The Undertakers
Unearthed (1996)
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Length:  51:03
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Mashed Potatoes    2:14
      2.  
      Everybody Loves A Lover    2:17
      3.  
      Money    2:52
      4.  
      What About Us    2:42
      5.  
      Just A Little Bit    2:27
      6.  
      Stupidity    2:03
      7.  
      If You Don't Come Back    2:39
      8.  
      Think    2:32
      9.  
      Be My Little Girl    2:41
      10.  
      She Said Yeah    1:46
      11.  
      I Need Your Lovin'    2:38
      12.  
      Tell Me What You're Gonna Do    1:50
      13.  
      Tricky Dicky    2:04
      14.  
      Ireesistible You    2:26
      15.  
      Love Is A Swingin' THing    2:17
      16.  
      Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey    2:38
      17.  
      You're So Fine And Sweet    2:10
      18.  
      Leave My Kitten Alone    2:37
      19.  
      Watch YOur Step    2:43
      20.  
      Throw Your Love Away Girl    2:39
      21.  
      I Fell In Love (For The Very First Time)    2:38
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      The Undertakers - Unearthed (1996)

      Big Beat Records / CDWIKD 163

      Twenty-one sides left behind by the Undertakers, and there's not a bad song in the bunch. The first eight sides comprise their Pye Records singles, and these are pretty sharp -- this band was one of the few in England of that era that found a balance between the sax and the guitars, and melded American R&B with a thumping Merseybeat sound without coming across as either artificial or hopelessly primitive. "If You Don't Come Back" is one of the best recordings in the whole Pye catalog, even if it did herald the band's departure. Then there's the American recorded stuff, which is in a class by itself -- the Undertakers were leaner with just one guitar, and their sound is tighter, giving Lomax more room to stretch out vocally. The result is a dozen killer tracks on what ought to have been one of the great mid-1960s R&B albums by any British group; this stuff rivals The Beatles' Second Album or the My Generation album by the Who. The pity is that the band never got to follow it up -- they still had slight vestiges of that thumping Merseybeat sound, muted by the absence of a heavy rhythm guitar, and where they would have gone from here makes for fascinating speculation (one longs to hear the Lost Souls album). It's also easy to understand, after hearing this material, why George Harrison was so eager to bring Lomax to Apple.

      Track List
      1. (Do the) Mashed Potatoes
      2. Everybody Loves A Lover
      3. Money (That's What I Want)
      4. Just A Little Bit
      5. What About Us
      6. Stupidity
      7. If You Don't Come Back
      8. Think
      9. Be My Little Girl
      10. She Said Yeah
      11. I Need Your Lovin'
      12. Tell Me What You're Gonna Do
      13. Tricky Dicky
      14. Irresistible You
      15. Love Is A Swingin' Thing
      16. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
      17. You're So Fine And Sweet
      18. Leave My Kitten Alone
      19. Watch Your Step
      20. Throw Your Love Away Girl
      21. I Fell In Love (For The Very First Time)
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