PSYCHEDELIC POP VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People [2003--2014] (9 x CDs)

PSYCHEDELIC POP

VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People [2003--2014] (9 x CDs)

The “Soft Sounds For Gentle People” series, released by Pet Records between 2003 and 2014, is a wonderful anthology of music that beautifully captures the essence of a past era. This collection of compilation CDs provides listeners with an exclusive sonic voyage through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Included are:

• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 1 [2003]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 2 [2003]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 3 [2004]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People Mystic Males [2005]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 4 [2006]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People Presents... He & She [2007]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Sounds of She [2008]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 5 [2010]
• VA - Soft Sounds For Gentle People Mystic Males Volume 2 [2014]

This series pays homage to the varied and lively music scene of that period, particularly in California. It features a range of genres, such as Psychedelic Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, and Folk Pop/Rock, weaving a rich sonic tapestry that is both calming and stimulating.

A notable track in the series is by Brigadune, a solo endeavor of Shaun Harris, who was also part of The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. This track underscores the series’ dedication to not only showcasing popular hits of the time but also unearthing lesser-known masterpieces that provide a refreshing take on the music of that era.  An unexpected addition to the series is a top 40 hit by Chuck “Scrabble” Woolery, who is primarily known as a game show host. Woolery’s musical input to the series highlights its diverse nature and is a testament to the curators’ commitment to painting a holistic picture of the era’s music, irrespective of the artist’s main profession.

The “Soft Sounds For Gentle People” series was made available at a time when there was a renewed interest in the music of the 1960s and 1970s. The series gave listeners an opportunity to relive the sounds of the past, and for the younger audience, it opened a gateway to discover music they might not have come across otherwise.

The “Soft Sounds For Gentle People” series is a meticulously curated musical expedition that takes listeners back to a crucial period in music history. It underscores the era’s diversity and creativity, from well-known hits to undiscovered gems. Whether you’re a fan of the music from this period just looking to broaden your musical landscape, this series provides a unique and enriching auditory experience. (B)

