VA - Pop Psych Sounds from The Apple Era [2003-2013] (5 x CD's)

POP PSYCH SOUNDS

VA - Pop Psych Sounds from The Apple Era [2003-2013] (5 x CD's)

VA - 94 Baker Street (The Pop-Psych Sounds of the Apple Era 1967-1969) [2003]
Beatles collectors, jump on this one if you have not already. This CD fills in some Apple-related gaps nicely. Apple Publishing was kept busy in the late 60’s with several tracks by Grapefruit, Focal Point, Ways and Means, Misunderstood, Paintbox and John Fitch and Associates. Some of these saw the light of day and others not but there is not a bad track here.  This compilation by RPM highlights the exciting pop & psych sounds that originated at 94 Baker St., where The Beatles launched their Apple organization.  Includes many very rare, previously unreleased, & exclusive tracks. RPM. If you love Syd Barrett you must own a copy of "Sycamore Sid" (actual track one) by Focal Point. It is the best Syd Barrett-style lyric I've ever heard, other than Syd's own. Truly, one of the greatest and most hilarious unheard sixties gems. If the disc contained only this song, it would be worth your few quid. You must also experience the mind-blowing psych of "Lullaby" by Grapefruit, also one of the greatest sixties obscurities, fusing elements of Hollies, Beatles and Beach Boys. Utterly lovely. Certainly, the Iveys (who grew up to be Badfinger)demos are fantastic,propelled by the energy of the Who (especially the dead-on Who impression "Tube Train") and the harmonies of the Hollies and Beatles. Tremendous stuff. (Amazon)

VA - An Apple A Day (More Pop-Psych Sounds From The Apple Era 1967-1969) [2006]
With the assistance of, the author of the History of the Beatles Apple Organization book, we have constructed a second volume. The Apple Music publishing company was first into battle for the new organization, making it's initial signings in mid 1967, in fact before the company even got to 94 Baker St. Over the next two years they demoed many writers and placed recordings where possible. Inevitably given the amount recorded much remained unissued and we are happy to be able to give many of those songs a well deserved airing. Highlights includes four more previously unissued Iveys tracks, the first recordings of Gallagher & Lyle, and the cult Bachdenkel who provide the title track. The sleeve notes are a lovingly documented essay by Stefan Granados including many rare pictures and memorabilia. (Amazon)

VA - Treacle Toffee World Further Adventures into the Pop-Psych Sounds from the Apple Era 1 [2008]
Comprises of 18 new and very rare tracks, completes the exploration of the catalogue of the Beatles' Apple Music Publishing company that began with RPM's release of '94 Baker Street' in 2003. George Alexander of Grapefruit, Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Ron Griffiths of The Iveys & Badfinger, Dave Lambert [Fire, Strawbs] and Gallagher & Lyle were but a few of the impressive stable of song writers under contract to Apple Music, and these are all represented here. (Amazon)

VA - Lovers From The Sky (Pop Psych Sounds from The Apple Era 1968-1971) [2010]
The fourth installment in the series explores the archive of songs and songwriters once signed to Apple Music. Favorites are present again in songs from the pens of George Alexander and Gallagher & Lyle. The majority however are new to the series including some terrific previously unreleased full recording demos from Promise and Contact. Known names crop up too with Timon, Brute Force, the Foremost and Stefan Grossman. Also the Focal Point make a welcome return after appearing on Volume One of this series. (Amazon)

VA - 94 Baker Street Revisited (Poptastic Sounds from The Apple Era 1967-1968) [2013]
The fifth volume in RPM's successful series unearthing the delights of the Apple Music song catalog. Sure to find favor with collectors of the previous volumes, added to which we have 17 previously unreleased tracks, and all but one of the artists are new to the series. Volume 5 has a strong flavor of the prevailing pop sound with acts coming out of the Beat era such as the Liverpool artists Buddy Britten, and the Perishers. Barry Alexander went on to form the harmony pop band Design. Rights of Man became Grapefruit. As before, the package comes with a detailed booklet containing fascinating artist stories pulled together by Apple Music expert Stefan Granados. (Amazon)

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Track Lists

VA - 94 Baker Street (The Pop-Psych Sounds Of The Apple Era 1967-1969) [2003]

01    Focal Point    Sycamore Sid    2:41
02    Focal Point    Love You Forever    2:58
03    Focal Point    Never Never    3:27
04    Focal Point    Girl On The Corner    2:22
05    Focal Point    'Cept Me    2:53
06    Grape Fruit    Dear Delilah    2:36
07    Grape Fruit    Ain't It Good    2:40
08    Grape Fruit    Lullaby    3:16
09    Grape Fruit    Another Game    2:50
10    Ways And Means    Breaking Up A Dream    2:29
11    Iveys    I'm Too Shy    2:46
12    Iveys    Maybe Tomorrow    2:46
13    Iveys    Tube Train    2:28
14    Iveys    She Came Out Of The Cold    2:43
15    Iveys    I've Been There Once Before    5:01
16    Paintbox    Getting Ready For Love    3:04
17    John Fitch And Associates    Romantic Attitude    3:24
18    John Fitch And Associates    Stoned Out Of It    2:24

