The
Downliners Sect were a British
rhythm and blues band of the
beat boom era, formed in 1963 when the existing Downliners band split up.
Stylistically, they were similar to
The Yardbirds,
The Pretty Things and the
Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their first album
The Sect. Critic
Richie Unterberger wrote: "The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of
Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison."
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They subsequently modified their musical style, and after an EP of 'sick' songs (e.g. "I Want My Baby Back") they experimented with both
country ("The Country Sect") and
rock ("Rock Sect's In"). They later collaborated with
Billy Childish's Thee Headcoats, and released two albums under the name
Thee Headcoats Sect.
[edit] Band members
- Don Craine (born Michael John O'Donnell, 29 March 1945, at Chiswick Maternity Hospital, Hounslow, Middlesex) - guitar, vocals, tambourine, maracas, autoharp
- Keith Grant (born Arthur Keith Evans, 26 March 1946, in Farnworth, Lancashire) - bass, vocals
- Johnny Sutton (born John Sutton, in 1945) - drums
- Terry Gibson (born Terence Frederick Clemsom, 7 February 1947, at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon, Surrey) - guitar (replaced the short-lived original guitarist Melvin)
- Paul Martinez - bass, vocals (born 6 October 1947, Casablanca, Morocco) (temporarily replaced Grant)
- Ray Sone - harmonica (joined in 1964, beating Rod Stewart and Steve Marriott)
- Pip Harvey - harmonica (replaced Sone in 1965, left in 1966 because he was wanted by the police!)
- Zach Wilson - guitar (replaced by Craine)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- Jun '64 - Baby What's Wrong / Be A Sect Maniac (Columbia DB 7300)
- Sep '64 - Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) / Sect Appeal (Columbia DB 7347)
- Nov '64 - Find Out What's Happening / Insecticide (Columbia DB 7415)
- ??? '65 - Wreck Of The Old '97 / Leader Of The Sect (Columbia DB 7509)
- Jun '65 - I Got Mine / Waiting In Heaven Somewhere (Columbia DB 7597)
- Oct '65 - Bad Storm Coming / Lonely And Blue (Columbia DB 7712)
- Jan '66 - All Night Worker / He Was A Square (Columbia DB 7817)
- Jun '66 - Glendora / I'll Find Out (Columbia DB 7939)
- Sep '66 - The Cost Of Living / Everything I've Got To Give (Columbia DB 8008)
[edit] 7" E.P.s
- "Nite In Gt. Newport Street": Beautiful Delilah/Shame Shame Shame/Green Onions/Nursery Rhymes (Contrast RBCSP 001, 1964)
- "Brite Lites": Bright Lights Big City/I need you baby(mona)/Do the Dog/Roll Over Beethoven (Contrast RBCSP 002, 1964) :Unreleased, finished sleeves exist. Tapes lost in 1964, released in March 2011.
- "The Sect Sing Sick Songs" - I Want My Baby Back/Leader of the Sect/Midnight Hour/Now She's Dead (Columbia SEG 8438, 1965)
[edit] The Sect (1964)
- Hurt By Love
- One Ugly Child
- Lonely And Blue
- Our Little Rendezvous
- Guitar Boogie
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Sect Appeal
- Baby What's On Your Mind?
- Cops And Robbers
- Easy Rider
- Bloodhound
- Bright Lights
- I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank
- Be A Sect Maniac
Columbia 33SX 1658
[edit] The Country Sect (1965)
- If I Could Just Go Back
- Rocks In My Bed
- Ballad Of The Hounds
- Little Play Soldiers
- Hard Travellin'
- Wait For The Light To Shine
- I Got Mine
- Waiting In Heaven
- Above And Beyond
- Bad Storm Coming
- Midnight Special
- Wolverton Mountain
Columbia 33SX 1745
[edit] The Rock Sect's In (1966)
- Hang on Sloopy
- Fortune Teller
- Hey Hey Hey Hey
- Everything I've Got To Give
- Outside
- I'm Hooked On You
- Don't Lie To Me
- May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
- He Was A Square
- I'm Looking For A Woman
- Rock Sect's In Again
- Brand New Cadillac
Columbia 33SX 6028
[edit] The Definitive Downliners Sect: Singles - A's & B's (1994)
- Cadillac
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Beautiful Delilah
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Green Onions
- Nursery Rhymes
- Baby What's Wrong
- Be A Sect Maniac
- Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)
- Sect Appeal
- Find Out What's Happening
- Insecticide
- Wreck Of The Old '97
- Leader Of The Sect
- I Want My Baby Back
- Midnight Hour
- Now She's Dead
- I Got Mine
- Waiting In Heaven Somewhere
- Bad Storm Coming
- Lonely And Blue
- All Night Worker
- He Was A Square
- Glendora
- I'll Find Out
- Cost Of Living
- Everything I've Got To Give
- I Can't Get Away From You
- Roses
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