Devoted to the hybrid of '60s mod, British Invasion, and psychedelia known as "freakbeat," the series That Driving Beat ran to five volumes in the first decade of the 21st century. This five-CD box set brings them all together, presenting around 150 rarities from the 1963-1967 era, most of them British (a few items from Continental Europe are also thrown in). Pinpointing who this should be recommended to is tough, because any passionate collector of freakbeat is already going to have some to a lot (but almost certainly not all) of it. At the same , it's likely too much for the novice, for whom single-volume comps with a higher percentage of killer cuts make far better initiations. But make no mistake: this certainly is good value if you like the style and don't have the majority of the contents, and not just for the sheer quantity of the material. Odd tracks like the Poets' "That's the Way It's Got to Be" and Him & the Others' "She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies" aside, there aren't that many absolute undisputed monsters of the genre here, most of it's at least decent, and good percentage of it is quite good.

On the other hand, a good number of selections are OK but nothing more, and there are too many covers of well-known songs, though even those do tend to be above average as those things rank. There are also a lot of songs that are frankly more Merseybeat than freakbeat, though really there's nothing wrong with that, unless you take the "freakbeat" label at face value and are expecting nothing but mod-psychedelia. If you approach this as an interesting survey of bands and songs that sort of floated between the major and minor leagues of mid-'60s British rock – rather than a box set of similar size that that's going to be outstanding the whole way through, like Rhino's Nuggets extravaganzas – it's certainly worth the investment. Though none of these songs were hits, it's astonishing how many records and bands had direct connections to bigger names, whether it's a cover of an altered version of the Who's "The Kids Are Alright" by the Rockin' Vickers (with a young Lemmy); obscurities produced by the Kinks' Dave Davies, Manfred Mann, and the Animals' Alan Price; no-hit groups including future members of Traffic, Manfred Mann, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, and Yes, and ex-members of the Hollies, the Walker Brothers, and the Pretty Things; and little-known productions by Shel Talmy and Joe Meek. (The Meek-produced efforts by Heinz ("I'm Not a Bad Guy") and the Outlaws ("Shake with Me") aren't hard to get elsewhere, but are both really tough British Invasion pop numbers..) And while the packaging isn't on the Nuggets scale, the track-by-track annotation by leading British collector/expert Richard Morton Jack has a lot of info on these obscurities.

Disc 1
01 The Shots - Keep a Hold of What You Got
02 The Knack - She Ain't No Good
03 Mal Ryder & The Spirits - Your Friend
04 The Untamed - I'll Go Crazy
05 The Worrying Kynde - Got the Blame
06 Tony Knight & The Live Wires - I Feel So Blue
07 Mike Cotton Sound - I Don't Wanna Know
08 The Llan - Realise
09 The Eccentrics - What You Got
10 Him & the Others - She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies
11 The Plebs - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
12 The In Crowd - Things She Says
13 Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages - The Train Kept A Rollin'
14 Phase 4 - Think I'll Sit Down and Cry
15 Ten Feet - Factory Worker
16 The Koobas - You'd Better Make Up Your Mind
17 The Mark Five - Baby What's Wrong
18 The Attraction - She's a Girl
19 The Primitives - You Said
20 The Remo 4 - Sing Hallelujah
21 The Darwin's Theory - Hosanna
22 The Favourite Sons - That Driving Beat
23 The Moquettes - Right String Baby, But the Wrong Yo-Yo
24 The Hipster Image - Make Her Mine
25 The Answers - It's Just a Fear
26 The Cheynes - Respectable
27 The Poets - That's the Way It's Got to Be
28 The Athenians - Louie Louie
29 The Profile - Haven't They Got Better Things to Do
30 The Soul Agents - Let's Make It Pretty Baby
31 Tony's Defenders - Yes I Do
32 The Meddy Evils - Ma's Place

Disc 2
01 The Deejays - In The Midnight Hour
02 The Outlaws - Shake With Me
03 The Cherokees - Dig A Little Deeper
04 The Quakers - I'm Ready
05 The Transatlantics - Louie Go Home
06 The Shevells - Come On Home
07 The Beat Buddies - Pins In My Heart
08 The Jay-Jay's - Baldheaded Woman
09 The Pack - Things That Bring Me Down
10 The Regents - Bye Bye Johnny
11 Brian Diamond & The Cutters - Shake, Shout And Go
12 The Classmates - Pay Day
13 The Whirlwinds - Baby Not Like Me
14 The Zephyrs - She's Lost You
15 T-Bones - How Many More s
16 The Loose Ends - I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
17 James Royal - Work Song
18 The Hi Numbers - Heart Of Stone
19 Carter-Lewis & The Southenders - Skinny Minnie
20 The Mark Leeman 5 - Gather Up The Pieces
21 Gary Walker - She Makes Me Feel Better
22 Haydock's Rockhouse - She Thinks
23 The Sassenachs - That Don't Worry Me
24 The Redcaps - Funny Things
25 The Firing Squad - Bullmoose
26 The Hellions - Think It Over
27 The Slade Brothers - Peace In My Mind
28 The Dukes - Try To Understand

