Following on from last months ‘Unbelievable’ compilation, here we go with another set of songs from just before the Britpop era. The majority of the songs comes from 1992-1993 with the odd song from before this and just after, but these seemed to fit better on this compilation that the main Britpop Years ones. The only anomalies to all these are ‘The Shoe Of The Moon’ by The Waterboys and ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’ by Morrissey. The Waterboys songs originally came out in 1985, but I only became aware of it from the 1991 re-release so it fits in here better (for me anyway) than an 80s compilation.
Disc 1
Connected – Stereo MC’s
Hit – The Sugarcubes
Ebeneezer Goode – The Shaman
Jump Around – House Of Pain
Ain’t No Love (Radio Edit) – Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams
Regret – New Order
Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
For Love – Lush
Sex Type Thing – Stone Temple Pilots
Far Gone & Out – The Jesus & Mary Chain
Rocks – Primal Scream
Spin The Bottle – Juliana Hatfield 3
No Rain – Blind Melon
Two Princes – Spin Doctors
Lenny Valentino – The Auteurs
Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
Is It Like Today – World Party
So Glad (Single Version) – Thrum
Creation – Stereo MC’s
Haze On The Hills/The Majestic Song – The Tea Party
We were unable to recreate this playlist on Spotify due to one or more songs not being available on that platform.
Disc 2
Born Of Frustration – James
Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera
Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
Movie’ On Up – Primal Scream
Whole Of The Moon – The Waterboys
Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
Alice, What’s The Matter – Terrorvision
Shadow Of The Season – Strangelove
Lucky You – The Lightning Seeds
Welcome To The Cheap Seats – The Wonder Stuff
Step It Up – Stereo MC’s
Creep – Radiohead
Babies – Pulp
Put The Message In The Box – World Party
Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
Wild Wood – Paul Weller
One – U2
Me In Honey – R.E.M.
The artwork is adapted from the compilation of the same name that came out in 2002.
For the next set in The Britpop Years collection, there are less of the big hitters and more of the groups that would not be considered Britpop, especially those acts that were not from UK.
Disc 1
Stuck On Amber (Original Mix) – The Boo Radley
I Believe (Edit) – Booth & The Bad Angel
Trash – Suede
Slight Return – The Bluetones
Sick & Tired – The Cardigans
Where The Wild Roses Grow – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
In The Name Of The Father – Black Grape
A Design For Life – Manic Street Preachers
Buddy Holly – Weezer
Caught By The Fuzz – Supergrass
All Gone Away – Joyrider
Better Day – Ocean Colour Scene
This Is Hardcore – Pulp
Your Star Will Shine – The Stone Roses
Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt – Terrovision
Karma Police – Radiohead
Waiting For The Sun – Thrum
Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
Stay Together (Full Length Version) – Suede
I cannot reproduce this play list here as one or more of these songs are not available on Spotify
Disc 2
Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
Sale Of The Century – Sleeper
What’s In The Box (See Whatcha Got) – The Boo Radleys
The first of another month has come around and that means it must be time for another compilation of quality Britpop era tunes. I normally pick songs between the years 1994 and 1997, which is when I was at University and Britpop rules the waves. With this volume however, it seems that a stray tracks or two has snuck in from other years. ‘Low’ by Cracker was released in 1993 and Let’s Get Together by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynchi was released in 1998. There also are a few more artists from outside of the British Isles on this one as well as a few song songs taken from the rather wonderful H.E.L.P. compilation. This was a project where several artists went into recording studios on the same day with the idea of producing enough material for an album which would raise money for children living in war torn Yugoslavia. In my opinion, this was one of the greatest charity albums of all time.
