Don't Throw Your Love Away - 1964 Copy of The Searchers

[gazzymodo]

very good version of "DON'T THROW.. by these 60s session musicians.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Agreed, you have to listen twice to make sure it's not The Searchers.

[barrygioportmorien1]

I am going to see them here in Canada on June 6/09 Orillia, Ontario, at Casino Rama.

[SirBasildeBrush]

They still get around. I saw them about 10 years in Sheffield.

[hrpman]

SPman is right - not a patch on the Searchers. They also had the knack of spotting a good song and making it a hit. Needles & Pins was only a minir US chart entry until they worked their magic on it.

[SirBasildeBrush]

So who did the original US version?

[hrpman]

Jackie deShannon originally recorded it in 1963. It only made #84 in the US charts (did better in Canada, I believe). Searchers heard Cliff Bennett singing it in Hamburg and did their own version. Rest is history. Sono Bono had a hand in writing it.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Interesting stuff history. Thanks.

[hrpman]

Mmm - my wife says that the reason I like history so much is that I've seen most of it. (She's a lot younger than me).

[SirBasildeBrush]

Does Mrs hrp affectionately refer to you as 'The Fossil' ?

[hrpman]

... among the kinder apellatives.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Moniker applied to my (former!) brother-in-law.

[ol49rrrrr]

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Needles and Pins? Sonny Bono wrote that one.

[hrpman]

Yes, that's the one we were talking abour

[LaVerne37]

The Seachers #16 in '64...I actually have heard The Orlons do this...speaking of Helen Shapiro...

;)

[spacepatrolman]

Its worth a listen but it doesnt have that searchers snap to it ,the vocals arent as tight.

[SirBasildeBrush]

and the audio is in mono, and the scratches in stereo!

[spacepatrolman]

go in the spacepatrolman blog in myspace and listen to the audio track from each time by the searchers which was taken out of youtube