NEVER slow to cash in on a casualty, the music biz spits out another compilation of the siblings from Kentucky in the wake of January’s death of Phil, younger brother of Don.

Indecent haste indeed, especially when you consider the duo had previously released seven compilations. But there’s no denying the harmonic quality of the brothers, who, while not always seeing eye to eye, were never in any discord when actually singing. Their voices blended so perfectly that while you knew there was two of them, their closeness was so tight it sounded as if one uniquely haunting vocal was unwinding.

While they were picked off by the arrival of groups in the early 1960s, their influence spanned The Beatles, The Byrds, The Beach Boys. A lot of their hits revolve around lovelorn loss and taking second place to rival suitors and are a tad meek and mild. But there’s always The Price Of Love, a rollicking rocker, which at only two minutes long compensates for the overall weediness.