Disc 1
Tattva – Kula Shaker
On The Rose – Tiger
Need You Around – Smoking Popes
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Alright – Cast
Girls & Boys – Blur
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – Neneh Cherry & Trout
Randrops Keep Falling On My Head – Manic Street Preachers
Ain’t That Enough – Teenage Fanclub
Getting Better – Shed Seven
Where I Find My Heaven – Gigolo Aunts
Let’s Get Together – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynchi
Roads – Portishead
Fighting Fit – Gene
Inbetweener – Sleeper
Australia – Manic Street Preachers
She Said – Longpigs
Step Into My World – Hurricane #1
If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You – Super Furry Animals
The Masterplan – Oasis
Disc 2
It’s Oh So Quiet – Bjork
Whole Lotta Love – Goldbug
Setting Sun – The Chemical Brothers
Sonnet – The Verve
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get – Morrissey
Connection – Elastica
In A Room – Dodgy
Shipbuilding – Suede
Dream A Little Dream – Terry Hall & Salad
Angel Interceptor – Ash
Jealousy – Octopus
Low – Cracker
Help The Aged – Pulp
Ride The Tiger – The Boo Radleys
Country House – Blur
For The Dead – Gene
Something 4 The Weekend – Super Furry Animals
Songs Of Love – The Divine Comedy
Nothing Lasts Forever – Echo & The Bunnymen
Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
Judas Mon Coeur (French Version) – Belly
One or more of the songs on this collection were not available on Spotify.
It is the first of the month so time for another Britpop Years compilation. Once again, this is not a playlist of Britpop songs/bands (even though the vast majority are), this includes music that came from the years 1994-97.
Disc 1
Wake Up Boo! – The Boo Radleys
Alright – Supergrass
Sorted For E’s & Whizz – Pulp
This Is A Call – Foo Fighters
God! Show Me Magic – Super Furry Animals
Block Rockin’ Beats – The Chemical Brothers
The Day We Caught The Train – Ocean Colour Scene
Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
Oh Yeah – Ash
Peaches – The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Battle Of Who Could Care Less – Ben Folds Five
North Country Boy – The Charlatans (UK)
The Universal – Blur
Staying Out For The Summer – Dodgy
You Can Talk To Me – The Seahorses
King Of The Kerb – Echobelly
Beautiful Ones – Suede
Only Happy When It Rains – Garbage
You Do – McAlmont & Butler
Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
Smile – The Supernaturals
Disc 2
Reverend Black Grape – Black Grape
Annie – Elastica
Lump – The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Motorbike To Heaven – Salad
Sour Times – Portishead
Lost Myself – Longpigs
One Night Stand – The Aloof
Into The Blue – Geneva
Common People – Pulp
Drop Dead Gorgeous – Republica
Just – Radiohead
Stupid Girl – Garbage
Kung Fu – Ash
Perseverance – Terrorvision
Live Forever – Oasis
The Day Before Yesterday’s Man – The Supernaturals
I cannot believe that it is 30 years since the earliest releases of what would become Britpop came out. Yes, that period of the mid-90s where British bands seems to embraced the British music scenes of the late 60s, punk and glam rock vides of the 70s and even some indie influences of the 80s. This was where Cool Britannia became a thing and lad culture came to the fore. Women also got in on the act for those of you who remember The Girlie Show. Ah Britpop, the soundtrack to my university days and what days they were. I had never been into a current music scene before as I had always been looking backwards to the 60s and 70s for my musical fix. However, I was all over Britpop in a way I had not been before, and as it would turn out, since.
Like any other music scene, it is difficult to pinpoint what the first release was. For me, the first of the so called Britpop bands I heard was Suede, even though it was only through the music press than their music. After hearing ‘Animal Nitrate’ and ‘So Young’ on the radio, I was hooked in and the first album was duly bought. It was also during this time that the infamous Channel 4 programme The Word was broadcast and through that show, I was introduced to the bands that would soundtrack the next three to four years of my life. Oasis, Supergrass and the more obscure Thrum were just some of the bands I heard there and went out the next day to buy their records. The time most associated with Britpop are between 1994 to 1997 and I have plundered these key years to produce a series of compilations, with this being the first.
