VA - Middle Earth, The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 [2025] (3 x CDs)

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VA - Middle Earth, The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 [2025] (3 x CDs)

Step into a time when the air was thick with swirling colors, wild ideas, and the pulse of a new sonic revolution. Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 is more than just a collection, it’s a portal back to a world where music wasn’t just played but lived.

This 3-CD box set, released in 2025 released by Strawberry Records, captures the magic of Middle Earth, the club that stood at the heart of London’s late-’60s underground. Originally known as The Electric Garden, Middle Earth was more than a venue, it was a meeting place for dreamers, rebels, and artists shaping the psychedelic era.

With 64 tracks, this collection takes you deep into the sounds that defined the time. UK trailblazers like Soft Machine, Fleetwood Mac, and Fairport Convention rub shoulders with American icons such as Jefferson Airplane and Captain Beefheart. The Deviants and Dantalion’s Chariot bring their own strange and wonderful flavors to the mix. Even David Bowie makes an appearance, captured in an early performance with The Riot Squad, a fleeting moment of history frozen in sound.

From The Who’s Magic Bus to Fleetwood Mac’s Black Magic Woman, every track on this set carries the spirit of an era when boundaries were meant to be broken. There’s even space for rarities, like Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, a band that would soon evolve into Yes.

This isn’t just a collection, it’s an experience. It’s a love letter to a time when music was freedom and every night felt like the beginning of something new. Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 invites you to step through the doors and lose yourself in the sound of history. Enjoy! (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Family - A Good Friend of Mine 3:34

02 Soft Machine - I Should Have Known 7:31

03 In Crowd - Am I Glad to See You 4:28

04 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity - a Kind of Love-In 2:36

05 Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Salisbury Plain 2:36

06 Fairport Convention - Time Will Show the Wiser 3:07

07 Paper Blitz Tissue - Grey Man 3:20

08 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Devil's Grip 3:21

09 Riot Squad Ft David Bowie - I'm Waiting for My Man 4:02

10 Flies - House of Love 2:22

11 Keith Dangerfield & the Way Ahead - She's a Witch 3:39

12 Graham Bond - Strange Times, Sad Times 4:05

13 Tales of Justine - Monday Morning 3:23

14 Denny Laine - Too Much in Love 2:28

15 Picadilly Line - How Could You Say You're Leaving Me 2:39

16 Third Ear Band - Raga No. 1 7:14

17 Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Images of You and Me 4:49

18 Action - Climbing Up the Wall (See Me) 3:25

19 Blossom Toes - Telegram Tuesday 2:40

20 Eyes of Blue - Prodigal Son 5:34

21 Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band - Canyons of Your Mind 2:49

CD2

01 Incredible String Band - Way Back in the 1960S 3:13

02 Traffic - Feeling Alright 4:19

03 Ten Years After - Portable People 2:15

04 Knack - (The Man from the) Marriage Guidance and Advice Bureau 3:49

05 Pretty Things - Balloon Burning 3:48

06 Electric Prunes - Long Day's Flight 3:11

07 Dr. K's Blues Band - Pet Cream Man 6:21

08 Eclection - Mark Time 2:48

09 Dantalion's Chariot - Soma (Parts 1 & 2) 6:14

10 Blonde on Blonde - All Day, All Night 3:35

11 Yardbirds - Drinking Muddy Water 2:53

12 Deviants - Garbage 5:36

13 Captain Beefheart - Yellow Brick Road 2:26

14 Spooky Tooth - Sunshine Help Me 3:06

15 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman 2:53

16 Tim Rose - Dim Light a Burning 3:17

17 Champion Jack Dupree - I Haven't Done No-One No Harm 2:40

18 Tim Buckley - Wings 2:33

19 Amalgam - Prayer for Peace 7:32

20 Chris McGregor Septet - Up to Earth 7:12

CD3

01 Byrds - Artificial Energy 2:22

02 Mindbenders - Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man 2:25

03 Small Faces - Yesterday Today and Tomorrow 1:56

04 Free - I'm a Mover 2:58

05 Junior's Eyes - Black Snake 2:40

06 Edgar Broughton Band - Evil 2:36

07 Killing Floor - Forget It! 5:31

08 Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation 2:56

09 Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments - the Week Looked Good on Paper 5:22

10 Canned Heat - on the Road Again 4:58

11 Chicken Shack - Worried About My Woman 2:37

12 Fugs - Crystal Liaison 3:08

13 Who - Magic Bus 3:23

14 Liverpool Scene - Baby 2:43

15 John James - Maybelle Rag 2:14

16 Yes - Sweetness 4:34

17 Sleepy - Love's Immortal Fire 3:12

18 Gun - Sunshine 4:27

19 Arcadium - Woman of a Thousand Years 3:38

20 Barclay James Harvest - Poor Wages 2:34

21 Love Sculpture - Wang Dang Doodle 3:31

22 Steamhammer - Lost You Too 3:30

23 Vamp - Floatin' 2:33

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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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