Genre: English pop
Places I remember: Chaldon Books and Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Here Comes My Baby
Gear costume: Even The Bad Times Are Good
Active compensatory factors: I had this on watch for a few months in Chaldon Books and Records up on the hill (sadly - my last visit before we head back to NZ was on Saturday). It had a sticker on it saying that it had been played a lot but was still good.
I hummed and harred each time I went in for months - when I eventually checked it looked like some surface marks, so it was ultimately worth a risk. Eventually my love of The Tremeloes and the fear that someone else would snap it up outweighed any misgivings re quality of the disc.
I needn't have worried - no surface clicks or anything! Pretty remarkable for a record that has been played for 40ish years!
Here Come My Baby is the standout, of course. I've written about it before (remarkably I glossed over the bad miming on the video): it really is an amazing song - the lead out track here and the de facto album title.
The rest? Well it varies from good filler to very good filler before ending with another knock-about hit - Even The Bad Times Are Good.
Where do they all belong? Firmly in the pantheon of stellar 1967 pop moments with Here Comes My Baby!
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