Thursday, 30 June 2016
New Cherry Red box-set to focus on the British Psychedelic sounds of 1967
John Reed says, "Very pleased to announce details of the next 3-CD box set on Cherry Red Records' Grapefruit Records, due at the end of September. Following hot on the heels of I'm A Freak Baby, Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds remembers the psychedelic explosion of 1967 with many rare and new-to-CD tracks... watch this space!"
LET’S GO DOWN AND BLOW OUR MINDS:
THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF 1967
DISC ONE
THE ALAN BOWN! Toyland
THE ATTACK Magic In The Air
THE TICKLE Subway (Smokey Pokey World)
EPISODE SIX I Can See Through You
DANTALIAN’S CHARIOT The Madman Running Through The Fields
GERANIUM POND Dogs In Baskets
THE SCOTS OF ST. JAMES Eiderdown Clown
GEORGE ALEXANDER Dear Delilah
THE SORROWS Pink Purple Yellow Red
THE MIRAGE Lazy Man (alternative version)
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN Give Him A Flower
TINTERN ABBEY Tanya
FLEUR-DE-LYS Prodigal Son
THE LOMAX ALLIANCE See The People
THE MICKEY FINN Time To Start Loving You
THE FINGERS I Hear The Sun
THE CROCHETED DOUGHNUT RING Nice
THE GOOD THING BRIGADE My House Is Burning
THE MOTIVES Ice Woman
LOUISE Look At The Sun
NEO MAYA I Won’t Hurt You
CLIFF WARD Path Through The Forest
THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Sanity Inspector
THE SUMMER SET ‘Cos It’s Over
THOSE FADIN’ COLOURS Try Me On For Size
THE SLENDER PLENTY Silver Tree Top School For Boys
GUY DARRELL Evil Woman
DISC TWO
ELMER GANTRY’S VELVET OPERA Flames
ONE IN A MILLION Double Sight
PAUL & BARRY RYAN Keep It Out Of Sight
THE PRETTY THINGS Defecting Grey (extended version)
JOHN’S CHILDREN Desdemona
THE DOVES Smokeytime Springtime
JOHN WILLIAMS Flowers In Your Hair
SWEET FEELING All So Long Ago
RUPERT’S PEOPLE Reflections Of Charles Brown
THE RIOT SQUAD featuring DAVID BOWIE Toy Soldier
THE RATS The Rise And Fall Of Bernie Gripplestone
CIRCUS Something To Write About
DAVE DAVIES Funny Face
THE BROOD Village Green
TONY RIVERS & THE CASTAWAYS Mr. Sun
THE PEEP SHOW Your Servant, Stephen
THE UGLYS And The Squire Blew His Horn
THE MOVE Vote For Me
THE HUMAN INSTINCT A Day In My Mind’s Mind
MURRAY HEAD She Was Perfection
PETER & THE WOLVES Little Girl Lost And Found
THE BUNCH Spare A Shilling
BIG JIM SULLIVAN Flower Power
PROCOL HARUM Kaleidoscope (extended stereo mix)
THE SEARCHERS Crazy Dreams
THE ARTWOODS In The Deep End
DISC THREE
OUR PLASTIC DREAM Someone Turned The Light Out
HAT & TIE Finding It Rough
THE FRESH WINDOWS Fashion Conscious
THE GAME The Addicted Man
FELIUS ANDROMEDA Meditations
THE HONEYBUS Delighted To See You (demo version)
ICE So Many Things
THE FLOWER POT MEN A Walk In The Sky
FIVE’S COMPANY Friends And Mirrors
THE LATE Family Tree
THE SECRETS I Think I Need The Cash
SKIP BIFFERTY Skizoid Revolution
THE PURPLE GANG Granny Takes A Trip
THE PICADILLY LINE Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof)
THE OUTER LIMITS Help Me Please
FOCAL POINT ‘Cept Me
JADE HEXAGRAM Great Shadowy Strange
THE TRUTH Busker Bill
THE MOODY BLUES Life’s Not Life
DON CRAINE’S NEW DOWNLINERS SECT I Can’t Get Away From You
THE SYMBOLS Again
THE HI-FI’S Odd Man Out
THE MARMALADE Laughing Man
T. J. ASSEMBLY Ginger
THE 23rd TURN OFF Michelangelo (demo version)
THE Q.P.R. SUPPORTERS Supporters – Support Us
SANDS Listen To The Sky
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Monday, 27 June 2016
Disco's Saturday Night Fiction - the actual inspiration was a Mod
Based on a ‘real’ story, the hit John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever became the prism through which the world viewed disco. Twenty years later it was revealed that the actual inspiration was a British mod called Chris...
Sunday, 26 June 2016
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Quadrophenia 'sequel' director defends project after The Who criticism
Ray Burdis says, “I have never stated that it was a sequel, and if people draw that conclusion from the cast, what can I do?" he told NME.com. "The fact that some of the cast are in my film is purely coincidental; they are old friends who I have known for years, who like the script and have an interest in the Mod culture.”
The secret of being Britain’s best part-time band
Scottish “ska juggernaut” Bombskare have just been named Britain’s best part-time band.
Janette Beckman’s snapshots of musical subcultures
From mods and punks to ska and hip-hop, the photographer documented the scenes of the 70s and 80s. As a show featuring her work opens at the Photographers’ Gallery, she talks through some of her iconic images
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