Private Stock Singles 1975-76

L’L’Lucy

Lucy’s a woman who lives just for kicks,

And I guess I’ll never change her.

Does what she wants ’till she’s learned all the tricks

No, I’ll never rearrange her.

Chorus

La La Lucy, La La La Lucy, I’m telling you what you gonna do.

La La Lucy, La La La Lucy, It’s all over for you,

Don’t you know that it’s true because

You know I told you once before,

No messin’ or you’re out that door.

I mean and I meant it then,

Ain’t gonna take you woman back again.

La La Lucy, La La La Lucy,

It’s all over for you, don’t you know that it’s true.

Her time will come when she’s out on her own,

She won’t have me to depend on.

Then she’ll find out as she sits all alone,

She’s got no love to lean on.

Guitar solo

You know I told you once before,

No messin’ or you’re out that door.

I mean and I meant it then,

Ain’t gonna take you woman back again.

Repeat Chorus to fade

Writen by Ray Stiles and Rob Davis (Evolution Music/Island Music)

Released September 1975 on Private Stock - PVT41

B-side: My Love Is Your Love

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The band’s first single for Private Stock. A rocky number writen by Ray and Rob in the Chinn and Chapman style. Reached number 10 in the UK charts.

My Love Is Your Love

If you should go it will break my heart I know baby

Just come around. Love can’t be found by fooling round so maybe

Love is getting stronger

Just can’t wait much longer

Chorus:

My love is your love

Your love is my love

Sharing, caring everyday

My love is your love

Your love is my love

We can stay in love this way

Hearing your name just turns my heart to flame now darling

Why don’t you come? I’m standing here

I’m yours my dear

Oh how can I get to you?

You know I’m waiting for you

Chorus

Guitar break

Love is getting strong

Just can’t wait much longer

Chorus - repeat to fade

Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Evolution Music/Island Music Ltd)

Released September 1975 as the b-side of L’L’Lucy (Private Stock PVT41)

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Show Me You’re A Woman

I hurt your feelings, when I said you’re kinda green,

Of an age that’s inbetween, and you don’t know what love means.

You think you love, maybe love has made you blind,

’Cos your full of new emotions of a young and foolish kind.

Chorus

Show me you’re a woman,

’Cos a woman has the kind of love I’m needing.

Show me you’re a woman,

And I’ll show you that I’m a man.

Just give me what I’m after,

It’s a smile and the sound of your girlish laughter.

When you are a woman, I’m your man.

Don’t try to fool me ’cos I know about your age,

And it’s written on a page of the memories that I save.

I know you’re only trying hard to do what’s right,

But you’re young and so you might have to wait for Cupid’s bite.

Chorus

Repeat Chorus to fade

Writen by Phil Wainman and John Goodison (Evolution Music/Island Music)

Released November 1975 on Private Stock - PVT45

B-side: Don’t You Know

Taken from the album “Use Your Imagination”, this was the follow up single to L’L’Lucy. The band felt they needed a romantic song and producer Phil Wainman and John Goddison came up with this.

Don’t You Know

I can see clearly now the way it’s gonna go

I can see my world come and go

Though the road begins to wind

In the distance there’s a sign.

Don’t you know I've been away too long.

Gone are those hazy days that clouded up my mind.

All of those bad times left behind.

Can’t you see I have to roam?

But now I’m coming home

Don’t you know I’ve been away too long

I’ve seen faces, places you may never see.

Done most things I never thought I’d do

Making like those bright lights

Sleeping days and long nights

Now I know I must go where I belong

To the place that’s waiting for me

Don’t you know it’s waiting for me?

Oh, I know that I’ve been lonely too long.

I’m gonna get myself a place back in the sun

Don’t have to hide, just gotta run.

Though this life is getting older

And I’m seeing things much bolder

Don’t you know I've been away too long

Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Evolution Music/Island Music Ltd)

Released November 1975 as the b-side of Show Me You’re A Woman (Private Stock PVT45)

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Shake It Down

Won’t you get up on your feet, hear that music sounding sweet,

You’ll kinda like it (kinda like it).

