Hearts For Sale: Girl Group Sounds USA 1961 – 1967 is the fifth and latest in our series of 12-inch vinyl albums spotlighting the US girl group sound of the 1960s.

The collection opens with Street Dance by Bonnie Jean, a little-known must-have for collectors of the genre, with Darlene Love and the Blossoms clearly audible on background vocals.

Issued on Lew Bedells Dor label, this exciting faux- live deck in the style of Shirley Ellis The Nitty Gritty was written by Guy Hemric and Jerry Styner, a hip team known for supplying songs for the soundtracks of B movies such as Muscle Beach Party and Thunder Alley.

The Hollywood-based Dor imprint is also the source of You Really Never Know Till Its Over by the Vel-Vetts (which shares a backing track with the S