John Mayall: (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024)

  

John Mayall OBE (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has

counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall. He has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.
              

A generation older than most of his sidemen, Mayall was a mentor; his bands were both a lab and finishing school for iconic musicians -- particularly guitarists. Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick

Taylor served, as did bassists Jack Bruce and John McVie and drummers Mick Fleetwood and Aynsley Dunbar, among dozens of others. Five of Mayall's first seven albums, including 1966's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, 1967's A Hard Road, and 1969's The Turning Point, all placed inside the British Top Ten. After emigrating to the U.S., Mayall cut several albums during the '70s including Ten Years Are Gone and Jazz Blues Fusion, that showcased veteran blues and jazz players including Harvey Mandel, Jesse Ed Davis, Larry Taylor, and Blue Mitchell.
         

He died Monday (22 July 2024) at his home in California, according to a statement posted by his family on his official Facebook page. He was 90.

The statement didn’t specify a cause but attributed the death to the “health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career.” Mayall, who’d been performing on the road as recently as 2022, was due to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in October as a recipient of the organization’s Musical Influence Award. On its website, the hall hailed Mayall’s “rugged individuality and distinctive voice and style” and said he “continually experimented with and stretched the blues.”
         

MICK TAYLOR & JOHN MAYALL

“The blues is such an everlasting source of inspiration to me,” he told The Times in 1990. “It’s quite inexhaustible, really.”

JOHN MAYALL - THRU THE YEARS 1990

                    

A grab bag of rare tracks from the '60s, some of which stand among Mayall's finest. His debut 1964 single "Crawling Up a Hill" is one of his best originals; this comp also includes a couple of 1964-1965 flipsides. The eight songs featuring Peter Green include some top-notch material that outpaces much of the only album recorded by the Green lineup (A Hard Road), particularly the Green originals "Missing You" and "Out of Reach," a great B-side with devastating, icy guitar lines and downbeat lyrics that ranks as one of the great lost blues-rock cuts of the '60s. The set is filled out with a few songs from the Mick Taylor era, the highlight being the vicious instrumental "Knockers Step Forward."
     

John Mayall – Thru The Years
Label: Deram – 844 028-2
Format: CD, Compilation, Reissue 1990
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Blues Rock, Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues

TRACKS

01. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Crocodile Walk    2:14
02. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – My Baby Is Sweeter    2:59
03. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Crawling Up A Hill    2:15
04. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Mama, Talk To Your Daughter    2:58
05. Bluesbreakers – Alabama Blues    2:29
06. Bluesbreakers – Out Of Reach    4:42
07. Bluesbreakers – Greeny    3:54
08. Bluesbreakers – Curly    4:50
09. Bluesbreakers – Missing You    1:57
10. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Please Don't Tell    2:26
11. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Your Funeral And My Trial    3:55
12. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – Suspicions (Part 1)    2:47
13. John Mayall – Knockers Step Forward    3:12
14. John Mayall – Hide And Seek    2:22

Flac Size: 329 MB

JOHN MAYALL - LONDON BLUES 1964 - 1969 (1992)

 

This two-hour-plus compilation of the first five years of the history of John Mayall and his band the Bluesbreakers in their many permutations covers all the expected bases and then some. Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor are all represented, but so are Bernie Watson and Roger Dean, both of

whom preceded Clapton in the guitarist's spot in the band. What's more, they're not bad; they may not have been the assertive soloist that Clapton came to embody, but Dean plays a pretty hot solo on "Crocodile Walk," which was good enough to make the A-side of a single in 1965. Moreover, there was more to any of the Mayall bands than their guitarists, and Mayall's blues harmonica is showcased throughout, on tracks such as "Crawling Up a Hill" and "Blues City Shakedown." The familiar Immediate and Decca/London sides featuring Clapton are here, though the lion's share of space on this set is devoted to the Peter Green version of the lineup, spread over two discs.
       

Other highlights include a handful of tracks from 1967 featuring Paul Butterfield, and a handful of cuts featuring Green working in a lineup that includes saxmen John Almond and Nick Newell as well as

trumpeter Henry Lowther. The Mick Taylor lineup, which also includes Dick Heckstall-Smith as one of the reedmen, takes up the bulk of the second disc and shows no diminution of the group's authoritative approach to the blues. Indeed, the Clapton sides represented on this collection, being the most familiar and widely circulated, may well prove to be the least interesting; distilling down the best work of everyone else, including Mayall, on the other hand, is a welcome service and makes this package particularly useful, and short of a Mayall box -- an unlikely prospect -- this is as good an overview as you're likely to see of his early work.

John Mayall – London Blues 1964 - 1969
Label: Deram – 844 302-2
Series: Chronicles
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Slipcase
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Blues Rock, Electric Blues

CD1.

 

01. Crawling Up A Hill   2:15
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Martin Hart
Guitar – Bernie Watson
Vocals, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
02. My Baby Is Sweeter   3:00
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Roger Dean
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Dixon
03. Crocodile Walk   2:14
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Roger Dean
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
04. Blues City Shakedown   2:19
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Roger Dean
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
05. I'm Your Witchdoctor   2:09
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Vocals, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
06. Telephone Blues   3:56
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Vocals, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
07. Bernard Jenkins   3:46
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Clapton
08. All Your Love   3:32
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Rush, Dixon
09. Double Crossing Time   3:00
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Clapton, Mayall
10. Key To Love   2:05
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Trumpet – Dennis Healey
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
11. Parchman Farm   2:20
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Hughie Flint
Guitar – Eric Clapton
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Allison
12. Looking Back   2:35
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Nick Newell
Trumpet – Henry Lowther
Vocals, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Watson
13. So Many Roads   4:43
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Nick Newell
Trumpet – Henry Lowther
Vocals, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Paul
14. Sitting In The Rain   2:56
Bass – John McVie
Guitar – Peter Green
Percussion – Aynsley Dunbar
Vocals, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
15. A Hard Road   3:06
Alto Saxophone – Ray Warleigh
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
16. Dust My Blues   2:44
Alto Saxophone – Ray Warleigh
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – James, Josea
17. The Supernatural   2:53
Alto Saxophone – Ray Warleigh
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Green
18. Another Kinda Love   3:01
Alto Saxophone – Ray Warleigh
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
19. Leaping Christine   2:20
Alto Saxophone – Ray Warleigh
Baritone Saxophone – John Almond
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Harmonica, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
20. Burn Out Your Blind Eyes   2:56
Vocals, Guitar [9 String] – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall

Flac Size: 333 MB

CD2.