What is interesting about this movement is that it wasn’t really a movement the acts mostly associated with it wanted to be associated with. Three out of the so called big of Britpop bands have always maintained that they had nothing to do with it. Those bands being Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Suede. It also did not have much of a signature sound with the bands involved taking cues from so many periods in British music. However, one thing that the majority of he bands had was that they were guitar based.
Those eagle eyed of you will notice that there are a number of these artist that would not normally appear on a Britpop complication. Well, you would be correct but the title of the CDs give this away. It is The Britpop Years, not just Britpop. Therefore, American bands such as the Foo Fighters, Smoking Popes and The Presidents Of The United States Of America make an appearance. Bands who would normally be classed as being from the more dance or trip hop music such Massive Attack or Portishead are here. There is even the odd interloper from 1993 and 1998. This isn’t just about Britpop. This is about the Britpop Years, the soundtrack to my time at university and the memories this music brings back.
So, this year I will be presenting a number of Britpop themed compilations, lost albums as well as my usual content.
Disc 1
Yes – McAlmont & Butler
Girl From Mars – Ash
Place Your Hands – Reef
Nancy Boy – Placebo
Breathe – The Prodigy
Scooby Snacks – Fun Lovin’ Crimnals
Wide Open Space – Mansun
Wonderwall – Oasis
One To Another – The Charlatans (UK)
Never Here – Elastica
Novocaine For The Soul – Eels
Richard III – Supergrass
Hey Dude – Kula Shaker
You’ve Got A Lot To Answer For – Catatonia
Sparky’s Dream – Teenage Fanclub
Good Enough – Dodgy
Great Things – Echobelly
Nice Guy Eddie – Sleeper
Ladykillers – Lush
Love Spreads – The Stone Roses
Stardust – Menswear
Disc 2
Miss Sarajevo – Passengers
Life In Mono (Album Version) – Mono
To The End – Blur & Francoise Hardy
Nothing More’s Gonna Get In My Way – Supergrass
Waking Up – Elastica
What Do I Do Now? – Sleeper
What Do You Want From Me? – Monaco
The Riverboat Song – Ocean Colour Scene
Acquiesce – Oasis
Your Woman – White Town
Do You Remember The First Time? – Pulp
Just When You’re Thinking Things Over – The Charlatans (UK)
Ready To Go – Republica
You & Me Song – The Wannadies
Love Fool – The Cardigans
Stripper Vicar – Mansun
Goldfinger – Ash
Stars – Dubstar
Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From – Teenage Fanclub
A second volume of ‘Psych, Crackle & Pop’ to end this year of Psych related compilations. The vast majority of songs on ‘Volume 1’ were taken from the corresponding web page but this volume has only a smattering of songs from there. For this one, I branched out a bit adding tunes from my own collection. As I have been using the same artwork that the person who put together the original website was using, I felt that this compilation needed to have one songs form each of the artists shown on the cover. This did prove a bit challenging as I am not a fan of The Id.
