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| THE UGLYS-Make Up My Mind/Ugly Blues U.S. ABC-Paramount 45-10707 1965 |
Birmingham, U.K.'s Ugly's are best known as the launch pad for Steve Gibbons. They released five singles in Britain from 1964 to 1967. This was their debut single both here and in the U.K. (where it was issued as Pye 7N 15858 in May 1965) and released here in August.
"Make Up My Mind" is a somber affair penned by the band. It's a forlorn beat ballad that doubles as a social commentary with jangly guitars and lyrics about the horrific events that drift into self absorption ("I read in the papers a policeman shot down two Negroes in cold blood in some racial town and I'm having a new car but I don't know what kind.."). Incredibly dark stuff for 1965! Curiously the record charted in Australia where it made #14! No such luck for either the U.S. or U.K. release though...
The flipside, "Ugly Blues" is a faux country track also written by them band delivered in a fake Southern (U.S.) accent that would not have been out of place on a Down liners Sect LP from the short lived country music flirtation!
The flipside, "Ugly Blues" is a faux country track also written by them band delivered in a fake Southern (U.S.) accent that would not have been out of place on a Down liners Sect LP from the short lived country music flirtation!
In 2004 Castle issued a comprehensive collection of all of their material called "The Quiet Explosion: The Complete Uglys" which contained both of these tracks. They are also both available on streaming as well.
Hear "Make Up My Mind":
Hear "Ugly Blues":
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