The Sorrows - discography [2000, rock, MP3]

A reissue of their mid-'60s album, with eight bonus tracks, including the fine non-LP singles by the original lineup and foreign-language versions of some tunes. One of the best obscure British Invasion records. The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal freakbeat band. They were formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England by Pip Whitcher.The Sorrows released their first album, Take a Heart, in 1965 on the Piccadilly Records label which was a subsidiary of Pye Records. The Sorrows were at the time the hardest, most aggressive and contemporary R&B band of that time, although later this brand of music was eventually termed "Freakbeat". One of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion, the Sorrows offered a tough brand of R&B-infused rock that recalled The Pretty Things (though not as R&B-oriented) and The Kinks (though not as pop-oriented).Their hallmarks are boomy, raucous vocals, lightning fast guitar solos and frantic thudding drums. The musicianship is excellent, yet the band failed to achieve much success, probably because their brand of proto-punk rock and roll was simply too far ahead of its time. After receiving some minor chart positions on the UK Singles Chart, Phil Packham and Don Fardon left the band. Fardon then went on to have a UK chart hit with "Indian Reservation". Wez Price took Phil Packam's place on bass guitar, whilst Roger Lomas became lead guitarist and Pip Whitcher focused on vocals. The band relocated to Italy and received minor success. Following the band's break-up Whitcher and Lomas went on to record at Air Studios under Mike Sullivan.Lomas in the early 1980s became a record producer for his own company, ROLO productions, and produced 1980s ska bands such as Bad Manners.
Personnel Initial line-up
Philip (Pip) Whitcher - (born 1943, Coventry) - lead guitar and vocals.
Don Fardon - (born Donald Maughn, 19 August 1940, Coventry) - vocals
Philip (Phil) Packham - (born 13 June 1945, Bidford-on-Avon, near Stratford, Warwickshire) - bass guitar
Wez Price - (born Wesley Price, 19 July 1945, Coventry) - rhythm guitar
Bruce Finley - (born 20 September 1944, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) - drums
After 1966
Philip (Pip) Whitcher - rhythm guitar and vocals
Wez Price - bass
Roger (Rog) Lomas - lead Guitar (born Roger David Lomas, 8 October 1948, at Keresley Hospital, Coventry).
Bruce Finley - drums

01. I Don't Wanna Be Free
02. Come With Me
03. Baby
04. Teenage Letter
05. Take A Heart
06. We Should Get Along Fine
07. You've Got What I Want
08. No, No, No, No
09. Let The Live Live
10. Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me
11. Let Me In
12. How Love Used To Be
13. Pink Purple Yellow Red
14. My Gal
15. Gonna Find A Cave *
16. I Take What I Want *
17. Baby All The Time *
18. Baby ***
19. Nimm Mein Herz (Take A Heart In German)
20. Sei War Mein Girl (We Should Get Along Fine In German)
21. Mi Si Spezza II Cuore (Take A Heart In Italian)
22. Vivi (Baby In Italian)
23. Verde, Rosso, Giallo, Blu (Pink, Purple, Yellow, Red In Italian)
24. No, No, No, No (In Italian)
25. Zabadak
26. La Liberta Costa Cara (How Love Used To Be In Italian)
27. Hooky **
28. You're Still Mine **
29. Armchair King **
30. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes **

01. Baby
02. No, No, No, No
03. Take a Heart
04. She's Got The Action
05. How Love Used To Be
06. Teenage Letter
07. I Don't Wanna Be Free
08. Don't Sing No Sad Songs For Me
09. Cara-Lin
10. We Should Get Along Fine
11. Come With Me
12. Let Me In