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Showing posts with label The Downliners Sect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Downliners Sect. Show all posts
2.18.2012
1.19.2009
Downliners Sect "Wreck Of The Old '97"
"Wreck Of The Old '97"/"Leader Of The Sect" Columbia (1965)


Entre el primer y el segundo LP, otros dos singles, "Find Out What´s Happening"/"Insecticide" (1964) y "Wreck Of The Old '97"/"Leader Of The Sect" (1965), este último casi simultáneo a la publicación de uno de sus discos más notorios: el EP "The Sect Sing Sick Songs", en el que muestran su afición por las películas de horror y tocan con aparente irreverencia y grandes dosis de humor negro temas relacionados con el más allá.


Entre el primer y el segundo LP, otros dos singles, "Find Out What´s Happening"/"Insecticide" (1964) y "Wreck Of The Old '97"/"Leader Of The Sect" (1965), este último casi simultáneo a la publicación de uno de sus discos más notorios: el EP "The Sect Sing Sick Songs", en el que muestran su afición por las películas de horror y tocan con aparente irreverencia y grandes dosis de humor negro temas relacionados con el más allá.
Downliners Sect "The Cost Of Living" Single Columbia 1966

En el nuevo año 1966 sus fans respiran tranquilos con la aparición de un nuevo single que recupera el sonido habitual del grupo tras el fiasco del anterior disco. "All Night Worker"/"He Was A Square" es un pequeño adelanto del tercer LP, "The Rock Sect's In", en el que se mezclaban versiones de Rock and Roll con temas propios de su mejor cosecha y algún tema tonto, todo hay que decirlo. Incluso un tema de dos futuros miembros de los Velvet Underground es versioneado, seguramente por primera vez en la historia. En Junio de ese año publican uno de sus mejores singles, "Glendora"/"I'll Find Out", considerado por muchos la cima de su carrera. Su último single sería "The Cost Of Living"/"Everything I've Got To Give", este último tema extraído del LP.
Downliners Sect "I Got Mine" Columbia 1965

La sorpresa vino con su segundo LP, "The Country Sect" (1965), en el que una idea de Mike Collier les llevó a grabar uno de los discos más extravagantes (no por su contenido, sino en relación a su contexto) de la época. En un momento en el que los grupos empezaban a tontear con el Pop y dejaban de lado las versiones de R&B, los Downliners Sect lanzan un disco de Country and Western y de algún modo volvían a sus raíces Skiffle. Las diferencias en el seno del grupo son enormes, pero el criterio de Don Craine se impone al del resto. El público lo tomó como una broma de mal gusto, pues un disco de Country era lo menos "moderno" que se podía hacer en pleno "Swinging London". Aún así tiene varios buenos momentos y de él se sacaron otros dos singles,
"I Got Mine"/"Waiting In Heaven Somewhere" y "Bad Storm Coming"/"Lonely And Blue".
Downliners Sect 45 7" single "Little Egypt" Sweden Edition
Downliners Sect 7" Little Egypt / Find out whats happening
The Downliners Sect: Roses (UK, 1967)
aka as "Don Craine's New Downliners Sect"

After releasing the first and last recordings by the Sect -a honour that we do not deserve-, as well as the band's debut single, here we have another gem from their impressive catalogue from the 60s: a special edition, with picture sleeve, of their mega-rare Pye single from 1967 featuring "Roses", one of their best tracks, plus a cover version of the Remains' "I Can't Get Away From You" on the flip. Neither "Roses" nor "I Can't " have been included in any of the Sect's recent compilations and were never re-released in their original 7" single format. This 45 was originally released after the original Sect disbanded and Don Craine tried to revive the band with a new line-up (featuring Matthew Fisher, soon to be the organist of Procol Harum), imaginatively renaming the group "Don Craine's New Downliners Sect". Great cover, remastered sound and liner notes by the great Don Craine himself. A limited edition of 500 copies.
The Downliners Sect: The Sect (UK, 1964)
This is the group's rawest and most R&B-oriented album, firmly rooted in the same influences as the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things and including punk covers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, et al., along with a few originals in the same vein.

Well...a must(!!!). One of my first adqst.
Highly Recommended.

