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Foundations The - Am I Groovin' You - The Pye Anthology (3CD) [CD]

Foundations The - Am I Groovin' You - The Pye Anthology (3CD) [CD]

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  • 3CD set containing much-loved UK soul act The Foundations’ recordings for Pye including the hits, ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ (UK #1, US #11), ‘Back On My Feet Again’ (UK #18), ‘Any Old Time (You’re Lonely And Sad)’ (UK #48), ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ (UK #2, US #3), ‘In The Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)’ (UK #8) and ‘Born To Live, Born To Die’ (UK #46).
  • Plus The Foundations’ UK albums, ‘From The Foundations’ (1967), ‘Rocking The Foundations’ (1968) and ‘Digging The Foundations’ (1969) in full.
  • And tracks from the 1969 Marble Arch label compilation ‘The Foundations’ including superb versions of Freddie Scott’s ‘Am I Groovin’ You’ and Bob And Earl’s ‘Harlem Shuffle’ plus the A and B sides of The Foundations’ Pye singles, Clem Curtis solo recordings and rarities.

The embryonic Foundations formed in London in 1965 as The Ramong Sound, then The Ramongs, fronted Sam And Dave-style by two black singers Clem Curtis and Raymond Morrison AKA Ramong. When Morrison left, he was briefly replaced by the future “God Of Hellfire” Arthur Brown before the group settled on a line-up of white British guitarist Alan Warner, bassist Peter Macbeth and drummer Tim Harris, Sri Lankan keyboardist Tony Gomez, Dominican trombonist Eric Allandale, Jamaican tenor saxophonists Pat Burke and Mike Elliott with Curtis as lead singer.

At Warner’s instigation, the now eight-piece changed their name to The Foundations in January 1967 and they honed their craft at the Butterfly Club, an old basement gambling den in Westbourne Grove where Rod Stewart sat in with them. All went well at the club until gangsters running a protection racket tied Curtis to a chair and held a knife to his throat. A new headquarters in a mini cab office proved safer and the band were soon supporting US soul acts Edwin Starr and The Toys.

After signing to Pye Records, The Foundations became the first multi-racial group to hit the top spot in England with their debut release ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ in 1967. They were also the first British soul act to have a hit in the USA where they toured.

When Clem Curtis and Mike Elliott split with the band in 1968, the band bounced back with ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ co-written by Manfred Mann singer Mike D’Abo and sung by new vocalist Colin Young that was a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The song reached a new

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  • 3CD set containing much-loved UK soul act The Foundations’ recordings for Pye including the hits, ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ (UK 1, US 11), ‘Back On My Feet Again’ (UK 18), ‘Any Old Time (You’re Lonely And Sad)’ (UK 48), ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ (UK 2, US 3), ‘In The Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)’ (UK 8) and ‘Born To Live, Born To Die’ (UK 46).
  • Plus The Foundations’ UK albums, ‘From The Foundations’ (1967), ‘Rocking The Foundations’ (1968) and ‘Digging The Foundations’ (1969) in full.
  • And tracks from the 1969 Marble Arch label compilation ‘The Foundations’ including superb versions of Freddie Scott’s ‘Am I Groovin’ You’ and Bob And Earl’s ‘Harlem Shuffle’ plus the A and B sides of The Foundations’ Pye singles, Clem Curtis solo recordings and rarities.

The embryonic Foundations formed in London in 1965 as The Ramong Sound, then The Ramongs, fronted Sam And Dave-style by two black singers Clem Curtis and Raymond Morrison AKA Ramong. When Morrison left, he was briefly replaced by the future “God Of Hellfire” Arthur Brown before the group settled on a line-up of white British guitarist Alan Warner, bassist Peter Macbeth and drummer Tim Harris, Sri Lankan keyboardist Tony Gomez, Dominican trombonist Eric Allandale, Jamaican tenor saxophonists Pat Burke and Mike Elliott with Curtis as lead singer.

At Warner’s instigation, the now eight-piece changed their name to The Foundations in January 1967 and they honed their craft at the Butterfly Club, an old basement gambling den in Westbourne Grove where Rod Stewart sat in with them. All went well at the club until gangsters running a protection racket tied Curtis to a chair and held a knife to his throat. A new headquarters in a mini cab office proved safer and the band were soon supporting US soul acts Edwin Starr and The Toys.

After signing to Pye Records, The Foundations became the first multi-racial group to hit the top spot in England with their debut release ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ in 1967. They were also the first British soul act to have a hit in the USA where they toured.

When Clem Curtis and Mike Elliott split with the band in 1968, the band bounced back with ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ co-written by Manfred Mann singer Mike D’Abo and sung by new vocalist Colin Young that was a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The song reached a new

Track Listing

Baby Now That I Found You

Am I Groovin’ You (studio version)

Love Is All Right (The Horse) (LIVE)

I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving

Harlem Shuffle (studio version)

People Are Funny (LIVE)

Hold Me Just A Little While Longer

Tomorrow (studio version)

Harlem Shuffle (LIVE)

Come On Back To Me

Give Me Love

Comin’ Home Baby (LIVE)

Love Is A Five Letter Word

My Little Chickadee

Tomorrow (LIVE)

Call Me

’Till Night Brought Day

Am I Groovin’ You (LIVE)

Show Me

Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere

Back On My Feet Again (LIVE)

Jerkin’ The Dog

In The Bad Bad Old Days Before You Loved Me

Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (LIVE)

A Whole New Thing

A Penny Sir

Things Get Better (LIVE)

The Writings On The Wall

I Can Feel It

The Look Of Love (LIVE)

Mr Personality Man

Take Away The Emptiness Too

Stop Her On Sight SOS (LIVE)

Back On My Feet Again (mono)

Let The Heartaches Begin

We Are Happy People (LIVE)

Any Old Time You’re Lonely Or Sad (mono)

A Walk Through The Trees

96 Tears (LIVE)

We Are Happy People

That Same Old Feeling

Where The Fire Burns

It’s All Right

Solomon Grundy

Build Me Up Buttercup (stereo)

Build Me Up Buttercup (mono)

Baby Now That I Found You (Colin Young vocal) (stereo)

Back On My Feet Again (stereo)

A New Direction

Born To Live, Born To Die

Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (stereo)

Baby Now That I Found You

Why Did You Cry

CLEM CURTIS - Mountain Over The Hill

I Can Take Or Leave You Loving

Baby I Couldn’t See

CLEM CURTIS - Time Alone Will Tell

Hold Me Just A Little While Longer

Take A Girl Like You

CLEM CURTIS - I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)

Come On Back To Me

I’m Gonna Be A Rich Man

CLEM CURTIS - Point Of No Return

Love Is A Five Letter Word

Who Am I

CLEM CURTIS - Stand By Your Man

Call Me

In The Beginning

NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) - Something For My Baby

Show Me

NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) - I Need Your Love

Jerkin’ The Dog

A Whole New Thing

The Writings On The Wall

Mr Personality Man

Details
  • Genre: Pop
  • Product Type: AUDIO CD
  • Barcode: 5013929431133
  • Release Date: November 10, 2025
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