Release Date: 10 November 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988117820
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll Pop-Rock
Description
Over the decades, more nonsense has been written about Dickie Pride than almost any of Britain's early Rock & Rollers. A much maligned and misunderstood character, due to the circumstances surrounding his tragically early death he has often been written off as a R&R failure.
But by the common consensus of every one of his contemporaries, he was a seriously underrated singer and musician, by far the most talented member of manager Larry Parnes' "Stable Of Stars".
And had his inner demons and narcotic intake not undermined his fragile mental health, he may have lived long enough to make a comeback in a later musical era.
His recorded legacy is brief, and admittedly patchy, although he charted with 'Primrose Lane' in 1959.
This compilation reissues everything that he recorded for U.K. Columbia between 1959-61, plus a couple of live, early '59 appearances from Oh Boy!
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Laura Nyro
Jonathan Hulten
Anathema
Oceansize
F.O. Machete
The Beatles
Ozric Tentacles
