It is the fourth month so it must be time for Volume 4 in my series of collections looking back at the Psychedelic Years. This one includes songs that could be said not to be psychedelic at all. For instance, ‘Baby, Come On’ is a bit of prog mixed with hard rock. ‘Over Under Sideways Down’ by The Yardbirds, freakbeat and ‘Except From A Teenage Opera’ by Keith West, a straight pop record. It all depends on what your definition of psych is and does it really matter as I think this compilation holds together quite nicely.
The first few songs on Disc 1 come from the ‘Circus Days’ compilation and there is the usual mix of well known artists (The Rolling Stones, Traffic, The Kinks), bands who were just starting out but would end being hugely successful (Genesis, The Bee Gees) and people in bands other than the one that made them famous (Jeff Lynne of The Idle but more famous for being in ELO). There is also quite a few artists on here who needed up not doing very much at all but let us with at least one memorable song.
Disc 1
- Baby, Come On – Opus
- Finding It Rough – Hat & Tie
- Nobody Wants You Now – Los Brincos
- Don’t Make A Sound – Kate
- Mr. Jones – Apple
- He’s A Dear Old Weatherman – Mark Wirtz
- Girl From New York – Billy Nicholls
- Phoebe’s Flower Shop – The Cortinas
- Colour Sergeant Lillywhite – West Coast Consortium
- Within’ The Night – Velvett Fogg
- Love Me ‘Till The Sun Shines (BBC Session) – The Kinks
- Five White Horses – Sun Dragon
- The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane – Timon
- Seeing Things Green – Yellow Bellow Room Boom
- Paper Man – Noah’s Ark
- Golden Apples – The Californians
- Crazy One – Ramases & Selket
- Grey Skies – The Pretty Thins
- Real Life Permanent Dream – Orange Machine
- The Clown – Eire Apparent
- LIfe’s Sweet Music – Mortimer
- When The Wind Arises – The Rokes
- Cryin’ To Be Heard – Traffic
- Tide – Octopus
- A Place To Call My Own – Genesis
Disc 2
- Time Will Show The Wiser – Fairport Convention
- Over Under Sideways Down – The Yardbirds
- Send Me A Postcard -Shocking Blue
- That’s The Way It’s Got To Be – The Poets
- All Day All Night – Blonde On Blonde
- Water Woman – The Amazing Friendly Apple
- Pink Dawn – Human Instinct
- Baby Get Your Head Screwed On – Double Feature
- Lady on A Bicycle – Kippington Lodge
- Looking For The Sun – The Plague
- Frederick Jordan – The Glass Menagerie
- Trick Or Two – Shy Limbs
- Hurry Up John – The Idle Race
- Man In Black – Skip Bifferty
- Henry Long – The Epics
- Holiday – The Bee Gees
- 2000 Man – The Rolling Stones
- Except From A Teenage Opera – Keith West
- Lady Caroline – Velvet Fogg
- Oh! What A Performance – Nirvana (UK)
- Circus With A Female Clown – The Fingers
- Dream Machine – Svensk
- Last Cloud Home – Orange Bicycle
- The Light Of Love – Humble Pie
- Memories – Red Dirt
- This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
- Back To The City – Sandy Coast
- Nite Is A-Comin’ – Warm Sounds