VA - An Apple A Day (More Pop-Psych Sounds From The Apple Era 1967-1969) [2006]

01    U (Don't) No Who    An Apple A Day    2:30
02    Jigsaw    Great Idea    2:35
03    Gallagher & Lyle    Ivy Unrehearsed    2:24
04    Denis Couldry    I Am Nearly There    3:17
05    The Iveys    Black & White Rainbows    2:20
06    Iveys    Girl Next-Door In The Mini-Skirt    2:52
07    Lace    Soldier    3:34
08    Gallagher & Lyle    Technicolour Dream    3:14
09    Gallagher & Lyle    In Your Wonderful Way    2:32
10    Mortimer    People Who Are Different    6:52
11    Iveys    Tomorrow's Today    2:23
12    Denis Couldry    James In The Basement    2:48
13    U (Don't) No Who    Strange People    3:20
14    Majority    Charlotte Rose    2:53
15    Goldrush    Somebody's Turning On The People    2:00
16    Second Hand    Fairytale    2:14
17    Turquoise    Sister Saxophone    3:09
18    U (Don't) No Who    Now And Again Rebecca    3:09
19    Iveys    Mr. Strangeways    3:06
20    Cups    Good As Gold    2:51
21    Turquoise    Woodstock    3:24
22    Peter Cooper    Evil Loving Woman    2:22

VA - Treacle Toffee World Further Adventures into the Pop-Psych Sounds from the Apple Era 1 [2008]

01    Fire    Father's Name Is Dad    2:32
02    Sands    Listen to the Sky    3:46
03    Grapefruit    Trying to Make It to Monday    3:10
04    Peter Huckstep    Forgive and Forget    2:46
05    Gallagher & Lyle    Goodbye Mozart    3:20
06    Fire    Spare a Copper    2:41
07    Peter Huckstep    Even the Sun Shines Cold    2:22
08    Iveys    Bittersweet Adeiu    2:59
09    Dennis Couldry    Tea and Toast Mr Watson    2:32
10    Fire    Treacle Toffee World    2:08
11    Grapefruit    Fall of the Castle    3:03
12    Dennis Couldry    Penny for the Wind    2:42
13    23rd Turnoff    Another Vincent Van Gough    2:19
14    Peter Huckstep    Thinking Pictures    3:15
15    Iveys    How Does It Feel    1:59
16    Fire    Will I Find Love    2:19
17    Legay    Fantastic Story of the Stream Driven Banana    2:56
18    Grapefruit    This Little Man    2:52


VA - Lovers From The Sky (Pop Psych Sounds from The Apple Era 1968-1971) [2010]

01    Andy Ellison    Fool From Upper Eden    2:48
02    Focal Point    Far Away From Forever    3:37
03    Promise    Not Sarah    3:00
04    Fourmost    Do I Know You?    2:20
05    Moving Finger    Jeremy The Lamp    2:39
06    Contact    Lovers From The Sky    2:36
07    Brute Force    King Of Fuh    3:00
08    Fourmost    Just Like Before    2:24
09    Stefan Grossman    Not You, Or I, My Dear    2:24
10    Timon    Now She Says She's Young    3:02
11    Promise    Where Love's Concerned    2:13
12    Marilyn Powell    Something To Hold On To    2:50
13    Focal Point    Lonely Woman    3:25
14    Brute Force    Nobody Knows    2:56
15    Contact    Round And Round    3:49
16    Focal Point    Tales From The GPO Files    2:16
17    Fourmost    Rosetta    2:09
18    Marzipan    Sweet Water Mary    3:11
19    Lon And Derrek Van Eaton    Sweet Music    2:14

VA - 94 Baker Street Revisited (Poptastic Sounds from The Apple Era 1967-1968) [2013]

01    George Alexander    You've Got a Hold On Someone    3:10
02    Joker    Hold On    3:44
03    Buddy Britten    It's You    2:07
04    George Alexander    This Little Man MK 1    2:42
05    Robert & Miles Priestley    Windy Love Affair    1:52
06    Buddy Britten    It's Better to Have Loved    2:14
07    Coconut Mushroom    Any Day Now    2:52
08    Barry Alexander    Fairytale Princess    2:47
09    Joker    Jacqueline    2:28
10    George Alexander    Fool from Upper Eden    3:38
11    Coconut Mushroom    Run Run Run    2:05
12    Timon    Something New Everyday    3:04
13    Joker    Sailing    2:29
14    Coconut Mushroom    Mirror    2:29
15    Timon    Who Needs a King    3:01
16    Barry Alexander    Kingfisher    2:29
17    Joker    Festival of the Harvest Moon    3:23
18    Coconut Mushroom    Like a Butterfly    3:00
19    Joker    Rip Van Winkle    3:43
20    Perishers    How Does It Feel    3:02
21    Coconut Mushroom    Without Her    2:44
22    Buddy Britten & Ronnie Droy    You Still Haven't Told Me    2:27

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