The Flirtations
First, Second & Third (Complete Decca LPs 1964-1966)
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First ever reissue of Decca UK’S first folk signing in 1964 . Fresh from touring Europe Julie had been spotted by Leonard Cohen in Ibiza and then relocated to London. Following growing success as a troubadour on the UK circuit from folk clubs up to the Fairfield Halls, and later the Albert Hall, Julie was offered a contract with Decca. The songs on the three LPs recorded with Decca are essentially Julie’s repertoire from the sets she had performed on constant live tours since 1961. She left Santa Barbara, California with her Mexican guitar singing songs learned in Mexico and California, and songs picked up along the way. Julie injected a modern consciousness into the traditional scene, totally at one with the times.
 Julie Felix - Masters Of War / The Old Maid's Song / Hey Nelly Nelly / Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu / Tarry Town / Aunt Rhodie / Pastures Of Plenty / Tell Old Bill / Ship In The Sky / Buttermilk Hill / Sally Don't You Grieve / Don't Think Twice It's Alright / The Riddle Song / Plane Crash At Los Gatos / 2nd Album - Someday Soon / Needle Of Death / The Young Ones Move / Guantanamera / The Road Makers / I've Got Nothing But Time / Days Of Decision 2nd Album - A Rumbling In The Land / You Won I Lost / When The Ship Comes In / Port Mahon / Space Girl / Judge Jeffries / The Last Thing On My Mind / The Third Album -To Try For The Sun / John Reilly / The Fox And The Goose / What Did Your Learn In School Today ? / The Maid Of Constant Sorrow / The Gallows Pole / My True Love / One Man’s Hands / Going To The Zoo / The Spring Hill Disaster (Ballad Of Spring Hill) / Mound Of Your Grave / Come On Billy Home / I Travelled All Over This World
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Original Soundtracks : The Girl On A Motorcycle / Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
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.At the top of his game in 1968/1969, Reed had written very many pop hits and was extending into movie scores ( later progressing further into stage musicals ).The music in Girl On A Motorcycle, the 1968 film with Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon, is an intriguing period mix of Hammond organ grooves, quasi -classical interludes, psychedelic passages and avant garde incidentals. Some structures and production sounds can be traced through to the following year’s Les Bicyclettes De Belsize starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May, although the music is more pastoral pop ballad. The latter film is also more laid back charming as
opposed to the formers tense and edgy atmosphere, and naturally these qualities are reflected in both soundtracks.
Girl On A Motorcycle (1968) - Girl On A Motorcycle / Dream / Holiday With Raymond / Daniel / Souvenirs Of Raymond / Surrender To A Stranger / Take Me To My Lover / Dawn Idyll / Journey Of Love / Big Bare Beat / The Summer House / Don’t Ask Me (All Les Reed With The British Lion Orchestra) Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (1969) / Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (instr.) / Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (Vocal :Johnny Worth) / Free As Air (vocal: Johnny Worth) / Julie (Vocal: Johnny Worth) / Kate’s Theme (Instr.) / All I Need Is Love (Vocal: Jane)
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Sounds Like The Flirtations
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Originally formed in 1962 in Alabama, a three-vocalist line up (Ernestine Pearce, Shirley Pearce, Vie Billups) of R&B group The Flirtations relocated to the UK in 1968 where they picked up with producer Wayne Bickerton and writer Tony Waddington, and a deal with Decca. They recorded one LP (Sounds Like...) in 1969 plus six singles released through the Deram imprint (1968-1971).All are included here, plus input from Vie Billups aka Pearly Gates who has latterly reformed the troupe for live shows. Pearly will be helping to promote the release with on going radio interviews and appearances. Contains the original source for a recent KFC ad, namely their signature tune Nothing But A Heartache, a massive Northern Soul track: described as a dense, dynamic, earth-shattering melodrama. The other singles and tracks are no less in their impassioned soulful delivery, with Someone Out There continuing to get exposure on Euro radio and TV.
This is the first time the LP has been reissued, and legitimately released on CD.
Original Lp Deram Dml 1046 (1969) - Nothing But A Heartache / This Must Be The End Of The Line / I Wanna Be There / Stay / How Can You Tell Me? / Someone Out There / Need Your Loving / South Carolina / Once I Had A Love / Momma I'm Comin' Home / Love Is A Sad Song / What's Good About Goodbye My Love / Bonus Non Lp Tracks- Christmas Time Is Here Again (Dm 216 B-Side) (1968) / Keep On Searching (Dm 281 A-Side) (1969) / Everybody Needs Somebody (To Love In The End) (DM 295 A-Side) (1970) / Can't Stop Loving You (Dm 295 A-Side) (1970)
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