Double Feature consisted of Birmingham vocal duo Brian Lake and Billy Hall. In late 1967 they released a quite excellent version of Handbags on the Deram label. To the familiar piano signature, their version added some
powerful orchestration and effective vocal harmonies on the chorus. In my opinion this cover is very much better than the Chris Farlowe version.
Unfortunately, it was released in December 1967, just two months after Farlowe’s cover had charted and it sank without trace!. I’m grateful to Jim Wall for alerting me to this rare release. You’ll have to work hard to find a copy, but it’s definitely worthwhile.
Источник: lastfm.ru