On offer the new EP by the Kirkbys from Top Sounds Records, coupled with the remaining copies of our last EP release by Goldie.
THE KIRKBYS – Five From The Kirkbys (Top Sounds TSEP 003)
Five track 7’ EP in picture sleeve with eight page booklet.
Side 1
1. Michael Angelo (Campbell)
2. Keep Me Warm (‘Til The Sun Shines) (Campbell)
3. I’ll Be Round (Campbell)
Side 2
1. I’m Gonna Be A Big Star (Campbell)
2. It’s A Crime (Campbell)
Long held in high regard by 60s music fans and collectors Liverpool’s Kirkbys actually had only three records released in their lifetime, two singles in Finland only and the classic ‘It’s A Crime’ in their native UK. In 1967 they were rechristened the 23rd Turnoff and their Deram label 45 ‘Michael Angelo’ has featured on a number of compilations including two devoted to the group itself. These two releases between them included all the then available Kirkbys tracks (with one or two actually credited to the 23rd Turnoff), but the unearthing of a number of acetates has enabled the first release of ‘new’ purely Kirkbys music since 1966. ‘Michael Angelo’ and ‘Keep Me Warm (‘Til The Sun Shines) were recorded at Regent Sound in 1966 (the latter song was given to the Swinging Blue Jeans) and the only known surviving copy was rescued from a recycling depot in Wales. ‘I’ll Be Round’ has appeared before in only average quality, the recent surfacing of an acetate has allowed this brilliant performance to finally be heard in its intended glory. ‘It’s A Crime’ is a different version to the single and ‘I’m Gonna Be A Big Star’ was intended as a possible second UK single but was shelved.
All five tracks have been restored to the best possible standards, and Five From The Kirkbys comes with an eight page illustrated booklet. The record is a limited edition of 500 copies.
Excerpts can be heard here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjsyH6i3g
Coupled with copies of our last EP…
GOLDIE
– Could It Be Top Sounds Records TSEP 002
Limited
3 track 7” vinyl EP in colour picture sleeve, with 8 page
illustrated booklet.
A sound clip of the previously
unreleased title track ‘Could It Be’ can be found here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOHxbU8HgNU
"With
television appearances on Not Only But Also and Ready
Steady Go, a Top 30 hit with Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
and many well received appearances on package tours alongside the
Yardbirds, the Stones, the Kinks, Manfred Mann and the Hollies,
Goldie and the Gingerbreads most definitely made an impression on the
British pop scene during 1965. Towards the end of the year however
Goldie decided to go it alone and this new Top Sounds EP showcases
three of her earliest solo performances, all dating from early 1966.
'Could It Be' features both sides of her immaculate Immediate label
45, Goin’ Back and Headlines, which were released but
quickly withdrawn and haven’t been available on a single since
February 1966. One Of Immmediate’s finest double siders, original
copies have always been difficult to source. Top Sounds feel though
that despite the reappearance on vinyl of these superlative
recordings, many will be even more enamoured with the previously
unheard Could It Be, a grand and effervescent serving of blue
eyed soul recently discovered on an unreleased Emidisc acetate.
Likely to find favour with both the Mod and Northern Soul scenes,
Could It Be especially may prove to be one of the great ‘lost’
girl performances of the 60s. As with all Top Sounds releases the
music has been professionally restored and the EP - with its ‘lightly
aged’ Immediate style colour picture sleeve – also features an
eight page booklet, including numerous rarely seen pictures and
illustrations. The booklet text tells the story of Goldie’s early
solo career and the good lady herself has been involved in the
project. With the exquisite Could It Be especially sure to
impress, Top Sounds invite you to enjoy nine minutes in the company
of one of America’s foremost lady exports of the 60s....GOLDIE!"
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