Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Dimples - Davis, Spencer Group
2. My Colour Is Blue - James, Nicky
3. That's Alright - Powell, Jimmy & The Five Dimensions
4. Journey Into Dreams - Wolves (2)
5. You'd Better Come Home - Rockin' Berries
6. Your Loving Ways - Wayne, Carl & The Vikings
7. He's In Town - Rockin' Berries
8. Daydreaming Of You - Hellions
9. Go Now - Moody Blues
10. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter - Brand
11. Sugar Babe - Powell, Jimmy & The Five Dimensions
12. Walk Baby Walk - Neal, Johnny & The Starliners
13. You Could Be Fun - Wayne, Carl & The Vikings
14. People Get Ready - Powell, Keith
15. Dream Child - Hellions
16. Wake Up My Mind - Uglys
17. Take My Hand - Sheridan, Mike
18. All That Is Mine Can Be Yours - Montanas (1)
19. My Girl - Wayne, Carl & The Vikings
20. Baby I Like The Look Of You - London, Peter
21. At The Club - Wolves (2)
22. Shades Of Blue - Revolution Generation
23. Quiet Explosion - Uglys
24. Early Morning Rain - Settlers (1)
25. That's When Happiness Began - Montanas (1)

Disc 2:

1. Night Of Fear - Move (1)
2. You Better Run - N'Betweens
3. It Keeps Rainin' - Powell, Keith
4. Can't See For Looking - Bobcats
5. Ciao Baby - Montanas (1)
6. Eagle Flies On Friday - Exceptions (3)
7. Real Good Girl - Uglys
8. Difference Of Opinion - Montanas (1)
9. Dawn (Go Away) - Rockin' Berries
10. Don't Leave Me In The Dark - Young Blood
11. William Chalker's Time Machine - Lemon Tree
12. His Lordship - Aston, Gary
13. Pain - Rockin' Berries
14. Doctor Junk - Campbell, Ian Folk Group
15. Wizard Of Gobsolod - Velvett Fogg
16. I See The Light - Uglys
17. Colinto - Paradox (2)
18. Take It Or Leave It - Cinnamon Quill
19. Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill - Young Blood
20. Colour Of My Love - Jefferson
21. For Your Love - Kefford, Ace Stand
22. Days Of Broken Arrows - Idle Race
23. I'm No Good For Her - Copperfield
24. Jackie - Sight & Sound
25. Slow Down - Powell, Jimmy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71395 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-20
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

At least they tried
There is of course no such thing as a Brumbeat Sound-the groups could have come from anywhere.While many Liverpool groups could be recognised by certain trademark sounds on Beatles,Gerry,Merseybeats and Swinging Blue Jeans records to name but 4-and Manchester was very close with groups like Pete McClaine & the Clan or even Freddie & the Dreamers-Birmingham was too far spread and too electic to be identified with a particular sound and hadn't the advantage of George Martin.If there was one it would have been anything Roy Wood was involved with but even this is outside of the period and Wood took the Beatles psychedelic stuff as a starting point for ELO.
Whats here is mainly a collection of things few will have heard of other than trainspotters and you only get a few of the hits.
The Moody Blues "Go now" though forever associated with them was actually a cover of an American song which a deejay in the States had drawn their attention to.The original was issued here after some sort of campaign by soul fans but fared no better than it had before.Sometimes you have to really admire this sort of cover version - the Moody Blues saved this song from total oblivion and even when Denny Laine was in Wings people thought he'd written it!
However the Rockin' Berries-who could have been from anywhere- even the States- kept to the pre Beatles tradition of straight covers of current American hits and they actually made a good job of the Tokens' He's in town.
Roy Wood though was the real Brum talent and visionary as the first hit by the Move-Night of fear-used as an intro a quote from Beethoven's 5th-something which would occur again with frequency in the 70s with the first incarnation of the Electric Light Orchestra.
Birmingham's other himakers like the Applejacks are missing-pure High School Pop even on their cover of a Beatles song- and the Spencer Davis Group's many hit singles are missing at the expense of their rather poor version of John Lee Hooker's Dimples.
There is however a track by one of the pre Slade groups the In Betweens and many of the ones here have usually included a future big name so this is a useful kind of collection to have for anyone interested in British Beat
But then maybe theres a Volume 2 planned-this is just a sampler

Brum Re-Visited
For those of you like myself adored the 60s this compilation will satisfy the many who felt the Brumbeat deserved as much recognition as the Mersey era, go on you owe it to yourself to get a copy of this masterpiece.

Remember Broad Street's First Incarnation?
At the time most of these groups were doing their thing I had no idea there was a sound of Brum, they were merely groups doing the rounds, playing live music of the time, some of it very well, but the Baby Boomers get very nostalgic and this certainly appeals for that reason alone. The cover also is very much a Brummy scene. Goes well with the books "Brum Rocked" and "Brum Rocked On!" by Laurie Hornsby.