Disc 1
Morning Morgantown – Jude
Summer – Octopus
Keep The Motor Running – The Exception (UK)
Sun – Margo Guryan
Waiting For Someone – Mortimer
Let Her Come In – Sapphire Thinkers
We Can Help You – Nirvana (UK)
Turn of The Century – Bee Gees
Maybe After He’s Gone – The Zombies
How’s Ya Pa – Jawbone
Don’t Turn Around – The Loot
Midspring Dithering – Roy Harper
Wild Times – The Id
Please Excuse My Face – Kaleidoscope
Midsummer Dreaming – John Carter & Russ Alquist
Nursery Rhyme – The Pleasure Fair
Portobello Road – Billy Nicholls
Bat Mucumba – Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gai Costa & Os Mutantes
Night Of The Lions (Single Version) – Mark Eric
Hello Suzie – The Hello Corner
A Little Bit Of Shangri La – Our Plastic Dream
Glasshouse Green Splinter Red – The Kinsmen
Hold My Hand – the Rokes
Tinkerbell’s Mind – The Glitterhouse
On A Saturday – Kieth West
To Girls – Juan & Junior
I Said Goodbye to Hime – The Glass Menagerie
A Certain Kind – Sort Machine
Disc 2
Would You Believe (Mono Single Version) – Billy Nicholls
The Better Side – Freedom
Mr. Lion – The Marmalade
Why Don’t You Follow Me – Mighty Joe Young
Can You See Me? – Piccadilly Line
Somewhere Friday Night – The Turtles
One Hour Cleaners – The Blue Things
Evening’s Child – Savage Rose
Don’t Go Away – Margo Guryan
Long Hair Soulful – Bhagavad Gita
Ill Wind – Morgan
Gold Is The Colour Of Thought – The Smoke (US)
White Paper Sail – The Smubbs
Don’t You Ever Want To Think About Them? – Bear
Slow Motion – The Sweet
Similitude – Elizabeth
If I Knew You Were The One – Richard Twice
Raggedy Ann – John Randolph Marr
Writer In The Sun – Donovan
Why Are We Sleeping? – Soft Machine
10,000 Years Behind My Mind – Earl Jordan
Together – The Illusion
Casey Jones – Billy Nicholls
Due to the original image being so low, I have had to recreate it. I could not get the same font for the “Psych Crackle & Pop’ name but other than that, it is as close as I could get it.
Back in dim distant days of yore when the internet was not as regulated as it now is, many a blog sprung up sharing all sorts of wonderful music that before hand was either impossible to find and/or only a very few knew about. Many, if not all of these have fallen by the wayside either through the person running them giving up or the file sharing programme they used having been shut down (Megaupload was most probably the most notorious of these).
One such site was Psych, Crackle & Pop, that ran for about four years, showcasing a good deal of music from the psych years from all over the world, but with most of the tracks produced by artists from the UK or USA. Every so often a new compilation of CD length would appear. I had hardly heard any of the songs and the quality of the material on the first few volumes was especially high. Whoever was making these compilations must have had an extensive knowledge of that period of music.
Using this site as a template, I decided to make my own compilation from these tracks, with the addition of ‘Wind’ by Kim Jung Mi which seemed to be a nice fit. This is continuing the theme of Psych related compilations that have been posted this year with this and next months Volume 2 focusing more on the pop side of the genre.
As per other psych compilations I have produced this year, this one contains some musicians who would go on to be famous later on. This includes Fairport Convention. ‘If I Had a Ribbon Bow’ was their first single when they could best be described as the British equivalent of the Jefferson Airplane. They were yet to become the folk rock behemoth of a couple of years later. Graham Gouldman was a name in the business, having written hits for The Yardbirds and The Hollies but he was yet to become a hit musician but he would achieve this in the 70s with 10cc. Aphrodite’s Child contained Demis Roussos and Vangelis, both of whom would be massive successful on their own. Timothy Grass was one of the names used by the Bill Wyman produced End before they became the hard rockin’ Tucky Buzzard.
Disc 1
In The Past – We The People
Sunday Morning – Margo Guryan
Baby’s Rich – The God’s
If I Had A Ribbon Bow – Fairport Convention
I Am Beside Myself – Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
Children Of Tomorrow – Mike Stuart Span
Red, Purple & Blue – The Bag (US)
I Don’t Mind – Fat Mattress
Miss Jones – The Herd
Tell Me To My Face – The Hollies
Bus Stop – Graham Gouldman
The Devil Has Possession Of Your Soul – The Flying Machine
Chocolate Sue – The Moan
Ballad Of The Bad Boys (1956 A.D.) – Faine Jade
Super Market – Frapadokly
Swinger (Mono) – The Third Rail
Feelings – The Grass Roots
Let The Truth Come Out – The Sugar Shoppe
I Am An Angel (But I Can’t Fly) – The Amen Corner
I See Her Face – The Hudson Bay Co.
