Tomorrow - 50 Minute Technicolour Dream (@320)

 

Tomorrow - 50 Minute Technicolour Dream

Review By Richie Unterberger.

Tomorrow were one of the 1960s best and most intriguing one-album artists, so this 16-track compilation of additional material comes as quite a welcome bonus to fans, even 30 years after their split. None of these demos, alternates, or live performances were issued in the '60s, although the two respectable mod-psych demos they did for Blow Up surfaced elsewhere in the '90s, and the BBC versions of "Revolution" and "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs" have long circulated among collectors.

Studio rarities include a fine, slightly sinister, unreleased cut "Caught in a Web," a cover of the Byrds' "Why," and considerably different versions of "Revolution" and "Real Life Permanent Dream." Eight songs from their late-1967 concert at the "Christmas on Earth Continued" psychedelic event in London are frustrating: the band plays well and the instruments are decently recorded, but Keith West's vocals suffer heavily from tinny distortion due to poor miking.

Nonetheless, these are still interesting to hear, including versions of a bunch of songs from their album (among them "My White Bicycle"), "Why," and the otherwise unavailable "Shotgun & the Duck." The package is enhanced by detailed liner notes with comments from West and Steve Howe.

 

Tracklist:

 

1. Tomorrow - Am I Glad to See You

2. Tomorrow - Blow Up

3. Tomorrow - Caught in a Web

4. Tomorrow - Revolution

5. Tomorrow - Why

6. Tomorrow - Real Life Permanent Dream

7. Tomorrow - Three Jolly Little Dwarfs

8. Tomorrow - Revolution

9. Tomorrow - Caught in a Web

10. Tomorrow - Shotgun and the Duck

11. Tomorrow - My White Bicycle

12. Tomorrow - Real Life Permanent Dream

13. Tomorrow - Revolution

14. Tomorrow - Why

15. Tomorrow - Mr. Rainbow

16. Tomorrow - Strawberry Fields Forever

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