Fab Gear: British Beat Explosion & Its Aftershocks Fab Gear: British Beat Explosion & Its Aftershocks CD

Six CD set. British Beat was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles' explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64. Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued. Fab Gear includes many of the era's biggest names such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers and The Tremeloes and other hit acts such as The Marmalade, The Alan Price Set, The Rockin' Berries, David & Jonathan, The Ivy League, Twinkle, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Chad & Jeremy, The Tornados, Arthur Brown, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, The Undertakers, Billie Davis, The Migil 5, The Truth, The Quiet Five and The Sorrows. The hefty booklet boasts band-by-band histories and details of each recording, including early works by David Bowie, Status Quo, Clifford T. Ward, Manfred Mann's Mike d'Abo, Lemmy and future members of Yes, The Move, Mott The Hoople, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Traffic, Lindisfarne and Man. The bonus disc six contains recordings which weren't issued at the time, including many tracks which have never been heard before.

1. Yesterday's Gone - Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde 2. Somebody Told My Girl - Carter-Lewis ; the Southerners 3. My Whole Life Through - the Nomads 4. That Boy John - Billie Davis 5. All My Loving - Marilyn Powell 6. Bye Bye Johnny - the Regents 7. Me - a Band of Angels 8. Tell Me Now - Ray Singer 9. Reelin' and A'rockin' - Mickey Finn and the Blue Men 10. Baby What You Want Me to Do - Le Group 5 11. Bo Street Runner - the Bo Street Runners 12. Love Me Please - Mike Sarne ; the Leroys 13. Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind) - the Moody Blues 14. Round and Round - the Mike Cotton Sound 15. I'm Taking Her Home - the Others 16. If I Ever Get My Hands on You - the Artwoods 17. Your Friend - Mal Ryder and the Spirits 18. I'm Leaving You - Jimmy Royal and the Hawks 19. You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover - the Wild Oats 20. Don't Lie to Me - Four + One 21. Boom Boom - Tommy Bruce ; the Bruisers 22. Never Let It Be Said - Grant Tracy 23. Wishing My Life Away - Angelina 24. What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers 25. Seven Lonely Days - Migil 5 26. You're Forgetting - the Wackers 27. Ain't Nobody Home But Me - Twinkle 28. She Ain't No Good - the Clique 29. Baby's in Black - the Hi-Fi's 30. Plenty of Love - the Sheffields 31. Don't Come Any Closer - Just Four Men 32. Love Is Strange - Robb Storme and the Whispers 33. Love Potion No. 9 - Tony Jackson with the Vibrations 34. Only Two Can Play - the Midnights 35. Don't Break My Heart and Run Away - Bobby Rio and the Revelles 36. Please Believe - the Beatmen 37. You Don't Care - the Blue Aces Showband 38. Dance Little Lady - the Chapters 39. Looking for Her - the First Impressions 40. Who'll Be the Next in Line - the Kinks 41. Don't Cry (My Love) - the Limeys 42. Whirlybird - Part One - the Pros ; Cons 43. This Is Love - Carl Wayne and the Vikings 44. My Little Girl - the Epics 45. My Little Girl - the Lemmings 46. Something's Hurtin' Me - the Monotones 47. Follow Me - the Rockin' Berries 48. Take Away - the Couriers 49. Rock and Roll Music - Dickie Rock, Miami ; Strings 50. She Lied - the Buckinghams 51. Fe Fi Fo Fum - the Eccentrics 52. Not a Great Talker - the Riot Squad 53. She's About a Mover - Buddy Britten and the Regents 54. In the City - Charles Dickens 55. Just Keep Right on - the Cops 'N Robbers 56. I'll Go Crazy - the Untamed 57. Honeysuckle Rose - the Quiet Five 58. Down Home Girl - Felders Orioles 59. I Wanna Know - Paddy Klaus ; Gibson 60. I've Found Her - the Legends 61. He's Got No Love - the Searchers 62. Show Me Around - Mike Hurst 63. Do It the Right Way - Major Rowly 64. You Gotta Give - Kenny Bernard and the Wranglers 65. Pretty Little Face - Mal and the Primitives 66. Take a Heart - the Sorrows 67. If I Were the Only One - the Imp-Acts 68. Any Day Now - the Alan Price Set 69. Have You Seen My Baby? - the Washington DC's 70. Never Gonna Love Again - New Faces 71. I'm So Clean - Ronnie Jones 72. Count the Stars - Russ Loader with the Ladybirds 73. You're on Your Own - the in Crowd 74. On the Horizon - the Syndicats 75. I'm the One - the Alan Bown Set 76. Today, Tonight and Tomorrow - the Chosen Few 77. Think It Over - the Hellions 78. I Can't Stand the Pain - the