The Outlaws featuring the 18year old Ritchie Blackmore - Law And Order (audio only) video free download

This was one of Ritchie Blackmore's earlier groups before finding fame in Deep Purple in 1968. This is a UK band called the Outlaws (not to be confused with the other US band of the same name). It includes Chas Hodges (usually plays the bass) on acoustic 12-string guitar, Ken Lundgren (usually plays rhythm guitar) on pedal steel, Mick Underwood on drums and Ritchie Blackmore on electric guitar. They were under the aegis of legendary UK producer Joe Meek - same guy who gave the world The Tornados, the band that gave us "Telstar".

This is a song called Law And Order written by Meek. Not a particularly big hit but it can stand tall alongside any Shadows, Eagles, Tornados or Ventures records. Released as a single in 1963 and the band can be seen playing and dancing to this tune on the movie Live It Up (a.k.a. Sing And Swing in the US). Live It Up has an incredible cast of Gene Vincent, Dave Clark and a very young Steve Marriott.

This track is remixed for stereo - no true stereo of this track is known to exist - so far. Enjoy!