Saturday, November 23, 2024

VA – From Morden To Wimbledon (A Trip Through The Forest Of Oak Records 1967–1970) @ 320


Following our 17 From Morden album which expounded the evolution of British beat music during the mid 1960s through the consoles of R.G. Jones in South London, we make a second visit to the studio to uncover more kaleidoscopic sounds from the decade's twilight years. The Morden Park Sound Studios during the late '60s were as assiduous as ever in capturing scores of budding hopefuls on tape and disc, as well as playing host to contemporary hitmakers such as the Herd, the Love Affair and the Rolling Stones. However in May 1969 notice had been served on Ronald Jones to shut up shop in Morden to make way for the new Merton Technical College, and a move to new premises in Beulah Road in Wimbledon saw the concern continuing to prosper. Ronald Godfrey Jones sadly passed on in 1987 and the recording side of the business ceased operating in 2001, but the company continues to this day in other areas of sound technology. From Morden To Wimbledon illustrates the further developments in British Rock during the late '60s, from heavy duty beat to progressive pop, taking in some scintillating psychedelia along the way. ~ Nigel Lees,
October 2020

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 01. Tinsel Arcade - Baby You've Got It 
 02. Unknown Artist - Little Red House 
 03. Friday's Chyld - It's Not Easy Falling Out Of Love 
 04. The Rustic Souls - You Don't Realise 
 05. The Phaze - Long Hair Dirty Shoes 
 06. Ian Scott & Bill Weller - Mystical Morning 
 07. Friday's Chyld - Boys And Girls Together 
 08. Keith Dangerfield - She's A Witch 
 09. Row Boat - You Keep Me Hanging On 
 10. Keith Dangerfield - No Life Child 
 11. The Phaze - The Other Side 
 12. Nemesis (141) - Arise And Awake 
 13. Tinsel Arcade - Life Does Not Seem What It Seems 
 14. Science Fiction (6) - Science Fiction 
 15. Nemesis (141) - Nemesis 
 16. Unknown Artist - Take Your Love Away From Me 





 

9 comments:

  1. Thank you for the rare lp.

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  2. thanks very much for the invite and flagging up this album

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  3. Dmitrich Is it me? I don't see a link.

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  4. Dmitrich,

    Cool. How did I miss this? I have the sibling CD '17 from Morden' but not this.

    I found the CD version on Amazon and bought the only copy. Should be with me within a week. I'll post it when it arrives if no one else posts it before.

    If anyone else is interested there are copies of both the CD and vinyl version on ebay UK

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    1. The record label that it is produced by is well worth a look for those unfamiliar with it as it takes up pretty much where the Wooden Hill label left off digging up long lost UK acetates and recordings.

      https://topsoundsrecords.co.uk

      PS If anyone has the Kontax 45 can they post it?

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  5. Thank You for this but don't see the link?

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  6. I'm sorry. Did not see the wanted.

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  7. Sorry D
    The first comment said thank you, so I thought it was uploaded. Silly me.

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