Lancastrians 79. That's My Story - the Nightshift 80. Come on Home - the Truth 81. Stingray - the Tornados 82. Land of One Thousand Dances - the Action 83. Gonna Give Him Some Love - the Chantelles 84. Bone Idol - Brian Diamond and the Cutters 85. My Love Will Stay - the Carnaby 86. Find Somebody to Love - the Meddyevils 87. Don't Be Gone Too Long - the Slade Brothers 88. A Friend - the Ugly's 89. Laughing Fit to Cry - David and Jonathan 90. She'll Get No Lovin' That Way - the Kirkbys 91. Pena, Penita, Pena - the Tomcats 92. Where Did All the Good Times Go - Shades of Blue 93. Nobody But You (Live) - Earl Preston's Realms 94. I Can't Stand It (Live) - Michael Allen 95. That's Alright (Live) - the Richmond Group 96. And I Say to Myself - David Bowie with the Lower Third 97. Throw Your Love Away Girl - the Undertakers 98. You Don't Know - Arthur Brown ; the Diamonds 99. That's All I Want - Episode Six 100. Take a Bit of Notice - the Time 101. Girl Don't Tell Me - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways 102. Upgraded - the Boomerangs 103. Stay By Me - the Rocking Vickers 104. Given Half a Chance - the Deputies 105. After Tonight - the Clockwork Oranges 106. Have You Lost Your Mind - Tony Colton 107. It's a Cruel World - Luvin' Kind 108. People Like You - the Bats 109. I'm with You - the People 110. I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt on You - Philip Goodhand-Tait and the Stormsville Shakers 111. I Know a Boy - the Bluechips 112. We'll See It Through - the Moonlighters 113. Lies - the Spartans 114. I Go to Sleep - the Fingers 115. Aggravation - Chris Curtis 116. One Day - the Ivy League 117. Top Girl - the Cymbaline 118. The Music Goes Round - the Jeeps 119. You'll Find Out - Paul's Troubles 120. Have I Offended the Girl - the Bystanders 121. It's My Problem - the Chevlons 122. A Love of Our Own - the Debonaires 123. Simplified - the Majority 124. Back Seat Driver - the Ministry of Sound 125. Look Away - the Appalachians 126. What Does She Want? - Hayes and Wadey 127. Good Day Sunshine - the Tremeloes 128. High and Drifting - Tuesday's Children 129. Little Girl - the Rogers 130. It's All Leading Up to Saturday Night - the Marmalade 131. Little Venice - Mick ; Malcolm 132. I'll Give You Better Love - the Kytes 133. California Jazz Club U.S.A. - Hat and Tie 134. Walking Down the Street - the Renegades 135. All Night Stand (UK Version) - the Thoughts 136. Too Much on My Mind - Gates of Eden 137. Sad Subject - Sounds Around 138. Take Your Love - the Knack 139. That's When Happiness Began - the Montanas 140. Please Mr. Sun - Gnomes of Zurich 141. Party Line - the Attraction 142. Session Man - Five's Company 143. I Just Can't Go to Sleep - the Doc Thomas Group 144. Hurdy Gurdy Man - the Spectres 145. The World Is Wrapped Around My Neck - Steve Hammond 146. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - the Factotums 147. Canadian Sunset - the Symbols 148. Such a Pity - the Secrets 149. We Can Make It, Baby - Marcus Tro 150. Steppin' Out - the Athenians 151. The World's Been Good to Me - the Peenuts 152. Girl Trouble - the Exceptions 153. Saturday's Child - the Spectrum 154. Do It Again a Little Bit Slower - Bobby Johnson and the Atoms 155. Makin' My Mind Up - Katch-22 156. I'm Not Ready for You - Five's a Crowd 157. Poison Ivy - the Cherokees 158. I'll Try - the Web 159. Louie Louie - the Changing Times 160. Help Me - the Second Thoughts 161. Always on My Mind - Count Downe ; the Zeros 162. Love Potion No. 9 - the Baskervilles 163. Wanderin' Eye - the Mighty Atoms 164. Heartbreak Love or Paradise - Five Steps Beyond 165. Down Down - the Silence 166. So Fine - Herbie's People 167. Make Up Your Mind - the Connoisseurs 168. One More Chance - the Gremlins 169. It Must Be Love (Demo) - Barney J Barnes ; the Intro 170. Run to Me - Glenda Collins (Unissued) 171. You're Not There - the Uprooted 172. You're No Use - the Fadin' Colours 173. You're Just Another Girl - the Brood 174. Just Won't Do - the Flies 175. I Can't Stand the Pain - the Trendbender Band 176. Everybody Loves a Lover - Jeff Curtis ; the Flames 177. Betty Jean - Earl Preston ; the TT's 178. Follow Me - the Mike Stuart Span 179. Any Day Now - Outer Limits 180. Carabella - the Cordes 181. Tomorrow - the Newtowns 182. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - the Bo-Weevils 183. Time Will Tell on You - the Xit (Alias Consortium) 184. Sweet Little Rhythm and Blues - Mike Forde ; the Fortunes 185. Lend Me Your Comb - Rory Storm ; the Hurricanes