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| THE BEATSTALKERS-Ev'rybody's Talking 'Bout My Baby/Mr. Disappointed U.K. Decca F 12259 1965 |
Glasgow's Beatstalkers burst onto the scene in November 1965 with their debut "Evr'rybody's Talking 'Bout My Baby", their first of three singles for Decca.
Driven by some fuzz guitar and a combo organ intro it musically reminds me of a more ballsy Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. It's slightly soulful with it's "call and response" vocals and is a thoroughly rocking affair with the driving beat, incessant fuzz guitar/organ lick and punctuated shouts of "Hey! Hey! Hey!".
The flip side, "Mr. Disappointed" is disappointing. The vocalist sings almost beyond his range and the number itself is a complete throwaway despite a really nifty combo organ solo.
Both sides are available on the HIGHLY recommended CD/LP compilation curated by Lenny Helsing (of Green Telescope/Thanes fame and the final word on all bands Scottish and 60's) "The Beatstalkers-Scotland's No.1 Beat Group" which contains all three of their Decca singles and their subsequent four singles for CBS (including no less than three David Bowie compositions).
Hear "Evr'rybody's Talking 'Bout My Baby":
Hear "Mr. Disappointed":
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