1960s 58 Items

close to NM

Vinyl close to VG+

The archetype for the '60s-era girl group was etched indelibly into stone, like a commandment: three pretty girls with matching outfits and bouffant hairdos would sing, with musical backing supplied by a bunch of guys standing in the shadows. The Quatro sisters shattered that archetype forever with the Pleasure Seekers, an all-girl teenage rock & roll group who played all the instruments themselves and were fully capable of wiping the stage with any male band that crossed their path. Pressed on violet vinyl!

Japanese pressing. 1980 reissue. Few paper scuffs. OBI is missing. Sticker on front cover.

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Japanese pressing without OBI! taped spine

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Cracked corner.

MGM Pressing.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

“‘Please Stay’, by The Cryin’ Shames, was the last song by producer Joe Meek to enter the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 26. Released on 18 February 1966, the song should have reached the top, but its progress was held back by the fact that the Decca record label had not pressed enough copies to meet demand. The collaboration should have been long and successful for both of them, but the Cryin’ Shames story is cursed with bad luck and, sadly, within a year of the success of ‘Please Stay’ the band broke up and Joe Meek died. This compilation brings together a first part of the material collected by Cherry Red on the double CD ‘The Tea Chest Tapes’ . The group began as The Bumblies, formed in Liverpool in 1963 by bassist George Robinson and singer Joey Kneen who had previously been in a band called The Calderstones, that included Tom Evans, who later went on to form the group Badfinger. The Bumblies’ name was taken from a television series of the same name featuring Michael Bentine. The rest of the line-up included Charlie Crane (vocals, harmonica), John Bennett (guitar), Phil Roberts (keyboards) and Charlie Gallagher (drums). Charlie Crane would be known in addition as ‘Carl’ or ‘Paul’ to avoid confusion with the other Charlie in the group. Joe Meek didn’t like the band’s choice of name so they changed it to The Cryin’ Shames. Ritchie Routledge replaced Bennett (guitar) after the recording of their debut single ‘Please Stay’. Derek Cleary (bass/guitar) replaced Robinson in time to play on their second single ‘Nobody Waved Goodbye’. After the original Cryin’ Shames fell apart, Routledge and Crane formed a group known as Paul And Ritchie And The Crying Shames with new members Brian Norris (bass), Mike Espie (guitar), Pete Byrne (organ) and Paul Commerford (drums). They released one single, ‘September In The Rain’. The group (as The Bumblies) auditioned for Joe Meek in late October or early November 1965 - the exact date cannot be ascertained because Meek’s tapes contain very little information, and only one or two of the more than seven hundred tapes actually bear a recording date...” (liner notes extracted from the Cherry Red’s booklet made by Mr. Craig Newton)

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert.

2012 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2012 reissue.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2018 reissue. tiny wear

Toploader Gatefold. No 570961

Japanese pressing. 1969 reissue. OBI is missing.

70ies german pressing ! Vinyl with light scuffs and hairlines. Cover has a writing on front, edge wear, creased corners and a small sticker rip off on rear (close to VG)

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. Few paper scuffs.

2012 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

2012 reissue on 180gr vinyl. Still sealed with hype sticker.

2012 reissue. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2023 reissue.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2012 reissue. 180gr vinyl.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. 1972 reissue. Vinyl is close to NM. Torn spine.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. 1972 reissue. Vinyl is close to NM.

Japanese pressing.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. 1969 reissue.

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Japanese pressing without OBI. Vinyl 1 has many scuffs, hairlines and sticky spots.

Red vinyl. Japanese pressing.

Japanese pressing. Discoloured cover.

Cover is missing.

Small writing on back cover.

Japanese pressing.

Record is close to VG+.

Saw cut upper seam.

Cover and vinyl are close to NM. OBI is missing.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Generic label cover

Japanese pressing. taped spine

Japanese pressing. Still in shrink but opened with OBI