Long Gone Baby- Complete Singles 1962 - 1967

UK collection from British Beat combo the Regents lead by Buddy Britten including two singles by Britten's late 60's Psych alter ego Simon Raven. Compiled and reissued for the first time, majority of tracks making it to CD for the first time too. The release has benefited greatly from the full assistance of Buddy himself, who has delivered to previously unreleased track. Buddy Britten was born in Liverpool but his music career got going 'down south' with Impresario Reg Calvert as first guitar player with Vince Taylor then as band leader on Calvert's south coast package tours. Buddy's own band by 1962 was named the Regents and released singles through the Beat and R&B era mainly on Oriole and Pye's Piccadilly label. Like many 60's outfits lasting a number of years on the circuit the Regents had an ever changing line up, including by late 1964 Nick Simper, later of Deep Purple on bass. (Same time Keith Moon was the drummer for two days having passed the audition but took up a simultaneous offer from the Who instead.) RPM.