Beat Chic - Dream Babes 7 / Various Beat Chic - Dream Babes 7 / Various CD

Repressing. Seventh installment of the successful '60s Brit Girl series Dream Babes with a theme that focuses on the 'Beatier' end of the spectrum. Taking Merseybeat as a bench mark, we include a few tunes that illustrate the sounds around at the time such as American pop covers 'Pop Pop Pop Pie' and 'That Boy John', 'the Showband' recording of 'Baby Roo', and Joe Meek's production of 'Hobbies'. Then progress through prime time Beat records, such as the Beat Chics rousing 'Now I Know' complete with swirling farfisa like organ in the middle section, very reminiscent of early Animals. A motif that returns on the Alan Price produced 'Can't You Hear My Heartbeat'. Finally emerging mid decade with a hint of what came next, Motown influenced backbeats and Horn parts perfectly exampled on 'Let's Start the Party Going'. on Beat Chic we also include a healthy dose of recordings being reissued for the first time. RPM.

1. You Too Can Be a Beatle (Previously Unreleased) - Perkins, Polly 2. Doesn't He Know (Previously Unreleased) - Holmes, Christine 3. That Boy John (Previously Unreleased) - Davis, Billie 4. Pop Pop Pop Pie - Jackson, Simone 5. Baby Roo - Reed, Eileen and the Cadets 6. Hobbies - Moss, Jenny 7. Now I Know (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Beat Chics 8. Falling in Love Again (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Perkins, Polly 9. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat - Goldie ; the Gingerbreads 10. Young Lover (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Perkins, Polly 11. Tomorrows Fool (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Angel, Marion 12. Folk I Love (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Carrolls 13. Every Little Kiss (Previously Unreleased) - Holmes, Christine 14. Why Can't I Love Him (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Bond, Jacki 15. Guess I'm Dumb - Sheridan, Dani 16. Here Comes My Baby (Previously Unreleased) - Holmes, Christine 17. Everybody I Know (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Friday, Carol 18. You Don't Care - Lenton, Van 19. Gone Tomorrow (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Friday, Carol 20. Whatever Happened to the 7 Day Week (Previously Unreleased on CD) - Bella ; Me 21. Let's Start the Party Again - Young, Karen 22. Headlines - Goldie