The Turtles ‎- You Baby/Let Me Be (1966) [2017, 2CD Digipak Edition] CD Rip

On their second album, the Turtles stuck to the same brand of sunny, commercial folk-rock as their debut. It's pleasant fare, but hardly in the same league as the Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful, or the Mamas & the Papas, and the group's original material is spotty and sometimes awkward. The best cuts are the ones penned by the Barri/Sloan songwriting team, including the hits "You Baby" and "Can I Get to Know You Better?"

The Turtles enjoyed eighteen US hit singles between 1965 and 1970, three of which (“Happy Together”, “She’d Rather Be With Me” and “Elenore”) were also huge hits in the UK. From their original incarnation as surf band The Crossfires, all the way to their final single, the Turtles traversed several different musical paths during their career. It is precisely this power through diversity that makes the Turtles’ body of work one of the most rewarding and enjoyable of the 1960’s – they never met a genre they didn’t like. The Turtles’ second long player, You Baby (issued in April 1966), showed the band shifting from serious folk-rockers to a good time band with a sense of humour. Headlined by their third hit single, “You Baby” and a reprise of their second, “Let Me Be”, both songs were composed by the powerhouse West Coast songwriting team of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. With a booklet note by Andrew Sandoval, this 2CD digipak edition (exclusive to the UK) has been newly re-mastered in both mono and stereo by Bill Inglot.