Io Amo Te Per Lei [Which Way] - The Sorrows, Finlay, Bruce
Dear Mr. Fantasy - The Sorrows, Capaldi
Rollin' Over - The Sorrows, Lane
Per una Donna...No! [Listen to Me] - The Sorrows, Dalano
6 Ft. 7½ Inch Shark Fishing Blues - The Sorrows, Sorrows [UK]
Old Songs New Songs - The Sorrows, Chapman
Per una Donna...No! [Listen to Me] [Single Version][*] - The Sorrows, Dalano
Amore Limone [Each and Every Day] [*] - The Sorrows, Hugg
Hey Hey [Single Version][*] - The Sorrows, Fryers, Chuck
6 Ft. 7½ Inch Shark Fishing Blues [Single Version][*] - The Sorrows, Sorrows [UK]
Which Way [#][*] - The Sorrows, Fryers, Chuck
My Way of Thinking [#][*] - The Sorrows, Fryers, Chuck
Pioggia Sul Tuo Viso #1 [*] - The Sorrows, Morricone, Ennio
Pioggia Sul Tuo Viso #2 [*] - The Sorrows, Morricone, Ennio
Ypotron [#][*] - The Sorrows, Fidenco
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
Hey Hey [Alternative Version][#] - The Sorrows, Fryers, Chuck
New York Mining Disaster 1941 [#] - The Sorrows, Gibb
Answer My Questions [#] - The Sorrows,
Dear Mr. Fantasy [Alternative Version][#] - The Sorrows, Capaldi
We Can Work It Out [#] - The Sorrows, Lennon
The Makers [Alternative Version][#] - The Sorrows,
Heaven Is in Your Mind [Alternative Version][#] - The Sorrows, Capaldi
Dogs and Cats [#] - The Sorrows,
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [#] - The Sorrows, Benjamin
Move Da Show [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Nevada [England]
Matchbox/Rock and Roll Music [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Berry
Baby What You Want Me to Do [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Reed
Bye Bye Bird [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Dixon
Let Me In [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Dallon
What'd I Say [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Charles
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Williams
No Reply [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Lennon
A Little Rock 'N' Roll [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Lomas, Roger
5-4-3-2-1 [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Hugg
Take a Heart [Live][*] - The Sorrows, Dallon
2009 two CD edition of this legendary Italian-only late '60s album including an extra 100 minutes of bonus material, nearly all of it previously unreleased! British Freakbeat/Garage/R&B giants the Sorrows relocated to ... more »Italy in 1966, recording this album a couple of years later for a small independent label based in Milan. Among the highlights of this reissue are the magnificent heavy Psychedelia of the band's aborted early 1968 Pye single 'Which Way'/'My Way Of Thinking', the theme song to the cult Italian spy caper Ypotron, a couple of movie collaborations with soundtrack maestro Ennio Morricone, and even an entire late 1968 demo album that, following the departure of two group members, was eventually scrapped and replaced by Old Songs New Songs! Forget what you may have read and heard elsewhere, this incredible two CD package is the final word on the band's lengthy but previously little-documented Italian sojourn. Wooden Hill.« less
2009 two CD edition of this legendary Italian-only late '60s album including an extra 100 minutes of bonus material, nearly all of it previously unreleased! British Freakbeat/Garage/R&B giants the Sorrows relocated to Italy in 1966, recording this album a couple of years later for a small independent label based in Milan. Among the highlights of this reissue are the magnificent heavy Psychedelia of the band's aborted early 1968 Pye single 'Which Way'/'My Way Of Thinking', the theme song to the cult Italian spy caper Ypotron, a couple of movie collaborations with soundtrack maestro Ennio Morricone, and even an entire late 1968 demo album that, following the departure of two group members, was eventually scrapped and replaced by Old Songs New Songs! Forget what you may have read and heard elsewhere, this incredible two CD package is the final word on the band's lengthy but previously little-documented Italian sojourn. Wooden Hill.
CD Reviews
Solid Playing - the Singing . . . . . well
Morten Vindberg | Denmark | 07/21/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The Sorrows from Coventry in England is known for their one 1965 hit "Take a Heart". The band released 6 solid R&B singles and one album for Pye Records during 1965-66. In late 1966 lead-singer Don Fardon and bassist Philip Packham left the group, and an endless list of line-up changes began.
The group had over 1966 lost ground in England and after Fardons and Packham farewell the group was given the opportunity to take a short tour in Italy. This tour with new member Roger Lomas was quite successful, and the group settled in Milan and began to record singles both in English and Italian. The first "Pink, Purple, Yellow and Red" was a brilliant pop-psych thing with guitarist Pip Whitcher as new lead vocalist - unfortunately no hit en Britain. The group left Pye records and began to record for the small Italian label Miura.
This extended album contains the "Miura" recordings supported by a never completed 1969 album, and a live recording of a 1980 reunion concert.
The earliest recordings on this album/compilation are by far the strongest. Pip Whitcher, though not as powerful as Don Fardon, was a good lead singer, and the 3 soundtrack recordings the band did during 1966-67 "Ypotron" and "Pioggia Sui Tuo Viso # 1 and # 2" are as good as most of their early material.
Pip Whitcher also takes the lead vocals on the Italian version of "Listen to Me" ( "Per Una Donna No" ), but left for England sometime in 1967. Two new members, Kit and Rod ( apparently nobody remembers their last names ) were recruited, and the new line-up began recordings for a new album. Most of these recordings have survived on an acetate only and are included on CD 2 of this release. The guitarist Chuck Fryers, who was also a songwriter had also joined the group. Musically the band still sounded pretty tight and solid but neither Kit nor Rod were very good singer - passable at their best though. The album never was released, and Kit and Rod left the Sorrows in frustration, Kit and Rod wrote some good tunes and one of them "The Makers", survived to get its place on the 1969 album "Old Songs New Songs".
New lead singer for the band was a guy called Chris Smith, and he's the lead singer on most of "Old Songs New Songs". Whether it's bad production or the limits of Smith vocal capeability that makes many of these album hard to listen to, I cannot tell. The harmony vocals are also pretty poor at places; so it does not help much that the playing is pretty solid on most tracks. Chuck Fryers apparently was quite a good guitarist. The most successful tracks are older ones with Whitcher or Kit and Rod as singers.
A 1968 unreleased single "Which Way" / "My Way of Thinking" is listed as a Chris Smith vocal performance. I can have my doubts about this, because this single is among the higlights on the CD - especially "Which Way" is a gem.
With the CD comes 16 pages booklet with detaled information about the band's history - well written and well researched and very nice lay-out.
Though the music rarely reaches the standards of the early Sorrows recordings - they are interesting enough for fans of early British rock."
Track Listings (21) - Disc #1