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While other singers and musicians adopted the name to front their music in public, the Carter\/Burrows\/Mills combination continued to record new First Class material, including a self-titled LP that is quite possibly the finest, most ambitious British harmony pop album of the 70s. The First Class had a couple of follow-up minor hit singles in America that failed to attract the same attention at home, where second album 'SST' (not even released in the US) sank without trace. By the end of the 70s, Carter had effectively laid the name to rest. A 3CD set in a lavish digipak package featuring a new 5000 word essay, 'Beach Baby: The Complete Recordings' is the definitive document of both The First Class and John Carter's myriad overlapping activities during the second half of the 70s. It contains an embarrassment of riches: both albums, all singles, out-takes, pseudonymous releases, a huge number of previously unissued TV\/radio advertising jingles and, most fascinatingly of all, seven previously-unheard 1974 demos for the musical Bobby Dazzler, abandoned when the single of the same name unfathomably failed to chart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeach Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWon't Somebody Help Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Became of Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurfer Queen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Day of Your Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Time Gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunny How Love Can Be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDreams Are Ten a Penny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBobby Dazzler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Disco Kid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Was Always a 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