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Jul 20, 2016 · This latest recording session would be the bands last involvement with Pye Records. After these sessions guitarist Pip Whitcher re-joined The Sorrows. And with Pip back in the fold the band ...
Feb 26, 2018 · Though more pop-oriented than the Pretty Things (whom they most resemble among notable British mid-'60s groups in their fusion of R&B and pop), and possessed of as strong an identity and original innovation as the Pretty Things or the Yardbirds, the Sorrows will nonetheless strongly appeal to fans of such bands.
Sorrows, The. One of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion, The Sorrows hailed from Coventry and functioned as a very lean and mean R&B outfit. Aided by pirate radio, their atmospheric single Take A Heart almost made the Top 20 in 1965, but the failure of their other six singles led to a fragmentation two years later.
Jul 7, 2020 · The three men discussed the idea of a reunion of the Sorrows at some point in the future. Don’t forget this Thursday night Backbeats Call Up The Groups at The Spencer Club, Albany Rd, Coventry at 7.30. Starring the Stormbreakers and The Challengers. All 50’s and 60’s group members and their partners welcome by ticket only.
Mar 3, 2017 · The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal "Freakbeat" band. Formed in 1963 in Coventry, England, they released their first album "Take a Heart" in 1965 on the Piccadilly Records label which was a subsidiary of Pye Records. The Sorrows were at the time the hardest, most aggressive and contemporary R&B band of that time, althou…. mod.
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Sep 20, 2010 · The Sorrows are a prime example of what retrospectively came to be called freakbeat, probably the nearest UK equivalent to US garage R’n’B. Their guitar work was tremendous. I clearly recall “Take A Heart” being a big hit on marine pirate radio in late ’65, but sadly nothing else of theirs ever got any exposure (the pirate stations’ playlist system was fickle, to say the least).
