TELL-TALE HEARTS: Nevermore – The Definitive Anthology 2xLP

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Deluxe double vinyl version including The Tell-Tale Hearts – remastered – recordings from their first mini LP, 45s, comp-only plus rare and unreleased tracks! Extensive liner notes plus rare/unseen pictures…and (never) more! “I think it’s fair to say that, on reflection, and more than any other group on the scene at that time, San Diego’s the Tell-Tale Hearts perfected a truly combustible and dynamic blend of R&B and garage punk with such verve and authentication that all competitors were rendered pointless. They learned from the original masters as well as those elements drawn from the best of the British beat era. To this they added a shedload of U.S. style teen/garage punk plus a large quantity of European influences; most notably some ultra-cool groups that emanated from the sixties scene in the Netherlands. All of this would culminate in a cauldron of delights with, at the forefront, a clutch of unbeatable songs played out in the group’s own individual and collective style, with an ever-present remarkable compository approach – melody, rhythm, harmony, rave-ups, screams, dynamics galore – and over and above just the sheer sartorial class of this gang. Although I was thousands of miles away and the ‘Hearts never did cross the pond to Europe or the U.K. (never mind Scotland ha) those who witnessed their live gigs told of a powerful, authentic example of what raw rock’n’roll should be like! ~Lenny Helsing/Shindig!/It’s Psychedelic Baby!

Tracklist:
SIDE A:
Crawling Back To Me (Brandes)
That’s Your Problem (Tax/Splinter)
She’s Not What Love Is For (Calhoun/Stax)
From Above (Bieler/Nuyens/Baar)
(You’re A) Dirty Liar (Calhoun/Stax)
Me Needing You (Taylor/May)

SIDE B:
It Came To Me (Nuyens/Bieler/Baar)
Come And Gone (Brandes)
Forever Alone (Calhoun/Stax)
Keep On Trying (Tax/Splinter)
Losing Myself (Calhoun/Bacher)
Won’t Need Yours (Calhoun/Stax)
Just in Case You Wonder (Byngham/Bell)

SIDE C:
It’s Just A Matter of Time (Brandes)
Everything I’ve Got to Give (Evans)
One Girl (Stax/Bacher)
It’s Not Me (Calhoun)
No Surprise (Brandes)
Bye Bye Baby (Hollestelle)
I Get Up Morning (Meek)

SIDE D:
My World is Upside Down (Amero/Beaulier)
(You’re A) Dirty Liar (Calhoun/Stax)
Crackin’ Up (Weir)
Hey Tiger (Smith)
Cry (Over Her) (Henehen)
Too Many Lovers (Caunce)
Promise (Brandes)
Nothin’ You Can Do (Brandes)

Side A, tracks 1-6, Side B, tracks 1-6: Recorded summer 1984, Silvery Moon, LA. Produced by Greg Shaw. Released: The Tell-Tale Hearts album, Voxx, 1985. These are the previously unreleased original mixes.
Side B, track 7: live at the Music Machine, Los Angeles. July 1984.

Side C, tracks 1-6: Recorded summer 1985, Swinging Studios, Dulzura, CA. Produced by Mark Neill. Released: The ‘Now’ Sound of the Tell-Tale Hearts, Voxx, 1985.
Side C, track 7: Recorded late 1985, Swinging Studios, Dulzura, CA. Produced by Mark Neill. Released: 99th Floor flexidisc, 1985.

Side D, tracks 1-5: Live demos recorded March 1984, Studio 517, San Diego. Produced by Steve Epeniter.
Side D, tracks 6-7: Recorded December 1986, Swinging Studios, Dulzura, CA. Produced by Mark Neill. Released: single, Kavern 7, 1987.
Side D, track 8: Recorded December 1986, Swinging Studios, Dulzura, CA. Produced by Mark Neill. Previously unreleased.

All tracks remastered for this release by Mike Kamoo at Earthling Studios, El Cajon, California.