Three versions of the Buzz Cason and Tony Moon tune, "Soldier of Love." The first fray is the 1962 original recorded by Arthur Alexander (1:22). A smooth serenade to sensual surrender, with great instrumentation (piano, sax, and some well-placed woodblock) and some vivid vocables from the female backing. The second skirmish involves The Beatles, who laid down the track at the BBC studios in the summer of '63 (47:18). Never officially released!! - this song circulated as a bootleg for years - we buck the current trend of listening to only late Beatles and bask in some of their early bug music, when they were obsessed with good R&B tunes. In 1966, Grady Lloyd joined the cause and kept the (retitled) song on the charts, albeit only on one front: Florida. (1:08:26).The final fracas comes from The Milkshakes, who went to war with the song in 1983 (1:20:34). Let Hyep! be your battlecry!!
