VA - If It Ain't Baroque... Vol. 01 (A Butterboy Compilation) (3 x CD's)

BAROQUE POP

VA - If It Ain't Baroque... Vol. 01 (A Butterboy Compilation) (3 x CD's)

Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. It emerged in the mid 1960s as artists pursued a majestic, orchestral sound and is identifiable for its appropriation of Baroque compositional styles (contrapuntal melodies and functional harmony patterns) and dramatic or melancholic gestures. Harpsichords figure prominently, while oboes, French horns, and string quartets are also common.  Although harpsichords had been deployed for a number of pop hits since the 1940's, starting in the 1960's, some record producers increasingly placed the instrument in the foreground of their arrangements.  Inspired partly by the Beatles' song "In My Life" (1965), various groups were incorporating baroque and classical instrumentation by early 1966. The term "baroque rock" was coined in promotional material for the Left Banke, who used harpsichords and violins in their arrangements and whose 1966 song "Walk Away Renée" exemplified the style.  Baroque pop's mainstream popularity faded by the 1970's, partially because punk rock, disco and hard rock took over; nonetheless, music was still produced within the genre's tradition. Philadelphia soul in the 1970's and chamber pop in the 1990's both incorporated the spirit of baroque pop while the latter contested much of the time's low fidelity musical aesthetic.  (Wikipedia)

Baroque pop is to pop music what progressive rock is to rock music. Its more complex forms and song structures involve ambitious movements and varied instrumentation. The term ‘baroque pop’ originated in 1960's music journalism, referring to a trend of using harpsichord in pop songs.

Volume 2 can be found here:

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2021/03/va-if-it-aint-baroque-vol-02-butterboy.html

===========================================================

ALL 

OR

ALL 

===========================================================

Track lists

Vol.1 CD1

01 Rolling Stones Dandelion 3:31

02 Carpenters Druscilla Penny 2:14

03 Wallance Collection Daydream 4:13

04 Billy Nicholls Daytime Girl 2:43

05 Graham Gouldman Impossible Years 2:38

06 Cat Stevens I'm Gonna Be King 2:29

07 Neon Philharmonic Midsummer Night 5:48

08 Zombies Brief Candles 3:30

09 Ars Nova Pavan for My Lady 2:43

10 Harry Nilsson Mournin' Glory Story 2:17

11 Sidewalk Skipper Band Sidewalk Skipper Band - Cynthia at the Garden 2:37

12 Move Mist on a Monday Morning 2:30

13 Nick Drake Fly 2:51

14 Lovin' Spoonful Rain on the Roof 2:13

15 Yellow Balloon Stained Glass Window 2:03

16 Gene Clark 1 the French Girl 2:39

17 Chad & Jeremy Sunstroke 4:10

18 In-Keepers The Cobweb Threads of Autumn 2:53

19 Jimmy Campbell Loving You is All I Do 3:11

20 Left Banke Shadows Breaking Over My Head 2:37

21 Beatles Fixing a Hole 2:38

Vol.1 CD2

22 Bee Gees Turn of the Century [Early Version] 2:23

23 Neil Macarthur (Aka Colin Blunstone) World of Glass 2:27

24 Cilla Black If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind 2:49

25 Del Shannon Mind Over Matter (Mono Version) 2:57

26 Twice as Much True Story 2:42

27 Duncan Browne Give Me Take You 3:15

28 Everly Brothers Bowling Green 2:54

29 Monkees (I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love 3:00

30 Kaleidoscope (Uk) The Sky Children 8:00

31 Rose Garden Flower Tone 3:18

32 Stained Glass Lady in Lace (Non-Lp A-Side) 2:41

33 Turtles Lady-O 2:53

34 Beau Brummels Magic-Hollow 2:51

35 Grateful Dead Mountains of the Moon 4:02

36 Free Design One By One 3:50

37 Buffalo Springfield The Hour of Not Quite Rain 3:40

38 Big Star The India Song 2:14

39 Small Faces Show Me the Way 2:09

40 Wishful Thinking This Time Tomorrow 2:54

41 Idle Race The Lady Who Said She Could Fly 2:22

42 Kinks Too Much on My Mind 2:28

Vol.1 CD3

43 Aphrodite's Child Rain and Tears 3:06

44 Divine Comedy Geronimo 1:53

45 Stranglers Golden Brown 3:27

46 Hollies Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe 2:21

47 Merry-Go-Round You're a Very Lovely Woman 2:50

48 Blades of Grass You Won't Find That Girl 2:19

49 Kippington Lodge And She Cried 2:48

50 Love Andmoreagain 3:16

51 Rolling Stones Lady Jane (Mono) 3:09

52 John Cale Paris 1919 4:23

53 Paul Williams Trust 2:47

54 Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges Um Girassol Da Cor De Seu Cabelo 4:12

55 Appaloosa Tulu Rogers 3:58

56 Kensington Market I Know You 1:58

57 Spanky and Our Gang Sunday Will Never Be the Same 2:59

58 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band The Equestrian Statue 2:49

59 David Bowie Rubber Band (Single Version) 2:04

60 Tom Northcott Other Times 2:02

62 Nirvana (Uk) Pentecost Hotel 2:58

63 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale 4:03

=============================================================

=============================================================