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‘Peephole In My Brain- The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1971’ is a fantastic, fascinating facsimile of post-psychedelic British pop in the full throes of reinvention, full of excellent music and paired, as ever, with a well-written and researched booklet. It can only be hoped that a 1972 retrospective will follow next year so that British pop’s transmogrification can be charted even further.

The jury is still out as to 1971’s stature in the wider pop cultural pantheon- was it, in the words of John Peel, a “very sterile period,” or was David Hepworth correct in asserting it as the “most febrile and creative time in the entire history of popular music?”

It’s entirely subjective, but the contents of this set certainly lend some credibility and weight to the claims of the latter.~ Jack Hopkin

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CD 1

Tracklist

1-1 Dana Gillespie– Andy Warhol (1971 Promo Album Version)

Written-By – Bowie*

2:45

1-2 Kevin Ayers And The Whole World– Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes

Written-By – Ayers*

3:26

1-3 The Hollies– Hey Willy

Written-By – Clarke*, Cook*, Greenaway*

3:34

1-4 Corn And Seed Merchants– Mr Middleton's Lament

Written-By – Engel*, Briley*

2:33

1-5 Stray (6)– Dearest Eloise

Written-By – Gadd*

2:33

1-6 Help Yourself– Deborah

Written-By – Morley*

3:26

1-7 Stackridge– Dora, The Female Explorer

Written-By – Davis*, Bent*, Warren*, Evans*, Slater*

3:47

1-8 Barclay James Harvest– Ursula (The Swansea Song)

