The Downliners Sect

"Although the Downliners Sect were among the first of Britain’s rhythm & blues groups and managed to release three albums and a multitude of fine singles during the 1960:s, they never got the kind of success they deserved. Nor did they get any respect."

Mike Stax: from his book The Downliners Sect Story

A Multitude of Music

Formed in 1963 from the remnants of a Twickenham group called The Downliners. The Sect were the resident band at Eel Pie Island for part of 1964 and were signed to Columbia that summer. Despite a healthy number of singles, three albums and a ep they never managed the transition from the clubs to the charts. Part of their problems may have been their lack of original material and their image both musically, and in their physical appearance. A band which has existed as long as the Downliners Sect, a band which has been so faithful to their musical roots, a band which has never compromised or sold out to musical trends and still after all these years have the energy and feeling for their music-a band like that deserves both success and respect.

the original line-up:

Don Craine - guitar/autoharp/vocals

Keith Grant - bass guitar/vocals

Terry Gibson - lead guitar

Ray Sone/Pip Harvey - harmonica

Johnny Sutton - drums

Columbia DB 8008 1966

This Downliners Sect single

appeared in the autumn of 1966.

"The Cost of Living" was a

Graham Gouldman composition

that featured

Craine's and Grant's

vocals over a backing track of

session players.

The Downliners Sect

a page at the

British Beat Boom website

The Downliners Sect

an essay by

Mike Stax.

author of the book

The Downliners Sect Story.

The Downliners Sect on vinyl

rare vinyl from the

Intoxica Record Shop

in London, UK

Cadillac/Roll Over Beethoven. a Japanese single

LP's

The Sect 1964

Columbia 33SX 1658. 1964

Columbia 33SX 1745 1965

Columbia 33SX 6028. 1966

the hard to find sixth single

Singles

Jun '64	Baby What's Wrong/Be A Sect Maniac	Columbia DB 7300
Sep '64	Little Egypt/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

1965

Sect Sing Sick Songs

I Want My Baby Back/Leader Of The Sect/

Midnight Hour/She's Dead.

Columbia Records SEG 8438

LP's

1964: The Sect

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

1965: The Country Sect

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

April 1966: The Rock Sects In

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

the essential downliners sect

Singles - A's & B's - Cadillac/Roll Over Beethoven/Beautiful Delilah/Shame, Shame, Shame/Green Onions/Nursery Rhymes/Baby What's Wrong/Be A Sect Maniac/Little Egypt/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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