 

01. All My Life   2:56
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Harmonica – Paul Butterfield
Vocals, Guitar [9 String], Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Robinson
02. Ridin' On The L & N   2:26
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Harmonica – Paul Butterfield
Vocals, Guitar [9 String], Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Burley, Hampton
03. Eagle Eye   2:50
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – Peter Green
Harmonica – Paul Butterfield
Vocals, Guitar [9 String], Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
04. It Hurts Me Too   2:53
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Mick Fleetwood
Guitar – Peter Green
Vocals, Guitar [9 String], Organ, Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – London
05. Double Trouble   3:18
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Mick Fleetwood
Guitar – Peter Green
Vocals, Guitar [9 String], Organ, Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Rush
06. Sonny Boy Blow   3:46
Drums – Keef Hartley
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
07. Broken Wings   4:12
Drums – Keef Hartley
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
08. Oh, Pretty Woman   3:29
Baritone Saxophone – Rip Kant
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Williams
09. The Death Of J. B. Lenoir   4:12
Baritone Saxophone – Rip Kant
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
10. Man Of Stone   2:22
Baritone Saxophone – Rip Kant
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Kirkland
11. Checkin' On My Baby   3:55
Baritone Saxophone – Rip Kant
Bass – John McVie
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Williamson
12. Suspicions (Part One)   2:44
Bass – Paul Williams
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith
Vocals, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
13. Jenny   4:33
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Peter Green
Vocals, Guitar – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
14. Picture On The Wall   3:01
Drums – Keef Hartley
Guitar – Peter Green
Vocals, Guitar, Piano – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
15. No Reply   3:05
Bass – Tony Reeves
Cornet, Violin – Henry Lowther
Drums – Jon Hiseman
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall, Taylor
16. She's Too Young   2:19
Bass – Tony Reeves
Cornet, Violin – Henry Lowther
Drums – Jon Hiseman
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
17. Sandy   3:45
Bass – Tony Reeves
Cornet, Violin – Henry Lowther
Drums – Jon Hiseman
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith
Vocals, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
18. Walking On Sunset   2:56
Bass – Steve Thompson
Drums – Colin Allen
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
19. The Bear   4:41
Bass – Steve Thompson
Drums – Colin Allen
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall
20. Fly Tomorrow   8:59
Bass – Steve Thompson
Drums – Colin Allen
Guitar – Mick Taylor
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Harmonica – John Mayall
Written-By – Mayall

Flac Size: 418 MB

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Various: Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds - The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967 (3 CD Box) 2016

 

Cherry Red has become the archival label, in my humble opinion. In conjunction with Grapefruit

THE PRETTY THINGS

Records, this fantastic compendium spanning four hours and eighty tracks has arrived. All manner of sounds inhabit the three disks, anticipating the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love and chronicling a tumultuous 12 month period of music in the British Isles.

Psychedelic pop emerged from the underground clubs and infiltrated the home-grown music scene

THOSE FADIN' COLOURS

mainstream, with the vast majority following The Beatles in surrendering to the new genre. This set encompasses everything from artists such as The Move and Procol Harum to the likes of mondo obscuro West Country quintet T. J. Assembly, who pressed a mere 25 copies of their self-penned November 1967 album as a strictly personal memento of their time together.

So here we have it, a dizzying array of sonic riches, and where to begin? The opening song “Toyland”

THE SORROWS

gives the box set its name, and is offered up by The Alan Bown. It is a fair representation of the genre, with woodwinds and sweetly rendered melodies. The backing vocals are whimsical and echo earlier 60s styles. I dare you to get this song out of your head once it’s stuck there, and as repeated listens have proven, it is nigh on impossible. This group was previously a soul revue and they quickly jumped on the psych bandwagon, buying up caftans and re-emerging as a flower power group.

Follow-on tune “Magic In the Air” from The Attack could have been penned by The Who, due to

TONY RIVER & THE CASTAWAYS

similar sounding guitars and a mod outlook. Episode 6 offer up the sunny “I Can See Through You” and feature two future members of Deep Purple. It is laced with all the flowery stereotypes one can imagine, but strong musicianship and a sharp melody make it a cool cut. Dantalion’s Chariot has the honor of sounding like a tripped out Spirit on “The Madman Running Through the Fields”, with all the studio trickery tacked on for good measure. Totally fun! The wonderful “Dear Delilah” from George Alexander (elder brother of Easybeats guitarist George Young and AC/DC stalwart Angus Young) hits all its marks and is a marvelous collision of The Hollies and Bee Gees.

“Lazy Man” from The Mirage is an obvious homage to the Fab Four and veers very close to “Rain”, but

THE PICADILY LINE

in such a nice way that nobody minds that it’s a blatant ripoff. “Give Him a Flower” from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown is a fun time and will have you singing along and swinging your hips in no time. The funny “My House is Burning” from The Good Thing Brigade has clever lyrics, a somewhat cheesy organ, and is a fun distraction. I really dig “Sanity Inspector” from The Spencer Davis Group, an unlikely outing sans Stevie Winwood and featuring merry go round organ and accordion.

On to Disk Two, starting off with the fast moving “Flames” from R&B group “Elmer Gantry’s Velvet

THE PURPLE GANG

Opera”. The tune has hints of mod and psych and some bluesy riffs charging it up, and it became an oft covered tune by such bands as Led Zeppelin. “Defecting Grey” from The Pretty Things is a psych-infused gem, and the extended version rocks out past the five minute park. You can hear glimmers of the glam movement that would follow in the 70s, and the roots of S.F. Sorrow are clearly in evidence. “Desdemona” from John’s Children features naughty lyrics from none other than Marc Bolan, who departed the band for T. Rex a short time later. The Doves offer up a song The Monkees would have killed for, the marvelously sung “Smokeytime Springtime”.

