[2019-10-25] Various Artists "Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45" 2CD set (Ace UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:41 pm

Description
Unlike the previous volumes in Jon Savage’s series of double CD compilations, which featured music from an expansive mixture of genres, this latest edition is 100% rock, as Jon elaborates in the customary bumper 28-page booklet:

“In the late 60s, British pop and youth culture began to fragment into tribes. The divisions had always been there, even at the height of the supposedly classless mid-60s. I was an unrepentant rock fan. That was my tribe. I still bought Motown and reggae hits, but they were the hits: there was no deeper exploration. After Radio Caroline had gone, I’d lost most of the connection to black American music as part of the wider pop experience that I’d had in 1965, 1966 and 1967, even 1968. Thus streamed, I hunted the bins all over London for singles on Island, Elektra and Track.”

“Rock in the US and the UK encompassed male braggadocio, anguished reflection, sincere if not naive protest, stonking riffs and loud, distorted guitars. Much of it was blues-based, particularly in 1969 as the back-to-the-roots impulse of 1968 worked its way through the sharp end of rock, but a year or so later some of it became wilder, stranger and even more basic – looking forward to what a truly 1970s white teenage music could be: that groundswell that eventually burst out in mid-decade onwards.”

“There was no real name for this period but, just before glam, it was an era of massive riffs, overloading guitars, mindless yet heartfelt protest, goblin chants and a general mood of questioning, exploration and disillusion. While many songs from this period have become generational clichés, it is hoped that this collection will help you in hearing them afresh. They were new once, like we all were.”

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Waitin' For The Wind - Spooky Tooth
2. Bad Night At The Whiskey - The Byrds
3. Creeping Jean - Dave Davies
4. Sudden Life - Man
5. Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods
6. Broad Daylight - Free
7. King Kong - The Kinks
8. Peace Loving Man - Blossom Toes
9. The War Machine - Leviathan
10. Junior's Wailing - Steamhammer
11. Walk On Gilded Splinters - Marsha Hunt
12. Days Of The Broken Arrows - The Idle Race
13. Reputation - Shy Limbs
14. Nobody Knows - Brute Force
15. Plynth (Water Down The Drain) - Jeff Beck Group
16. Lie To Me - Kaleidoscope
17. 1969 - The Stooges
18. Magic Potion - The Open Mind
19. Funk #48 - The James Gang
20. Rock And Roll Queen - Mott The Hoople
21. The Devil Came From Kansas - Procol Harum

[CD2]
1. Comin' Home - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends featuring Eric Clapton
2. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. The Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull
4. Bad Side Of The Moon - Toe Fat
5. Flying - Faces
6. Cat Food - King Crimson
7. American Woman - The Guess Who
8. The American Ruse - MC5
9. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) - Fleetwood Mac
10. Shady Grove - Quicksilver Messenger Service
11. Archangel's Thunderbird - Amon Düül II
12. The Witch - The Rattles
13. Gerdundula - Status Quo
14. Natural Magic - Jack Nitzsche
15. Ultima Thule, Teil 1 - Tangerine Dream
16. Caught In A Dream - Alice Cooper
17. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
18. He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos
19. Travelin' In The Dark (For E.M.P) - Mountain
20. Beggars Day - Crazy Horse
21. Rock 'n Roll - Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder
22. Yesterday's Numbers - The Flamin' Groovies

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XR5J2TQ/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XR5J2TQ/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:34 pm

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I love his thoughtful compilations, should have this by W/E.

[2019-10-25] Various Artists "Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45" 2CD set (Ace UK)

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