Various Artists – Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1963-1970 / Various

Limited 180gm yellow vinyl LP pressing with a fully illustrated inner sleeve. 2016 collection. For British girl-pop, 1960s Decca is a goldmine. The label had i's A&R hounds sniffing into every nook and cranny of the British Isles, signing up Midlands schoolgirls (the Orchids), London folk club denizens (Dana Gillespie, Beverley), former child actresses (Adrienne Poster, Sandra Barry), Liverpudlian girl groups (the Vernons Girls, the Satin Bells), soulful northerners (Elkie Brooks, Truly Smith) and Scots (Lulu, Barry St John), well-connected Chelsea girls (Louise Cordet, Twinkle, Marianne Faithfull), Merseybeat wannabes (Beryl Marsden), talent show winners (Billie Davis, Babbity Blue, Jean Martin) and even transient Americans (Goldie & the Gingerbreads). Decca's female roster was largely placed in the skilled hands of producers, arrangers and writers such as Mike Leander, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Charles Blackwell and Tony Meehan, who sourced a steady supply of homemade and American soul, folk-rock, beat and pop.

1. I'm in Love with You - Billie Davis
2. No! No! No! - Dana Gillespie
3. That's Right Baby - Marianne Faithfull
4. Where the Good Times Are - Beverley
5. Poor Old Johnny - Twinkle
6. Love Hit Me - the Orchids
7. I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) - the Satin Bells
8. I Wanna Go Back There Again - Truly Smith
9. Something Beautiful - Adrienne Poster
10. I'll Come Running Over - Lulu
11. Hey Boy - Barry St John
12. Little Boy - Goldie ; the Gingerbreads

Label: Ace Records

Catalog: 5078323

Genre: Rock