...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI...


..::OPIS::..

Pierwsze w historii wydanie albumu kultowej psychodelicznej grupy, prowadzonej przez Gartha Watt-Roya (m.in. Greatest Show On Earth, Fuzzy Duck, Steamhammer, a także solowa płyta pod pseudonimem Leon Paul-Phillips) i jego młodszego brata, Normana (Greatest Show On Earth, Ian Dury & The Blockheads).
Niestety ukazanie się płyty zależało od powodzenia pierwszych dwóch singli, a te nie 'zawojowały' list przebojów. Udało się to dopiero teraz, a do wersji mono i stereo dołączono brytyjski, amerykański i japoński singiel.



First-ever issue of unknown Summer-of-1967 album by cult UK psychedelic pop group Living Daylights.

Mono and stereo mixes of the album are joined by their brace of highly collectable singles, including their near- hit recording of 'Let's Live For Today'

Led by Garth Watt-Roy and his younger brother (future Blockhead) Norman, five-piece Harlow band Living Daylights signed with Beatles publisher Dick James in 1967. Paired with a studio production team that included Caleb Quaye, the band were given a song that James published, 'Let's Live For Today', as their debut single.

Released in April 1967, it entered Radio London's Fab Forty after being championed by the pirate station's DJ John Peel. Also issued in America, the song showed significant sales potential, and Dick James decided the band should record an album that would be rushed out if the single became a success. Unfortunately, 'Let's Live For Today' lost
out to a cover version by American band The Grass Roots, who scored a US Top Ten hit. Without a hit to support it, the Living Daylights’ album failed to appear, and the band split after a second single failed to find favour.

55 years later, that album finally gains a release, with mono and stereo mixes joined by their UK singles and American and Japanese versions. ‘Let's Live For Today: The Complete Recordings’ is a vital addition to the pantheon of British psychedelic pop albums from the epochal year of 1967. This release includes a booklet that tells the band's story for the first time, with quotes from both Garth and Norman Watt-Roy as well as the first-ever accurate band line-up and their tangential link to another Dick James project, Elliots Sunshine.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

Mono Album
1. Let's Live For Today 2:55
Written By-Julien, Mogol, Shapiro

2. It’s Real (aka I’m Real) 2:30
Written By-Watt-Roy

3. Cos I’m Lonely 3:01
Written By-Quaye

4. Up So High 2:17
Written By-Watt-Roy

5. Say You Don’t Mind 3:00
Written By-Laine

6. Jane 2:08
Written By-Watt-Roy

7. What'cha Gonna Do About It 2:38
Written By-Payne, Carroll

8. Getting Better 2:23
Written By-Lennon, McCartney

9. I’ll Be Back 2:56
Written By-Lennon, McCartney

10. If I Had My Way 2:31
Written By-Watt-Roy

11. Always With Him (UK single) 2:43
Written By-Garth Watt-Roy

12. Baila Maria (UK single) 2:45
Written By-Howard

13. Let’s Live For Today (US Single Edit) 2:47
Written By-Julien, Mogol, Shapiro


Stereo Album
14. Cos I’m Lonely 3:01
Written By-Quaye

15. Up So High 2:18
Written By-Watt-Roy

16. Say You Don’t Mind 3:00
Written By-Laine

17. Jane 2:09
Written By-Watt-Roy

18. What'cha Gonna Do About It 2:38
Written By-Payne, Carroll

19. Getting Better 2:24
Written By-Lennon, McCartney

20. I’ll Be Back 2:56
Written By-Lennon, McCartney

21. If I Had My Way 2:31
Written By-Watt-Roy

22. Always With Him 2:43
Written By-Watt-Roy


Bonus Track:
23. Let’s Live For Today (Japanese Single Version) 2:55
Written By-Julien, Mogol, Shapiro


1-2: UK single, Philips BF 1561, released, April 1967 - The Living Daylights - Let's Live For Today.
3-6: French EP, Fontana 460.234 ME, released October 1967 - The Living Daylights - Let's Live For Today.
11-12: UK single, Philips BF 1613,released October 1967 - The Living Daylights - Baila Maria.
13: US single, Buddah BDA-2, released May 1967 - The Living Daylights - Let's Live For Today.
23: Japanese single, Philips SFL-1127, released November 1967 - The Living Daylights - 今日を生きよう = Let's Live For Today.
4-5, 7-10, 14-22: Previously unreleased, recorded 1967

Tracks 1-3, 6, 11-13, 23 ℗ 1967, Tracks 4-5, 7-10, 14-22 ℗ 2022.



..::OBSADA::..

Vocals - Bob O'Neale
Rhythm Guitar - Doug Ellis
Drums - Ron Prudence
Lead Guitar - Garth Watt-Roy
Bass - Norman Watt-Roy



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