{"id":2926,"date":"2012-07-08T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2012-07-20T14:16:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T19:16:19","slug":"the-pieces-of-eight-come-back-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"The Pieces of Eight – Come Back Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to another hot, sweaty summer week at Funky16Corners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song I bringh you today was one of those happy discoveries that come upon you when you take the time to flip over a 45.<\/p>\n

Many years ago, someone (I forget who now) hepped me to a groovy version of the Jimmy Smith<\/strong> instro \u2018Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Wolf\u2019 by a group called the Pieces of Eight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though I was led to believe that this was a white, southern band (much like the Bad Boys<\/strong>), I knew little else about them.<\/p>\n

A few years after that, while out in the field digging I happened upon another Pieces of Eight 45 (TNT) and grabbed it.<\/p>\n

That 45 sat in a box of records for a few more years, until one day, while engaged in one of my periodic re-digging sessions \u2013 in which I sift through my own crates in search of things I missed the first time around \u2013 that I was lucky enough to drop the needle on the tune you see before you today, \u2018Come Back Girl\u2019.<\/p>\n

As fine a piece of equal opportunity soul as I have ever heard (it even grabbed the ears of the mighty Mr Finewine<\/strong> when I spun it one night at Botanica in NYC) \u2018Come Back Girl\u2019 is another window into the wonders of the \u2018Beach Music\u2019 scene.<\/p>\n

Though I have only skirted its frontiers while digging for information, the Beach Music scene, based mainly out of the Southeast (Carolinas and Georgia) has, like Northern Soul in the UK, a largely white fan base.<\/p>\n

Unlike Northern Soul, Beach Music had, and still has a tradition of homegrown show bands that toured (and recorded) all over the South, many of them also, largely white.<\/p>\n

That said, the scene is built on R&B and soul, much of that, recorded and performed by black artists, many of whom were backed by the white bands as they toured in the South.<\/p>\n

The Pieces of Eight were formed in the mid-sixties when two members of the Swinging Medallions<\/strong> split off on their own and joined up with a band called the Tassels<\/strong>. The new band had a hit in several national markets with the tune \u2018The Lonely Drifter\u2019 (also recorded by the O\u2019Jays<\/strong>) and released a few 45s on regional labels that were later picked up by A&M and Mala for national distribution.<\/p>\n

Written by the group\u2019s guitarist Carlie Barbour<\/strong>, \u2018Come Back Girl\u2019 is a perfect example of the kind of shuffle so common on Beach Music dance floors, combined with an uptempo, sweet soul feel.<\/p>\n

Though it gets said over and over again about countless, obscure records, \u2018Come Back Girl\u2019 really should have been a hit.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, outside of a few regional Top 40 appearances toward the end of the summer of 1967 in Alabama and North Carolina, the record didn\u2019t make a dent.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s too bad, because it\u2019s a killer.<\/p>\n

As Pieces of Eight 45s go, it\u2019s not the most expensive, but seems to run north of $25 or $30 bucks when it turns up.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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