Written-By – Lees*, Holroyd*, Pritchard*, Wolstenholme*

2:53

1-9 Samurai (6)– More Rain

Written-By – Lawson*

4:28

1-10 Cressida (3)– Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye

Written-By – Cullen*

2:51

1-11 The Move– Tonight

Written-By – Wood*

3:20

1-12 Fickle Pickle– Down Smokey Lane

Written-By – Gill*, Malone*

4:28

1-13 Shape Of The Rain– Woman

Written-By – Wood*, Riley*, Riley*, Waggett*

3:59

1-14 Unicorn (12)– Going Back Home

Written-By – Baker*

3:37

1-15 Factory (7)– Castle On The Hill

Written-By – Qunta*

2:57

1-16 Magna Carta– Time For The Leaving

Written-By – Simpson*

4:09

1-17 Legend (6)– I Feel Like Sleeping

Written-By – Jupp*

3:18

1-18 Michael Chapman (2)– Indian Queens

Written-By – Chapman*

3:58

1-19 Edgar Broughton Band*– Hotel Room

Written-By – Broughton*

4:06

1-20 Peter Cowap– Safari

Written-By – Gouldman*, Cowap*

2:21

1-21 Cliff Wade– Jennifer

Written-By – Wade*

2:29

1-22 Deep Feeling– Old People's Home

Written-By – Green*, Jenner*

3:53

1-23 Wishful Thinking– Hiroshima

Written-By – Morgan*

4:58

CD 2

2-1 Sakkarin– Sugar Sugar

Written-By – Kim*, Barry*

3:29

2-2 Curved Air– Back Street Luv

Written-By – Way*, Eyre*, Linwood*

3:39

2-3 Procol Harum– Memorial Drive

Written-By – Reid*, Trower*

3:46

2-4 Rockin' Horse (3)– Oh Carol, I'm So Sad

Written-By – Campbell*

2:50

2-5 Gerry Rafferty– To Each And Everyone

Written-By – Rafferty*

2:45

2-6 Colin Blunstone– Caroline Goodbye

Written-By – Blunstone*

2:57

2-7 Nimbo– Maisie Jones

Written-By – Wilson*

2:40

2-8 Second Hand– Hangin' On An Eyelid

4:21

2-9 Zior– I Was Fooling

Written-By – Brewer*

3:08

2-10 Fusion Farm– Mrs Speed

Written-By – Robert Bett*, Hall*

3:18

2-11 Open Road (2)– Waterwheel

Written-By – Husband*, Lanzon*

3:58

2-12 Ray Fenwick– Anniversary

Written-By – Fenwick*

3:55

2-13 Pluto (17)– Mister Westwood

Written-By – Gardner*

4:43

2-14 Bear Foot*– Frightened

Written-By – Seward*, Hall*

3:07

2-15 Bronx Cheer– Weather Or Not

Written-By – Cookman*, Reed*

2:54

2-16 Rick Price (4)– Talking To The Flowers

Written-By – Ertel*, Slater*, Stevenson*

2:25

2-17 Beau (5)– Ferris Street

Written-By – Midgley*

2:19

2-18 Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts– Southbound Lane

Written-By – Hine*

3:56

2-19 Don Crown & His Busking Budgies– The Flying Machines

Written-By – Don Crown

2:00

2-20 The Doggs– Billy's Gotta Run

Written-By – Hawkshaw*, Parker*, Stirling*

2:42

2-21 Bill Nelson– Love's A Way

Written-By – Nelson*

3:36

2-22 Fields (3)– While The Sun Still Shines

Written-By – Bowery*

3:17

2-23 Nirvana (2)– The Saddest Day Of My Life

Written-By – Campbell-Lyons*

5:18

2-24 Emerson, Lake & Palmer– Are You Ready Eddy?

Written-By – Lake/ Palmer/Emerson*

2:11

CD 3

3-1 Status Quo– Mean Girl (Early Mix)

Written-By – Young*, Rossi*

3:53

3-2 Atomic Rooster– Devil's Answer (Single Version)

Written-By – Cann*

3:30

3-3 Sweeny Bean– Rock 'n' Roll Wedding

Written-By – Rees*

2:39

3-4 Medicine Head (2)– (And The) Pictures In The Sky

Written-By – Fiddler*

2:32

3-5 The Kinks– God's Children

Written-By – Davies*

3:18

3-6 Airbus (3)– This Time Tomorrow

Written-By – Simpson*, Jay*

3:36

3-7 Octopus (9)– Summer

Written-By – Griggs*

3:06

3-8 Curtiss Maldoon– Sepheryn

Written-By – Maldoon*, Curtiss*

3:14

3-9 Blonde On Blonde (2)– I Don't Care

Written-By – Thomas*, Johnson*

2:43

3-10 Pete Atkin– Sunlight Gate

Written-By – James*, Atkin*

3:43

3-11 Montage (23)– Dangling In The Cool

Written By – Brian Bennett

Written-By – Prebble*, Dobson*

3:30

3-12 John Kongos– Tokoloshe Man (Single Edit)

Written-By – Kongos*

4:00

3-13 Siren (13)– Strange Locomotion

Written-By – Clague*, Coyne*, Cudworth*

2:58

3-14 The Red Sox– Mister Ten Per Cent

Written-By – Green*, Jenner*

3:14

3-15 Knocker Jungle– Where I Belong

Written-By – Jones*, Coop*

2:46

3-16 Wil Malone– It Don't Come Easy

Written-By – Starkey*

2:41

3-17 Kingdom Come*– Eternal Messenger (Single Version)

Written-By – Brown*, Finesilver*, Ker*

3:51

3-18 Edwards Hand– Encounter

Written-By – Edwards*, Hand*

2:42

3-19 Lifeblud (2)– So Be It

Written-By – Knott*

3:07

3-20 Dear Mr Time*– Grandfather

Written-By – Baker*

2:46

3-21 Bullet (13)– Hobo

Written-By – Cann*

3:29

3-22 Jackie McAuley– Turning Green (Album Version)

Written-By – McAuley*

6:07

3-23 Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs*– Sea Side Shuffle

Written-By – Lewis*

2:43

3-24 Phase 3 (7)– Bill Bailey

Written-By – Cannon*

2:53

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