VA - Tin Soldier's Children (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

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VA - Tin Soldier's Children (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Every collector eventually reaches the point where the obvious records are no longer enough. The familiar landmarks remain beloved, but curiosity starts to pull toward the side streets, the labels, the session players, the artists who seemed destined for greatness before slipping quietly through the cracks. This collection begins with one of the defining British singles of the 1960s, Small Faces' "Tin Soldier", then follows those side streets wherever they lead.

The years 1966 to 1969 produced a remarkable body of work that existed between categories. These records were too soulful for straightforward beat music, too aggressive for pop, and often too melodic to sit comfortably alongside the heavier psychedelic underground. Many were released on small labels, promoted briefly, then forgotten as fashions changed. Yet decades later they continue to reward repeated listening.

Immediate Records forms the backbone of the story. The label's adventurous approach allowed artists such as P.P. Arnold, Chris Farlowe, Billy Nicholls and The Nice to create records that sounded ambitious, emotional and distinctly British. Around them emerged a wider network of groups including The Action, The Attack, The End, Fleur de Lys and countless others, each pushing beyond the limitations of the three-minute single.

Rather than simply assembling rare tracks, this set attempts to recreate the atmosphere of the period. The sequence moves from mod soul and sharp R&B into increasingly colourful psychedelia, before arriving at the heavier sounds that would shape the next decade. Along the way are records that have become collector favourites, forgotten masterpieces and a handful of near-mythical releases whose reputations have only grown with time.

What unites them is not rarity but imagination. Whether commercially successful or overlooked on release, these recordings share a sense of possibility, a feeling that British pop music was expanding in every direction at once.

Tin Soldier's Children is not intended as a history lesson or a catalogue of rarities. It is a journey through a brief moment when imagination consistently outran expectation, and when some of the most creative music of the era emerged in places few people were looking. These recordings are the echoes of that moment, still vibrant, still surprising and still capable of opening new doors for those willing to follow the trail.

For listeners who have spent years exploring the world beyond the obvious classics, these four discs offer another journey through one of the richest and most creative periods in popular music.  (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Small Faces - Tin Soldier 3:21 1967

02 P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy 2:55 1967

03 Chris Farlowe - My Way of Giving 2:34 1966

04 Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe 2:43 1968

05 Action - Shadows and Reflections 2:48 1967

06 Fleur De Lys - Mud in Your Eye 3:03 1968

07 Attack - Created By Clive 2:40 1967

08 Nice - Flower King of Flies 3:19 1968

09 Duncan Browne - On The Bombsite 2:47 1968

10 Smoke - Have Some More Tea 2:15 1967

11 Rupert's People - Reflections of Charles Brown 4:17 1967

12 Caleb - Baby Your Phrasing is Bad 3:16 1967

13 End - Shades of Orange 2:40 1968

14 Small Faces - I Feel Much Better 3:55 1967

15 Creation - Biff, Bang, Pow 2:25 1966

16 Game - The Addicted Man 2:23 1968

17 Craig - I Must Be Mad 2:47 1966

18 Billy Nicholls - Daytime Girl 2:43 1968

19 Action - Come Around 2:49 1967

20 Small Faces - Afterglow (Of Your Love) 3:31 1968

CD2

01 Creation - Making Time 2:58 1966

02 Birds - No Good Without You Baby 2:42 1966

03 Sorrows - Take a Heart 3:16 1966

04 Eyes - When The Night Falls 2:36 1966

05 Wimple Winch - Save My Soul 3:07 1966

06 Syn - Grounded 2:24 1967

07 Fairytale - Guess I Was Dreaming 3:02 1967

08 Koobas - Barricades 5:04 1968

09 Smoke - It Could Be Wonderful 2:18 1968

10 Mirage - Hold On 2:20 1966

11 Attack - Magic in the Air 3:38 1968

12 Factory - Try A Little Sunshine 3:43 1967

13 Accent - Red Sky at Night 3:13 1968

14 Flies - House of Love 2:17 1967

15 End - Cardboard Watch 2:54 1968

16 Jason Crest - Black Mass 4:49 1969

17 Open Mind - Dear Louise 3:13 1969

18 Fire - Father's Name Was Dad 2:29 1968

19 Tomorrow - My White Bicycle 3:17 1967

20 Pretty Things - Defecting Grey 4:22 1967

CD3

01 Pretty Things - Talkin' About The Good Times 3:43 1968

02 Small Faces - Song of A Baker 3:16 1968

03 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie 4:13 1969

04 Move - Fire Brigade [Stereo] 2:24 1968

05 Love - Seven and Seven Is 2:47 1966

06 Misunderstood - I Can Take You to The Sun 3:39 1969

07 July - My Clown 3:21 1968

08 Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner 3:06 0

09 Factory - Path Through the Forest 3:58 1968

10 Barrier - Dawn Breaks Through 2:20 1968

11 Open Mind - Magic Potion 3:25 1969

12 Attack - Neville Thumbcatch 3:03 1967

13 Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan 3:17 1968

14 Poets - That's the Way It's Got to Be 2:33 1966

15 Living Daylights - Let's Live for Today 2:53 1967

16 Game - Gonna Get Me Someone 2:46 1968

17 Deviants - I'm Coming Home 5:59 1969

18 Bulldog Breed - Portcullis Gate 2:33 1969

19 Eyes of Blue - Supermarket Full of Cans 2:33 1968

20 Blossom Toes - Peace Loving Man 4:53 1969

CD4

01 Billy Nicholls - Feeling Easy 3:14 1968

02 Duncan Browne - Give Me Take You 3:15 1968

03 Nice - War and Peace 5:09 1968

04 Creation - Painter Man 2:53 1966

05 Action - Never Ever 2:22 1968

06 Les Fleur De Lys - Gong With the Luminous Nose 2:36 1968

07 Fruit Machine - Follow Me 2:55 1968

08 Fox - Butterfly 3:25 1968

09 Magic Mixture - Moonbeams 4:05 1968

10 Wimple Winch - Atmospheres 4:20 1968

11 Rupert's People - Dream on My Mind 3:24 1967

12 Smoke - High in A Room 3:03 1968

13 End - Loving, Sacred Loving 2:59 1969

14 Accent - Wind of Change 2:00 1968

15 Jason Crest - Turquoise Tandem Cycle 3:40 1968

16 Factory - Red Chalk Hill 3:21 1968

17 Small Faces - Green Circles 2:32 1967

18 Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York 3:21 1968

19 Small Faces - Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass [6-68] 2:47 1968

20 P.P.Arnold - Though it Hurts Me Badly 4:20 1968

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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