Downliners Sect

Downliners Sect
Origin Twickenham, London, England
Genres british rhythm and blues
Years active 1963 - 1968
1977 - ????
Labels EMI Columbia
Members
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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."[1]

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.

Contents

Band members

Discography

Singles

7" E.P.s

L.P.s

The Sect (1964)

The Sect
Studio album by Downliner's Sect
Released 1964
Genre Rock, R&B
Label Columbia Records
  1. Hurt By Love
  2. One Ugly Child
  3. Lonely And Blue
  4. Our Little Rendezvous
  5. Guitar Boogie
  6. Too Much Monkey Business
  7. Sect Appeal
  8. Baby What's On Your Mind?
  9. Cops And Robbers
  10. Easy Rider
  11. Bloodhound
  12. Bright Lights
  13. I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank
  14. Be A Sect Maniac

Columbia 33SX 1658

The Country Sect (1965)

The Country Sect
Studio album by Downliners Sect
Released 1965
Genre Rock, R&B, Country
Label Columbia Records
  1. If I Could Just Go Back
  2. Rocks In My Bed
  3. Ballad Of The Hounds
  4. Little Play Soldiers
  5. Hard Travellin'
  6. Wait For The Light To Shine
  7. I Got Mine
  8. Waiting In Heaven
  9. Above And Beyond
  10. Bad Storm Coming
  11. Midnight Special
  12. Wolverton Mountain

Columbia 33SX 1745

The Rock Sect's In (1966)

The Rock Sect's In
Studio album by Downliners Sect
Released 1966
Genre Rock, R&B
Label Columbia Records
  1. Hang on Sloopy
  2. Fortune Teller
  3. Hey Hey Hey Hey
  4. Everything I've Got To Give
  5. Outside
  6. I'm Hooked On You
  7. Don't Lie To Me
  8. May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
  9. He Was A Square
  10. I'm Looking For A Woman
  11. Rock Sect's In Again
  12. Brand New Cadillac

Columbia 33SX 6028

The Definitive Downliners Sect: Singles - A's & B's (1994)

Definitive Downliners Sect
Compilation album by Downliners Sect
Released 1994
Genre Rock, R&B
Label See For Miles
  1. Cadillac
  2. Roll Over Beethoven
  3. Beautiful Delilah
  4. Shame, Shame, Shame
  5. Green Onions
  6. Nursery Rhymes
  7. Baby What's Wrong
  8. Be A Sect Maniac
  9. Little Egypt
  10. Sect Appeal
  11. Find Out What's Happening
  12. Insecticide
  13. Wreck Of The Old '97
  14. Leader Of The Sect
  15. I Want My Baby Back
  16. Midnight Hour
  17. Now She's Dead
  18. I Got Mine
  19. Waiting In Heaven Somewhere
  20. Bad Storm Coming
  21. Lonely And Blue
  22. All Night Worker
  23. He Was A Square
  24. Glendora
  25. I'll Find Out
  26. Cost Of Living
  27. Everything I've Got To Give
  28. I Can't Get Away From You
  29. Roses

See For Miles SEECD398

References

  1. ^ The Downliners Sect at Allmusic

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