Move your body round the floor, can’t you give it any more?

Now don’t you fight it (don’t you fight it).

Shake it down.

Shake it down.

Foxy lady over there, bet she knows when and where,

She can make it (she can make it).

When she gets close to me, there’s no place I’d rather be,

No, I can’t take it (I can’t take it)

Shake it down.

Shake it down.

Shake it.

Shake it.

Everybody’s on the move, tell me what you’ve gotta loose,

Think about it (think about it).

Let the music turn you on ’cause the night will soon be gone,

Get down and shout it (down and shout it).

Shake it down.

Shake it down

Repeat to fade

Writen by Ray Stiles and Rob Davis (Evolution Music/Island Music)

Released April 1976 on Private Stock - PVT65

B-side: Laugh, Live, Love

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Rob and Ray dable in disco! A change of direction just failed to make the top ten.

Laugh, Live, Love

Laugh - dance me on your finger

Live - and I love to linger

Love - all I need is you now give it to me.

Laugh - and I’m laughing with you

Live - I can’t live without you

Love - all you need is me now just wait and see

Don’t you know that I’m losing sleep at night

The way I’m feeling just don’t seem right

Seems the things that you do and my feelings for you

Are never gonna change

Gonna tell the world about it

We just gotta laugh, live and love.

Laugh - don’t put me down

Live - ’cos I’ve been around

Love - I found out what it’s all about

Laugh - so don’t deceive me

Live - and you’ll believe me

Love - when I tell you I need you baby

I don’t know where my life will lead tonight

Heaven knows where you shine your love light

Seems the things that you do and my feelings for you

Are never gonna change

Gonna tell the world about it

We’re just gotta laugh, live and love.

(Laugh, live, love)

(Laugh, live, love)

I don’t know where my life will lead tonight

Heaven knows where you shine your love light

Seems the things that you do and my feelings for you

Are never gonna change

Gonna tell the world about it

We’ve just gotta laugh, live and love.

Gonna tell the world about it

We just gotta laugh, live and love.

Gonna tell the world about it

We just gotta laugh, live and love.

Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Evolution Music/Island Music Ltd)

Released April 1976 as the b-side of Shake It Down (Private Stock PVT65

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Nite On The Tiles

I couldn’t wait, she came in late

She wasn’t there, I didn’t care.

I’m sinking low, where can I go?

Has no one goit a bed to share?

I spent a night on the tiles.

A night on the tiles.

Here comes the day, what can I say,

She really knows that I’ve been cheating.

The night was long, she came on strong,

It’s morning that we’ll soon be greeting.

I spent a night on the tiles.

A night on the tiles.

If only I could lay with you by me,

I’d never leave your side again.

You’d make me feel a man and then...

She left for good, I knew she would.

There’s nothing for me here at all.

Why did she go, I’ll never know,

How come she had to be so cruel.

I spent a night on the tiles.

A night on the tiles.

Writen by Ray Stiles and Rob Davis (Chappell Music)

Released September 1976 on Private Stock - PVT80

B-side: Time And Again

Tacken from “It’s Better Than Working” - a very heavy track. As far removed from their previous single as you could get. Failed to chart.

Time And Again

You don’t know what you mean to me.

I think about you endlessly.

I tried to tell you that I’m falling .

Time and again,

Time and again.

You’re in my dreams both night and day

They bring you near when you’re away

Tried to tell you that I'm falling.

Time and again,

Time and again.

Once was a time I thought you knew,

But I was wrong.

There must be something that I can do or say.

What can I do to drive the blues away.

People they say that I am just hanging on

Must be foolish to hurt myself this way.

Time and again

I’ve only ever been your friend

Time and again

I’ll wait for you.

Don’t you know that I will stay with you forever

Baby don’t you know it’s true - I love you.

You don’t know what you mean to me,

I think about you endlessly.

