If you have a decent postman and a spare fifty quid then just in time for the Bank Holiday (released Monday 26th August) comes this new limited edition box set of 7 inch singles, from Universal Music gong by the name of Circles: The Mod 45s Box 1965-1967.
Notably all of the singles appear on their original labels, housed in replica company sleeves of the period and in gloriously punchy Mono mixes. The box also includes a Back to Black download voucher in case you need to load these onto your iPod. That’s the modern age for you. The full details are:
Single 1 (Decca Orange Sleeve / Blue Label)
A Side: The Birds – Leaving Here
B Side: The Poets – That’s The Way It’s Got To Be
Single 2 (Decca Orange Sleeve / Blue Label)
A Side: Jimmy Winston And His Reflections – Sorry She’s Mine
B Side: Small Faces – Own up Time
Single 3 (Decca Orange Sleeve / Blue Label)
A Side: Loose Ends – Tax Man
B Side: The Hipster Image – Make Her Mine
Single 4 (Mercury Red Sleeve / Black Label)
A Side: The Eyes – When The Night Falls
B Side: The Eyes – I’m Rowed Out
Single 5 (Deram Brow & White Sleeve and Label)
A Side: The Quik – Bert’s Apple Crumble
B Side: Robb and Dean Douglas – ‘Phone Me
Single 6 (Pye Red & White Sleeve / Yellow & Black and Black & White Promo Labels)
A Side: The Alan Bown Set – I Really Really Care
B Side: The Koobas – A Place I Know
It’s available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk now, selling for £46.99 and if you don’t have the originals (or can’t afford them), it’s a no-brainer.
Michael Mulligan