Here Come The Tremeloes – THE TREMELOES***

Here Comes My Baby/Run Baby Run/My Town/What A State I’m In/Loving You/Good Day Sunshine/You/Shake Hands/When I’m With Her/Even The Bad Times Are Good

One of the surprises of 1967 was the singles chart resurgence of The Tremeloes after the departure of vocalist Brian Poole. Here Comes The Tremeloes contains two No. 4 UK hits Here Comes My Baby and Even The Bad Times Are Good. A compilation Tremeloes CD, which includes the singles with Brian Poole would be highly recommended, but unfortunately it still awaits release. (UK:15)

"Originally billed as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, the group were signed to a record label by somebody who thought they had more potential than another then obscure group, The Beatles. They had some successes, taking Do You Love Me to number one on the UK charts and having other major hits with Twist & Shout, Candy Man and Someone Someone, but after that Brian Poole decided to go solo. It turned out to be the wrong decision for him and he faded into obscurity, but the remaining Tremeloes went on to bigger and better success, finding a new lead singer and also developing harmonies."

"Here Comes My Baby by The Tremeloes was one of my favourite songs. Even though it was written by Cat Stevens it would be another three years before I would know he existed. The Tremeloes had been the back up band for Brian Poole (whoever he was) and this was their first breakout in the States. They sound like a cross between The Electric Prunes and The Four Seasons if that's possible. Besides the outstanding title track there are a few other worthwhile offerings. There are a few nice fuzz guitar moments and the harmonies are as good as any of their sixties contemporaries." "No skill pop songs. They are catchy no doubt, but they also end up sounding too dumb and dull."

"Here Comes My Baby opens the festivities and is the perfect introduction. The Beatlesque sound is superlative. The vocals are magnificent in wording and inflection. Good originals, good covers, etc. Not the best or most influential group; but good clean rock."