domingo, 25 de julio de 2010

47 EPs británicos de 1958-1966

Fue el EP (disco de 7" con, habitualmente, dos canciones por cara) un formato de vinilo popular en Europa a finales de los años 50 y, durante la década de los 60, hasta 1967. Recogía, por lo general, cortes ya publicados con anterioridad, en sencillos o en álbumes. No obstante, numerosos acabaron siendo los EPs lanzados que ofrecieron material enteramente exclusivo, hecho conocido si a celebridades musicales del Reino Unido nos referimos.

De unos pocos EPs de esta última naturaleza nos ocuparemos en nuestro libro, ya que los hubo realmente excelentes (referencias de Joe Meek, The Big Three, The Rolling Stones, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Serge Gainsbourg...).

Lo que sigue es una ordenación cronológica de aquellos EPs con, en todos los casos, grabaciones exclusivas, editados a nombre de artistas británicos, que más merecedores de mención consideramos:






















- Lonnie Donegan / Donegan On Stage: Lonnie Donegan At Conway Hall / 1958 (grabado en 1957) [EP] Pye Nixa

- Cliff Richard And The Shadows / Expresso Bongo / 1959 [EP] Columbia/EMI

- Joe Meek (The Blue Men, Directed By Rod Freeman) / I Hear A New World, Part 1 / 1960 [EP] Triumph

- Helen Shapiro / Helen / 1961 [EP] Columbia/EMI

- Billy Fury / Billy Fury In Play It Cool / 1962 [EP] Decca
- Davy Graham (With Alex Korner) / 3/4 AD / 1962 [EP] Topic
- The Tornados / The Sounds Of The Tornados / 1962 [EP] Decca

- Heinz / Heinz / 1963 [EP] Decca
- Shirley Collins / Heroes In Love / 1963 [EP] Topic
- The Big Three / At The Cavern / 1963 [EP] Decca






















- Anne Briggs / The Hazards Of Love / 1964 (grabado en 1963) [EP] Topic
- Bo Street Runners / Bo Street Runners / 1964 [EP] Oak
- Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers / Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers / 1964 [EP] Parlophone/EMI
- Downliners Sect / Nite In Gt. Newport Street / 1964 [EP] Contrast Sound
- Georgie Fame / Rhythm & Blue-Beat / 1964 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Herman's Hermits / Hermania / 1964 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Lulu / Lulu / 1964 [EP] Decca
- The Beatles / Long Tall Sally / 1964 [EP] Parlophone/EMI
- The Merseybeats / On Stage / 1964 [EP] Fontana
- The Rolling Stones / Five By Five / 1964 [EP] Decca
- The Rolling Stones / The Rolling Stones / 1964 (grabado en 1963) [EP] Decca






















- Billy Fury & The Gamblers / Billy Fury & The Gamblers / 1965 [EP] Decca
- Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas / Billy J. Plays The States / 1965 (grabado en 1964) [EP] Parlophone/EMI
- Brian Poole & The Tremeloes / Time Is On My Side / 1965 [EP] Decca
- Chris Farlowe / Farlowe In The Midnight Hour / 1965 [EP] Immediate
- Donovan / The Universal Soldier / 1965 [EP] Pye
- Downliners Sect / The Sect Sing Sick Songs / 1965 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Dusty Springfield / Dusty In New York / 1965 (grabado en 1964) [EP] Philips
- Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames / Fats For Fame / 1965 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Gerry And The Pacemakers / Gerry In California / 1965 (grabado en 1964) [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Gerry And The Pacemakers / Rip It Up / 1965 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Manfred Mann / No Living Without Loving / 1965 [EP] HMV/EMI
- Manfred Mann / The One In The Middle / 1965 [EP] HMV/EMI
- Marianne Faithfull / Go Away From My World / 1965 [EP] Decca
- The Kinks / Kwyet Kinks / 1965 [EP] Pye
- The Rolling Stones / Got Live If You Want It! / 1965 [EP] Decca
- The Spencer Davis Group / You Put The Hurt On Me / 1965 [EP] Fontana
- The Yardbirds / Five Yardbirds / 1965 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- Tom Jones And The Squires / Tom Jones On Stage / 1965 [EP] Decca






















- Kiki Dee / Kiki In Clover / 1966 [EP] Fontana
- Manfred Mann / Instrumental Assassination / 1966 [EP] Fontana
- Manfred Mann / Machines / 1966 [EP] HMV/EMI
- The Animals / In The Beginning There Was Early Animals ... / 1966 (grabado en 1963) [EP] Decca
- The Artwoods / Jazz In Jeans / 1966 [EP] Decca
- The Shadows With Cliff Richard / Thunderbirds Are Go! / 1966 [EP] Columbia/EMI
- The Walker Brothers / I Need You / 1966 [EP] Philips
- The Who / Ready Steady Who / 1966 [EP] Reaction/Polydor