VA - High In The Morning - The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1973

A four-hour compilation of major hits, important album tracks, cult classics and rarities from 1973.

1973 was another significant year in the British pop scene, as the emergence of glam - including the Bryan Ferry-led Roxy Music, who proved that "avant-rock" could be a commercial proposition - inspired many underground bands to adopt a more streamlined sound.

This more song-oriented approach helped re-energize the singles charts in 1973, with memorable 45s from Mott The Hoople, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Faces, Status Quo, Medicine Head and Nazareth.

Although they didn't hit the charts, some of the maverick singer-songwriter talents of the era - Kevin Ayers, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne - also released popular, radio-ready singles.

On the live scene, the British free festival scene was dominated by a new hippie/glam/space rock convergence, with trailblazers Hawkwind being joined by bands like The Pink Fairies and Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come.

High In The Morning is a fascinating three-CD, four-hour survey of the 1973 British rock and pop scene, featuring all of the above names as well as Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Caravan, Procol Harum, Stealers Wheel, Roy Wood, Rare Bird, Badfinger, Free, Family and many others.

DISC 1

01. ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS (album version) - Mott The Hoople

02. JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann's Earthband

03. SURPRISE, SURPRISE - Caravan

04. MARLENE - Kevin Coyne

05. THE SERGEANT SAYS - Spirogyra

06. WILDFIRE - Rococo

07. MEDUSA - Dr. Marigold's

08. RANDOLPH'S TANGO - Thin Lizzy

09. A RUM TALE - Procol Harum

10. TERMINAL EYES- Al Stewart

11. AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MASTER (single version) - Bachdenkel

12. STAR - Stealers Wheel

13. RAGGED RAIN LIFE - Duncan Browne

14. HIGH IN THE MORNING - Rare Bird

15. BIRDMAN - Joe Soap

16. URBAN GUERRILLA - Hawkwind

17. LOVE IS EASY - Badfinger

18. MR. CUSTER - Paul Brett

19. ALL THE FALLEN TEEN ANGELS - Mouse

20. TOWERS - Mick Audsley

21. TOO HOT TO HANDLE (alternative early mix) - Ducks Deluxe

22. PICK UP THE PHONE - Patto

DISC 2

01. DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music

02. CARIBBEAN MOON - Kevin Ayers

03. (I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU) BUT YOU GOT ME ANYWAY - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

04. TRAVELLIN' IN STYLE - Free

05. PALE GREEN VAUXHALL DRIVING MAN - Prowler

06. RUNNING AWAY - Duffy

07. SHOWDOWN - England's Glory

08. ON THE FRONTIER - Shoot

09. CAROLINE (album version) - Status Quo

10. THE AWARD - Fantasy

11. TEMPLE SONG - Greenslade

12. ORANGE SONG - Rupert Hine

13. RISING SUN - Medicine Head

14. DREAMS (STORY OF OUR TIME/BENEATH THIS SKY) - Ithaca

15. HOLD ON TO YOUR FIRE - Libido

16. SWEET DESIREE - Family

17. LEGAL EAGLE SHUFFLE - The Spencer Davis Group

18. COME ALIVE (aka SLOW ROCK) - Kingdom Come

19. CITY KIDS - Pink Fairies

20. DIRTY DICK - Streak

21. BUFFALO (full-length version) - Writing On The Wall

DISC 3

01. SWAMPSNAKE - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

02. BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth

03. 16 AND SAVAGED - Silverhead

04. MAN FROM GALILEE - Fairfield Ski

05. GIRL SAID TO ME - Liverpool Echo

06. ALWAYS - The Big Three

07. FOOL'S GOLD - Hemlock

08. POOL HALL RICHARD - Faces

09. GOLD MEDALLIONS - Tucky Buzzard

10. WORLD - Curved Air

11. MOVING MOOR - Complex

12. ENGLISH MORNING - Jade Warrior

13. I DON'T NEED NOBODY - Shape Of The Rain

14. NOT FADE AWAY - Frank White

15. FOREVER - Roy Wood

16. I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND - Byzantium

17. OUT ON THE ROAD - Patrick Campbell-Lyons

18. BANK HOLIDAY - Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts

19. SITTING IN THE MIDDAY SUN - The Kinks

20. I'M GONNA GET YOU - Reform

21. A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL (album version) - Bryan Ferry

22. DO THE STANLEY - Stackridge

Thanks to funkamper

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