“Something to Write About” from Circus gives a nod to The Small Faces and has strong lyrics and

THE OUTER LIMITS

interesting melodic twists. “Village Green” from The Brood is a companion piece to anything on The Kinks classic album of the same name. It has the same small town characters and jaunty, nostalgic feel. Another winner is “Mr. Sun” from Tony Rivers and The Castaways, treating the listener to a memorable melody and some nice vocals. Given the current hostile political climate, The Move’s sarcastic “Vote For Me” seems especially prescient. Murray Head’s gorgeous “She Was Perfection” is a perfect reflection of the times, reining in the bombast and offering up a lovely baroque pop tune. “Crazy Dreams” from *The Searchers” is a cool, boppin’ piece with fun lyrics that will have you tapping your feet.

And finally (whew!), what a long, strange trip it’s been to get to Disk 3. Hearing all manner of craziness

THE MARMALADE

and over the top songs, we have the superb “Someone Turned the Light Out” from The Plastic Dream, who channel bands like The Electric Prunes on this buzzing psych fest. I also like “Finding it Rough” from Hat and Tie, a song that is probably known because it was recorded by The Everly Brothers. It has the requisite fuzzy guitars and a mod sounding vocal. Cool! “Fashion Conscious” from The Fresh Windows has guitars that sure remind me of The Who, while the leering vocals could be anyone from that period. “The Addicted Man” from teenage band The Game is crammed with mod guitars and faintly scandalous lyrics, and the title alone is enough to make me listen repeatedly. Great fun. “Delighted to See You” from The Honeybus is another fun track, with great harmonies and what sounds like a kazoo but might be a type of flute. “A Walk In the Sky” from The Flower Pot Men is a wonderful pop tune, with vocals reminiscent of The Beach Boys the requisite dayglo imagery.

“Schizoid Revolution” from Skip Bifferty is a swingin’ tune that is a hoot, with the piano driving things

THE MOVE

at times. “Granny Takes a Trip” from The Purple Gang is a novelty tune with kazoo, music hall piano, and a scratchy beat. You can imagine the lyrics, and the almost out of tune harmonica that wafts through at times. Probably a staple on the Dr. Demento Show! “Busker Bill” from The Truth is gorgeous baroque pop not unlike The Zombies or The Left Banke, and has wonderful vocals and really pretty backing instrumentation. “Again” from The Symbols has fabulous vocal harmonies, but the song failed to chart. “Laughing Man” from The Marmalade is a blatant Beatles ripoff, but damn, what a good ripoff it is. These guys can sing, and I even hear hints of Dylan in the mix.

As the year progressed, it seemed that more or less every element of the British pop world had been

THE ATTACK

swept up in the blissed-out UFOria. Beat boom survivors, R&B stalwarts, sharp-suited mods, Swinging London soul revues, earnest acoustic folkies, Denmark Street hustlers, traditional pop acts… all abandoned or refined their previous identities to make music that reflected the ubiquitous influence of psychedelia in its myriad paisley-patterned guises.

Along the way, we encounter all aspects of the scene, from the first generation psychedelic bands that

THE MIRAGE

took part in subterranean London ‘happenings’ to the shameless bandwagon-jumpers who were nevertheless an integral part of psychedelic pop’s rich and varied tapestry. We also feature a clutch of previously unreleased nuggets, alternative versions, pseudonymous releases, first-ever CD appearances, a couple of inspired novelty discs and even a football supporters freak-out.

Housed in a clambox that includes a lavishly annotated and illustrated 44-page booklet, Let’s Go Down

THE HUMAN INSTINCT

And Blow Our Minds is nothing less than the story of the British rock and pop scene of 1967: music made half-a-century ago that, as can be seen from the number of hitherto unknown recordings featured, is still slowly revealing its secrets. As some righteously obscure band confidently promised during that epochal year, a splendid time is guaranteed for all...

Is always odd to think of a set like this without anything from Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Cream and,

ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA

thanks to his relocation, Jimi Hendrix, to name just four. In many ways this is a box set of chancers, most of which would happily own up to the description — bands and performers who had already been around one way or another, trying to figure out just exactly where to go next as sounds and styles shifted around them.

So this makes the moments that do break the mold all the more enticing, and gives a sense of what

THE ALAN BROWN!

exactly could be done in those moments of inspiration. Hearing the Pretty Things’ initial moment of late sixties transformation with the full-length ‘Deflecting Grey’ in all its crazed tempo-shifting glory is always a treat, while Don Craine’s New Downliners Sect kept up his garagey ways with a cover of the Remains’ ‘I Can’t Get Away From You’. Dantalian’s Chariot, the work of Zoot Money reinventing himself following his earlier r’n’b days, combined his rougher voiced grit with some sharp musical and production moves on ‘The Madman Running Through the Fields’, which is almost too perfect a title.

The Mickey Finn’s rampaging ‘Time To Start Loving You’ is an even more swaggering stomp in

GERANIUM POND

comparison — the bridge from verse to chorus each time couldn’t sound better — while One In a Million’s ‘Double Sight’ and Jade Hexagram’s ‘Great Shadowy Strange’ also kick up the energy levels just right. One of the more engaging surprises is the snarling guitar kick of Hat & Tie’s ‘Finding It Rough’, which sounds like it could have been from a later era, and not only features a compelling vocal from Patrick Campbell-Lyons, later of Nirvana (not that one, the late 1960s one) but engaging bass work from Chris Thomas, a year out from helping George Martin on The White Album and looking ahead to his own high profile production career. Meantime, hearing Big Jim Sullivan test out his newly learned sitar skills on a song called ‘Flower Power’ — well, what else to add?