Never Mind – Elli
I Like – Kaplan
Sarah The Sad Spirit – Bob Markley (WCPAEB)
Valley of Sadness – Aphrodite’s Child
Dougal – The Bulldog Breed
Black Mass – Jason Crest
Secret – Virgin Sleep
Disc 2
Isha (Mono) – Chris & Craig
When She Comes To Say – Skip Bifferty
I’ll Search The Sky – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Hear In Here – The Association
Dream With Me – Jacobson & Tansley
Flashing Lights – Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends
The Ballad Of The Soon Departed – O’Hara’s Playboys
Catherine’s Wheel – Denny Laine
Roger The Rocket Ship – Bob Markley (WCPAEB)
Know You – Kensington Market
Emilys Vacation – Jake Holmes
Seeing With Love – The Tages
Baby Dear – Wildflowers
Dance Around Julie – Doughnut Ring
Wind – Kim Jung Mi
Ain’t It Babe – Charity Shaynes
Blood Of Oblivion -The Rainy Daze
I Had A Notion -The Sound Solutions
Shades Of Blue – Darius
I Think I Need The Cash – The Secrets
It’s All A Put On – The Ones
Sunny Day Blue – Fargo
Where Is My Mind – Pesky Gee!
Second Glance – Timothy Grass
We Don’t Care – Hubert Thomas Valverde & The HT’s
The front cover is taken from the Psych, Crackle & Pop blogspot with my rainbow backing to bring it in line with my other psych replaced compilations. The image itself was adapted from the rather wonderful, and now over twenty years old compilation from Mojo Magazine which was called ‘Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers’.
It’s getting near to the end of the month so it must be time for another one of my compilations looking at the Psychedelic Years. It is also the last one in the series and this one focuses on the latter period of this genre. The majority of these songs come from 1969 with the odd song coming from either side of that year. What this compilation does is show the progression psych musicians made towards the Prog Rock era.
Thirty years ago, someone in some department at record label PolyGram TV decided that what the world needed (or the UK at least) was a CD compilation of prog rock songs. Prog rock (or progressive rock to give it its full title) was born out of the late 60s psych scene. It was characterised by lyrics that were designed to tell stories (or concepts), taking inspiration from fantasy along with extended soloing (designed to show off the musical prowess of the player involved), outlandish costumes and ever more elaborate stage sets. The album covers were works of art in themselves and the LPs become ever more overblown with double and even triple albums being released. It all came crashing down by 1976 but prog never really went away with bands such as Marillion and arguably Radiohead taking the genre on after its heyday. What is forgotten is that even though prog was (in)famous for its LPs, many bands in the genre actually released singles.
Back to the aforementioned compilation. What the compiler of that CD had looked to do was produce a compilation of singles by a number of these prog bands. What I didn’t realise until years later is that some of these singles were the bands biggest hits, others were not. What I have done here in an update of this CD is to only include the biggest UK hit from each band during the heyday of the prog rock era. That is the years 1971-1976 but you will notice that some of these singles pre and post date this. To qualify, the single had to be released after the starting point of prog, which (as far as I am concerned) was the release of ‘In The Court of the Crimson King’ by King Crimson which came out on 10th October 1969. The band in question also needed to have a genuine top 40 hit in the UK. There were more prog bands than I have included here who released singles but none of them was actually a hit, so they don’t count.
One last point. Like other genres, the scope of what is prog is quite wide. Some of the artists on the list might not be considered progressive now (or that progressive then), but many were on the progressive labels set up by the record companies in the late 60s to be the home of bands not considered pop. Some prog rock was not that far removed from rock, jazz or the blues so the boundaries can be a little blurred. Prog folk and other versions of prog were considered. Essentially, anything where the artists is progressing from what went before was fair game e.g. Kraftwerk.
