Description
Artist: Various | Label: Ace |Format: LP |Genre: Soul | Condition: Mint | Jacket:Sealed
Various
Hearts For Sale: Girl Group Sounds USA 1961-1967
Ace 1627 – import LP compilation
Hearts For Sale is the fifth and latest in our series of 12-inch vinyl albums spotlighting the US girl group sound of the 1960s. The collection opens with Street Dance by Bonnie Jean, a little-known must-have for collectors of the genre, with Darlene Love and the Blossoms clearly audible on background vocals. Issued on Lew Bedells Dor label, this exciting faux-live deck in the style of Shirley Ellis The Nitty Gritty was written by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner, a hip team known for supplying songs for the soundtracks of B movies such as Muscle Beach Party and Thunder Alley.
The Hollywood-based Dor imprint is also the source of You Really Never Know Till Its Over by the Vel-Vetts (which shares a backing track with the Superbs I Was Born When You Kissed Me), One Way Street by the Swans, a soulful update of the Teddy Bears To Know Him Is To Love Him by the Darlings and featuring lead vocals by Sheilah Page, a former member of groups such as the Bermudas, Becky & the Lollipops, the Majorettes, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motor Scooters Hes Groovy by the Front Page & Her.
Other highlights include the Sweethearts Supremes-influenced No More Tears, the sophisticated slowie Lonely Girl by the Lovettes (thats them on the front sleeve), My Heart Tells Me So by the Del-Phis (an early incarnation of Martha & the Vandellas), Brenda Holloways lovely pre-Motown Constant Love and the Fran-Cettes terrific recording of Heart For Sale. As with the earlier volumes in the series, the album comes with a fully-illustrated inner bag featuring a 2,500-word track commentary by compiler Mick Patrick.
Track Listings
Street Dance – Bonnie Jean
That’s No Way To Spend My Time – The Pen Etts
Boy Trouble – The Rev-Lons
I Can Tell (I’m Losing Your Love) – Lena Calhoun & The Emotions
You Really Never Know Till It’s Over – The Vel-Vetts
Heart For Sale – The Fran-Cettes
One Way Street – The Swans
No More Tears – The Sweethearts
To Know Him Is To Love Him – The Darlings
Boy You Move Me – Joan Moody
Lonely Girl – The Lovettes
My Heart Tells Me So (aka I Know It’s You) – The Del-Phis
Surfers Memories – The Fashions
He’s Groovy – The Front Page & Her
SEALED NEW import LP compilation
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