VA - Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-72) [2013] (3 x CDs)

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VA - Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-72) [2013] (3 x CDs)

2013 three CD collection, a journey through the British Psychedelic and underground scenes 1966-1972. Housed in a clambox with a lavishly annotated and illustrated 36 page booklet, this important release features much rare material, including previously unissued demo recordings by Tintern Abbey and Blossom Toes. Various heavyweight underground bands (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Hawkwind, the Deviants, etc) rub shoulders with acts who recorded some of the rarest, most valuable albums of the era (Forever Amber, Complex, Peter Howell & John Ferdinando), while the box also includes a number of subterranean bands - Middle Earth regulars Jade Hexagram, Neon Pearl, Respect and others - who failed to release anything during their lifetime. Embracing psychedelic pop the burgeoning progressive rock scene and acid folk, Love, Poetry and Revolution draws on a number of catalogs, including Beacon, the Vic Keary stable and various collector labelsto give a fascinating, all-embracing overview of what was a tumultuous few years in British pop/rock history. (Amazon)

Another great box from Grapefruit Records. Well recorded, the sound is superb, and the songs are all great. I am a fan of the era and have many similar compilations. This is a great one. One thing though, if you are expecting garage quality rock, this is not it. This is very well recorded and sounds really great. Nothing amateur about these tunes or bands.This is a great compilation of British psyche, some familiar items but some of these are alternative versions, genuine rarities.

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Track lists

CD1   

01 Deep Feeling Pretty Colours 3:06

02 Misunderstood Find the Hidden Door 2:17

03 In Crowd Am I Glad to See You? 4:29

04 Drag Set Day and Night 2:17

05 Tuesday's Children A Strange Light From the East 2:26

06 Mirage The Wedding of Ramona Blair 2:14

07 Hi-Fi's Tread Softly for the Sleepers 2:12

08 Spencer Davis Group Mr Second Class 3:16

09 Tintern Abbey Busy Bee 3:51

10 Blossom Toes I'll Be Late for Tea 3:16

11 Crazy World of Arthur Brown Devil's Grip 3:22

12 Sands Mrs Gillespie's Refrigerator 2:06

13 Shame Don't Go 'way Little Girl 3:06

14 Picadilly Line Rosemary's Bluebell Day 3:11

15 Crocheted Doughnut Ring Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron) 3:02

16 Mike Stuart Span Second Production 3:44

17 Felius Andromeda Cheadle Heath Delusions 2:46

18 Neon Pearl Just Another Day 3:50

19 John's Children Jagged Time Lapse 2:50

20 One in a Million Man in Yellow 2:29

21 Jade Hexagram Crushed Purple 2:54

22 Denis Couldry & the Next Collection I Am Nearly There 3:18

23 Alan Bown Story Book 3:22

24 Simon's Secrets Naughty Boy 2:07

25 Cortinas Phoebe's Flower Shop 2:45

26 Deviants Child of the Sky 4:27

CD2

01 Spencer Davis Group Morning Sun 3:25

02 Mirage Ebaneezer Beaver 2:18

03 West Coast Consortium Amanda Jane 3:23

04 Jason Crest Teagarden Lane 4:07

05 Flies Winter Afternoon 2:46

06 Deviants You've Got to Hold On 3:53

07 Crazy World of Arthur Brown Nightmare 3:30

08 Sun Dragon Peacock Dress 2:20

09 John Ferdinando; Peter Howell Jabberwocky 3:45

10 Forever Amber Bits of Your Life, Bits of My Life 2:30

11 Please Strange Ways 3:24

12 Liverpool Scene We'll All Be Spacemen Before We Die 5:52

13 Serendipity Castles [Full-Length Version] 5:29

14 Sorrows The Makers 6:25

15 Second Hand A Fairy Tale 2:14

16 Information Oh Strange Man 2:28

17 Shy Limbs Love 2:59

18 Hardin & York Tomorrow Today 3:36

19 Infinity Venetian Glass 1:54

20 Mic Read What the Dickens 2:52

21 Respect Santa Lucia 2:37

22 Fat Mattress Iridescent Butterfly 3:44

CD3

01 Open Mind Magic Potion 3:25

02 Phil Cordell Red Lady 2:30

03 Taiconderoga Whitchi Tai To 3:06

04 Hawkwind Zoo Hurry on Sundown 6:58

05 Principal Edwards Magic Theatre Lament for the Earth 4:50

06 Czar Ritual Fire Dance 7:38

07 Fut Have Your Heard the Word 4:32

08 Paper Bubble Fillin' a Gap 3:17

09 Fox Butterfly 3:26

10 Complex Images Blue 4:30

11 Octopus Rainchild 3:06

12 T2 Careful Sam 5:45

13 Simon Finn Laughing 'til Tomorrow 2:55

14 Beau Creation 4:08

15 Bill Nelson End of the Seasons 2:59

16 Mark Fry The Witch 6:43

17 Kevin Coyne Evil Island Home 5:03

18 Kevin Coyne [Untitled] 3:53

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