New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Hush Your Mouth: Betterdays Anthology
Artist: Betterdays
Label: Grapefruit
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929186927
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2022-03-25
Number of Discs: 2

Two CD set. First-ever complete anthology of wild mid-'60s UK garage R&B band The Betterdays who briefly reformed in the early '90s. The West Country's leading exponents of British Garage R&B, The Betterdays' thrillingly raw sound and unkempt, long-haired appearance initially saw them banned by local promoters in their native Plymouth. The national success of The Rolling Stones turned the tide in their favor, and by mid-1964 they boasted a thriving local fan club and were provoking riots among audiences. Having acquired local hero status, they opted not to relocate to London, although they did cut a handful of demos at venues like RG Jones (Morden) Ltd and even released a single via Polydor in September 1965. By that juncture the R&B scene was fading, and The Betterdays duly disbanded - although they did reform in the early '90s with the original five-man line-up, promptly recording the album they'd been denied in their mid-'60s heyday. The first-ever complete anthology of their work, Hush Your Mouth brings together their small but valuable cache of mid-Sixties acetates, their feverishly-pursued Polydor single, a clutch of August 1964 live cuts (including three tracks now being heard for the first time) and those early '90s recordings - which initially gained a partial release as No Concessions before an expanded version appeared in 2017 as Backlash. Featuring a 24-page booklet with numerous rare photos and a new essay on the band, 'Hush Your Mouth' is the final word on this legendary mid-'60s British R&B band.

Tracks:
1.1 Don't Want That (Single Version)
1.2 Here 'Tis (Single Version)
1.3 Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
1.4 Cracking Up
1.5 Here 'Tis (Practice Version)
1.6 Honey What's Wrong?
1.7 Don't Want That (Demo Version)
1.8 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
1.9 I Wanna Be Loved
1.10 Parchman Farm
1.11 Dimples
1.12 Who Do You Love
1.13 Walkin' the Boogie
1.14 Roadrunner
1.15 I Was Fooled
1.16 Howling for My Baby (Fast Version)
1.17 Working Man
1.18 I Ain't Got You
1.19 You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover
1.20 I'm Looking for a Woman
1.21 Keep Your Hands Off My Woman
1.22 Got Love If You Want It
1.23 I Was Fooled
1.24 Bright Lights, Big City
2.1 Cracking Up
2.2 I Can Tell
2.3 Goin' Upside Your Head
2.4 Raining in My Heart
2.5 Route 66
2.6 Working Man
2.7 Don't Start Me to Talking
2.8 I Wish You Would
2.9 Don't Lie to Me
2.10 Howling for My Baby
2.11 Baby What You Want Me to Do
2.12 Boom Boom
2.13 Help Me
2.14 High Heel Sneakers
2.15 Pretty Thing
2.16 Two Fifty-Three
2.17 Hello Josephine
2.18 Walking the Boogie
2.19 Just a Little Bit
2.20 Treat Her Right
2.21 I Know It's a Sin
2.22 22 Too Much Monkey Business 23 I'm Too Poor to Die
2.23 24 Road Runner