery series, this latest installment features upgraded packaging and equally righteous, never before released UK Beat/R&B acetates circa 1965-67.
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