Disc 3
01 The Jynx - How
02 The Blues Council - Baby Don't Look Down
03 The Knack - , ,
04 The Laurie Jay Combo - Just A Little Bit
05 The Four + One - Don't Lie To Me
06 Tony Knight's Chessmen - Surfer Street
07 The Scorpions - (Ain't That) Just Like Me
08 The Bad Boys - That's What I'll Do
09 The Mark Four - Work All Day (Sleep All Night)
10 The Bobby Patrick Big Six - Sweet Talk Me Baby
11 The Snobs - Buckle Shoe Stomp
12 The Shots - Shes A Liar
13 The College Boys - I'm Gonna Cry
14 The Preachers - Too Old In The Head
15 The Trekkas - Please Go
16 Wayne Gibson & Dynamic Sounds - See You Later, Alligator
17 The Muldoons - I'm Lost Without You
18 The Rockin' Vickers - I Don't Need Your Kind
19 The Puppets - Baby Don't Cry
20 The Nocturns - Carryin' On
21 The Road Hogs - My Generation
22 The Quakers - Down The Road Apiece
23 Herbie's People - Sweet And Tender Romance
24 Rey Anton & The Peppet Men - Don't Treat Me Bad
25 The Fenmen - I've Got Everything You Need Babe
26 A Band Of Angels - Me
27 The Rats - Parchman Farm
28 King Size Taylor - Somebody's Always Trying
29 The Chancis - Tell Me

Disc 4
01 The Checkmates - It Ain't Right
02 the In-Crowd - Stop! Wait A Minute
03 Paul's Troubles - You've Got Something
04 Tony & Howard with The Dictators - Just In Case
05 Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs - Everybody Knows
06 Comanches - Missed Your Lovin'
07 Gene Latter - Mother's Little Helper
08 The Rockin' Vickers - It's Alright
09 The Dennisons - You Don't Know What Love Is
10 The Bunch Of Fives - At The Station
11 Mal Ryder & The Spirits - Slow Down
12 The Shevells - Oo Poo Pa Doo
13 Jason Deane - Ain't Got No Love
14 The Shanes - I Don't Want Your Love
15 The Casual Four - I Can Tell
16 Mike Rabin & The Demons - Head Over Heels
17 Wayne Gibson & The Dynamics - Baby, Baby, Baby Pity Me
18 The Knack - It's Love, Baby (24 Hours A Day)
19 The Nicky James Movement - Stagger Lee
20 The Thoughts - Memory Of Your Love
21 Rey Anton & The Pro-Form - Hold It, Babe
22 Denny Seyton & The Sabres - Tricky Dickie
23 The Rats - I've Gotta See My Baby Everyday
24 The Valkyries - What's Your Name
25 The Meddyevils - Place Called Love
26 Alex Harvey - Go Away Baby
27 Heinz - I'm Not A Bad Guy
28 Brian Howard & The Silhouettes - Hooked
29 The Manchester Mob - Bony Maronie At The Hop
30 Mark Leeman Five - Going To Bluesville
31 Thee - There You Go

Disc 5
01 Junco Partners - As Long As I Have You
02 The Rattles - Say Alright
03 Hot Springs - All I Know About Love
04 The Elcort - Searchin'
05 The Outsiders - Keep On Doing It
06 Brian Diamond & The Cutters - Bone Idol
07 The Revolution - Shades Of Blue
08 The Bo Street Runners - Get Out Of My Way
09 The Corduroys - Too Much Of A Woman
10 Stovepipe No.4 - My Babe
11 The Soul Agents - Seventh Son
12 The Zephyrs - Sweet Little Baby
13 The Mark Four - Going Down Fast
14 Jimmy Royal & The Hawks - I'm Leaving You
15 The Moquettes - You Came Along
16 The Midknights - Just For Me
17 Dave Davani Four - Tossin' And Turnin'
18 Mel Turner & The Mohicans - Doin' The Ton
19 The Boston Crabs - Alley Oop
20 The Pentad - Silver Dagger
21 The Banshees - I Got A Woman
22 The Mike Cotton Sound - I Got My Eye On You
23 Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions - I'm Looking For A Woman
24 Long & The Short - Love Is A Funny Thing
25 Gary Farr & The T Bones - Don't Stop And Stare
26 The Selfkick - Gosh! I'm Your Woman, Not Your Wife!
27 Just Four Men - Don't Come Any Closer
28 The Hustlers - Sick Of Giving
29 The Outlaws - Keep A Knockin'



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