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Hush Your Mouth - the Betterdays Anthology
The Betterdays
Hush Your Mouth - the Betterdays Anthology
The Betterdays
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.
THE BETTERDAYS ANTHOLOGY
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | March 18, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 5013929186927 |
Label | GRAPEFRUIT GRPF2918692.2 |
Genre | Blues |
Dimensions | 124 × 141 × 71 mm · 216 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Don't Want That (Single Version)
- Here 'tis (Single Version)
- Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
- Cracking Up
- Here 'tis (Practice Version)
- Honey What's Wrong?
- Don't Want That (Demo Version)
- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
- I Wanna Be Loved*
- Parchman Farm
- Dimples*
- Who Do You Love*
- Walkin' the Boogie
- Roadrunner
- I Was Fooled
- Howling for My Baby (Fast Version) 17 Working Man
- I Ain't Got You
- You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
- I'm Looking for a Woman
- Keep Your Hands off My Woman 22 Got Love if You Want It*
- I Was Fooled
- Bright Lights, Big City
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2. CD
- Cracking Up
- I Can Tell
- Goin' Upside Your Head
- Raining in My Heart
- Route 66
- Working Man
- Don't Start Me to Talking
- I Wish You Would
- Don't Lie to Me
- Howling for My Baby
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- Boom Boom
- Help Me
- High Heel Sneakers
- Pretty Thing
- Two Fifty-three
- Hello Josephine
- Walking the Boogie
- Just a Little Bit
- Treat Her Right
- I Know It's a Sin
- Too Much Monkey Business
- I'm Too Poor to Die
- Road Runner