ballroom beat vol. 2: try me out  (CD, £6.75)

Welcome to Try Me Out, 20 tempting portions of prime British Beat previously uncomped on CD. Psychic Circles second ever release was I Walk The Lonely Night, a collection of British Beat rarities which concentrated on the inexplicably overlooked, melodic pop side of the genre. We subtitled the album Ballroom Beat Vol. 1, to indicate that the music contained within was a bit more all-embracing than the hard-rocking R&B which emanated from smoky blues basements. What we have here is Volume 2, full of artistes who typify Saturday night in a provincial dance hall. Youll find a Scottish band who only had records released in Germany, one of Brian Epsteins less successful discoveries, two different early versions of King Crimson, a Coronation Street actor trying his hand at pop, and the band that would soon become Marmalade, plus, of course, a host of further delights. Resistance is futile. TRACK LISTING: 1. BERN ELLIOTT & THE KLAN: Good Times 2. THE ECHO SOUNDS: Too Late Now 3. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: Rejected 4. THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN: How Do They Know 5. THE RUSTIKS: Cant You See 6. MARSHALL SCOTT ETC.: How It Ought To Be 7. BOBBY SHAFTO: Love Love Love 8. DEAN FORD & THE GAYLORDS: Mr. Heartbreaks Here Instead 9. THE EPICS: My Little Girl 10. THE PEEPS: Got Plenty Of Love 11. CHRIS SANDFORD & THE CORONETS: Dont Leave Me Now 12. THE GOBBLEDEGOOKS: Now & Again 13. THE ADDICTS: Thats My Girl 14. SAMMY KING& THE VOLTAIRS: Were Through 15. TRENDSETTERS LTD: Move On Over 16. GIDIAN: Try Me Out 17. RICKY FORD & THE TENNESSEANS: Long Way From Love 18. DON CHARLES: Shes Mine 19. THE SHOWTIMERS: Dont Say Goodbye 20. THE PATHFINDERS: I Love You Caroline