Band: Living Daylights Album: Let's Live For Today-The Complete Recordings Release: 2022 Genre: Psychedelic Pop Rock Country: UK Format: MP3 320 Kbps

Led by Garth Watt-Roy and his younger brother (future Blockhead) Norman, five-piece Harlow band Living Daylights signed with Beatles publisher Dick James in 1967. Paired with a studio production team that included Caleb Quaye, the band were given a song that James published, 'Let's Live For Today', as their debut single. Released in April 1967, it entered Radio London's Fab Forty after being championed by the pirate station's DJ John Peel. Also issued in America, the song showed significant sales potential, and Dick James decided the band should record an album that would be rushed out if the single became a success. Unfortunately, 'Let's Live For Today' lost out to a cover version by American band The Grass Roots, who scored a US Top Ten hit. Without a hit to support it, the Living Daylights' album failed to appear, and the band split after a second single failed to find favour.

55 years later, that album finally gains a release, with mono and stereo mixes joined by their UK singles and American and Japanese versions. 'Let's Live For Today: The Complete Recordings' is a vital addition to the pantheon of British psychedelic pop albums from the epochal year of 1967.

Tracklist: 01 - Let's Live For Today (02:55) 02 - It's Real (aka I'm Real) (02:30) 03 - Cos I'm Lonely (03:01) 04 - Up So High (02:17) 05 - Say You Don't Mind (03:00) 06 - Jane (02:08) 07 - What'cha Gonna Do About It (02:38) 08 - Getting Better (02:23) 09 - I'll Be Back (02:56) 10 - If I Had My Way (02:31) 11 - Always With Him (02:43) 12 - Baila Maria (02:45) 13 - Let's Live For Today (US Single Edit) (02:47) 14 - Cos I'm Lonely (Stereo Mix) (03:01) 15 - Up So High (Stereo Mix) (02:18) 16 - Say You Don't Mind (Stereo Mix) (03:00) 17 - Jane (Stereo Mix) (02:09) 18 - What'cha Gonna Do About It (Stereo Mix) (02:38) 19 - Getting Better (Stereo Mix) (02:24) 20 - I'll Be Back (Stereo Mix) (02:56) 21 - If I Had My Way (Stereo Mix) (02:31) 22 - Always With Him (Stereo Mix) (02:43) 23 - Let's Live For Today (Japanese Single Version Rechannelled Stereo) (02:55)

1-2 UK single, Philips BF 1561, released April 1967 3, 6 French EP, Fontana 460.234 ME, released October 1967 11-12 UK single, Philips BF 1613, released October 1967 13 US single, Buddah BDA-2, released May 1967 23 Japanese single, Philips SFL-1127, released Nov 1967