Downliners Sect - The Definitive Downliners Sect Singles As & Bs '1994

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 Definitive, yes -- both sides of all eight of their Columbia singles, both
sides of their one Pye single, their 1965 The Sect Sing Sick Songs EP, their
ultra-rare self-released Nite at Gt. Newport Street EP from early 1964, and
demos of Cadillac and Roll over Beethoven from 1963 and 1964, respectively.
Twenty-nine songs in all, spanning 1963-1967, many of which didnt make it onto
the three albums they released during this period. Good? No, not really. As
performers the Sect didnt only verge on inept, they were at times downright
careless, as if they couldnt be bothered to polish things a bit in the studio.
As (infrequent) songwriters, their talent was nearly nonexistent. Its hard to
believe anyone thought most of these sides had any commercial potential, either
in the band or at the record label; the material is largely lackluster, and not
even especially well chosen (a few of the songs on their first and third LPs
would have been much better bets). Highlights are the Newport EP, which at least
finds them playing things a bit straight and passionate, with a ramshackle
version of Green Onions and a good cut of Bo Diddleys Nursery Rhymes; the 1965
single Bad Storm Coming is a fairly moody number. Thats a pretty low return on a
band that enjoys a vociferous following among some collectors, although they
were really a pedestrian British R&B band with a propensity toward parched humor
and odd novelty tunes that hasnt aged well. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

1 Cadillac 2:52
2 Roll Over Beethoven 2:33
3 Beautiful Delilah 3:19
4 Shame, Shame, Shame 3:30
5 Green Onions 3:09
6 Nursery Rhymes 3:17
7 Baby Whats Wrong 2:57
8 Be A Sect Maniac! 2:07
9 Little Egypt 2:46
10 Sect Appeal 2:02
11 Find Out Whats Happening 2:12
12 Insecticide 2:22
13 Wreck Of The Old 97 3:04
14 Leader Of The Sect 3:02
15 I Want My Baby Back 3:42
16 Midnight Hour 4:16
17 Now Shes Dead 2:45
18 I Got Mine 2:24
19 Waiting In Heaven Somewhere 2:45
20 Bad Storm Coming 2:39
21 Lonely And Blue 2:45
22 All Night Worker 2:38
23 He Was A Square 3:08
24 Glendora 2:46
25 Ill Find Out 2:16
26 The Cost Of Living 1:49
27 Everything Ive Got To Give 2:08
28 I Cant Get Away From You 2:52
29 Roses 1:47

Recorded 1963-1967.
Taken from:
Tracks 1 & 2: single demo recording.
Tracks 3 to 6: Play Rhythm & Blues At Nite In Gt. Newport Street EP on Contrast
(Cat#: RBCSP 001).
Tracks 7 & 8: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7300).
Tracks 9 & 10: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7347).
Tracks 11 & 12: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7415).
Tracks 13 & 14: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7509).
Tracks 15 to 17: Sing Sick Songs EP on Columbia (Cat#: SEG 8438).
Tracks 18 & 19: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7597).
Tracks 20 & 21: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7712).
Tracks 22 & 23: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7817).
Tracks 24 & 25: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 7939).
Tracks 26 & 27: Single on Columbia (Cat#: DB 8008).
Tracks 28 & 29: Single on Pye (Cat#: 7N17261).

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