VA - Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967 [2016] (3 x CD's)

BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC SOUND 1967

VA - Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967 [2016] (3 x CD's)

As that noted hipster Plato once observed, when the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city 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. As the year progressed, it seemed that more or less every element of the British pop world had been 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 it's myriad paisley-patterned guises. Across four hours and eighty tracks, the all-singing, not-much-dancing Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds anticipates the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love to chronicle a tumultuous twelve-month period of music-making within the British Isles. The dizzying breadth of the set incorporates everything from key names such as The Move and Procol Harum, both represented with less obvious choices, 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. Along the way, we encounter all aspects of the scene, from the first generation psychedelic bands that 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 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 it's secrets. As some righteously obscure band confidently promised during that epochal year, a splendid time is guaranteed for all.  (Amazon)

This is a fantastic 3CD clam shell case box set of some of the best bands floating around the UK and releasing great 45's or LP's in 1967.  As this collection focuses on 1967 which was a very powerful year for psych rock and acid rock as the mods were starting to go away at this time in the UK and the freakbeat/ hard rock/ acid rock and psych where really storming the British pirate radio airwaves at this time, some of my favorite bands are featured here.  

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Track lists

CD1

01    Alan Bown!    Toyland (single version)    2:56
02    Attack    Magic In The Air    3:38
03    Tickle    Subway (Smokey Pokey World)    2:41
04    Episode Six    I Can See Through You    3:25
05    Dantalian's Chariot    The Madman Running Through The Fields    4:11
06    Geranium Pond    Dogs In Baskets    2:05
07    Scots Of St. James    Eiderdown Clown    2:15
08    George Alexander    Dear Delilah    2:54
09    Sorrows    Pink Purple Yellow & Red    2:49
10    Mirage    Lazy Man (alternative version)    3:00
11    Crazy World Of Arthur Brown    Give Him A Flower    3:01
12    Tintern Abbey    Tanya    2:56
13    Fleur-De-Lys    Prodigal Son    1:59
14    Lomax Alliance    See The People    2:14
15    Mickey Finn    Time To Start Loving You    2:40
16    Fingers    I Hear The Sun    2:01
17    Crocheted Doughnut Ring    Nice    3:05
18    Good Thing Brigade    My House Is Burning    3:22
19    Motives    Ice Woman    2:49
20    Louise    Look At The Sun    3:30
21    Neo Maya    I Won't Hurt You    2:30
22    Cliff Ward    Path Through The Forest    4:33
23    Spencer Davis Group    Sanity Inspector (single version)    3:01
24    Summer Set    'Cos It's Over    2:45
25    Those Fadin' Colours    Try Me On For Size    2:39
26    Slender Plenty    Silver Tree Top School For Boys    2:22
27    Guy Darrell    Evil Woman    2:25

CD2

01    Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera    Flames    3:14
02    One In A Million    Double Sight    2:35
03    Paul & Barry Ryan    Keep It Out Of Sight    2:48
04    Pretty Things    Defecting Grey (extended version)    5:12
05    John's Children    Desdemona    2:24
06    Doves    Smokeytime Springtime    3:03
07    John Williams    Flowers In Your Hair    2:42
08    Sweet Feeling    All So Long Ago    3:13
09    Rupert's People    Reflection Of Charles Brown    4:19
10    Riot Squad feat. David Bowie    Toy Soldier    3:10
11    Rats    The Rise & Fall Of Bernie Gripplestone    4:08
12    Circus    Something To Write About    3:27
13    Dave Davies    Funny Face    2:17
14    Brood    Village Green    2:24
15    Tony Rivers & The Castaways    Mr Sun    2:17
16    Peep Show    Your Servant, Stephen    3:01
17    Uglys    And The Squire Blew His Horn    3:36
18    Move    Vote For Me    2:49
19    Human Instinct    A Day In My Mind's Mind    2:14
20    Murray Head    She Was Perfection    2:48
21    Peter & The Wolves    Little Girl Lost & Found    2:29
22    Bunch    Spare A Shilling    2:32
23    Big Jim Sullivan    Flower Power    3:26
24    Procol Harum    Kaleidoscope (extended stereo mix)    3:08
25    Searchers    Crazy Dreams    2:37
26    Artwoods    In The Deep End    3:07

CD3

01    Our Plastic Dream    Someone Turned The Light Out    2:37
02    Hat & Tie    Finding It Rough    2:49
03    Fresh Windows    Fashion Conscious    2:21
04    Game    The Addicted Man    2:23
05    Felius Andromeda    Meditations    4:09
06    Honeybus    Delighted To See You (demo version)    2:33
07    Ice    So Many Times    2:06
08    Flower Pot Men    A Walk In The Sky    3:53
09    Five's Company    Friends & Mirrors    2:10
10    Late    Family Tree    3:04
11    Secrets    I Think I Need The Cash    2:18
12    Skip Bifferty    Schizoid Revolution    3:29
13    Purple Gang    Granny Takes A Trip    2:36
14    Picadilly Line    Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof)    2:31
15    Outer Limits    Help Me Please    2:28
16    Focal Point    'Cept Me    2:53
17    Jade Hexagram    Great Shadowy Strange    4:04
18    Truth    Busker Bill    2:59
19    Moody Blues    Life's Not Life    2:35
20    New Downliners Sect    I Can't Get Away From You    2:49
21    Symbols    Again    1:58
22    Hi-Fi's    Odd Man Out    2:21
23    Marmalade    Laughing Man    3:24
24    T.J. Assembly    Ginger    2:31
25    23rd Turnoff    Michelangelo (demo version)    2:16
26    Q.P.R. Supporters    Supporters - Support Us    2:47
27    Sands    Listen To The Sky    3:45

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