Where big guns from the Phil Spector and Shadow Morton stables led the pack in mid-โ60s histrionic gal-pop, these unsung heroines appear to have scavenged the remnants of their candy-coated riffs and tear-stained tableaux (bad boys, disapproving dads and car crashes). Of particular interest here are The Kane Tripletsโ weird vocal version of โMission Impossibleโ, Margie Dayโs beautiful โTell Me In The Sunlightโ (composed by a pre-fame Scott Walker) and the magisterial Verdelle Smithโs โTar And Cementโ, previously attempted by Fran
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