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Track lists

CD01 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 1

01 Moorpark Intersection - I Think I'll Just Go And Find Me A Flower 3:05

02 Avant Garde - Naturally Stoned 2:13

03 Jim And Dale - Past The State Of Mind 3:16

04 Stained Glass - My Buddy Sin 2:53

05 Pleasure Fair - Today 2:20

06 Hyle King Movement - Flower Smile 2:52

07 Brigadune - I'll Cry Out From My Grave (God I'm Sorry) 2:52

08 Deep Six - C'mon Baby (Blow Your Mind) 2:17

09 Paper Fortress - Sleepy Hollow People 2:33

10 Serendipity Singers - Love Is A State Of Mind 3:08

11 Thorinshield - Brave New World 2:23

12 Lewis & Clarke Expedition - Blue Revelations 2:25

13 Marcus - Grains Of Sand 4:04

14 Stone Country - Mantra 2:22

15 Parade - A.C.D.C. 2:54

16 Rich Kids - Plastic Flowers 3:06

17 Peppermint Trolley Company - 9 O'clock Business Man 2:27

18 Harper And Rowe - Here Comes Yesterday Again 2:38

19 Fun & Games - It Must Have Been The Wind 2:09

20 Fireballs - Groovy Motions 2:46

21 Underground Sunshine - Take Me, Break Me 2:49

22 Fargo - Cross With No Name 2:45

23 Appletree Theatre - You're The Biggest Thing In My Life 3:36

CD02 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 2

01 New Hobbits - I Could Hear The Grass Growing 2:45

02 Collage - My Minds At Ease 2:17

03 Queen Anne's Lace - The Happiest Day Of My Life 2:11

04 Spike Drivers - Drink Up The Wine 2:51

05 Smokey & His Sister - In A Dream Of Silent Seas 2:21

06 Pleasure Fair - Nursery Rhyme 2:39

07 Garden Club - Little Girl Lost & Found 3:03

08 3's A Crowd - Coat Of Colors 2:48

09 Family - San Francisco Waits 2:58

10 Holy Mackeral - Wildflowers 4:00

11 Thorinshield - Lonely Mountain Again 3:18

12 Earth Island - Seasons Of Our Lives 2:43

13 Stone Country - Time Isn't There Anymore 2:55

14 Gates Of Eden - No One Was There 2:40

15 Lewis & Clarke Expedition - Why Must They Pretend 2:32

16 Moorpark Intersection - Yesterday Holds On 2:08

17 Wichita Falls - Ornamental Sideshow 2:57

18 Sounds Of Modification - Carry On Carole 2:55

19 Garden Of Eden - Flower Man 2:09

20 Sounds Of Sunshine - Linda The Untouchable 2:46

21 Growing Society - Just For Fun 2:32

CD03 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 3

01 Mojo - Candle To Burn 2:45

02 West Coast Branch - Where Is The Door? 2:43

03 Pipe Dream - January Girl 3:41

04 Fun And Games - Close To Carmel 2:38

05 Bryan - Learn To Love 2:34

06 Le Cirque - Land Of Oz 2:57

07 Jim And Jean - Time Goes Backwards 3:01

08 Hung Jury - Buses 2:18

09 Status Cymbal - Lovin' Day 2:29

10 Jacobson And Tansley - Dream With Me 1:56

11 Second Helping - Floating Downstream On An Inflatable Rubber Raft 2:29

12 Stained Glass - A Scene In Between 2:37

13 Condello - Oh No 2:43

14 Cinnamon Ship - October Rain 3:21

15 A.M. Gately - Battle In The City 3:13

16 P.K. Limited - My Imagination 3:23

17 Elastik Band - In A Family Tree 2:40

18 Gainsborough Gallery - Light In The Window 2:59

19 Anthony Green & Barry Stagg - Life And Love 4:07

20 Music Bachs - Life And Death 2:25

21 Storybook People - Do You Believe 2:56

22 Serendipity Singers - Rain Doll 2:25

23 Mid Day Rain - Welcome To The Rain 2:39

24 Sundowners - Ring Out Wild Bells 2:29

CD04 Soft Sounds For Gentle People Mystic Males

01 J P Rags - Soul Sunrise 1:15

02 Gordon Alexander - Windy Wednesday 3:24

03 Wharumi - Hunters Of Heaven 2:57

04 Bill & Howdy - Misty Morning Confrontation 3:13

05 Bob Ray - Girl With The Cameo Ring 3:51

06 Michael Blodgett - Fire Engine Sky 2:34

07 Thomas Hill - Glider Pilot 3:46

08 Paul Parrish - Suzanne 2:56

09 Bobby Jameson - Jamie 3:09

10 Dick Domane - Bad Dream 2:57

11 Chip Taylor - You Should Be From Monterey 2:57

12 Tom Parrott - Groovey And Linda 3:19

13 Tommy Roe - Paisley Dreams 3:16

14 Kenny O Dell - Flower Girl 2:36

15 Dino Valente - Birdses 2:34

16 Teddy Neeley - Autumn Afternoon 2:25

17 Bob Lind - Elinor 3:22

18 Bob Siller - In This Tiny Lonesome Place 2:17

19 Vince Donofrio - Daisy 2:41

20 Jim Valley - Invitation 2:33

21 Sunshine - A Sad Thought This Is 2:43

22 Now - Deja Vu 2:52

23 Hamilton Camp - Lonely Place 2:42

CD05 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 4

01 Cosmic Brotherhood - Sunshine World 2:46

02 Luv Birds - Little Faces 2:15

03 Precious Few - The Carnival 2:32

04 1st Century - Dancing Girl 2:13

05 Split Level - Looking At The Rose Through World Colored Glasses 3:07

06 Factory - No Place I'd Rather Be 2:26

