Box Of Pin-Ups: British Sounds Of 1965 / Various Box Of Pin-Ups: British Sounds Of 1965 / Various CD

Three CDs. The latest instalment in Grapefruit's acclaimed series of a specific calendar year in British pop history. 1965 saw the beat/R&B revolution of the previous two years twisted into new, more ambitious shapes as British pop reached a shattering crescendo of sound, with feedback, fuzzboxes and (in Graham Bond's case) the Mellotron adding to the sonic mix. The year was a dizzying melange of visceral Pretty Things/Kinks/Small Faces garage band raunch, blue-eyed club soul (courtesy of mod-favoured groups like The Action), Searchers-derived jingle-jangle folk-rock and Zombies/Poets-style minor chord introspection. While 'A Slight Disturbance In My Mind' examined the proto-psychedelic sounds of 1966, Grapefruit now reverses into 1965 with 'Box Of Pin-Ups', named after David Bailey's epoch-defining publication chronicling the nascent Swinging London scene. Boasting 92 tracks, 'Box Of Pin-Ups' takes in the market leaders as well as the year's hard-up heroes and nowhere men. Established Top Ten acts like Manfred Mann, The Hollies and The Yardbirds are joined by cult names and such glorious one-shot unknowns as Glenn Athens & The Trojans and Irish band The Spectres, both now legally included on CD for the first time. Presented in a striking clamshell box that houses a 48-page booklet crammed with rare facts and photos, 'Box Of Pin-Ups' also includes formative efforts from young hopefuls Elton John, Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart and Marc Bolan, all of whom would eventually shake off their status as minor players on the mid-60s London club scene to become pin- ups in their own right.

1. Midnight to Six Man - the Pretty Things 2. What'cha Gonna Do About It (Alternative Version) - Small Faces 3. I'm Rowed Out - the Eyes 4. Heart of Stone - the Hi-Numbers 5. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) -Donovan 6. Surprise Surprise - Lulu ; the Luvers 7. The Facts of Life - the Spectres 8. Gloria - the Wheels 9. I Want Candy - Brian Poole ; the Tremeloes 10. That's the Way It's Got to Be - Thepoets 11. Unto Us - the New Breed 12. Next in Line - the Birds 13. Tired of Trying, Bored with Lying, Scared of Dying - Manfred Mann 14. This Strange Effect - Dave Berry 15. Come Back Baby - Bluesology 16. Why Does It Go on - Rod Stewart 17. Fool Killer - the Brian Auger Trinity 18. Ev'rybody's Talking 'Bout My Baby- the Beatstalkers 19. Gotta Keep on Moving Baby - the Game 20. Keep a Hold of What You Got - the Shots 21. Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind - Vashti 22. I'll Be Doggone - the Searchers 23. Cos My Baby's Gone - the Kirkbys 24. Day Tripper (Live) - the Baskervilles 25. Done Me Wrong - the Couriers 26. Keep Me Covered - the Frays 27. Long Black Train - Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (Featuring Duffy Power) 28. Let Me Show You How - Glenn 29. Athens ; the Trojans 30. I'm Leaving - the Mark Four 31. Crawdaddy Simone - the Syndicats 32. Evil Hearted You - the Yardbirds 33. No, No, No, No - the Sorrows 34. She Ain't No Good - the Clique 35. Land of One Thousand Dances - the Action 36. I Can't Get Any Joy - the End 37. Bad Tough Luck Girl (Live) - the Iveys 7 Put Yourself in My Place - the Hollies 38. I Stand Accused - the Merseybeats 39. Love Potion No. 9 - Tony Jackson ; the Vibrations 40. Too Many Things - the Afex 41. You Got What I Want - Boys Blue 42. She Just Satisfies - Jimmy Page 43. She Knows What to Do - the Artwoods 44. Neighbour Neighbour - the Graham Bond Organisation 45. Mercy Mercy - the Athenians 46. Leader of the Sect - Downliners Sect 47. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart- Rev. Black ; the Rocking Vickers 48. Hey Little Girl - the Chasers the 'In' Crowd - First Gear 49. Long Live Love - Phillip Goodhand- Tait ; the Stormsville Shakers 50. I'll Go Crazy - Zoot Money's Big Roll Band 51. The Sporting Life - Mickey Finn 52. Get Out of My Way - Bo Street Runners 53. The Wizard - Marc Bolan 54. It's Just You - the Uprooted 26 Diamond Girl - the Kingpins 55. My Little Girl - the Lemmings 56. It's Alright - the Ugly's 57. That's My Story - the Nightshift 58. Don't Lie to Me - Four + One 59. And My Baby's Gone - the Moody Blues 60. Reelin' and Rockin' - the In-Sect 61. There You Go! - Thee 62. It's My Life - the Animals 63. Jump and Dance - the Carnaby 64. Bring It to Jerome - David John ; the Mood 65. Get a Buzz - the Pretty Things 66. You Said - the Primitives 67. The Long Cigarette - the Roulettes 68. Why Must They Criticise - George Bean 69. Tell Me What You See - John Bryant 70. Where Is My Girl? - Robb Storme ; the Whispers 71. Tell Her No - the Zombies 72. Baby Mine - Five Steps Beyond 12 I've Got a Way of My Own - the Hollies 73. She's About a Mover - James Royal ; the Hawks 74. What You Got - the Eccentrics 75. You're on Your Own - the in Crowd 76. I Found Out - the Cops 'N Robbers 77. I Wish You Would (Live) - the Yardbirds 78. Cops and Robbers - the Richmond Group 79. Forgive Me If I'm Wrong - the Silence 80. You Don't Know - Arthur Brown with the Diamonds 81. Wait for Me - Les Fleur de Lys 22 I'll Give You Love - Miki Dallon 82. Fannie Mae - the Wild Oats 83. Plenty of Love - the Sheffields 25 Honey What's Wrong - the Betterdays 84. Stupidity - Guy Darrell 85. And Tears Fell - the Clayton Squares 86. Get Off of My Cloud - the Tomcats Where Have All the Good Times 87. Gone - the Kinks