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Tony Hazzard's songs are known to millions. During his first flurry of pop success in the mid-late '60s he scored huge hits with "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" and "Fox On The Run" for Manfred Mann, "Listen To Me" for The Hollies, "Me The Peaceful Heart" for Lulu, "Hello World" for The Tremeloes and "You Won't Be Leaving" for Herman's Hermits. In addition, his "The Sound Of The Candyman's Trumpet" was recorded by Cliff Richard and entered into the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest…

Stone Country - Stone Country
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Label/Cat#: Rev-Ola # crrev 230 | Country/Year: UK 2007, 1968
Genre: Rock | Style: Classic Rock, West Coast Psychedelic

"From the mid sixties comes this lost gem of West Coast country and rock. They had only a handful of singles and this lone album to mark their place in music history. This has never been on disc until now. As you would expect the sound is country at its core, but makes room for some soulful rock and roll. This is truly a find and we are glad to offer it for all of you Steve Young collectors who’ve asked about it over the years." -Village Records

Fred Neil - The Sky Is Falling: The Complete Live Recordings 1965-1971 (2004) {Rev-Ola CR REV 78}
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© 1965-71, 2004 Rev-Ola / Cherry Red Records | CR REV 78
Rock / Folk Rock / Psychedelic / Country Folk Rock

Folk-rock obscurity Fred Neil is regularly touted as one of the movement's pioneering geniuses, and The Sky Is Falling: The Complete Live Recordings 1963-1971 puts his work into perspective for any doubters. Collecting his live 1971 swan song album, The Other Side of This Life (which counts celebrity guests like David Crosby, Gram Parsons, and Stephen Stills), and appending four early rarities taped from a Bitter End performance in 1963, this set bookends Neil's folk-rock career insightfully.

Big John Greer - I'm The Fat Man (2007) {Rev-Ola Bandstand CR BAND 17 rec 1949-1955}
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© 1949-55, 2007 Rev-Ola Bandstand / Cherry Red Records | CR BAND 17
Rock 'n' Roll / Jump Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Vocal / Saxophone

Another great collection of jump blues and R&B from Rev-Ola, this time featuring heavyweight singer and sax player Big John Greer recorded between 1949 and 1955. His earlier sides follows the pattern of the blues shouters like Roy Brown and Wynonie Harris. Over several 1949/50 sessions Greer belts out some great rockin' songs like his hot cover of Stick McGhee's Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee plus Long Tall Gal/ I'm The Fat Man and others along with some storming instrumentals like Rockin' With Big John and Big John's A Blowin'. The later sessions find Big John mostly just exercising his mighty lungs with the sax chores handed over to the awesome Sam "The Man" Taylor.

Link Davis - Gumbo Ya Ya: The Best Of 1948-1958 (2008) {Rev-Ola Bandstand CRREV252}
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© 1948-58, 2008 Rev-Ola Bandstand / Cherry Red | CR REV 252
Rock and Roll / Country / Cajun / Rockabilly

With his cajun fiddle, raw, yelping voice, and visceral mix of country, R&B, proto-rockabilly, and New Orleans sounds, Link Davis was a precursor to the swamp-pop style of the 1950s and '60s. GUMBO YA YA brings together some of Davis's greatest tracks from his peak period of 1948-58, including such swampy gems as “Big Mamou,” “Lonely Heart,” and “Time Will Tell.” This is a fine opportunity to catch up on the legacy of this Louisiana pioneer.

The Others / Sands / Sun Dragon – Listen To The Sky: The Collected Recordings 1964-1973 (2006) {Rev-Ola ‎CRREV176}
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© 1964-73, 2006 Rev-Ola / Cherry Red | ‎CR REV 176
Rock / Psychedelic / Mod / Freakbeat / British Psychedelia

Rob Freeman and Ian McLintock never quite achieved rock stardom, but it wasn't for a lack of talent or effort, and their career together unwittingly serves as a superb example of the shifting tides of the British rock scene in the 1960s and early '70s. Freeman and McLintock's recordings get a thorough examination on Listen to the Sky, which follows the stylistic evolution of their bands over the course of a decade. Freeman (guitar and vocals) and McLintock (bass and vocals) first worked together in the Others, an R&B combo from Southwest London whose lone single, a cover of Bo Diddley's "Oh Yeah," was a well crafted rave-up in the manner of the Rolling Stones and the Pretty Things.

Dana Gillespie - Box Of Surprises (1969) {Decca– Rev-Ola CRRev245 rel 2008}
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© 1969, 2008 Decca / Rev-Ola | CR Rev 245
Blues / Folk-Blues / Blues-Rock / British Blues / Folk-Rock

Although Dana Gillespie is probably best known for her early-'70s spell among David Bowie's most visible cohorts, her own career dates back almost as far as Bowie's himself, with the pair even sharing a record label (Decca) and producer (Mike Vernon) during the late '60s. Whereas Bowie was more intent on aping Anthony Newley and the English music hall traditions, however, Gillespie was turning in an album that stands as the missing link between period Marianne Faithfull and future Elastica.