Well...a must(!!!). One of my first adqst.
Highly Recommended.
For those who don't get enough rough-and-ready British-style R&B and rock & roll from the debut albums by the Stones or Pretty Things, or find the playing by either band a little too tame and mannered, The Sect should be their next stop. Nobody on the British isles, other than maybe Brian Jones in his private moments on the guitar and harp, was more charmingly primitive than the Downliners Sect were on this album, which trades so freely in Bo Diddley riffs and the latter's signature beat that latecomers could be forgiven for thinking that this band had a hand in inventing them.
THE SECT (lp)
...served by germt...
a little gift that I added to my friend`s original flight
bonus tracks re issue
here (coming soon)
THE SECT (lp)
...served by germt...
a little gift that I added to my friend`s original flight
bonus tracks re issue
here (coming soon)
1.15.2009
The Downliners Sect: Be A Sect Maniac (UK, comp)
Dubious sound mars this collection, which is as close to a hits compilation as existed -- now irrelevant in the wake of the Definitive Downliners Sect.

En el nuevo año 1966 sus fans respiran tranquilos con la aparición de un nuevo single que recupera el sonido habitual del grupo tras el fiasco del anterior disco. "All Night Worker"/"He Was A Square" es un pequeño adelanto del tercer LP, "The Rock Sect's In", en el que se mezclaban versiones de Rock and Roll con temas propios de su mejor cosecha y algún tema tonto, todo hay que decirlo. Incluso un tema de dos futuros miembros de los Velvet Underground es versioneado, seguramente por primera vez en la historia. En Junio de ese año publican uno de sus mejores singles, "Glendora"/"I'll Find Out", considerado por muchos la cima de su carrera. Su último single sería "The Cost Of Living"/"Everything I've Got To Give", este último tema extraído del LP.

SECT MANIAC
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1.13.2009
The Downliners Sect: The Sect Sing Sick Songs (UK, 1965)
The Downliners really liked horror films... this ep shows that side. Wild songs with huge amounts of black humor.



SING SICK SONGS
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thanks, again you nailed it!
1.11.2009
The Downliners Sect: Definitive Singles A´s & B´s (UK, 60s)

1.10.2009
The Downliners Sect: The Rock Sect`s In (UK, 1966)
Of all the British R&B bands to follow the Rolling Stones' footsteps, the Downliners Sect were arguably the rawest. The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison. Long on crude energy and hoarse vocals, but short on originality and songwriting talent, the band never had a British hit, although they had some sizable singles in other European countries.

Their wildly erratic third album includes some tepid material, but also has some of their best tracks, especially their vicious run-through of the early British rock & roll standard "Brand New Cadillac." It's most notable for the appearance -- through God-knows-what channels -- of "Why Don't You Smile Now," which was written by Lou Reed, John Cale, and two unknowns before the Velvet Underground formed.

Bueno, si de pie, que estamos frente a los Sect.
En el disco también aparecía un fantástico tema escrito por Lou Reed y John Cale antes de formar la Velvet Underground, “Why don’t you smile now”, canción co-escrita por Terry Philips y Jerry Vance que había sido compuesta por el cuarteto de compositores para la banda The All Night Workers.
Como la suerte comercial no se alió con la banda, los Downliners Sect se separaron después de la publicación de un single en 1967, el tema escrito por Graham Gouldman “The cost of living”. (aloha)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS, BY FAR...

Their wildly erratic third album includes some tepid material, but also has some of their best tracks, especially their vicious run-through of the early British rock & roll standard "Brand New Cadillac." It's most notable for the appearance -- through God-knows-what channels -- of "Why Don't You Smile Now," which was written by Lou Reed, John Cale, and two unknowns before the Velvet Underground formed.

Bueno, si de pie, que estamos frente a los Sect.
En 1966 apareció su tercer Lp, “The Rock Sect’s in” (1966), un disco con temas originales como “Outsine”, “Everything I’ve got to give” o “I’m hooked on you”, y versiones de conocidas canciones como “Fortune Teller” o “Hang on Sloopy”. |
Como la suerte comercial no se alió con la banda, los Downliners Sect se separaron después de la publicación de un single en 1967, el tema escrito por Graham Gouldman “The cost of living”. (aloha)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS, BY FAR...
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