LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Originally released in 1964 and 1965 on the Fontana label. Included among the ranks of The Mindbenders were future 10cc members Eric Stewart (at the time of these recordings) on guitar and vocals, and later (1968) Graham Gouldman on bass For straightforward solid meat’n’potatoes British Beat, one need look no further than Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders. What they lacked in originality they more than made up for in good old-fashioned exuberance and panache Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders formed in 1963 in Manchester and were brought to London in the wake of the Merseybeat goldrush. They entered the UK Top 10 in 1964 with a cover of Major Lance’s ‘Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um’(see BGOCD369!), and within a year had a worldwide hit with the infectious ‘Game Of Love’. BGO will hopefully be including these as bonus tracks as they were inexplicably left off the original albums featured here After Wayne left, the band had another transatlantic smash with ‘A Groovy Kind Of Love’, later a big hit in 1988 for Phil Collins track listing: Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders:1. She’s Got The Power 2. You Don’t Know Me 3. Git It! 4. Jaguar And Thunderbird 5. Certain Girl 6. One More Time 7. Where Have You Been? 8. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 9. Too Many Tears 10. Girl Can’t Help It 11. Cops And Robbers 12. I’m Gonna Be A Wheel SomedayIt’s Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders:13. Some Other Guy 14. She’s A Rebel 15. Like I Did 16. Memphis Tennessee 17. It’s Just A Little Bit Too Late 18. The Shadow Knows 19. I Remember Love 20. Skinny Minnie 21. Honey And Wine 22. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 23. Please Stay 24. Long Time Comin’