VARIOUS – Look But Dont Touch! Girl Group Sounds USA 1962-1966 – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl

Ace Records has been the go-to source of 1960s girl group compilations since the release of Where The Girls Are, Girls About Town and Stop, Look and Listen vinyl albums back in the 1980s. The 10-volume Where The Girls Are CD series followed over the next 30 years or so, along with a number of standalone CD collections. These days, however, the 12-inch long-player is back as the format of choice for discerning collectors.

Look But Dont Touch!, the fourth in the current series of gorgeously packaged vinyl girl group compilations, drops this month. The album opens with the discotheque-friendly Hey, Rocky by front cover stars the Shirelles of New Jersey, the USAs most successful girl group until the Supremes broke through and stole their thunder, and closes with the Bermudas Chu Sen Ling, a record sure to appeal to those who favour the ethereal West Coast sound.

Other highlights include the Hollywood Chicks dance craze disc Tossin A Ice Cube (sic), which marks the recording debut of Barry White (on handclaps); great tracks by the Witches, the Pussycats and Linda Laurie from the catalogue of genius songwriter/producer Bert Berns; Mayalta Pages densely produced rarity Dont Worry About Me Baby (I Feel Just Fine); and, and for the girl group buff who has everything, He Calls Me Child by Ohio duo the 2 Of Clubs and A Dumb Song by the soulful Delicates, both of which are previously unreleased.

Tracklist:

SIDE ONE
1. HEY, ROCKY The Shirelles
2. MY LITTLE BABY – The Witches
3. NOBODY LOVES ME – The Ikettes
4. HE CALLS ME CHILD – 2 Of Clubs
5. A DUMB SONG – The Delicates
6. CHICO – Linda Laurie
7. TOSSIN A ICE CUBE – The Hollywood Chicks

SIDE TWO
1. BABY THATS ME – The Carolines
2. DONT WORRY ABOUT ME BABY (I FEEL JUST FINE) – Mayalta Page
3. SWEET KIND OF LONELINESS – The Darlettes
4. YOU MAY BE HOLDING MY BABY – The Pussycats
5. I WANNA KNOW RIGHT NOW – Carol Slade
6. MY BABY LOOKS, BUT HE DONT TOUCH Carol Connors
7. CHU SEN LING – The Bermudas