Genuinely, I will have cross words with anyone who says that Chris Farlowe is not the greatest ever exponent of blue-eyed soul and if he hadn't absolutely smashed the sixties with hits such as 'Out of Time' (one of the truly great 60s songs in my opinion) or the original 'Handbags and Gladrags' or 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' then this song with the equally legendary Albert Lee accompanying him on guitar would have to be my favourite.
- What a horribly long-winded sentence! In a nutshell, this would have been his greatest ever hit but the aforementioned tunes kind of blow it out of the water. It's still a fantastic song though and any lesser singing talent would have given their eye teeth for a recording like this in their back catalogue.
I won't post it here tonight but if you get a chance please do hunt out his version of 'What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted?', it's sublime. And if you get a chance to see him live then please do. The man has still got 'it' by the bucketload.
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