Sorry to disagree with fatpizzaman, but I think this was Darren's worst record. In fact, EMI's decision to make him sound like a glam rock cross between Gary Glitter and Ricky Wilde was very beneath him and a complete waste of his unique singing talent. It's almost as though they had Darren make records like this, that they knew would never sell, so that it would give them an excuse to cancel his contract for not becoming the weenybopper superstar of 1973 that they predicted he would be.
Fantastic song! Do you have "Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart" as well? His stuff is soooo hard to come by. This is a fantastic bubblegum glam rock number which deserved to chart.
@fatpizzaman You'll find some of Darren's records on eBay at the moment. EMI only released four singles from him, two in 1973 and two in 1974. I have all of them.
Thanks for uploading this, even if it was his last single and was nowhere near the high quality of his first two singles in 1973, Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart and Is It Love. Darren's story was a terribly tragic one, carried along on a satin cushion while EMI thought they could make a lot of money out of him, then callously got rid of by them when their huge investment in him failed to produce the desired results. For Darren's full story, see my Facebook tribute pages to him.
I thought this was a Slaughter & The Dogs tune...
ZLUGGO 2 months ago
@ZLUGGO It's been recorded by many artistes over the years. The version by Darren Burn was one of the earlier cover versions.
darrenburnfan 2 months ago
Sorry to disagree with fatpizzaman, but I think this was Darren's worst record. In fact, EMI's decision to make him sound like a glam rock cross between Gary Glitter and Ricky Wilde was very beneath him and a complete waste of his unique singing talent. It's almost as though they had Darren make records like this, that they knew would never sell, so that it would give them an excuse to cancel his contract for not becoming the weenybopper superstar of 1973 that they predicted he would be.
onceaboy1947 10 months ago
superb bublegum glam !!
michelst14 11 months ago 2
Post-glam, pre-punk !
PurplePillEater 1 year ago
Fantastic song! Do you have "Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart" as well? His stuff is soooo hard to come by. This is a fantastic bubblegum glam rock number which deserved to chart.
fatpizzaman 1 year ago
@fatpizzaman You'll find some of Darren's records on eBay at the moment. EMI only released four singles from him, two in 1973 and two in 1974. I have all of them.
onceaboy1947 1 year ago
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onceaboy1947 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this, even if it was his last single and was nowhere near the high quality of his first two singles in 1973, Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart and Is It Love. Darren's story was a terribly tragic one, carried along on a satin cushion while EMI thought they could make a lot of money out of him, then callously got rid of by them when their huge investment in him failed to produce the desired results. For Darren's full story, see my Facebook tribute pages to him.
onceaboy1947 1 year ago