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In 1960 Jeffrey Kruger launched Ember Records as an independent, one of very few in the UK, where the majors held sway. Straight away, the label set about trying to break into the charts with many fine pop releases. The Ember Sixties Pop series will collate the best of those records. Two Timing Baby is the second installment, picking up the story from where Say When: Ember Sixties Pop Volume 1 left off. Carter, Lewis & The Southerners first Ember single Two Timing Baby / Will It Happen To Me features Joe Meek engineering, Geoff Goddard on piano, Albert Lee on guitar, Chas Hodges on bass and Bobby Graham on drums. The Meek connection continues with Mark Douglas only single: Joe produced It Matters Not / Upside Down and Tornado Clem Cattini confirms he drums on both tracks. American songwriters Buddy Kaye and Phil Springer brought several songs to Ember and Grant Tracy was the adaptable vocalist on The Great Matchmaker / The Tears Came Rolling Down and the follow-up flip Taming Tigers . Other beneficiaries of the prolific Kaye and Springer were Johnny Carson ( Are You Anyone s Girl / Teenage Bachelor and, again, The Tears Came Rolling Down ) and Sandra Gale ( Hello Heartache / If She s Right For You ). Kruger chose the songs for Lita Roza s single with the aim of moving her sound towards pop and rock n roll, and she turns in fine performances on Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) , (He s My) Dreamboat , aided by a driving band led by Tony Crombie. Brooklyn-born Kerry Adams recorded her single in New York, conducted by future soul giant Jerry Ragovoy. Many of these original singles are highly collectable. Recordings are mastered from tape, where available, and booklets illustrated with sleeve and label shots.