An ailing Ray Columbus has been buoyed by having three of his songs revived on a British box set of 1960s Mod era tracks.
The 3-CD set Keep Lookin' includes three Columbus compositions - Yo Yo with his band the Invaders, solo track We Want A Beat and
I'm Good For You which he wrote and produced for band The Troubled Mind.
The forthcoming 80-song compilation by label RPM of "Mod, Soul and Freakbeat Nuggets" also includes a fourth New Zealand song, Go Go by The Four Fours before they changed their name to The Human Instinct.
Said Columbus: "Health-wise life has been hard for me over the last 18 months and to have three of my songs on a major European reissue is a real tonic.
"During my early career I tended to focus on the USA as I always considered myself as too English for the English and thought that it was a bit like selling ice to the Eskimos.
