Psychedelic Freakbeat from Great Britain
VA - Jagged Time Lapse Vol. 1-5 [2000-2003] (5 x CDs)
The Jagged Time Lapse series, issued privately between 2000 and 2003, is one of those collector‑driven anthologies that map the outer edges of psychedelic and underground rock with a focus that official labels rarely attempt. Across five volumes, all released as CDr, unofficial compilations , the series digs into obscure singles, album cuts, and regional pressings that shaped the more fractured, exploratory side of late‑sixties and early‑seventies music. The sequencing across the set favours mood and movement rather than chronology, creating a jagged, shifting picture of the era’s more adventurous corners.
The early volumes lean heavily on fuzz‑driven guitar pieces, minor‑key psych, and tracks built around loose, hypnotic rhythms. These are recordings made by bands working outside major‑label structures, often with limited studio time and a strong sense of experimentation. The sound is raw, immediate, and shaped by the imperfections that give underground music its character. As the series progresses, the selections broaden. Folk‑psych, proto‑hard rock, and more atmospheric material appear, giving the later volumes a wider tonal range without losing the rough edges that define the project.
Several inclusions stand out for their clarity and intent. Short, sharp garage‑psych tracks sit alongside longer, drifting pieces that favour texture over structure. The contrast between these approaches gives the series its name: a sense of time fractured, refracted, and stitched together through the lens of private‑press creativity. The compiler’s ear for sequencing keeps the flow intact even as the styles shift.
Jagged Time Lapse forms a portrait of underground music shaped by curiosity rather than commercial ambition. It preserves recordings that might otherwise remain scattered across forgotten pressings, presenting them as part of a larger, restless movement that pushed rock into stranger, more compelling shapes. (B)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Get Out Your Rock and Roll Shoes 3:01
02 Factory - Gone 3:02
03 Movement - Head for The Sun 2:56
04 Leviathan - Second Production 4:40
05 Nashville Teens - Ex Kay One Lx 2:54
06 Dave Clark Five - Concentration Baby 2:30
07 Paul Jones - The Dog Presides 2:40
08 Freedom - Where Wll You Be Tonight 3:05
09 Excelsior Spring - It 2:01
10 Pandamonium - Fly With Me Forever 3:00
11 Fresh Windows - Summer Sun Shines 2:27
12 Jon - Is it Love 2:52
13 Aphrodite's Child - Magic Mirror 2:52
14 Neo Maya - I Won't Hurt You 2:30
15 Sleepy - Love's Immortal Fire 3:12
16 Soft Machine - Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin' 2:52
17 Beatstalkers - Little Boy 3:11
18 End - Loving Sacred Loving 2:49
19 Turquoise - 53 Summer Street 2:53
20 Koobas - Gypsy Fred 3:03
21 Episode Six - I Can See Through You 3:25
22 Blossom Toes - Postcard 2:59
CD2
01 Magic Mixture - So Sad 4:14
02 Balls - Fight for My Country 4:42
03 Village - Long Time Coming 2:39
04 Bulldog Breed - Friday Hill 3:13
05 Nashville Teens - Widdicombe Fair 4:32
06 Cats Eyes - The Loser 3:07
07 Nicols - She Had A Name to Find Out 2:46
08 Cuby and The Blizzards - Window of My Eyes 3:30
09 Keith Meehan - Hooker Street 3:19
10 Griffin - I Am The Noise in Your Head 3:59
11 Leviathan - The War Machines 5:19