Meanwhile, the moments of goofy sunshine pop and/or ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’-inspired freakouts

EPISODE SIX

and novelty songs and odd bits and the like that became a part and parcel of what psychedelia was seen to be, at least at the time, play out throughout the set. (Favorite song title, about a breakup: the Secrets’ ‘I Think I Need the Cash’.) Songs like Sweet Feeling’s ‘All So Long Ago’ and the Honeybus’s ‘Delighted to See You’ seem to exist to soundtrack film clips of people swinging along in the streets without a care in the world, presumably dressed to the 1967 nines.

(Then there’s the Marmalade’s jangle-on-top-of-jangle ‘Laughing Man’ — which goes a bit laughing

FLEUR - DE - LYS

gnome towards the end — and the massed harmonies of the Flower Pot Men, whose ‘A Walk In the Sky’ has a line about how the trees have chocolate bars, why because of course.) One early entry, ‘Lazy Man’ by the Mirage, doesn’t even bother to hide how obviously it wants to be ‘Rain’ — the type of work that makes you wonder why they just didn’t bother with a straight-up cover. Perhaps the most out-there moment comes with a bit of minimal murkiness that could almost be something from 1981 on Rough Trade, called ‘Nice’. That the band was called Crocheted Doughnut Ring just makes a certain sort of sense.

As that noted hipster Plato once observed, when the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city

DON CRAINE'S NEW DOWNLINERS SET

shake. And there was certainly a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in 1967. A distended Summer of Love saw psychedelic pop emerging from the underground clubs to infiltrate the home-grown music scene mainstream, with the vast majority following in the footsteps of perennial market leaders The Beatles in surrendering to the new genre.

Various – Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds - The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967
Label: Grapefruit Records – CRSEGBOX033
Series: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of – 1967
Format: Box Set, 3 x CD, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo, Mono
Country: UK
Released: Oct 21, 2016
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Mod, Pop Rock, Garage Rock

         

CD1.

 

01. The Alan Bown! – Toyland (Single Version)
Arranged By – Mike Hurst
Written-By – Roden, Catchpole
02. The Attack – Magic In The Air
Written-By – Du Cann
03. The Tickle – Subway (Smokey Pokey World)
Producer – Tony Visconti
Written-By – Stuart, Wayne
04. Episode Six – I Can See Through You
Written-By – Glover
05. Dantalian's Chariot – The Madman Running Through The Fields
Written-By – Summers, Money
06. Geranium Pond – Dogs In Baskets
Producer – John Edward
07. The Scots Of St. James – Eiderdown Clown
Written-By – Gorrie, Maitland
08. George Alexander – Dear Delilah
Written-By – Alexander
09. The Sorrows – Pink Purple Yellow And Red
Lyrics By [English Lyrics By] – The Sorrows
Written-By – Despota, Reverberi
10. The Mirage – Lazy Man (Alternative Version)
Written-By – Hynes
11. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Give Him A Flower
Written-By – Brown, Crane
12. Tintern Abbey – Tanya
Written-By – MacTavish
13. Fleur-De-Lys – Prodigal Son
Bass Guitar – Gordon Haskell
Drums – Keith Guster
Guitar – Bryn Haworth
Written By – Gordon Hionides
Written-By – Haworth
14. The Lomax Alliance – See The People
Written-By – Cannon, Peters
15. The Mickey Finn – Time To Start Loving You
Written-By – Mark, Jory, Waller
16. The Fingers – I Hear The Sun
Written-By – Bobin, Eden, Mills
17. Crocheted Doughnut Ring – Nice
Written-By – Ring, Chevin, Leopold
18. The Good Thing Brigade – My House Is Burning
Written-By – Clark, Dobson
19. The Motives – Ice Woman
Written-By – Winter
20. Louise – Look At The Sun
Written-By – Chudley
21. Neo Maya – I Won't Hurt You
Backing Vocals – Sheila Carter
Written-By – Markley, Lloyd, Harris
22. Cliff Ward – Path Through The Forest
Written-By – Ward
23. The Spencer Davis Group – Sanity Inspector (Single Version)
Written-By – Hardin, Davis
24. The Summer Set – 'Cos It's Over
Written-By – Brien, Humphries
25. Those Fadin' Colours – Try Me On For Size
Written-By – Tucker, Jones
26. The Slender Plenty – Silver Tree Top School For Boys
Written-By – Bowie
27. Guy Darrell – Evil Woman
Written-By – Weiss

Flac Size: 338 MB

CD2.

           

01. Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera – Flames
Written-By – Terry
02. One In A Million – Double Sight
Guitar – Jimmy McCulloch
Lead Vocals – Alan Young
Written-By – Young, Scenters
03. Paul & Barry Ryan – Keep It Out Of Sight
Arranged By – Alan Tew
Producer – Mike Hurst
Written-By – Stevens
04. The Pretty Things – Defecting Grey (Extended Version)
Written-By – Taylor, May, Waller
05. John's Children – Desdemona
Written-By – Bolan
06. The Doves – Smokeytime Springtime
Recorded By – John Edward
Written-By – Turtle
07. John Williams – Flowers In Your Hair
Written-By – Williams
08. Sweet Feeling – All So Long Ago
Written-By – Brosse
09. Rupert's People – Reflections Of Charles Brown
Bass Guitar – Gordon Haskell
Drums – Keith Guster
Guitar – Bryn Haworth
Vocals, Guitar – Chris Andrews
Written By – Jordan
Written-By – Conder, Lynton
10. The Riot Squad Featuring David Bowie – Toy Soldier
Written-By – Bowie
11. The Rats – The Rise And Fall Of Bernie Gripplestone
Written-By – Cambridge, Ronson
12. Circus – Something To Write About
Written-By – Goodhand-Tait
13. Dave Davies – Funny Face
Written-By – Davies
14. The Brood – Village Green
Written-By – Stephens, Peters
15. Tony Rivers & The Castaways – Mr. Sun
Written-By – Rivers
16. The Peep Show – Your Servant, Stephen
Written-By – Morris
17. The Uglys – And The Squire Blew His Horn
Written-By – O'Neill, Gibbons
18. The Move – Vote For Me
Written-By – Wood
19. The Human Instinct – A Day In My Mind's Mind
Producer – Mike Hurst
Written-By – Hartstone
20. Murray Head – She Was Perfection
Written-By – Head
21. Peter & The Wolves – Little Girl Lost And Found
Drums – Garry Nicholls
Guitar – John Richmond
Producer – Eddie Tre-Vett
Vocals – Ken Todd
Vocals, Keyboards – John Pantry
Written-By – Walsh, Almer
22. The Bunch – Spare A Shilling
Baritone Saxophone [Uncredited] – Mike Berry
Bass [Uncredited] – John King
Drums [Uncredited] – John Sherry
Guitar [Uncredited] – Christopher Redwood
Organ [Uncredited] – Dave Cooper
Producer [Uncredited] – Eddie Tre-Vett
Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited] – Dave Potter
Vocals [Uncredited] – Pete Beckett
Written-By – Pantry
23. Big Jim Sullivan – Flower Power
Written-By – Sullivan
24. Procol Harum – Kaleidoscope (Extended Stereo Mix)
Producer – Denny Cordell
Written-By – Brooker, Reid
25. The Searchers – Crazy Dreams
Written-By – McNally, Pender
26. The Artwoods – In The Deep End
Written-By – Gump

