Vinyl Album - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich - If No One Sang - Fontana - UK

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Artist:	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich
Title:	If No One Sang
Label:	Fontana
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	STL 5471 / 886 478 TY
Date:	Jul 1968
Format:	Stereo LP (also Mono LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	5 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	If No One Sang	Howard Blaikley	8.0 Rate
A2	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Where From, Where To?	Howard Blaikley	10.0 Rate
A3	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	I've Got A Feeling	Howard Blaikley	7.0 Rate
A4	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	In A Matter Of A Moment	Howard Blaikley	8.0 Rate
A5	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Mrs. Thursday	Harman, Dymond, Davies	9.0 Rate
A6	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Zabadak	Howard Blaikley	9.0 Rate
A7	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Mama, Mama	Howard Blaikley	7.0 Rate
B1	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	If I Were A Carpenter	Hardin	9.0 Rate
B2	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	The Legend Of Xanadu	Howard Blaikley	9.0 Rate
B3	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Look At Me	Morris	10.0 Rate
B4	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	The Tide Is Turning	Howard Blaikley	10.0 Rate
B5	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Breakout	Illingworth, March	10.0 Rate
B6	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	Time To Take Off	Hammond	7.0 Rate
B7	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich	If No-One Sang	Howard Blaikley	8.0 Rate

Notes

Musical Arrangements Reg Tilsey, John Gregory
Production Steve Rowland
Recording Roger Wake

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Comments and Reviews


janiejjones 28th Feb 2014		Added scans of this album. The sun was not as bright as in that 90s photoshopped vitual reality..... and it has not been since I bought this in about 78 or 79. As you can see, the LP title belongs at the bottom, and the Fontana logo to the top. So even as my copy may not be pristine, it is the real thing. I really DO love DDDBM&T, lots of Freakishness on something ridiculed as kids' stuff in the 70s.



Whyperion SUBS 18th Sep 2013		Was this album issued elsewhere under the title of 'Time To Take Off'? Allmusic tells me that is a US version with a 5min mashup of If No One Sang and Time To Take Off on it.



Whyperion SUBS 18th Sep 2013		Review Re -Issued as CD with additional tracks in 2003. I cannot remember where I got mine(Actually Mono Version) from , could have (unusually for me) been a local record shop - as opposed to one in a larger town, or a second hand purchase in the mid 70s. It w in asstorage at the in-laws - and had been since 1994 , but thanks to the internet some of the tracks seem to have been uploaded , I wont show them here due to the date of issue. Anyway its now been on the autochanger, much to my enjoyment. Wiki tells me this is the Fourth Studio Album , Allmusic says The Third Album and last before Dave Dee left in 1969 for a solo career. Allmusic has a fair review , but I think I can do better, based around Allmusic as a structure. True to their previous hits, the songwriting team of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley -- who also managed the band -- centered their material on catchy, if not somewhat quirky, melodies with highly singable choruses. The sleeve notes , I recall , seemed to have been attributed to Dave Dee , and stated that the words for A1 / B7 were sent in by an unnamed girl 'fan' {more true if I said Inspired By, and the stanza is printed on the back of the sleeve} The title composition, "If No One Sang" -- which bookends the effort with a pair of [slightly differing] renderings -- demonstrates DD, D, B, M & T's versatility. The dark chord progressions and solitude of the desolate acoustic guitar and solo vocal immediately suggest the more mature tenor of the material. Certainly there are reflective structures in some of the tracks , with the use of minor chords and some give thought to something like the Moody Blues in places. 45catters will already recognise The Legend of Xanadu , Zabadak and Mrs Thursday. Where From, Where To? as the title suggests is a reflective ( but mid-tempo) number, for 'I've Got A Feeling' the Zabadak percussion comes out in an up-tempo ?Samba? beat. 'In A Matter Of A Moment' is a smoochy ballard , 'Mama, Mama' a hard - hitting rock number . ' If I Were A Carpenter ' is well known , but gets the groups progressions featuring. 'Look At Me' - think 'Deliah' crossed with 'Tears of a Clown' , ' The Tide Is Turning ' is possibly the strongest non-single track on here , and had not 1968/96 been both crowded in the pop charts and already two tracks out as A Sides , would have surely charted. 'Breakout' ()and 'Time To Take Off' I don't remember. In some ways this probably features Dave Dee to the exclusion of others vocals (maybe not A1b seem so indeed Dozy gets the solo credit likewise the last track on A side), Dave Dee is credited on A1a,B1, B3, B5, B6a, the whole group on the rest of the tracks except A4 Mrs Thursday- Dave Dee Beaky and Dozy and sometimes instrumentation as has studio orchestral over some of the tracks. In all a recommended buy. () I am reminded on 45cat that 'Breakout' was paired with 'Mrs Thursday' for the USA single release ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Linked Releases

UK - Fontana - 1968 [Mono]

Canada - Fontana - 1968

Germany - Fontana - 1968

Netherlands - Fontana - 1968

New Zealand - Fontana - 1968

South Africa - Fontana - 1968

Spain - Fontana - 1968

USA - Imperial - 1968

See Also

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich - Together - Fontana Special - UK (1969)

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich - D D D B M T - Fontana Special - UK (1968)

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