12 New York Public Library - Which Way to Go 3:10
13 Lace - The Nun 4:13
14 Tower - In Your Life 4:46
15 Nite People - Morning Sun 2:45
16 Orange Bicycle - Last Cloud Home 3:07
17 Revolver - Imaginations 3:28
18 Heavy Jelly - I Keep Singing That Same Old Song 8:24
19 Mooche - Seen Through A Light 4:40
20 Ning - More Ning 2:40
CD3
01 Beverley - Happy New Year 2:09
02 Rokes - Ride On 2:29
03 Roulettes - Junk 2:34
04 Chris Andrews - Hold On 2:32
05 Julian Covey and The Machine - Sweet Bacon 3:02
06 Dave Clark Five - Maze of Love 2:39
07 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Sun Goes Down 2:52
08 Leviathan - Remember The Times 2:47
09 New York Public Library - Love Me Two Times 2:53
10 Cat's Pyjamas - Camera Man 2:33
11 Stoics - Search for The Sea 2:45
12 Syn - Flowerman 2:35
13 Manfred Mann - You're My Girl 2:47
14 Mud - You're My Mother 2:28
15 Loot - Whenever You're Ready 2:15
16 Bunch - We're Not What We Appear to Be 2:24
17 Fresh Windows - Fashion Conscious 2:24
18 Mindbenders - My New Day and Age 3:04
19 Nightriders - It's Only The Dog 2:10
20 Rockin' Vickers - I Don't Need Your Kind 2:32
21 Equals - The Skies Above 2:25
22 Scenery - Thread of Time 2:37
23 Soft Machine - Love Makes Sweet Music 2:29
24 John Fitch & Associates - Stoned Out of It 2:18
25 V.I.P.'s - Straight Down to The Bottom 2:03
26 Kinetic - The Train 3:08
CD4
01 Dave Clark Five - Five By Five 2:31
02 Barrier - Uh 2:30
03 Epics - Henry Long 2:43
04 Sheridan & Price - Sometimes I Wonder 2:39
05 Rainbows - New Day Dawning 2:50
06 Countdown - Alexandrina 2:26
07 Sweet - The Juicer 3:07
08 Washington DCs - Seek and Find 2:10
09 Young Idea - Colours of Darkness 2:40
10 Leviathan - Just Forget Tomorrow 4:04
11 Artwoods - In The Deep End 3:07
12 Blossom Toes - Telegram Tuesday 2:32
13 Mindbenders - Yellow Brick Road 3:02
14 Searchers - Umbrella Man 2:57
15 Dragons - Heart Transplantation 2:53
16 Nashville Teens - Last Minute 1:57
17 Glass Menagerie - Do My Thing Myself 2:30
18 Dry Ice - Nowhere to Go 2:50
19 Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - I've Seen it All Before 2:48
20 Brainbox - Down Man 2:33
21 Carriage Company - In Your Room 3:44
22 Sleepy - Mrs. Bailey's Barbecue & Grill 3:14
23 Human Instinct - Rich Man 2:37
24 John Bromley - I'm Gonna Love you 'Til I Die 2:54
25 Art - Room Take Away Three 3:02
CD5
01 Beverley - Where The Good Times Are 2:48
02 Rifkin - Continental Hesitation 4:13
03 Gene Latter & The Detours - My Life Ain't Easy 2:13
04 Dave Berry - Latisha 2:28
05 Paul Nicholas - Lamp Lighter 1:58
06 Herman's Hermits - Moonshine Man 2:31
07 Jethro Tull - Aeroplane 2:19
08 Moody Blues - Leave This Man Alone 2:58
09 Mud - House on A Hill 2:41
10 Black Velvet - Clown 2:58
11 Made in Sheffield - Right Satisfied 2:15
12 Legay - The Fantastic Story of The Steam Driven Banana 2:58
13 David McNeil - Don't Let Your Chance Go By 2:37
14 Eire Apparent - The Clown 3:20
15 Wallace Collection - Baby I Don't Mind 2:58
16 Mirage - Chicago Cottage 2:17
17 Loot - Don't Turn Around 2:47
18 Love Sculpture - River to Another Day 2:10
19 Executives - I Ain't Got Nobody 4:22
20 Love Affair - The Tree 2:48
21 Harsh Reality - How Do You Feel 3:08
22 Hardin York - Candlelight 4:33
23 Topo D. Bil - Jam 3:12
24 Kevin Godley - To Fly Away 2:48
25 Graham Gouldman - Chestnut 3:25
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