This is another record that my Auntie Shelia had in her collection and that we used to play on her Fidelity Record player round at her maisonette on the
St. Matthew’s estate in Leicester back in the early seventies.
It’s odd to look back on this song which is now over 43 years old but when I was five (having been born in 1968 too) it was a fairly recent hit having only been in the charts some five years earlier.
As a child I could appreciate the drama of this song and loved the ‘whipping’ sound as well as the Spanish influence and the spoken section which all add up to a pretty great single! I remember Sheila’s record was on Fontana Records and had a dark blue sleeve and label with silver writing on it and as well as the music when remembering her records I can quite clearly visualise them.
This is a great clip (introduced by Jimmy Savillle) which just has to be enjoyed…
Now listen to this song…..
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