Flac Size: 419 MB

CD3.

              

01. Our Plastic Dream – Someone Turned The Light Out
Written-By – Tubbs
02. Hat & Tie – Finding It Rough
Written-By – Thomas, Campbell-Lyons
03. The Fresh Windows – Fashion Conscious
Written-By – Barrett
04. The Game – The Addicted Man
Written-By – Gowing, Blake, Brown
05. Felius Andromeda – Meditations
Written-By – Morgan, Barry
06. The Honeybus – Delighted To See You (Demo Version)
Written-By – Potter, Dello
07. Ice – So Many Times
Written By – McCree
Written-By – Simpson, Turner
08. The Flower Pot Men – A Walk In The Sky
Written-By – Carter / Lewis, Alquist
09. Five's Company – Friends And Mirrors
Written-By – Russell
10. The Late – Family Tree
Written-By – Martin
11. The Secrets – I Think I Need The Cash
Written-By – Ward
12. Skip Bifferty – Schizoid Revolution
Written-By – Hull
13. The Purple Gang – Granny Takes A Trip
Written-By – Beard, Bowyer
14. The Picadilly Line – Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof)
Written-By – Edwards, Hand
15. The Outer Limits – Help Me Please
Written-By – Christie
16. Focal Point – 'Cept Me
Written-By – Rhodes, Tennant
17. Jade Hexagram – Great Shadowy Strange
Written-By – Callow, Halliday, Morris, Leman
18. The Truth – Busker Bill
Written-By – Jameson
19. The Moody Blues – Life's Not Life
Written-By – Laine, Pinder
20. Don Craine's New Downliners Sect – I Can't Get Away From You
Written-By – Miller
21. The Symbols – Again
Written-By – Milton, Clark
22. The Hi-Fi's – Odd Man Out
Written-By – Unwin
23. The Marmalade – Laughing Man
Written-By – Campbell
24. T. J. Assembly – Ginger
Written-By – Smith, Robinson, Bourne, Marsden, Parker
25. The 23rd Turn Off – Michelangelo (Demo Version)
Written-By – Campbell
26. The Q.P.R. Supporters–Supporters - Support Us
Written By – Kerr / Taylor
27. Sands – Listen To The Sky
Written-By – Freeman, McLintock, Stewart, Hammerton

Flac Size: 368 MB

Various: Think I’m Going Weird - Original Artefacts From The British Psychedelic Scene 1966 - 68

 

British psychedelia blossomed during the years 1966-1968, the period covered by this fascinating new

THE YARDBIRDS

collection from Grapefruit Records – the label’s landmark 100th release – with established bands such as The Who and The Small Faces enthusiastically embracing the psychedelic culture, and newer bands such as The Move, Procol Harum, Pink Floyd, The Incredible String Band and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown achieving rapid yet significant success.  

TRAFFIC

A thriving club scene that included venues such as UFO and Middle Earth provided a fertile breeding ground for other less successful but equally (arguably more) significant outfits such as Family, Fairport Convention, Dantalian’s Chariot, Blossom Toes and Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera.  

THIRD EAR BAND

It was a vibrant, intense and highly productive period that grew from the innocence of the pop scene and paved the way for the seventies and prog rock (and as if to emphasize that particular point, there’s a lovely preview within this collection of what a group of young Charterhouse students, calling themselves Genesis and mentored by Jonathan King – himself an Old Carthusian – were getting up to before they got down to the serious business of ejecting tenants (by Friday), watching the skies and preparing supper whilst dressed as a flower.)

STATUS QUO

Almost inevitably, it was over quickly.  By mid-1968, a back-to-basics mentality, ignited to a large degree by the success and accessibility of The Band’s Music From Big Pink was sweeping across Britain and the USA.  It was a wave so strong that even the likes of The Beatles, The Stones and Eric Clapton were unable to resist it.  

MOODY BLUES

Equally strong, at least in the UK, was a revitalized interest in Chicago Blues.  So it was that, spurred on by bands like Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack, or by The Band, the re-emerged Dylan and Gram Parsons, many of the former psychedelic magicians shed their kaftans and moved on to something more rootsy, workaday and, ultimately, equally rewarding.  But it was tremendous fun whilst it lasted!

TYRANNOSAURUS REX

The US mid-sixties psychedelic birth was, of course celebrated in style with Lenny Kaye’s iconic Nuggets compilation, back in 1972 – a collection also subtitled as “Original Artefacts.” And now, taking its cue from Nuggets, a flavour of those heady British psychedelic summer days (and it was always summer back then…) has been captured and bottled in this excellent new 5 CD collection.  As we’ve come to expect from the Grapefruit/Cherry Red stable, it’s another wonderful package.