I tried to tell you that I love.

Time and again

Time and again

Time and again

Time and again

Written by Rob Davis and Ray Stiles (Evolution Music/Island Music Ltd)

Released September 1976 as the b-side of Nite On The Tiles (Private Stock PVT80)

About as far removed from the b-side as you could get, this 20s style tune shows just how diverse the band, and Rob and Ray in partiuclar, were.

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Lean On Me

Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain,

We all have sorrow.

But, if we are wise, we know that there’s always tomorrow.

Please, swollow your pride, if I have faith you need to borrow.

For, no one can feel those of your needs that you won’t let show.

Just call on me brother if you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on.

Just might have a problem that you’ll understand.

We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me when you’re not strong

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on.

For it won’t be long till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

Just call on me brother if you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on.

Just might have a problem that you’ll understand.

We all need somebody to lean on

Call me.

I want you to call me.

Oh please call me.

You know you gotta call me.

You carry that load, you’ll have to bear,

That you can’t carry.

I’m right up that road, I’ll share your load,

If you’ll just call me.

So, when your not strong

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on.

For it won’t be long, I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

Writen by Bill Withers (EMI music publishing Ltd)

Released November 1976 on Private Stock - PVT85

B-side: Grecian Lament

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An old Bill Withers song, this was MUD’s last UK top ten hit - it reached number 7. Also the last single released on Private Stock whilst the band were still contracted to the lable.

Beating Round The Bush

Don’t beat around the bush c’mon tell me what you want from me.

I ain’t a man to push but our love’s gone yes siree.

Crazy things that you do, make me sad, make me blue.

You’ve been two timing honey, trying to make a fool out of me.

Chorus

You’ve been beating round the bush,

And I ain’t a man to push no.

But you’ve done wrong by me.

Don’t you know you've been beating round the bush

And I ain’t a man to push no,

But you’ve done wrong by me, yeah.

Beating round the bush.

Oh, buddy can’t you see you took my cutie chickadee,

Guess I always knew she’d put a dark cloud over me.

So it’s you, it ain’t me, take a look and you’ll see,

She’s a two timin’ woman,

She’s gone and made a fool out of me, yeah.

Chorus

Repeat chorus to end

Writen by Ray Stiles and Rob Davis (Chappell Music)

First released November 1976 on the Private Stock album “It’s Better Than Working”. Released as a single September 1977 on Private Stock- PVT113

B-side: Under The Moon Of Love

Private Stock issued this single a year after MUD left the lable and signed to RCA. Failed to chart.

Under The Moon Of Love

Well you were looking so lovely

Under the moon of love

You eyes were shining so brightly

Under the moon of love

Hold me close

Hold me tight

And be my love tonight little darling let’s walk let’s talk

Under the moon of love

I wanna talk sweet talk,

Whisper things in your ear.

I’m gonna tell you lots of things I know your been longing to hear

(Come on little darling take my hand)

Let’s go for a little walk

Under the moon of love

Let’s sit down and talk

Under the moon of love

I’m gonna tell you that I love you and I want you to be my girl

Little darling let’s walk let’s talk

Under the moon of love

Break

I wanna talk sweet talk,

Whisper things in your ear

I’m gonna tell you lots of things I know your been longing to hear

(Come on little darling take my hand)

Let’s go for a little walk

Under the moon of love

Let’s go for a little walk

Under the moon of love

Let’s sit down and talk

Under the moon of love

I’m gonna tell you that I love you

And I want you to be my girl

Little darling let’s walk let’s talk

Under the moon of love

Let’s walk let’s talk, under the moon of love

Let’s walk let’s talk, under the moon of love

Written by Tommy Boyce and Curtis Lee (Carlin music Corp)

Released December 1975 on the album Use Your Imagination (PVLP1003)

Also released in November 1976 by Showaddywaddy and became their only number one UK hit. Showaddywaddy also released their own version of Blue Moon in November 1980.

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