Sect Manacs - The Complete Sixties Sessions

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Complete collection of the 1960s recordings by the legendary British R&B group.Includes their three highly sought-after albums and all their singles/EPs.Contains six previously unreleased tracks on CD.Flagship band of the thriving mid-1960s London R&B scene, Downliners Sect - led by Don Craine, recognizable by his hunting hat - briefly shone in Scandinavia (their single "Little Egypt" reached the Top 3 in Sweden in April 1965), without ever matching the international success of some of their Thames Delta contemporaries.The first complete anthology of their 1960s work (the original group would reform in 1977, amid the punk wave), "Sect Maniacs" is a three-CD clamshell box set that brings together their three albums released on EMI Columbia, as well as their unreleased singles, two acetate demos, the highly sought-after EP "Nite At Gt. Newport Street" (private pressing), and three tracks from 1968 with psychedelic blues accents, originally released only in Sweden on obscure compilations.Six tracks also make their first appearance on CD: an unreleased EP from early 1964 and alternative versions of "All Night Worker" and "Outside", released only in Sweden at the time. "Sect Maniacs" features new liner notes on the band, superb photos, and remastered sound. This is the definitive anthology of one of the most endearing and uncompromising talents of the mid-1960s British R&B scene.