Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970 / Various Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970 / Various CD

2016 collection. For British girl-pop, 1960s Decca is a goldmine. The label had its A&R hounds sniffing into every nook and cranny of the British Isles, signing up Midlands schoolgirls (the Orchids), London folk club denizens (Dana Gillespie, Beverley), former child actresses (Adrienne Poster, Sandra Barry), Liverpudlian girl groups (the Vernons Girls, the Satin Bells), soulful northerners (Elkie Brooks, Truly Smith) and Scots (Lulu, Barry St John), well-connected Chelsea girls (Louise Cordet, Twinkle, Marianne Faithfull), Merseybeat wannabes (Beryl Marsden), talent show winners (Billie Davis, Babbity Blue, Jean Martin) and even transient Americans (Goldie & the Gingerbreads). Decca's female roster was largely placed in the skilled hands of producers, arrangers and writers such as Mike Leander, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Charles Blackwell and Tony Meehan, who sourced a steady supply of homemade and American soul, folk-rock, beat and pop.

1. I'm in Love with You - Billie Davis 2. No! No! No! - Dana Gillespie 3. That's Right Baby - Marianne Faithfull 4. Where the Good Times Are - Beverley 5. Poor Old Johnny - Twinkle 6. Love Hit Me - the Orchids 7. I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) - 8. The Satin Bells 9. I Wanna Go Back There Again - Truly Smith 10. Something Beautiful - Adrienne Poster 11. I'll Come Running Over - Lulu 12. Hey Boy - Barry St John 13. Little Boy - Goldie ; the Gingerbreads 14. What More Do You Want - the Exceptions 15. So Hard to Be Good - Louise Cordet 16. Really Gonna Shake - Sandra Barry ; the Boys 17. The Way You Do the Things You Do - 18. Elkie Brooks 19. I Want You to Be My Baby - Billie Davis 20. Save the Last Dance for Me - Jean Martin 21. Love Is Going to Happen to Me - Beryl Marsden 22. Don't Make Me Mad - the Orchids 23. Dat's Love - the Vernons Girls 24. Don't Make Me (Fall in Love with You) - 25. Babbity Blue 26. Golden Lights - Twinkle 27. Hier Ou Demain - Marianne Faithfull