07 Central Park - Flower Hill 3:41

08 Phoenix Trolley - Three Part Invention (Too Many Trees) 2:18

09 1st National Band - When Once It Was Good 2:37

10 Rooney Brothers - Geordie 2:05

11 Smithsonian Institute - Boston Bay 2:08

12 Mark Erickson & The Point Dume Boys - Hey, In The Water 2:56

13 Laughing Wind - Don't Take Very Much To See Tomorrow 1:50

14 Thousand Faces - A Thousand Faces 2:35

15 Lemonade Charade - Yellow Brick Road 2:04

16 Lux - When I'm Gone 2:28

17 Chuck Barris Syndicate - Donnie 3:35

18 Jennifer's Friends - Visions 2:50

19 Public Company - Hearts And Flowers 3:16

20 Fragile Lime - Day In The Sun 3:05

21 Fourth Dimension - Land Of Make Believe 2:17

22 Fountain Of Youth - Sunshine On A Cold Morning 2:49

23 Incredible Fog - When The Sun's Gone Down 2:27

CD06 Soft Sounds For Gentle People Presents... He & She

01 The Hubbels - Hippy Dippy Funky Monkey Double Bubble Sitar Man 3:05

02 Tony And Siegrid - Up Here 2:07

03 Kathy And Larry - Time 1:55

04 Friend And Lover - Circus 3:22

05 The Source - You Don't Know What's Going On 2:52

06 Tingling Mother's Circus - Sunday Kind Of Feeling 2:34

07 Bunky And Jake - Taxicab 2:39

08 St.George And Tana - Big Daddy Blues 2:51

09 Rannee And Raj - Rainbow Land 2:11

10 Petticoat And Vine - Riding A Carousel 2:52

11 The Gas Company - Get Out Of My Life 2:13

12 Morley - Faran's Forest 2:59

13 Sunny And Phyllis - I've Been Lost 2:42

14 Tony And Siegrid - You Don't Understand It At All 2:16

15 Good And Plenty - Children Dreamin' 2:17

16 Bobby And I - Love Is For The Sharing 2:42

17 Tony And Terri - California , L.A. 4:01

18 Rejoyce! - Gardens Of Chelsea 3:17

19 Smokey And His Sister - Sheridan Square 2:47

20 Tee And Cara - I Don't Think I Know Her 3:29

21 Stormy And Gabriel - Comin' Down 3:19

22 Gypsy Trips - Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies 2:14

CD07 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Sounds of She

01 Ravelles - Psychedelic Movement 2:32

02 Amanda Ambrose - Green Plant 2:29

03 Enchanted Forest - The Word Is Love 2:51

04 Aquarians - The Aquarians 4:17

05 Guardians Of The Rainbow - What Do You Do When You've Lost Your Love 3:13

06 Lynn Castle With Last Friday's Fire - The Lady Barber 2:11

07 Bunches 'a Good - See The Farmer 2:53

08 Jonna Gault And Her Symphopop Scene - Wonder Why, I Guess 2:46

09 Morningstar - If I Didn't Want To See You Anymore 3:00

10 Sunnygoode Street - Just Another Dream 2:36

11 Keefe Sisters - Love Knows 2:48

12 Pipe Dream - In The Middle Of The Night 2:57

13 Sugar Townes - Billy Sunshine 3:05

14 Estelle Levitt - All I Dream 3:06

15 London Phogg - The Times To Come 2:59

16 Barbara Keith - Fisherman King 2:37

17 Carolyn Hester Coalition - Rise Like Phoenix 3:14

18 Teina - Too Soon 2:55

19 Sally Eaton - Flowers In The Air 5:36

20 Ellen Margulies - Meditation 1968 3:12

21 Marcia Strassman - Self-Analysis 2:28

22 Kathy Gregory - A New Beginning 3:06

23 Kathy Mccord - Rainbow Ride 4:59

CD08 Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol 5

01 Stix & Stonz - Take A Bus 2:17

02 Johnnys - Nothing Scared 2:28

03 Mouse - Look At The Sun 2:36

04 Rainy Daze - Blood Of Oblivion 2:39

05 People - Riding High 2:16

06 Wells And Fargo - Mother Goose Sonata 3:06

07 Things To Come - Hello 2:21

08 Roman Chariot - Five Sensations 2:27

09 Delicate Balance - Autumn Wind 2:27

10 Bentley Road - Kill The Kobra 2:26

11 Charter Members - The World's Kings 2:26

12 Carnival - Four Seasons 2:37

13 Phoenix Trolley - When Charley's Doing His Thing 2:45

14 Misty Morn - Summer Sunshine 2:52

15 Devils Brigade - Dreaming Is 2:33

16 Sandals - House Of Painted Glass 2:33

17 Lollipop Fantasy - It's A Groovy World 2:09

18 Flower Pot - Gentle People 2:42

19 Capes Of Good Hope - Lady Margaret 2:36

20 1st Century - Looking Down 2:18

21 Fraternity Of Man - Wispy Paisley Skies 2:21

CD09 Soft Sounds For Gentle People Mystic Males Volume 2

01 Tyree Forrest - Four Robin Singing 2:41

02 Darrius - How Much Do I Love You 2:17

03 John Dunn - I'm A Deeper Blue 2:20

04 Gerry Pond - Sometime Girl 2:24

05 Shalynn - Flower Song 4:19

06 Ed Powers - London Bound 2:05

07 Dick St. John - Lady Of The Burning Green Jade 3:13

08 Paul Stoop - Daydream 3:53

09 Richard Coronado - Before She Goes 3:42

10 Stephen Hartley - The Other Side 2:25

11 Malcolm Mitchell - Feathers 2:16

12 Art Gee - Tea Gardens 4:20

13 Jeff Monn - My Good Woman 4:59

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