I'm Gonna Find A Cave
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"I'm Gonna Find A Cave" is a song written in 1965 by Jimmy Radcliffe
Jimmy Radcliffe
James "Jimmy" Radcliffe was an American soul singer, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer.-Biography:James Radcliffe was born in New York City...

 and Buddy Scott .

First recorded in 1966 by soul singer Charlie Starr on a United Artist Records single followed in the same year by an early Psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...

 version by Billy Lee Riley
Billy Lee Riley
Billy Lee Riley was an American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter. His most memorable recordings included "Rock With Me Baby," and "Red Hot".-Biography:...

 on Crescendo Records Single.
Other version of the song in this year were recorded in England where singer, songwriter, and record producer Miki Dallon
Miki Dallon
Miki Dallon is an English musician, songwriter and producer . Miki's first published work was a Mickie Most b-side called "That’s Alright" on which Miki also played piano. One success of his was the song "Take A Heart" by The Sorrows...

 released his Mod version on his own Strike Records. Dallon was so enthusiastic about the song over the course of the year he produced a version with the popular British freakbeat
Freakbeat
Freakbeat is the name used for rare, collectable, and obscure British Invasion records, particularly from 1966 and 1967. Elements of the freakbeat sound include strong direct drum beats, loud and frenzied guitar riffs, and extreme effects such as: fuzztone, flanging, distortion and compression or...

 group The Sorrows
The Sorrows
The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal freakbeat band. They were formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England by Pip Whitcher.-Career:...

 and noted London R&B act Jimmy Powell And The Dimensions
Jimmy Powell (singer)
Jimmy Powell is a British former soul and rhythm and blues singer who recorded and performed throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and is best remembered as the lead singer of Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions, a group that briefly included Rod Stewart.-Early life and career:Powell was born in Selly...

.
Uraguanyan garage Rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...

 quintet Los Bull Dogs recorded "I'm Gonna Find A Cave" with "Winchester Cathedral in English on their 1966 RCA Victor Single. However, it wasn't until 1968 When The Banana Splits Recorded "I'm Gonna Find A Cave" and four other Jimmy Radcliffe songs ("Adam Had'em", "The Show Must Go On", "Don't Go-Go Girl" and "Soul") for the television show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour that it became an early Saturday morning household tune.

Selected discography

  • Charlie Starr United Artist Single#50029, Produced by Garry Ganahan, Arranged By Herb Bernstein, 1966
  • Billy Lee Riley
    Billy Lee Riley
    Billy Lee Riley was an American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter. His most memorable recordings included "Rock With Me Baby," and "Red Hot".-Biography:...

     Crescendo Single#371, 1966
  • Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon is an English musician, songwriter and producer . Miki's first published work was a Mickie Most b-side called "That’s Alright" on which Miki also played piano. One success of his was the song "Take A Heart" by The Sorrows...

     Strike Single#306, (Spain) Picture Sleeve RCA Single#3-10163 1966
  • Los Bulldogs (Uraguay) RCA Single#, 1966
  • Banana Splits
    Banana Splits
    The Banana Splits were four comedic animal characters who featured in a late 1960s children's variety show made for television. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle , Bingo , Drooper and Snork .The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television program that featured both...

     "We're The Banana Splits LP, Decca DL-75075, 1968
  • Girl Trouble
    Girl Trouble
    Girl Trouble are a punk rock band from Washington, USA, formed in 1983, when three musicians from Tacoma, WA and one from Spokane, WA joined forces.-History:...

     "Sub Pop 200
    Sub Pop 200
    Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene . It features songs from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The...

    " 3 LP Sub Pop Records-#SP25 Boxed Set, 1988

Selected CD & Digital Rlease Discography

  • Jimmy Powell
    Jimmy Powell (singer)
    Jimmy Powell is a British former soul and rhythm and blues singer who recorded and performed throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and is best remembered as the lead singer of Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions, a group that briefly included Rod Stewart.-Early life and career:Powell was born in Selly...

     & The Dimensions "R&B Sensation" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     See For Miles Records, 1993
  • The Sorrows
    The Sorrows
    The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal freakbeat band. They were formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England by Pip Whitcher.-Career:...

     "Take A Heart" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Castle Records, 2000
  • Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions "Sugar Babe" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Castle Records, 2003
  • Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon is an English musician, songwriter and producer . Miki's first published work was a Mickie Most b-side called "That’s Alright" on which Miki also played piano. One success of his was the song "Take A Heart" by The Sorrows...

     "That's Alright" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Castle Records, 2003
  • Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon
    Miki Dallon is an English musician, songwriter and producer . Miki's first published work was a Mickie Most b-side called "That’s Alright" on which Miki also played piano. One success of his was the song "Take A Heart" by The Sorrows...

     "Complete Works 1963-1966" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     One Media Publishing, 2007
  • Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions "Progressive Talking Blues" Digital
    Digital recording
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     One Media Publishing, 2007
  • The Sorrows
    The Sorrows
    The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal freakbeat band. They were formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England by Pip Whitcher.-Career:...

     "You Got What I Want The Essential Sorrows - 1965-67" CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Grapfuit Records, 2010


COMPILATIONS:
  • "Sub Pop 200
    Sub Pop 200
    Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene . It features songs from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The...

    " (V.A. Comp) Re-Issue CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Sub Pop Records #SP25-2, (Girl Trouble
    Girl Trouble
    Girl Trouble are a punk rock band from Washington, USA, formed in 1983, when three musicians from Tacoma, WA and one from Spokane, WA joined forces.-History:...

     - "Gonna Find A Cave"), 1995
  • "Little Steven's Garage Rock Invasion" (V.A. Comp) CD
    Compact Disc
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     Cavestomp Records (Jet Weston's Combo A Go-Go "Gonna Find A Cave"), 2001
  • "Doin’ The Mod Vol. 4” (V.A. Comp) CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Castle Records (The Sorrows - "Gonna Find A Cave"), 2002
  • “That Driving Beat Vol. 3 UK Freakbeats (V.A. Comp) CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     Past & Present Records, (Miki Dallon - Gonna Find A Cave"), 2003
  • “Soul Masters – The Dancer” – (V.A Comp) Digital
    Digital recording
    In digital recording, digital audio and digital video is directly recorded to a storage device as a stream of discrete numbers, representing the changes in air pressure for audio and chroma and luminance values for video through time, thus making an abstract template for the original sound or...

     Corinco AG Records (Miki Dallon & The Medallions "Gonna Find A Cave), 2005
  • “Rare Mod Vol.2” (V.A. Comp) (CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

     & Digital
    Digital recording
    In digital recording, digital audio and digital video is directly recorded to a storage device as a stream of discrete numbers, representing the changes in air pressure for audio and chroma and luminance values for video through time, thus making an abstract template for the original sound or...

     & Vinyl) Acid Jazz Records (C-Jam Blues "Gonna Find A Cave"), 2009
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