Witches Promise – Jethro Tull (No.4 – Jan 1970 (1))
Sympathy – Rare Bird (No.27 – Feb 1970)
Who Do You Love? – Juicy Lucy (No.14 – Mar 1970)
Question – The Moody Blues (No.2 – May 1970 (2))
Love Like A Man – Ten Years After (No.10 – Jun 1970)
Paranoid – Black Sabbath (No.4 – Aug 1970)
Black Night – Deep Purple (No.2 – Aug 1970)
The Witch – The Rattles (No.8 – Oct 1970)
I Hear You Knocking – Dave Edmunds (No.1 – Nov 1970)
Apache Drop Out – Edgar Broughton Band (No.33 – Mar 1971 (3))
Standing In The Road – Blackfoot Sue (No.4 – Aug 1972)
Whiskey In The Jar – Thin Lizzie (No.6 – Jan 1973)
Fanfare For The Common Man – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (No.2 – Jun 1977)
Virginia Plain – Roxy Music (No.4 – Aug 1972 (6))
Sylvia – Focus (No.4 – Jan 1973)
All Because Of You – Geordie (No.6 – Mar 1973)
One & One Is One – Medicine Head (No.3 – May 1973)
Radar Love – Golden Earring (No.7 – Dec 1973)
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) – Genesis (No.21 – Apr 1974 (7))
Seven Seas Of Rhye – Queen (No.10 – Mar 1974 (9))
Down Down – Status Quo (No.1 – Dec 1974)
Autobahn – Kraftwerk (No.11 – May 1975 (9))
Delilah (Live) – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (No.7 – Jul 1975)
Pandora’s Box – Procol Harum (No.16 – Aug 1975 (10))
Portsmouth – Mike Oldfield (No.3 – Apr 1976)
Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (No.6 – Aug 1976 (11))
Wonderous Stories – Yes (No.7 – Sep 1977)
Northern Lights – Renaissance (No.10 – Jul 1978)
This isn’t Jehtro Tull’s biggest hit. That was ‘Living In The Past’ that came out in May 1969 and is just before the self imposed cut off point for this compilation.
The Moody Blues did have a number 1 hit in December 1964 with the distantly not prog, ‘Go Now’.
This entered the charts three times but its highest placing came on the third and last time.
John Kongos had another hit with ‘He’s Gonna Step on You Again’ which also reached number 4 in May 1971.
Not their biggest hit but it was the only one ELO had when Roy Wood was in the band which is arguably their progressive period.
Like ELO, this was not Roxy Music’s biggest hit but I would argue that they stopped being progressive once Brian Eno left the band.
Once again, this was not the bands biggest hit but the only one when they were at the most progressive. This was before Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left.
Queen had a number one with the very pro ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. However, I chose this song as it was the only hit single from the bands first two albums, when they were at their most progressive.
Kraftwerk’s only hit during the 1970s which is arguably their most progressive period, before other bands and technology caught up to what they were doing later in the decade.
Procol Harum had two bigger hits than this, but they came up before the progressive era.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band had another number 6 hit with ‘Davy’s On The Road Again’. I went with ‘Blinded By The Light’ as it is a lot more prog, especially the full length LP version.
