{"product_id":"pink-purple-yellow-and-red-the-complete-sorrows","title":"Pink Purple Yellow and Red – The Complete Sorrows","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest known for their 1965 hit, the brooding garage pop masterpiece \u003cem\u003eTake A Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, Coventry band \u003cstrong\u003eThe Sorrows\u003c\/strong\u003e cut a clutch of similarly vital 45s and the \u003cem\u003eTake A Heart\u003c\/em\u003e album before frontman Don Fardon left in 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Fardon went on to a solo career, The Sorrows regrouped and moved to Italy, where they had a couple of minor hit singles and released the psych-rock album \u003cem\u003eOld Songs, New Songs\u003c\/em\u003e before breaking up at the end of the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile those two distinct phases of the band have been individually anthologised before, \u003cem\u003ePink Purple Yellow And Red\u003c\/em\u003e represents the first time that they have been assembled under one roof, and as such stands as the definitive document of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Sorrows\u003c\/strong\u003e' fascinating career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to those pivotal mid-Sixties singles, the package includes the entire \u003cem\u003eTake A Heart\u003c\/em\u003e album in both mono and stereo, the \u003cem\u003eOld Songs, New Songs\u003c\/em\u003e LP, and an earlier acetate-only demo album that was scrapped when two members of the band left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set also features their collaborations with soundtrack maestro Ennio Morricone, their title song to the Italian spy movie Ypotron, a superb acetate-only early 1968 single, spin-off singles by The Eggy and Renegade, a 1980 live show from the reformed band and, in a thrilling new archival find, four previously unissued 1964 recordings with legendary producer Joe Meek.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoused in a clamshell box, and including a lavish booklet containing many rare photos and a detailed essay on the band’s activities, the 4-CD set \u003cem\u003ePink Purple Yellow And Red\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential purchase for anyone with more than a passing interest in Sixties British pop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50460888924491,"sku":"1120630","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bffa9704-0444-47fe-afc2-b1a074045b30_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727239775","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/pink-purple-yellow-and-red-the-complete-sorrows","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}