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

Since the label’s launch in the late noughties, Grapefruit Records has worked tirelessly to bring top quality reissues to fans of cult 60s and 70s sounds. Thanks to their archive digging skills, previously unaffordable vinyl albums by Skip Bifferty and Picadilly Line were no longer an extortionately priced mystery; Jeff Lynne’s early years with The Idle Race were reappraised, and dark psych combo Zior reached the ears of many people for the first time.

THE KINKS

This British take on ‘Nuggets’ is something of a jewel in the label’s crown.  It seems only natural that the label would raid the archives of psychedelia’s peak years for their hundredth release, and ‘Think I’m Going Weird’ is Grapefruit’s biggest and most adventurous release to date.

STRAWBS

To celebrate its 100th release, reissue label Grapefruit released its most impressively deluxe set to date. Compiling over 120 songs spread across five discs, Think I'm Going Weird: Original Artefacts from the British Psychedelic Scene 1966-68 is a trove of treasures by the biggest names of the era like Traffic and the Kinks, cult heroes like Nirvana and the Creation, and a multitude of acts so obscure that only the most dedicated follower of psychedelic fashion might recognize them.

SOFT MACHINE

Grapefruit has made a career out of digging up these kinds of gems, and the label does a knockout job here, not only showcasing unheard bands but also songs that had never seen the light of day.

SMALL FACES

What that means is that a trawl through the set list will get you choice psychedelic cuts like the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" or the Pretty Things' "Walking Through My Dreams," but also previously unheard tracks like Eyes of Blond's rampaging cover of the Byrds' "Why" or Tinsel Arcade's brilliant freakbeat rocker "Life Does Not Seem What It Seems" In between these two poles are an almost breathtaking amount of wonders that span the range of psych made during those three years.

PROCOL HARUM

A quick spin will uncover twee toytown pop (the Picadilly Line's "I Know She Believes"), rippling hard psych (Dantalian's Chariot's doomy "World War III"), trippy ballads ("Vamp's "Floating"), proto-bubblegum (Turquoise's "Flying Machine"), and songs that range from happily weird ("Jabberwock" by Boeing Duveen & the Beautiful Soup) to achingly pretty ("Green" by the Lion & the Fish).

PLASTIC PENNY

The choices are stellar with nary a duff track in sight. It feels like the brains behind the label did everything right. The bigger-name bands are represented by lesser-known tracks that fit the bill perfectly -- the Who's "Armenia City in the Sky'' is an inspired pick, as is "That Man" by the Small Faces.

MANFRED MANN

The midrange bands are represented by deeper cuts -- the Smoke's "Have Some More Tea" proves they have more up their sleeve than "My Friend Jack." The inclusion of acts not often thought of as psychedelic like the Nashville Teens or the Merseys shows just how far the sound spread; in fact, the Downliners Sect's "Spider" is one of the set's oddball highlights.

GRAPEFRUIT

Add to these impressive feats of compilation a feeling that this isn't a rehash of any of the hundreds of other collections like it that have sprung up since the early '80s. It feels so perfectly researched and presented that it's as close to definitive as one could hope. Indeed, any student of the era, whether advanced or a beginner, will get lost listening to the music and admiring the exhaustively researched liner notes.

GENESIS

Anywhere one might drop in, there's going to be a song that's a total jam, a weird delight, or a welcome discovery. Sometimes all three at once, like Caleb's "A Woman of Distinction" or "World in My Head" by Mike Stuart Span. The listing could go on, the extolling of virtues could continue, but the proof is in the pudding and Think I'm Going Weird is without a doubt top tier from conception to execution.

FAIRPORT CONVENTION

VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH Think I’m Going Weird (2021 UK/EU limited edition FIVE CD set - A definitive overview of the British psychedelic scene, this epic five-CD/book set that includes more than 50 minutes of previously unreleased music from the halcyon period 1966-68. Including the major acts of the era [The Who, Traffic, Small Faces, The Move, Procol Harum, Incredible String Band, Family, Crazy World of Arthur Brown etc], the set features many bands who also played London's underground dungeons during the Summer Of Love.

EYES OF BLOND

Perhaps most enticingly of all, the collection includes a number of hitherto-unknown recordings by bands who are only now gaining their first public exposure including Eyes Of Blond, Tinsel Arcade, Crystal Ship [whose contribution features lyrics from Pete Brown] and the semi-mythical 117, such a legendary name from the era's handbills and posters that they even had a UK psych fanzine named after them in the ‘90s.

BARCLEY JAMES HARVEST

It’s difficult for a box set such as this to please everyone, but ‘Think I’m Going Weird’ has a bloody good go. Covering an array of hits, misses, cult classics, and taking in a world of sounds from the largely forgotten, all in all, it’s a fantastic release. With almost an album’s worth of unreleased cuts, a huge supply of hard to find sides, and just enough over familiar material to lend the musical journey some chart-related context, this is an essential dip into an era of ever evolving rock and pop. Those willing to take the far out journey are guaranteed a good trip.
              

Various – Think I’m Going Weird Original Artefacts From The British Psychedelic Scene 1966-68
Label: Grapefruit Records – CRSEGBOX100
Format:    5 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2021
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock

CD1.

             

