The Lord's Taverners Charity Album
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The Lord's Taverners Charity Album is the title usually given to an LP album
produced by Decca Records
in 1965, featuring fourteen artists under the Decca label (Decca LK 4695). Decca itself advertised the album under the name of 14 Great Artists, while the name on the sleeve is 14 New Recordings. In the United States the album was released as England's Greatest Hitmakers (London Records
LL 3430).
The sleeve also carries this text:
This text is missing from the US version, which also has a more prominent title.
All songs were recorded specially for this album and had never been released before. Most of them have since reappeared on an album and/or cd sampler however, though in two cases as late as 2009.
(A) = A-side; (B) = B-side; on the sleeve the tracks are given in alphabetical order by artists.
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
produced by Decca Records
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
in 1965, featuring fourteen artists under the Decca label (Decca LK 4695). Decca itself advertised the album under the name of 14 Great Artists, while the name on the sleeve is 14 New Recordings. In the United States the album was released as England's Greatest Hitmakers (London Records
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
LL 3430).
The sleeve also carries this text:
- "The profit from this record will be donated to the LORD’S TAVERNERSLord's TavernersThe Lord’s Taverners is a thriving club, the official charity for recreational cricket and the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity whose objective is to 'give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance'.The Lord’s Taverners was founded in 1950 by a...
for the National Playing Fields AssociationNational Playing Fields AssociationThe National Playing Fields Association , from 2007 rebranded as Fields in Trust , was founded in 1925 and granted a Royal Charter in 1933...
, together with the royalty which has been personally given by each of these famous artists."
This text is missing from the US version, which also has a more prominent title.
All songs were recorded specially for this album and had never been released before. Most of them have since reappeared on an album and/or cd sampler however, though in two cases as late as 2009.
List of tracks
| Artist(s) | Song | Reissued |
|---|---|---|
| The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up... (A) |
"Surprise Surprise" | UK: B-side of "Street Fighting Man Street Fighting Man "Street Fighting Man" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. Called the band's "most political song", Rolling Stone ranked the song #295 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.-Inspiration:Originally titled and recorded... " (1970) US: On 1965 album The Rolling Stones, Now! The Rolling Stones, Now! -Personnel:The Rolling Stones*Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine, and percussion*Keith Richards – guitar and backing vocals*Brian Jones – guitar and slide guitar, harmonica and backing vocals... |
| Kathy Kirby Kathy Kirby Kathy Kirby was an English singer who was reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day's "Secret Love" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, where she came in second place... (A) |
"Soon I’ll Wed My Love" | On 2006 cd sampler Hits, Rarities and Lipgloss! |
| Them Them (band) Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career... (A) |
"Little Girl" | Remake on 1965 album The Angry Young Them The Angry Young Them The Angry Young Them is the first album from the Northern Irish rock and roll group Them. The album was released in the UK in June 1965. The band's lead singer and songwriter was Van Morrison... |
| Tom Jones Tom Jones (singer) Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records... (A) |
"Kiss Kiss" | On 1995 cd sampler The Legendary Tom Jones: 30th Anniversary Album |
| The Mike Leander Orchestra Mike Leander Michael George Farr professionally known as Mike Leander was an arranger and record producer for Decca Records in the 1960s and Bell Records in the 1970s and worked with such artists as Marianne Faithfull, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Joe Cocker, The Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter... (A) |
"Sandstorm" | – |
| Unit 4 + 2 Unit 4 + 2 Unit 4 + 2 were a British pop band, who had a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1965 with the song "Concrete and Clay". The track topped the UK chart for one week.-Early days:... (A) |
"Woman From Liberia" | On 1977 album Remembering… Unit 4 + 2 |
| Bern Elliott Bern Elliott and the Fenmen Bern Elliott and the Fenmen were a British beat group, active between 1961 and 1964, and best known for their 1963 cover version of the song, "Money".-Biography:... (A) |
"Forget Her" | On 1988 album The Beat Years |
| The Bachelors The Bachelors The Bachelors are a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland.-Career:The founding members of the group were Conleth Cluskey , Declan Cluskey , and John Stokes... (B) |
"Maureen" | – |
| The Zombies The Zombies The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent, on piano and keyboards, and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group scored a UK and US hit in 1964 with "She's Not There"... (B) |
"Nothing’s Changed" | On 1997 cd sampler Zombie Heaven |
| Lulu & The Luvvers Lulu (singer) Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day... (B) |
"Just One Look" | On 2009 cd sampler Shout! The Complete Decca Recordings A remake is on the 2005 cd A Little Soul in Your Heart |
| The Johnny Howard Band (B) | "Tomboy" | On 2003 cd sampler A Collector's Guide to 60's Brit Pop Instrumentals, Vol. 5 |
| Billy Fury Billy Fury Billy Fury, born Ronald William Wycherley , was an internationally successful English singer from the late-1950s to the mid-1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death... (B) |
"This Diamond Ring This Diamond Ring "This Diamond Ring" is a 1965 pop song written by Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine. The song's first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was a bubbling-under single by Sammy Ambrose that reached #117 on January 9, 1965... " |
On 1980 album The World of Billy Fury, Vol. 2 |
| The Applejacks (B) | "Baby's in Black Baby's in Black "Baby's in Black" is a song by The Beatles, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in the United Kingdom on Beatles for Sale and in North America on Beatles '65.-Composition:... " |
On 2009 cd sampler The Applejacks |
| Dave Berry Dave Berry (musician) Not to be confused with English 1960s singer Mike Berry.Dave Berry is a British pop singer and former teen idol of the 1960s... (B) |
"He’s With You" | On 1973 album Remembering … Dave Berry |
(A) = A-side; (B) = B-side; on the sleeve the tracks are given in alphabetical order by artists.