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Hearts For Sale is the fifth and latest in our series of 12-inch vinyl albums spotlighting the US girl group sound of the 1960s. The collection opens with Street Dance by Bonnie Jean, a little-known must-have for collectors of the genre, with Darlene Love and the Blossoms clearly audible on background vocals. Issued on Lew Bedells Doré label, this exciting fauxlive deck in the style of Shirley Ellis The Nitty Gritty was written by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner, a hip team known for supplying songs for the soundtracks of B movies such as Muscle Beach Party and Thunder Alley.
The Hollywood-based Doré imprint is also the source of You Really Never Know Till Its Over by the Vel-Vetts (which shares a backing track with the Superbs I Was Born When You Kissed Me), One Way Street by the Swans, a soulful update of the Teddy Bears To Know Him Is To Love Him by the Darlings and featuring lead vocals by Sheilah Page, a former member of groups such as the Bermudas, Becky & the Lollipops, the Majorettes, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motor Scooters Hes Groovy by the Front Page & Her.
Other highlights include the Sweethearts Supremesinfluenced No More Tears, the sophisticated slowie Lonely Girl by the Lovettes (thats them on the front sleeve), My Heart Tells Me So by the Del-Phis (an early incarnation of Martha & the Vandellas) and the FranCettes terrific recording of Heart For Sale. As with the earlier volumes in the series, the album comes with a fully-illustrated inner bag featuring a 2,500-word track commentary by compiler Mick Patrick.
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