Disc 1
Jig-A-Jig – East of Eden
Living In The Past – Jethro Tull
Who Do You Love? – Juicy Lucy
Love Like A Man – Ten Years After
The Witch – The Rattles
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Black Night – Deep Purple
Apache Drop Out – Edgar Broughton Band
Question – The Moody Blues
Sympathy – Rare Bird
Devil’s Answer – Atomic Rooster
Backstreet Luv – Curved Air
I Hear You Knocking – Dave Edmunds
In My Own Time – Family
Tokoloshe Man – John Kongos
Silver Machine – Hawkwind
Hold Your Head Up – Argent
Standing In The Road – Blackfoot Sue
Side 2
Whiskey In The Jar – Thin Lizzie
10538 Overture – Electric Light Orchestra
Fanfare For The Common Man – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Lady Eleanor – Lindisfarne
Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
Sylvia – Focus
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) – Genesis
All Because Of You – Geordie
Radar Love – Golden Earring
One & One Is One – Medicine Head
Autobahn – Kraftwerk
Seven Seas Of Rhye – Queen
Down Down – Status Quo
Pandora’s Box – Procul Harum
Delilah (Live) – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Portsmouth – Mike Oldfield
Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Wonderous Stories – Yes
Northern Lights – Renaissance
I wanted to use the original artwork of the compilation used back in 1993, but I could not find one of sufficient quality on line so I made my own, adapting a compilation that had been produced by Classic Rock magazine.
One or more of these version were not available on Spotify.
It’s the ninth month so it means that it must be time for another Psych compilation. As per usual, there are a number of famous artists including Fairport Convention (who were the British answer to The Jefferson Airplane at this point and not the folk rock band they would become) The Hollies, The Yardbirds and The Spencer Davis Group (even though by the time these tracks were recorded, Steve Winwood had left The Spencer Davis Group and they were not as successful after his departure). There are some artists who would become more famous later on including Graham Gouldman (he’d already written hits such as Bus Stop and For Your Love but he would find success as an artist in this own right as a member of 10cc) and Robert Palmer (then with The Alan Bown! but would find greater success with Vinegar Joe and as a solo artist). There is also a considerable number of artists who have only found success on compilations released many years after the event.
Toyland (Single Version) – The Spencer Davis Group
Mr. Sun – Tony Rivers & The Casterways
Difference Of Opinion – The Monatanas
Magic In The Air – The Attack
Dawn Breaks Down – The Barrier
Soft Winds – Orange Bicycle
Birthday – Peter & The Wolves
Girl Of Independent Means – Honeybus
Skizoid Revolution – Skip Bifferty
I Get So Excited – Real McCoy
A Day In My Mind’s Mind – Human Instinct
Dear Eloise (Mono Single Version) – The Hollies
Upstairs Downstairs – Graham Gouldman
Come On Down To My Boat – Motivation
Keep It Out Of Sight – Paul & Barry Ryan
Pantomime – Tony Rivers & The Catserways
The World Goes On Around You – The Mirage
Mrs Gillespie’s Refrigerator – Sands
Mr Second Class – The Spencer David Group
Rosemary’s Bluebell Day – The Piccadilly Line
Venetian Glass – Infinity
Lavender Popcorn – Scrugg
Gone Is The Sad Man – The Timebox
Just Another Day – Neon Pearl
Soldier – Lace
Moon Beams – The Magical Mixture
Music Soothes The Savage Beast – The Spectrum
Disc 2
Farewell (Mono) – The Yardbirds
Let’s Take A Trip Down The Rhine – Apple
Hide If You Want To Hide – The Cedars
You’ve Got To Hold On – The Deviants
In Your Tower – The Poets
Find The Hidden Door – The Misunderstood
Deflected Grey (Extended Version) – The Pretty Things
Little Girl Lost & Found – Peter & The Wolves
Hyacinth Threads – Orange Bicycle
Mr. Pinnodmy’s Dilemma – The Attack
Bluebell Wood – Wimple Witch
I Will Not Be Moved – Circle Plantagenet
Penny For Your Thoughts – The Alan Bown!
Snow White – Winston’s Fumbs
Eiderdown Clown – The Scots Of St. James
It’s All Over Now – Martin Cure & The Peeps
Odd Man Out – The Hi-Fi’s
Crossroads Of Time – Eyes Of Blues
Old Songs For New Songs (Variation On A Theme Of The Breeze) – Family
The Lobster – Fairport Convention
I Am Nearly There – Second Hand (With Dennis Couldry)
Look At Me – The Nocturnes
Armageddon – The Cape Kennedy Construction Company
