Release Date: 10 November 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988117820
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll Pop-Rock
Description
Over the decades, more nonsense has been written about Dickie Pride than almost any of Britain's early Rock & Rollers. A much maligned and misunderstood character, due to the circumstances surrounding his tragically early death he has often been written off as a R&R failure.
But by the common consensus of every one of his contemporaries, he was a seriously underrated singer and musician, by far the most talented member of manager Larry Parnes' "Stable Of Stars".
And had his inner demons and narcotic intake not undermined his fragile mental health, he may have lived long enough to make a comeback in a later musical era.
His recorded legacy is brief, and admittedly patchy, although he charted with 'Primrose Lane' in 1959.
This compilation reissues everything that he recorded for U.K. Columbia between 1959-61, plus a couple of live, early '59 appearances from Oh Boy!
Tracklisting
The Mudlarks
The Goofers
Slim Willet
Sleepy LaBeef
Marty Wilde
June Carter
Jimmy McCrackin
Gene Vincent
Super 8
Oceansize
Mansun
The Goofers
Sleepy LaBeef
Ian Matthews
Gino Vannelli
L'Imperatrice
