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Bo and Peep stand somewhere not far from Naz Nomad & the Nightmares and other parody acts -- indeed, they're not too different in some ways from Spinal Tap and the Rutles with a serious membership list. The truth is that Bo & Peep was a one-shot offshoot of Andrew "Loog" Oldham's efforts at establishing a Phil Spector-type music factory, possibly from the same sessions on which Gene Pitney and Phil Spector hooked up with the Rolling Stones for the latter's official recordings ("Now I've Got a Witness" etc.). The Rolling Stones played behind Bo & Peep on "Young Love," and Kim Fowley was the lead singer on "Rise of the Brighton Surf." "Young Love" was the Sonny James hit, while "Brighton Surf" is a savage parody of the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun." Bo & Peep were no more than a brief vignette at the outset of the Rollong Stones' history, in their first full year as a recording act and would-be rivals to the Beatles. There's no mistaking the playing behind "Young Love," and completists can only ponder what other products of those Oldham-exploitation sessions remain in the can. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
