Live It Up: Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-1967 / Var Live It Up: Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-1967 / Var CD

UK collection. With Live It Up! Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-1967, Ace focuses on neglected female pop gems that originated from Stanhope House in Stanhope Place, Bayswater, London W2: the address of the UK arm of Philips Records and it's associated labels, Fontana and Mercury. Once Dusty Springfield became a chart regular, the Philips group of labels, in common with all the other companies of the period, readily climbed aboard the beat girl bandwagon, signing up more local female talent, hungry to discover the next Cilla, Sandie, Lulu or Marianne. And they came from near and far. In terms of geography, Live It Up! Splits the talent fairly equally between lasses from London and the South-East, and young misses from the Midlands and the North: and just to variegate the mix even further, there are inclusions from relocated American, Jamaican and South African-born gals. This gorgeously packaged 25-track collection comes with a bumper booklet featuring scarce photos and ephemera, an introduction by genre-expert Ian Chapman and a 5000-word track commentary by compiler Mick Patrick.

1. I Really Got Carried Away - Madeline Bell 2. Heartbeat - Dusty Springfield with the Echoes 3. By My Side - Sharon Tandy 4. So Little Time - Diana Dors 5. I Just Don't Know How - Angelina 6. With a Kiss - Kiki Dee 7. 32nd Love Affair - Friday Brown 8. I Like a Man - the Caravelles 9. Make Him Mine - Susan Maughan 10. My Street - Millie 11. Live It Up - Dusty Springfield 12. Please Go Away - Marilyn Powell 13. Chasing My Dream All Over Town - Jenny Wren 14. Keep on Lovin' Me - the Kaye Sisters 15. You Beat Me to the Punch - Karol Keyes 16. How Can I Be Sure? - the Caravelles 17. Small Town - Kiki Dee 18. Born a Woman - Friday Brown 19. The Music Attracts Me - Clare Torry 20. Eeny Meeny - Ayshea 21. No One Can Take Your Place - Karol Keyes 22. Girls Like Boys - Ethna Campbell 23. Wishin' My Life Away - Angelina 24. The Thought of You - Jenny Wren 25. Love Makes the World Go Round - Sharon Tandy