Blimey! There’s More!! Three more discs of British Psychedelia from Urbanaspirines
Various: Looking At The Pictures In The Sky (The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968) 2017
Status Quo - Technicolour Dreams (in Germany!) 1969
Following the 3 CD box "Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds", this latest box collects British (and Irish) singles, alternates, album tracks, unreleased tracks, and little known but classics tracks from '68. There's about four hours of music herewith (except for a track from an acetate) decent to very good sound. The 41 page booklet has track-by-track information which is valuable for fans of this music, along with ephemera from that period.
2017 three CD collection re-issued with new artwork and revised tracklisting. It goes without saying that 1968 doesn't have the same kind of cachet as 1967 - a year that, in musical terms, will always be indelibly associated with the Summer of Love, Sgt. Pepper and the emergence of psychedelia. But although the major players turned away from the excesses of the previous year in favor of a back-to-basics musical approach, there were arguably a greater number of psychedelic records made in 1968 than during the preceding twelve months.
From the Crazy World of Arthur Brown to the Procul Harum and Status Quo to Jethro Toe (Tull) songwriters like Graham Gouldman (100cc) to The Move and Spenser Davis Group these are the roots of Brit Pop/Rock incarnation number one!
Read on here as ever Kostas’ notes are as worth reading as the discs are listening to! looking at pictures in the sky . . . .
Graham Gouldman - Upstairs Downstairs
I don't know most of these bands. Obscure British Psychedelic groups. What a collection! Thank you for the repost my Rock brother.
ReplyDeleteAmazing collection and links abound to future music (to 10cc and the like). Extraordinary era really! Always welcome Kostas and loved this series! Hysterically funny but also fascinating!
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