the mike cotton sound

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Starting out as a 'trad jazz' outfit, The Mike Cotton Jazzmen appeared in the 1962 film, 'The Wild and the Willing'. They enjoyed their only chart entry, 'Swing That Hammer', which hit#36 in the United Kingdom in May 1963, before adapting to the beat era as The Mike Cotton Sound in early 1964. With the name change came a change in style, their new sound being a proto-psychedelic brand of beat. In 1967 the band teamed up with former U.S. serviceman Bruce Lucas and recorded three singles under the moniker Lucas with The Mike Cotton Sound. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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The Mike Cotton Sound

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Mojo Presents: My Generation

You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: The Boutique Sounds Of Swinging London

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Underground '60s British Invasion

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Various - That Driving Beat Volume 1 - Remastered

I Love To See You Strut: More 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets

Night Comes Down: 60s British Mod, R&B, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets

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That Driving Beat

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Get Ready For The Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets

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That Driving Beat, Vol. 1

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Nothing Comes Easy / Breaking Point

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Mojo Presents: My Generation, 15 Tracks of '60s Beat-Filled Teenage Mod Angst

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