The
single: Sugar & Spice / Saints and
Searchers
After their huge success
with SWEETS FOR MY SWEET,
the Searchers had the
problem facing every recording artist:
"What's the right follow
up to be successful again?" So they
did what many groups and
singers did and do: they released
a title very similiar to
its predecessor - SUGAR AND SPICE
(written by Fred
Nightingale = Tony Hatch, their producer)
b/w SAINTS AND SEARCHERS.
Both songs were again sung
by Tony Jackson although
on the A-side Mike Pender sang
harmony. The record had
the number PYE 7N 15566 and
came out in October 1963.
It reached no. 2 and stayed in the charts for 13
weeks.
From
New Musical Express 11/1963
above:
single from Germany, Vogue 14093
above: NL-Cover, Pye 7N-15566,
didn’t
didn’t
chart
chart
In Holland a cover
excisted showing SURE KNOW LOT ABOUT LOVE as the B-side.
Actually on the record
there's SAINTS AND SEARCHERS)
This is of interest as
SURE… appeared on their 64 lp It’s The Searchers with Tony’s
last
leadvocals for the
Searchers. Was it already produced back in 63?
below:
US releases of Sugar & Spice on the Liberty
label. On the left you can see the
original
release
from December 1963 (Liberty 55646). The song didn’t chart then, but it did when
it
was
released again in April 1964 (see flip side on the right). Now it went to no. 44
and stayed
in the
charts for seven weeks. (Liberty 55689)
Other
countries:
In Sweden (same number as UK release) it went to no. 14
for one lonely week.
In Ireland (same number as UK release) it went to no. 6
and in Australia (on the Astor
label,
South Afri-can relea- se on Parlo-phone 45 SPD
291
left
first Searchers’ single from Denmark (same number as UK
release). No chart information
available.
number unknown) it got to
no. 29.
The LP Sugar And Spice Pye NPL(S) 18089
Being successful again it
was time for another LP, named after the single, released in the
UK
in November 63, entered
the New Musical Express Charts on November 16th, went up to
no. 3 and stayed in the
charts for 12 weeks. (It made no. 5 on Record Retailer and stayed 13
weeks).
SUGAR & SPICE
(TONY WITH MIKE)
DON'T YOU KNOW
(MIKE)
SOME OTHER GUY
(TONY, MIKE & CHRIS)
ONE OF THESE DAYS
(MIKE)
LISTEN TO ME (TONY;
MIKE & CHRIS)
UNHAPPY GIRLS
(MIKE)
AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE
ME (CHRIS + MIKE & TONY)
OH MY LOVER
(TONY)
SAINTS &
SEARCHERS (TONY)
CHERRY STONES (TONY
& MIKE)
ALL MY SORROWS
(CHRIS & MIKE)
HUNGRY FOR LOVE
(TONY)
What has changed since
MEET THE SEARCHERS? Not much; Mike sings more than
before
but Tony's voice still
dominates the record. Again the songs were mainly from their stage
act
So being similiar to its
predecessor, the LP ( like the single) was not such a big hit. MEET
THE SEARCHERS was again in
the Top 10 when SUGAR & SPICE had dropped out.
Compare this to the
Beatles: What a development between PLEASE PLEASE ME
and
WITH THE BEATLES. The two
Searchers LPs could have been recorded in one
week.
First re- release
goes back to 1967 and shows the then actual group with Frank Allen and
Johnny Blunt who
don't appear on the record. Two songs are left out: UNHAPPY GIRLS &
CHERRY
STONES.
Songs from Sugar & Spice on American lps
MEET THE SEARCHERS;
Kapp 1363 (mono),
Kapp 3363 (stereo)
released in March 64:
OH MY LOVER, AIN'T
THAT JUST...,
SOME OTHER GUY,
CHERRY STONES
and DON'T YOU KNOW
THIS IS US; Kapp
1409 (m) and 3409 (s) in July
1964: UNHAPPY GIRLS, HUNGRY FOR
LOVE
THIS IS US (6 track
lp); Kapp 985 (s) in July
1964: HUNGRY FOR
LOVE, SUGAR & SPICE
Left:
the Searchers in action Below: on tour with….
Other singles from Sugar
& Spice lp
above:
Vogue release (Germany) DV-14111 from 1963
above: single from Japan
above left
and middle: two of the three releases of AIN’T
TV show: Thank your Lucky
THAT JUST… (all in 1964)
Stars
In the
middle you see the 1st
release of AIN’T =
2nd release
of NEEDLES AND PINS from March 64.
NEEDLES was
already available in February 1964 with
the usual
b- side: SATURDAY NIGHT OUT. Kapp used
the same
cat alogue number twice.
On the left
you can see the 2nd release from April 1964
Kapp K-584
b/w AIN’T GONNA KISS YA. This release
charted the
same month, went to no. 50 and stayed 6 weeks.
The
3rd release of AIN’T… was in November, again with NEEDLES on the
Winner Circle
Series.
(This was rather complicated!)
Eps
(Extended Plays with four tracks)
above:
The UK-EP HUNGRY FOR LOVE entered the EP
charts Febuary 27th 1964, went to
no. 4,
stayed for 18 weeks, reentered on July 9th for another
week.
Eps were
more common in France than two track singles, so
songs from SUGAR & SPICE
lp were
spread over three eps.
Left:
Surfin’ With The Searchers on Vogue PNV 24112 from 1963. Tracks: SUGAR &
SPICE
UNHAPPY GIRLS, AIN’T THAT… and SAINTS AND SEARCHERS.
Middle:
Surf Encore, Vogue PNV 24114 from 1964, tracks SOME OTHER GUY,
HUNGRY
FOR LOVE
& DON’T YOU KNOW
Right:
Surfin’, Vogue PNV 24118 also from 1964 with AIN’T THAT.. & ONE OF THESE
DAYS.
Sweden also issued three eps with SUGAR & SPICE
material:
Needles
& Pins (NEP 5027) with SOME OTHER GUY &
UNHAPPY
GIRLS.
The
Searchers (NEP 5031) with HUNGRY FOR LOVE
& DON’T
YOU KNOW
Love Potion
No. 9 (NEP 5038) with DON’T YOU KNOW
&
SAINTS AND SEARCHERS (picture on the right)
All of them
came out in 1964 (And I have none of them).
Spain: Far
left: PYEP 2053 with SUGAR…and SAINTS &
SEACHERS Left:
PYEP 2055 with HUNGRY FOR LOVE & DON’T YOU
KNOW
Mexico: there was LOS
SEARCHERS (MEX-PYE Gamma Rec. GO 07-293) with SALSA
Y
AZUCAR (=SUGAR &
SPICE).
Far left: Sheet
Music Left: A
nice promo Shot
of the
boys
