You Got Me Hooked! is the latest instalment in Ace Records’ ongoing survey of British girl singers of the 1960s. Recent volumes in the series focused on the catalogues of Decca (Don’t Blow Your Cool!), Pye (She Wants You!) and Philips/ Fontana/ Mercury (Live It Up!). This new edition comprises a cherry-picked collection of cool she-pop from the EMI family of labels: Parlophone, Columbia and HMV. Most of the tracks were recorded at Abbey Road, a short tube ride from EMI HQ in Marylebone, hence the “Marylebone Beat Girls” subtitle.
Of the 26 tracks, a generous half are new to CD. These include ‘Too Late to Say You’re Sorry’ by the aptly named Soulmates featuring lead vocals by Liza Strike, which garnered a USA cover by Darlene Love, no less; Friday Browne’s fabulous…

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