Monday, July 28, 2014

The Sorrows - Take A Heart

The Sorrows hailed from Coventry, England and were fronted by Don Fardon. In 1965 they landed a recording contract with Picadilly Records and began releasing a number of very unique and cool records. Finding trouble distinguishing themselves from the other bands in the UK, The Sorrows relocated for a time to Italy. We feature today their third record, Take A Heart, released in the UK in August, 1965. The song was written by one Mickey Dallon.

As you can see from the scans, I also confess to having a record collecting problem. Yep, that's the UK version, as well as a rare US version and an even more rare, Mexican version of the record. All with the original company sleeves of course. It's off to Record Collector Anonymous for this Flip-Sider.

Until next time, we'll see you On The Flip-Side!

7 comments:

  1. At that time they had more sophisticated sound production than their contemporaries The Kinks, Pretty Things, Stones, Yardbirds, Downliners Sect... Viva Los Sorrows!!!

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    1. I'll answer my own question. The flipside We Should Get Along Fine is a Don Fardon, Pip Whitcher (lead guitar, vocals) penned ballad with some intricate guitar runs, very interesting slowly-sung vocals in the verse and a somewhat tepid chorus section. Decent overall.

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    2. It's pretty pedestrian if you ask me.

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  3. Their massive monster acid psychotic freak stalker epic is the sublime, "Let Me In". Straight jackets and rubber rooms won't stop him. Maybe a little shock therapy?

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