The Applejacks – THE APPLEJACKS***

Tell Me When/Wishing Will Never Make It So/Over Suzanne/Hello Josephine/As A Matter Of Fact/Too Much Monkey Business/Memories Of You/Ain’t That Just Like Me/Kansas City/I Wonder/Three Little Words/Baby Jane/ No Time/See If She Cares/What’s The Matter Little Girl/What’d I Say

Self titled sole album from the Birmingham pop group The Applejacks. It includes their biggest and best known hit Tell Me When but omits their next release Like Dreamers Do, a Lennon-McCartney composition. The group was unusual for the time in having a female guitarist.

“The Applejacks are little more than a footnote in pop's history, but anyone who loves the lighter beat pop of the 1960s will enjoy this.”

“These days, Tell Me When sounds twee and dated, as do a few of the tracks on this album, but a good tune doesn't fade. Baby Jane, however, reveals that The Applejacks could play a bit harder, and there are a few rousing R & B performances here too, which contrast against the fresh-faced innocence of the poppier material.”

“The Applejacks were very lightweight and on their only studio LP the selection is fluffy and slightly tedious.”

“Very talented young musicians, famous for having a lady in the group and for their fantastic hits Tell Me When and Like Dreamers Do, they got the feet tapping of every music fan in England at the time.”

“Having already heard a couple tracks I liked I thought that The Applejacks would become one of my favourite 60s bands. I was very wrong. There are only a few good songs on this LP and the rest are really bad covers.”

“The Applejacks from Solihull are perhaps one of the less remembered groups of the Swinging Sixties. There is a storming version of What'd I Say. Buy this and get a bite of sixties Brumbeat.”

“They sounded a little too much like the Liverpool bands to really make it big. Moreover they did not write their own material, and had to rely on songs by other songwriters. I'm sure fans of the Merseybeat sound will find a lot to enjoy. Some tracks are a little awkward, with stray out-of-tune backing vocals or off-kilter guitar parts here and there, but this is an LP that fans of British invasion rock should enjoy.”