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the golden age of the beat balladeer
After enjoying countless compilation albums of psych, beat, garage, girl groups, instrumentals, soul, exotica etc, it struck me that I'd hardly ever seen any comps which concentrated on that most popular of sixties phenomena, the British male vocalist. I was thinking of great tracks and performances that could not really be considered beat, soul or psych, but at the same time conjured a similar sort of mental image. Solid, classy songs performed by great singers which readily evoke the sense of excitement and freshness prevalent in that decade. What I was trying to assemble for this album was a selection of quality male vocal, with a kind of pop/beat feel. The kind of thing you might have heard in any London discotheque alongside the beat groups, the Stateside soulsounds, the groovy girls and burgeoning psych riffs. Nothing too MOR or fey, just cool guys doing what they did best. I reckon it's a long overdue examination of a hitherto overlooked genre. It doesn't really need a label, but if you want to give it one, just file under: male vocal. Nick Saloman
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