The Sect – DOWNLINERS SECT***

Little Egypt/Hurt By Love/One Ugly Child/Lonely & Blue/Our Little Rendezvous/Guitar Boogie/Too Much Monkey Business/Sect Appeal/Baby What’s On Your Mind/Cops & Robbers/Easy Rider/Bloodhound/Bright Lights/I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank/Be A Sect Maniac

The now largely forgotten group Downliners Sect were prominent in the British R & B scene during the mid sixties. Their debut album The Sect consists of standard R & B fare, insufficiently distinctive for them to achieve a commercial breakthrough.

“This was a very influential band, but there wasn't enough on it to keep me interested. A couple of good tracks, but these guys are a parody of a good R & B band. They are quite humorous. I enjoy sixties music but this doesn't measure up to what is exciting in sixties rock and roll.”

“This is the group's rawest and most R & B oriented album, firmly rooted in the same influences as The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things, including covers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, et al., along with a few originals in the same vein. For those who don't get enough rough-and-ready British-style R & B and rock & roll The Sect should be their next stop.”

“Awesome early raw British R & B band, from the same school of thought as very early Stones. Standard material for the day - covers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, etc. They tear it up on this stuff. If you are just looking for some killer music then you won't be disappointed.”

“The Sect is one of those 'best LPs that you've never heard'. Seriously, this record smokes. Tracks that have me spinning this more times than I have kept track of are One Ugly Child and Our Little Rendezvous.”

“Just about the best real rock and roll album I have ever heard. My neighbours think I have gone into hibernation with this LP playing over and over. I never knew these guys were so good.”

“Their music is very raw, early club R & B of the day - brilliant to hear and even better live - I can feel the sweat dripping on me now. Downliners Sect were a great group that should have had a lot of hits but didn't. Why? Maybe because there were so many great groups in the 60s. This album captures them at their finest.”