THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,707) The Outer Limits — “Help Me Please”
“Fantastic Mod Beat! Sound a bit Paul Weller!” (EdwinJack64, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aND8l6A3b0U) This “jumpy party-starter” (Fred Thomas, https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-one-more-chance-the-anthology-1965-1968-mw0004589462) is “threatening, guitar heavy” (John Reed, liner notes to the CD comp Decca Originals: The Freakbeat Scene) and glorious!
John Reed tells us that “[t]his Leeds band started out as a skiffle group but had progressed to an altogether more impressive sound by 1967. A students charity rag record led to a one-off single for Deram [of which today’s song was the B-side]. . . . A follow-up for Immediate Records’ Instant subsidiary was less effective, and that appeared to be that.” (liner notes to Decca Originals: The Freakbeat Scene)
Fred Thomas further explores the Outer Limits:
The Outer Limits . . . evolved quickly over the course of their brief four-year run, working in Merseybeat territory before branching out to explore mod, freakbeat, and psychedelic styles. The band was led by songwriter Jeff Christie, and they recorded multiple singles . . . before their dissolution was captured as the subject of the 1969 documentary Death of a Pop Group. . . . The Outer Limits formed in 1965, following the end of Christie’s projects like his skiffle band Three G’s Plus One and his beat band the Tremmers. The group initially made soul-tinged tunes in the style of Merseybeat or early rhythm and blues, as exemplified on their debut 1965 single “When the Work Is Through.” They soon transitioned to more of a mod sound, and signed briefly with Deram for their 1967 single “Just One More Chance.” Before 1967 was up, the Outer Limits performed on a package tour that included the Nice, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix. In 1968, the group released “The Great Train Robbery,” a psychedelic and sunny chamber pop tune and the final single they’d make before breaking up shortly after it came out. In 1969, the documentary film Death of a Pop Group included live footage and interviews with the group, delving deep into their struggles with money and keeping the attention of what they felt was a fickle and unadventurous music listening public.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/outer-limits-mn0000897169#biography
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