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The Sorrows - Which Way (1968)

Coventry's hit freakbeat band The Sorrows returned back to the UK after two stints in Italy to reunite with their one-time producer John Schroeder to cut a series of tunes at Pye Studios in London during the opening weeks of 1968. One of the tracks to survive from this session is "Which Way", written by Alan "Chuck" Fryers, the band's then lead guitarist. Singer Chris Smith had just been recruited as the group's new lead singer after the decision by Pip Whitcher to quit. After the group's original line up had ended in 1966 when original singer Don Fardon quit with bass player Phil Packham, the Sorrows relocated to Rome with guitarist Pip Whitcher taking over from Fardon and with Roger Lomas joining on guitar, Wez Price switched to bass. After featuring on three Italian movie soundtracks and working with the legendary Ennio Morricone, The Sorrows released the excellent psychedelic classic "Pink, Purple, Yellow And red" - initially in the Italian language and then later in English. With Whitcher and Lomas homesick, they returned to Coventry and it was Wez Price who sang lead vocals on their next release, a cover of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch's "Zabadak!" as Fryer joined the band on guitar after quitting The Noblemen. He penned a clutch of new original songs for The Sorrows as the band headed back to England. Smith was recruited from a local Coventry club band, the East Side Projection and he would eventually also play organ as well as singing vocals on the band's next album, "Old Songs, New Songs" (which they recordced back in Italy on their third trip). But while back in England the band also joined a package tour along with P.J. Proby. Smith and Fryers made their Sorrows studio debut on this London recording session with the band firmly regaling in the psychedelic era. The group's trademark raw sound was still very much in evidence with a hard-hitting sound but Schroeder wasn't impressed although a double-sided acetate was cut as The Sorrows planned the next stage of their career.