01. Art – Think I’m Going Weird   3:21
Written-By – Ridley, Grosvenor, Harrison, Kellie
02. July – My Clown (single Mix)   3:18
Written-By – Cook
03. Gary Walker & The Rain – The View   2:51
Written-By – Leeds, Molland
04. Traffic – Utterly Simple   3:19
Written-By – Mason
05. Caleb – A Woman Of Distinction   2:33
Written-By – Quaye
06. Simon Dupree And The Big Sound – Like The Sun, Like The Fire   2:29
Written-By – King, Smith
07. The Kinks – Lazy Old Sun (alternative Version, Stereo)   3:15
Written-By – Davies
08. Atlanta Roots – Plastic Daffodils   3:18
Written-By – Lord, Bromley
09. Ron Geesin – Psychedelia   1:06
Written-By – Geesin
10. Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera – Dream Starts   3:01
Written-By – Ford, Hudson
11. Strawbs – Tell Me What You See In Me (Alternative Version)  5:02
Written-By – Cousins
12. Manfred Mann – Funniest Gig   2:25
Written-By – Hugg
13. The Status Quo – Sunny Cellophane Skies   2:48
Written-By – Lancaster
14. Plastic Penny – Mrs. Grundy   5:15
Written-By – Keith, Raymond
15. Apple – Buffalo Billycan (Single Mix)  3:07
Written-By – Barber
16. Sweet Feeling – Charles Brown   2:21
Written-By – Lynton
17. Sleepy – Rosie Can’t Fly   4:10
Written-By – Fowler
18. Picadilly Line – I Know, She Believes   3:06
Written-By – Edwards, Hand
19. Fairport Convention – The Lobster   4:44
Written-By – Hutchings, Painter, Thompson
20. The Mindbenders – Yellow Brick Road   3:07
Written-By – Eric Stewart
21. Granny's Intentions – The Story Of David   2:56
Written-By – Duhan
22. Icarus – The Devil Rides Out   2:33
Written-By – Havard, Hines
23. The Mirage – Is Anybody Home?   2:43
Written-By – Hynes
24. Eyes Of Blond – Why   6:47
Drums – Paul Watts
Lead Guitar – Phil Dimitri
Lead Vocals, Bass – Neil Applegate
Twelve-String Guitar, Harmony Vocals – Phil Wade
Written-By – Crosby, McGuinn

Flac Size: 392 MB

CD2.

         

01. Dantalian's Chariot – World War III   4:10
Written-By – Summers, Money
02. Family – See Through Windows   3:47
Written-By – Whitney, Chapman
03. Procol Harum – Salad Days (Are Here Again)   3:38
Written-By – Brooker, Reid
04. Freedom – The Truth Is Plain To See    3:55
Written-By – Bobby Harrison, Mike Lease, Ray Royer, Steve Shirley
05. Force Fou r– Sun Sing   3:31
Written-By – Dunsterville
06. Kaleidoscope – Mr Small The Watch Repairer Man   2:43
Written-By – Pumer, Daltrey
07. Genesis – Image Blown Out   2:14
Written-By – Anthony Phillips, Rutherford, Gabriel, Banks
08. The Creation – Life Is Just Beginning   3:00
Written-By – Phillips, Pickett
09. The Spencer Davis Group – Taking Out Time (Alternative Version)   2:12
Written-By – Hardin, Davis
10. Small Faces – That Man   2:16
Written-By – Lane, Marriott
11. The Hi-Fi's – You’re Haunting Me   2:22
Written-By – Unwin
12. Sands – Mrs. Gillespie’s Refrigerator   2:05
Written-By – Gibb
13. Rust – Please Return   2:35
Written-By – Hillman, Monaghan
14. The Nashville Teens – Last Minute   1:58
Written-By – Sharp
15. The Alan Bown – All Along The Watchtower   3:10
Written-By – Dylan
16. Nirvana – The Touchables (All Of Us)   2:58
Written-By – Spyropoulos, Campbell-Lyons
17. The Virgin Sleep – Halliford House    2:42
Written-By – Rees
18. Denny Laine – Catherine’s Wheel   3:15
Written-By – Laine
19. Christopher Colt – Girl In The Mirror   2:52
Written-By – Simpson
20. Grapefruit – Elevator (single Mix)   2:07
Written-By – Alexander
21. Mike Stuart Span – World In My Head   4:30
Written-By – Bennett, Hobday
22. Neo Maya – UFO   2:46
23. John Carter & Russell Alquist – The Laughing Man   3:25
Written-By – Carter, Alquist
24. Vamp – Floatin’   2:34
Written-By – Clark
25. Tinsel Arcade – Life Does Not Seem What It Seems   2:56
Written-By – Quinton
26. One Step Beyond – Scene Of The Lemon Queen   5:53
Written-By – Carroll, Hughes

Flac Size: 354 MB

CD3.

                 

01. The Yardbirds – Happenings Ten Years Time Ago   2:58
Written-By – Beck, McCarty, Page, Relf
02. The Smoke – Have Some More Tea   2:15
Written-By – Gill, Ridley, Rowley
03. The Move – Walk Upon The Water   3:19
Written-By – Wood
04. Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup – Jabberwock   2:31
Backing Band – Junior's Eyes
Vocals, Sitar – Sam Hutt
Written-By – Carroll, Hutt
05. The Incredible String Band – The Mad Hatter’s Song   5:39
Written By – Williamson
06. Ivor Cutler Trio – Shoplifters   2:15
Written-By – Cutler
07. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – Look Out There’S A Monster Coming   2:55
Written-By – Stanshall
08. John's Children – Sara, Crazy Child (extended German 45 Version)   2:28
Written-By – Bolan
09. Tyrannosaurus Rex – Beyond The Rising Sun   2:16
Written-By – Bolan
10. J.P. Sunshine – Hey Girl    2:25
Written-By – Goodway
11. Barclay James Harvest – Mr Sunshine (film Version)   2:58
Written-By – Holroyd, Pritchard, Wolstenholme
12. Shyster – Tick Tock   2:46
Written-By – Hionides
13. Felius Andromeda – Cheadle Heath Delusions   2:46
Written-By – Couldry
14. Tomorrow – The Incredible Journey Of Timothy Chase   3:19
Written-By – Hopkins
15. The Idle Race – The Birthday   2:54
Written-By – Lynne
16. The Moody Blues – How Can We Hang On To A Dream?   2:22
Written-By – Hardin
17. Circus – Yes Is A Pleasant Country   4:07
Written-By – Collins
18. The Fresh Windows – Summer Sun Shines   2:27
Written-By – Brian Barrett
19. Crystal Ship – The Blue Man Runs Away   2:47
Bass – John Symonds
Drums – Phil Biggs
Lead Guitar – Tony Masterman
Organ – Alan Morris
Vocals – Alan Hodder
Written-By – Morris, Symonds, Brown
20. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – What’s Happening?   3:19
Written-By – Brown, Finesilver, Kerr, Crane
21. Mother’s Pride – Mother’s Magazine    3:16
Bass – Howard Robinson
Drums – Des Kendrick
Guitar – Bill Worthington, Paul Travis
Vocals – Barry Lord
Written-By – Lord
22. Turquoise – Flying Machine   3:07
Written-By – Stephens, Peters
23. The Cortinas – In The Park   3:19
Written-By – Mike Swain
24. The Zombies – Hung Up On A Dream   3:02
Written-By – Argent
25. The Moles – We Are The Moles Part 1   4:30
Written-By – Shulman, King
26. The Moles – We Are The Moles Part 2   2:45
Written-By – Shulman, Shulman

Flac Size: 356 MB

CD4.

