The Clique
Vanbrugh Park (CD)
pre-Knave / pre-Aunt Nelly / feat. James Taylor (The James Taylor Quartet / The Prisoners)
Neuware • GB • 2003 • Detour
60s Style / R&B / Mod / Beat
11 Tracks.
Formed in the mid 80s THE CLIQUE soon became the biggest and best loved combo on the European 60s Mod scene. Everything about the band was right - the look, the sound, the attitude and Mods around the globe hailed them as the new Mod Messiahs. This album gives us some of the earliest recordings of the band - they were put into a studio by ACID JAZZ records when the label had some spare studio time in around 1986 / 1987. With a helping hand from JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET leader James Taylor on Hammond the group went into the studio and laid down some mighty fine pure British Mod / R&B / Beat. Mixing sterling originals with covers such as "Leaving Here", "Sookie Sookie" and "You'd Better Stop" this album was sure to be a hit on the Mod scene. Unfortunately, and for reasons that are no longer remembered, the album never saw the light of day. Detour Records have grabbed those tapes, polished 'em off and had 'em remixed for your total listening pleasure - and what a pleasure it is!
Trackliste / Inhalt:
2. Gonna Get Me Somebody
3. Crying Days
4. Sookie Sookie
5. Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
6. Leaving Here
7. Wormin'
8. I'm No Good Without You
9. You'd Better Stop
10. Young Man Blues
11. Ground Ginger