V.A. - Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966 to 1972 (@320)

 

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Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966 to 1972 Review by Fred Thomas.

Grapefruit, an offshoot of Cherry Red Records dedicated solely to the glory of U.K. psychedelic sounds of all sorts, assembled the dizzying 66 tracks that make up Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966 to 1972, a brilliantly curated compilation celebrating a golden age of far-out jams. While the title might appear to leave little to the imagination, the dense track listing actually tells an all-encompassing story, including tracks from more recognizable names such as Hawkwind, Fat Mattress, Spencer Davis Group, and pre-T. Rex project John's Children as well as hyper-obscure private-press artists such as Forever Amber and Mark Fry. The breadth of artists allows for detailed coverage of garage psych, proto-prog rock, acid folk, popsike, and all other manner of psychedelic and experimental hybrids happening in this extremely fertile era of British rock.

 

Tracklist:

 

Disc 1:

 

1. Deep Feeling - Pretty colours

2. The Misunderstood - Find the hidden door

3. The In Crowd - Am I glad to see you?

4. The Drag Set - Day & night

5. Tuesday's Children - A strange light from the east

6. The Mirage - The wedding of Ramona Blair

7. The Hi-Fi's - Tread softly for the sleepers

8. Spencer Group Davis - Mr. Second class

9. Tintern Abbey - Busy bee

10. Blossom Toes - I'll Be Late For Tea

11. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Devil's grip

12. Sands - Mrs Gillespie's refrigerator

13. The Shame - Don't go 'way little girl

14. Picadilly Line - Rosemary's bluebell day

15. Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Two little ladies (Azalea & Rhododendron)

16. Mike Span Stuart - Second production

17. Felius Andromeda - Cheadle heath delusions

18. Neon Pearl - Just another day

19. John's Children - Jagged Time Lapse

20. One In A Million - Man in yellow

21. Jade Hexagram - Crushed purple

22. Denis Couldry & The Next Collection - I am nearly there

23. Alan The Bown - Story book

24. Simon's Secrets - Naughty boy

25. The Cortinas - Phoebe's Flower Shop

26. The Deviants - Child of the sky

 

Disc 2:

 

1. Spencer Group Davis - Morning sun

2. The Mirage - Ebaneezer beaver

3. West Coast Consortium - Amanda Jane

4. Jason Crest - Teegarden Lane

5. The Flies - Winter afternoon

6. The Deviants - You've got to hold on

7. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Nightmare

8. Sun Dragon - Peacock dress

9. Peter Howell & John Ferdinando - Jabberwocky

10. Forever Amber - Bits of your life, bits of my life

11. Please - Strange ways

12. The Liverpool Scene - We'll all be spacemen before we die

13. Serendipity - Castles (Full-Length Version)

14. The Sorrows - The makers

15. Second Hand - A fairy tale

16. Information - Oh strange man

17. Shy Limbs - Love

18. Hardin & York - Tomorrow today

19. Infinity - Venetian glass

20. Mic Read - What the dickens

21. Respect - Santa Lucia

22. Fat Mattress - Iridescent butterfly

 

Disc 3:

 

1. The Open Mind - Magic potion

2. Phil Cordell - Red Lady

3. Taiconderoga - Whitchi tai to

4. Hawkind Zoo - Hurry on sundown

5. Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Lament For The Earth

6. Czar - Ritual fire dance

7. The Fut - Have you heard the word

8. Paper Bubble - Fillin' A Gap

9. The Fox - Butterfly

10. Complex - Images blue

11. Octopus - Rainchild

12. T2 - Careful Sam

13. Simon Finn - Laughing 'til tomorrow

14. Beau - Creation

15. Bill Nelson - End of the seasons

16. Mark Fry - The Witch

17. Kevin Coyne - Evil island home

18. Unknown Track & Artist

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