5013929431133

Am I Groovin' You - The Pye Anthology

The Foundations

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRJAM011T

Release Date:  12 August 2022

Label:  Strawberry / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929431133

Genres:  Pop  R&B  

  • Description


    • 3CD set containing much-loved UK soul act The Foundations’ recordings for Pye including the hits, ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ (UK #1, US #11), ‘Back On My Feet Again’ (UK #18), ‘Any Old Time (You’re Lonely And Sad)’ (UK #48), ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ (UK #2, US #3), ‘In The Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)’ (UK #8) and ‘Born To Live, Born To Die’ (UK #46).

    • Plus The Foundations’ UK albums, ‘From The Foundations’ (1967), ‘Rocking The Foundations’ (1968) and ‘Digging The Foundations’ (1969) in full.

    • And tracks from the 1969 Marble Arch label compilation ‘The Foundations’ including superb versions of Freddie Scott’s ‘Am I Groovin’ You’ and Bob And Earl’s ‘Harlem Shuffle’ plus the A and B sides of The Foundations’ Pye singles, Clem Curtis solo recordings and rarities.


    The embryonic Foundations formed in London in 1965 as The Ramong Sound, then The Ramongs, fronted Sam And Dave-style by two black singers Clem Curtis and Raymond Morrison AKA Ramong. When Morrison left, he was briefly replaced by the future “God Of Hellfire” Arthur Brown before the group settled on a line-up of white British guitarist Alan Warner, bassist Peter Macbeth and drummer Tim Harris, Sri Lankan keyboardist Tony Gomez, Dominican trombonist Eric Allandale, Jamaican tenor saxophonists Pat Burke and Mike Elliott with Curtis as lead singer.


    At Warner’s instigation, the now eight-piece changed their name to The Foundations in January 1967 and they honed their craft at the Butterfly Club, an old basement gambling den in Westbourne Grove where Rod Stewart sat in with them. All went well at the club until gangsters running a protection racket tied Curtis to a chair and held a knife to his throat. A new headquarters in a mini cab office proved safer and the band were soon supporting US soul acts Edwin Starr and The Toys.


    After signing to Pye Records, The Foundations became the first multi-racial group to hit the top spot in England with their debut release ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ in 1967. They were also the first British soul act to have a hit in the USA where they toured.


    When Clem Curtis and Mike Elliott split with the band in 1968, the band bounced back with ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ co-written by Manfred Mann singer Mike D’Abo and sung by new vocalist Colin Young that was a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The song reached a new

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Baby Now That I Found You
      • 2. I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving
      • 3. Hold Me Just A Little While Longer
      • 4. Come On Back To Me
      • 5. Love Is A Five Letter Word
      • 6. Call Me
      • 7. Show Me
      • 8. Jerkin’ The Dog
      • 9. A Whole New Thing
      • 10. The Writings On The Wall
      • 11. Mr Personality Man
      • 12. Back On My Feet Again (mono)
      • 13. Any Old Time You’re Lonely Or Sad (mono)
      • 14. We Are Happy People
      • 15. It’s All Right
      • 16. Build Me Up Buttercup (mono)
      • 17. A New Direction
      • 18. Baby Now That I Found You
      • 19. I Can Take Or Leave You Loving
      • 20. Hold Me Just A Little While Longer
      • 21. Come On Back To Me
      • 22. Love Is A Five Letter Word
      • 23. Call Me
      • 24. Show Me
      • 25. Jerkin’ The Dog
      • 26. A Whole New Thing
      • 27. The Writings On The Wall
      • 28. Mr Personality Man

      Disc 2

      • 1. Am I Groovin’ You (studio version)
      • 2. Harlem Shuffle (studio version)
      • 3. Tomorrow (studio version)
      • 4. Give Me Love
      • 5. My Little Chickadee
      • 6. ’Till Night Brought Day
      • 7. Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere
      • 8. In The Bad Bad Old Days Before You Loved Me
      • 9. A Penny Sir
      • 10. I Can Feel It
      • 11. Take Away The Emptiness Too
      • 12. Let The Heartaches Begin
      • 13. A Walk Through The Trees
      • 14. That Same Old Feeling
      • 15. Solomon Grundy
      • 16. Baby Now That I Found You (Colin Young vocal) (stereo)
      • 17. Born To Live, Born To Die
      • 18. Why Did You Cry
      • 19. Baby I Couldn’t See
      • 20. Take A Girl Like You
      • 21. I’m Gonna Be A Rich Man
      • 22. Who Am I
      • 23. In The Beginning

      Disc 3

      • 1. Love Is All Right (The Horse) (LIVE)
      • 2. People Are Funny (LIVE)
      • 3. Harlem Shuffle (LIVE)
      • 4. Comin’ Home Baby (LIVE)
      • 5. Tomorrow (LIVE)
      • 6. Am I Groovin’ You (LIVE)
      • 7. Back On My Feet Again (LIVE)
      • 8. Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (LIVE)
      • 9. Things Get Better (LIVE)
      • 10. The Look Of Love (LIVE)
      • 11. Stop Her On Sight SOS (LIVE)
      • 12. We Are Happy People (LIVE)
      • 13. 96 Tears (LIVE)
      • 14. Where The Fire Burns
      • 15. Build Me Up Buttercup (stereo)
      • 16. Back On My Feet Again (stereo)
      • 17. Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (stereo)
      • 18. CLEM CURTIS - Mountain Over The Hill
      • 19. CLEM CURTIS - Time Alone Will Tell
      • 20. CLEM CURTIS - I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
      • 21. CLEM CURTIS - Point Of No Return
      • 22. CLEM CURTIS - Stand By Your Man
      • 23. NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) - Something For My Baby
      • 24. NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) - I Need Your Love