DESCRIPTION:
• Back in the mid-Sixties, The Artwoods were one of the most vital, impressive R&B bands on the circuit, fronted by Art Wood (elder brother of future Faces/Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie) and also boasting future Deep Purple organist Jon Lord, renowned drummer Keef Hartley, guitarist Derek Griffiths and bassist Malcolm Pool.

• Between 1964 and 1967, the band recorded seven singles, the ultra-rare EP Jazz In Jeans and a nearly as scarce LP, Art Gallery, mostly for Decca but also for Parlophone and Fontana (the last under the pseudonym St. Valentine’s Day Massacre). Their records have long been coveted by fans of 60s beat, R&B and Mod music.

• Keep Lookin’ is the most comprehensive anthology of The Artwoods’ recordings to date. Alongside all of the band’s A’s and B’s, this 3-CD boasts four previously unissued early acetate recordings by the Art Wood Combo, several BBC radio sessions with unique tracks and a long-lost live recording in Denmark from that tail-end of their career.

• The compilation benefits from the involvement of the band’s guitarist Derek Griffiths and basisst Malcolm Pool, plus legendary blues producer Mike Vernon.

• The sound quality of The Artwoods’ recordings has never sounded better, due to some exemplary remastering and resourcing of some of their rarer tracks.

Track Listing:

ART WOOD COMBO ACETATES:
1. CHICAGO CALLING
2. HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN
3. TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU *
4. KANSAS CITY *

ARTWOODS A’S AND B’S:
5. SWEET MARY
6. IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON YOU
7. OH MY LOVE
8. BIG CITY
9. GOODBYE SISTERS
10. SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO
11. I TAKE WHAT I WANT
12. I’M LOOKING FOR A SAXOPHONIST DOUBLING FRENCH HORN WEARING SIZE 37 BOOTS

JAZZ IN JEANS EP:
13. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN’
14. A TASTE OF HONEY
15. OUR MAN FLINT
16. ROUTINE

ARTWOODS A’S AND B’S:
17. I FEEL GOOD
18. MOLLY ANDERSON’S COOKERY BOOK
19. WHAT SHALL I DO
20. IN THE DEEP END
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE 45:
21. BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME
22. AL’S PARTY

BBC SESSION 17.08.65:
23. SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE *
24. INTERVIEW
25. GOODBYE SISTERS *
26. SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO *

BBC SESSION 10.05.66:
27. CAN YOU HEAR ME *
28. INTERVIEW
29. I TAKE WHAT I WANT *
30. JUMP BACK *

* = PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED