Tee-set
Emotion: The Album-the Rarities (2cd)
Things can change very quickly in pop music. In the spring of 1966 nobody had heard of the Tee-Set. But 'Early In The Morning', written by Shocking Blue's guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, changed that instantaneously. The song appeared in the Dutch Top 40 and remained there for ten weeks. The band was compared to the Spencer Davis Group. Singer Peter Tetteroo had a similarly pleasant voice to their lead singer Steve Winwood and the band from Delft also dug into the rich history of rhythm & blues. Their first LP 'Emotion' features covers of Wilson Pickett ('In The Midnight Hour'), Joe Tex ('You Better Believe It'), Rufus Thomas ('Can Your Monkey Do The Dog'), Sam Cooke's 'Nothing Can Ever Change This Love' and 'For Miss Caulker' of The Animals, and also original songs by Hans van Eijck and Peter Tetteroo. And of course the cheerful single 'Don't You Leave', which brought the band in the Top 10 for the first time. Countless successes followed. On 'Emotion: The Album-The Rarities', all the recordings from the beginning of that period are brought together. From a 'historical' live-recording of Tee-Set's predecessor The Shats to the big breakthrough from 1967, including the first Peter Tetteroo solo single 'When I Needed You So' and the hit singles 'Early In The Morning', 'Believe What I Say', 'Don't You Leave', 'Please Call Me' and 'Now's The Time'. These classic recordings are accompanied by a second disc with unreleased versions/tracks from the same period. 'Emotion' appears as a double-CD with 36 bonus-tracks, dynamically remastered from the original master tapes for the first time.