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SUNSHINE POP
VA - Hidden Sunbeams (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)
Hidden Sunbeams gathers together a very particular kind of light, the soft, harmony‑rich glow of Sunshine Pop in its purest form. Between 1966 and 1969, a small circle of writers, arrangers, and studio groups shaped a genre defined not by chart positions, but by tone, bright melodies, soft‑psych shimmer, baroque touches, and a sense of optimism that seemed to float above the era around it. This collection follows that definition strictly. No beat or mod detours, no garage grit, no bubblegum, no MOR or AM‑pop drift. Just the unmistakable architecture of true Sunshine Pop, built on stacked vocals, pastel arrangements, and a melodic lift that feels weightless.
The strictness matters. Sunshine Pop was never a broad category, it was a narrow, carefully‑drawn studio sound, often created by musicians who moved between projects under different names, leaving behind 45s and album tracks that slipped into obscurity almost as soon as they appeared. Many of the recordings here were pressed in small quantities, distributed regionally, or buried on albums that never reached the audience they deserved. Their rarity isn’t a marketing angle, it’s the natural result of a genre that thrived in the margins, where ambition outpaced commercial reach.
Across four discs, Hidden Sunbeams traces the full spectrum of that sound, the bright, iconic signatures of The Association and The 5th Dimension; the soft‑psych sophistication of Sagittarius, The Millennium, and Free Design; the UK pastel‑baroque of Honeybus, Orange Bicycle, and West Coast Consortium, and the deep‑cut rarities that collectors have chased for decades, Colors of Love, Ellie Janov, Jango’s Carrousel, Fat Man’s Music Festival, and Collage at their most luminous.
These songs were built for clarity, colour, and craft, and for a moment, they made the world feel lighter. Hidden Sunbeams brings that moment back into view. Don't we just need it. (B)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday 2:49 1969
02 Association - Windy 2:55 1967
03 5th Dimension - Up - Up and Away 2:39 1967
04 Harpers Bizarre - Chattanooga Choo Choo 2:35 1967
05 Parade - Sunshine Girl 2:46 1967
06 Free Design - Bubbles 2:17 1968
07 Love Generation - Johnny & Louise (She Didn't Forget Her Shoes) 2:58 1967
08 Coronados - Hey Love 2:29 1967
09 Sandpipers - Glass 3:12 1967
10 Friend & Lover - Reach Out of The Darkness 3:08 1968
11 Sagittarius - Would You Like to Go 2:36 1968
12 Millennium - It's You (Mono) 3:11 1968
13 Roger Nichols - Don't Take Your Time 2:29 1968
14 Ballroom - Magic Time 2:49 1968
15 Turtles - You Know What I Mean 2:03 1967
16 Going Thing - Butterflies Are Free 2:22 1968
17 Neon Philharmonic - Morning Girl 2:11 1969
18 Holy Mackerel - Bitter Honey 2:16 1968
19 Critters - Because You Came to See Me Today 2:14 1967
20 Gordian Knot - We Must Be Doing Somethin' Right 2:49 1968
CD2
01 Cyrkle - Turn-Down Day 2:34 1966
02 Monkees - Sometime in The Morning 2:30 1967
03 Friends - Piccolo Man 2:13 1968
04 Flowerpot Men - Let's Go to San Francisco 3:38 1967
05 Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go 2:56 1968
06 Sunshine Company - Happy 1:58 1967
07 The Montanas - Roundabout 2:46 1968
08 Smoke - We Can Take It 2:47 1967
09 Eternity's Children - Sunshine Among Us 2:45 1968
10 Pleasure Fair - Morning Glory Days 2:35 1967
11 The Young Idea - Colours of Darkness 2:44 1968
12 Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads 2:54 1967
13 West Coast Consortium - Some Other Someday 2:56 1968
14 Tokens - Animal 3:16 1968
15 Episode Six - Sunshine Girl 2:49 1968
16 Morning Sun - Someday 2:06 1968
17 Arbors - A Symphony for Susan 2:37 1969
18 Carnival - Hope 2:56 1969
19 Twilights - Comin' on Down 2:12 1968
20 Peppermint Trolley Company - Trust 2:39 1968
CD3
01 Fun & Games - The Grooviest Girl in the World 2:54 1968
02 Merry-Go-Round - You're A Very Lovely Woman 2:54 1967
03 Montanas - You've Got to Be Loved 2:53 1967
04 Collage - Virginia Days Ragtime Memories 3:22 1969
05 Zombies - Friends of Mine 2:16 1968
06 Parade - She Sleeps Alone 2:06 1967
07 Roger Nichols - Can I Go 2:10 1968
08 Yellow Balloon - Stained Glass Window 2:07 1967
09 Peppermint Rainbow - Pink Lemonade 2:06 1969
10 Tuneful Trolley - Hello Love 2:47 1968
11 Eternity's Children - Again Again 3:05 1968
12 Free Design - My Brother Woody 2:34 1967
13 Millennium - Blight 2:52 1968
14 Rainbow People - The Walk Will Do You Good 2:16 1967
15 Collage - Rainy Blue Memory 2:15 1969
16 Twilights - What's Wrong With the Way I Live 1:58 1967
17 Morning Reign - Wait Til You See 2:15 1968
18 Bystanders - Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day 3:12 1968
19 Sunshine Company - Back on the Street Again 2:30 1967
20 Neon Philharmonic - No One is Going to Hurt You 3:58 1969
CD4
01 Fun and Games - Close to Carmel 2:37 1968
02 Colors of Love - Up on A Cotton Cloud 2:47 1968
03 Forte Four - Don't Let The Sun Shine on Me 1:58 1968
04 Thomas Group - Autumn 2:32 1968
05 Dusk - If We Just Leave Today 2:10 1968
06 Ellie Janov - Portobello Road 2:47 1968
07 Jango's Carrousel - You Never Got to Know Me 2:06 1968
08 Fat Man's Music Festival - Boats of Angel Bay 3:13 1969
09 Peppermint Trolley Company - Spinnin' Whirlin' 'Round 3:04 1968
10 Pete Samson - Symphonies 2:47 1968
11 Twinn Connexion - Oh What A Lovely Day 2:45 1969
12 Art Nouveaux - Way to Play 2:24 1968
13 Thomas Group - Ordinary Girl (I've Got A Special Kind of Love for You) 2:19 1968
14 Cowsills - We Can Fly 2:15 1968
15 Honeybus - (Do I Figure) in Your Life 2:34 1968
16 Tokens - Portrait of My Love 2:21 1967
17 Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday 2:31 1969
18 Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon 2:19 1967
19 Zombies - This Will Be Our Year 2:03 1968
20 Collage - My Mind's at Ease 2:15 1969
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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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