             

01. The Who – Armenia City In The Sky   3:50
Written-By – Keen
02. One In A Million – Fredereek Hernando   3:20
Written-By – Young, Scenters
03. The Syn – Flowerman   2:38
Written-By – Nardelli
04. The Motives – I Can Hear Colours   2:56
Written-By – Winter
05. The Lion And The Fish – Green   3:00
Written-By – Farr, Westlake
06. Soft Machine – I’m So Low (aka Jet - Propelled Photograph)   2:32
Written-By – Ayers
07. Mabel Greer's Toyshop – Jeanetta   3:09
Written-By – Bayley
08. Canto – Come Over Stranger   3:06
Written-By – Maldoon
09. The Misunderstood – Children Of The Sun (Demo Version)   2:51
Written-By – Hill
10. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre – Brother Can You Spare A Dime   2:58
Written By – Turner
Written-By – Harburg, Gorney
11. The Magic Mixture – (I’m So) Sad   4:14
Written-By – Thomas
12. The Graham Bond Organization – You’ve Gotta Have Love Babe   2:34
Written-By – Bond
13. Wimple Winch – Rumble Of Mersey Square South   4:33
Written-By – Christopholus
14. Third Ear Band – Cosmic Trip   3:46
Written-By – Sweeney, Minns, Coff
15. John Bryant – I Bring The Sun   3:03
Written-By – Bryant
16.  A New Generation – Police Is Here   2:55
Written-By – Sutherland
17. Bee Gees – Spicks And Specks   2:51
Written-By – Gibb
18. The Human Instinct – Death Of The Seaside   2:33
Written-By – Hall, Christie
19. Friday's Chyld – Boys And Girls Together   2:23
Bass – Dick Dufall
Drums – Bob Voice
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Dave Lambert
Written-By – Voice
20. Jason Crest – Charge Of The Light Brigade   3:04
Written-By – Clarke, Dobson
21. Louise – Toymaker’s Shop   1:56
Bass – Nigel Smith
Drums – Chris Cutler
Guitar – Tony Durant
Lead Vocals – Robert Chudley
Written-By – Chudley
22. Medium Rare – Plastic Aeroplane   3:05
Bass – Ed Starks
Drums, Vocals – Ken Young
Lead Guitar – Lee Barnes
Lead Vocals – Ron Moore
Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Glenn Agg
Written-By – Agg, Moore
23. 117 – Venusian Moonshine (live At Middle Earth)   11:44
Bass – Pete Carr
Drums – Johnny Shirreff
Guitar – Alan Grimley
Organ – Charlie Hart
Vocals – James Fraser
Written-By – Grimley, Hart, Fraser, Shirreff, Carr

Flac Size: 387 MB

CD5.

             

01. The Factory – Path Through The Forest   3:59
Written-By – Ward
02. The Attack – Freedom For You   2:37
Written-By – Du Cann
03. The Pretty Things – Walking Through My Dreams   3:39
Written-By – Taylor, Povey, May, Waller
04. The Shame – Don’t Go ‘Way Little Girl   3:06
Bass – Malcolm Brasher
Drums – Billy Nims
Keyboards – John Dickenson
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Sitar – Greg Lake
Written-By – Ian
05. Tintern Abbey – My Prayer   5:24
Written By – MacTavish
Written-By – Smith, Dalton, Mackay
06. Jade Hexagram – Phantom I   5:05
Written-By – Callow, Halliday, Morris, Leman
07. Perfumed Garden – Cover Girl   4:11
Written-By – Bell, Gallagher
08. The Tickle – Rose Coloured Glasses   3:14
Written-By – Stuart, Wayne
09. Orange Bicycle – Amy Peate   2:08
Written-By – Malone
10. Rupert's People – Dream In My Mind   3:22
Written-By – Lynton
11. Downliners Sect – Spider   2:58
Bass – Keith Grant
Drums – Johnny Sutton
Written-By – Taylor, Evans
12. Blossom Toes – What On Earth (single Mix)   2:56
Written-By – Godding
13. End – Building Up A Dream   2:44
Written-By – Giffin, Brown, Graham, Taylor
14. The Merseys – The Cat   3:00
Bass – John Entwistle
Drums – Keith Moon
Guitar – Joey Molland
Written-By – Greenaway, Cook
15. Mandrake Paddle Steamer – Pandemonium Shadow Show   4:19
Written-By – Engel, Briley
16. East Of Eden – Waterways (Demo Version)   6:41
Written-By – Caines
17. The Sorrows – Which Way   2:39
Written-By – Fryers
18. The Deviants – Bun   2:42
Written-By – Rees
19. The 23rd Turnoff – Another Vincent Van Gogh   2:21
Written-By – Campbell
20. Champagne – Smile At The Sad Sun   3:47
Bass – Paul Arscott
Drums – Tony Carney
Organ – Greg Vandike
Vocals, Guitar – Terry Ball
Written-By – Ball
21. The Zany Woodruff Operation – Tales Of Brave Ulysses   2:56
Bass – Kenny Rooke
Drums – Martin Garside
Guitar – Pete Sewell
Organ – Graham Lockwood
Saxophone – Russ Walker
Written-By – Clapton, Sharp
22. Tales Of Justine – Sitting On A Blunestone   2:39
Written-By – Daltrey
23. The Action – Brain   3:03
Written-By – King, King

Flac Size: 365 MB