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| THE LOOT-Don't Turn Around/You Are My Sunshine Girl U.K. CBS 3231 1968 |
Andover, England's Loot has often been associated with The Troggs as they hailed from the same area and were both signed to Larry Page's Page One label. Their last two singles for the label were also produced by Troggs drummer Ronnie Bond and their debut release "Baby Come Closer" (UK Page One POF 013 January 1967) was previously released on The Troggs LP "Trogglodynamite". We profiled their debut on Page One here.
They had interesting, almost schizophrenic music career in that they were simultaneously on two labels in Britain at the same time, CBS and Fontana. The reason being that the band were signed overseas to a contract with the Belgian label Pallette for European releases by Hal Carter and Stan Phillips (who were involved in The Troggs management, continuing the band's Troggs connection) which were in turn licensed to the CBS for a British release creating quite a bit on curiosity and confusion over the years.
"Don't Turn Around" was the band's fourth single and their second and final release for the CBS label (after two prior releases on Page One, you can view their previous CBS 45 here). Lyrically it's an incredibly cynical take on flower power and "the beautiful people":
"What are you going to be tomorrow when you have thrown your flowers away.....you're the conformist to convention, I am the one who is free..... you may be one of the beautiful people today..."
Quite curious as the band fully embraced the "flower power" image as seen on the German picture sleeve for this single below! Musically the number is incredibly layered in woodwinds, congas, sweeping strings and a quasi Middle Eastern/Indian lilt to the melody with well crafted harmonies and plenty of phasing thrown in.
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| German picture sleeve |
The flip side "You Are My Sunshine Girl" is extremely disposable pop garbage that would have been suited as a late 60's Herman's Hermits album track.
"Don't Turn Around" was first unearthed in 2007 for the incredible 4 CD compilation "Real Life Permanent Dream: A Cornucopia Of British Psychedelia 1965-1970" and both sides were included on the comprehensive 2005 Radioactive CD comp ""Singles A's & B's".
Hear "Don't Turn Around":
Hear "You Are My Sunshine Girl":
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