Downliners Sect: Sect Maniacs - The Complete Sixties Sessions, 3CD Clamshell Box Set

• Complete 60s recordings by legendary British R&B band. 

• Includes their three highly collectable albums and all single/EP releases. 

• Features six tracks previously unissued on CD. 

One of the leading bands on the thriving London-based R&B scene of the mid-60s, Downliners Sect - led by the deerstalker-wearing Don Craine - were briefly stars in Scandinavia (their single 'Little Egypt' reached the Top Three in Sweden in April 1965) but somehow never quite achieved the global success of some of their Thames Delta contemporaries. 

 

The first-ever complete anthology of their work in the 60s (the original band would reform in 1977 at the height of punk), 'Sect Maniacs' is a three-CD clamshell box set that revolves around their trio of albums for EMI Columbia but also includes their various non-LP singles, two acetate-only early demos, the highly sought after private pressing EP 'Nite At Gt. Newport Street' and a trio of psychedelic blues-flavoured 1968 tracks that only appeared at 
the time in Sweden on obscure various artists jukebox EPs. 

 

Also included are six tracks making their first appearance on CD - a cancelled early 1964 EP and alternative versions of 'All Night Worker' and 'Outside' that were only issued at the time in Sweden. 'Sect Maniacs' features a new essay on the band, some fabulous photos and remastered sound quality. It's the definitive anthology of one of the mid-60s British R&B scene's most engaging, uncompromising grassroots talents.

 

TRACK LISTING

 

The Sect  
1. Hurt By Love 
2. One Ugly Child 
3. Lonely And Blue 
4. Our Little Rendezvous 
5. Guitar Boogie 
6. Too Much Monkey Business 
7. Sect Appeal 
8. Baby What's On Your Mind 
9. Cops And Robbers 
10. Easy Rider 
11. Bloodhound 
12. Bright Lights 
13. I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank 
14. Be A Sect Maniac 
Bonus tracks 
15. Cadillac 
16. Roll Over Beethoven 
17. Beautiful Delilah 
18. Shame, Shame, Shame 
19. Green Onions 
20. Nursery Rhyme 
21. Bright Lights Big City 
22. I Need You Baby (Mona) 
23. Do The Dog 
24. Rock 'n' Roll Music 
25. Baby What's Wrong 
26. Little Egypt 
27. Find Out What's Happening 
28. Insecticide

 

The Country Sect 
1. If I Could Just Go Back 
2. Rocks In My Bed 
3. Ballad Of The Hounds 
4. Little Play Soldiers 
5. Hard Travelin' 
6. Wait For The Light To Shine 
7. I Got Mine 
8. Waiting In Heaven 
9. Above And Beyond 
10. Bad Storm Coming 
11. Midnight Special 
12. Wolverton Mountain 
Bonus tracks 
13. Wreck Of The Old '97 
14. I Want My Baby Back  
15. Leader Of The Sect  
16. Midnight Hour  
17. Now She's Dead  

 

The Rock Sect's In   
1. Hang On Sloopy 
2. Fortune Teller 
3. Hey Hey Hey Hey 
4. Everything I've Got To Give 
5. Outside 
6. I'm Hooked On You 
7. Comin' Home Baby 
8. Why Don't You Smile Now 
9. Don't Lie To Me 
10. May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose 
11. He Was A Square 
12. I'm Looking For A Woman 
13. The Rock Sect's In Again 
14. Brand New Cadillac 
Bonus tracks 
15. All Night Worker (UK single version) 
16. All Night Worker (Swedish single version) 
17. Outside (Swedish single version) 
18. Glendora 
19. I'll Find Out 
20. The Cost Of Living 
21. I Can't Get Away From You 
22. Roses 
23. Spider 
24. Lord Of The Ring 
25. White Caterpilla