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Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:12 am
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Description It goes without saying that 1968 doesn’t have the same kind of cachet as 1967 – a year that, in musical terms, will always be indelibly associated with the Summer of Love, Sgt Pepper and the emergence of psychedelia. But although the major players turned away from the excesses of the previous year in favour of a back-to-basics musical approach, there were arguably a greater number of psychedelic records made in 1968 than during the preceding twelve months. Vital, lysergically-inclined 45s emerged from a whole host of younger groups, with The Factory, Mike Stuart Span, Fleur de Lys, The Fire, The Barrier, Boeing Duveen, Rupert’s People and numerous others all releasing singles that have long been widely regarded by psychedelic collectors as genre classics. All these and more are gathered on Looking At The Pictures In The Sky, which provide a fascinating overview of the group scene in Britain (and Ireland!) in 1968, shining a light on unreleased gems, cult classics, choice album cuts, neglected B-sides and alternative versions. As with its 1967 equivalent Let’s Go Down And Blow Our Minds, the four-hour, 78-track, 3CD anthology Looking At The Pictures In The Sky is housed in a striking clambox that contains a 44 page booklet crammed with biographical information and rare photographs of the featured acts.Tracklist [CD1] 1. Path Through The Forest – The Factory 2. Father’s Name Is Dad – The Fire 3. Gong With The Luminous Nose – Fleur De Lys 4. Mind’s Eye – Ramases & Selket 5. Spontaneous Apple Creation – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown 6. Lullaby (Alternative Version) – Grapefruit 7. I Will Not Be Moved – Circle Plantagenet 8. Sunday Best – Turquoise 9. My Son John – The Onyx 10. The Fantastic Story Of The Steam-Driven Banana – Legay 11. Mr. Partridge Passed Away Today – Fortes Mentum 12. Jabberwock – Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup 13. Haze Woman – Anan 14. Talking About The Good Times – The Pretty Things 15. Sunday Morning – Guy And David – The Five Day Week Straw People 16. Animal Magic – Graded Grains 17. She – Tuesday’s Children 18. Mr. Lion – The Marmalade 19. Upstairs Downstairs – Graham Gouldman 20. Festival Of The Harvest Moon – Joker 21. So You Want To Be A Rock’n’roll Star – Sun Dragon 22. Never Care – Eyes Of Blue 23. Nightmare – The Gass Company 24. In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence – Procol Harum 25. Did You Die Four Years Ago Tonight? – The Web 26. Frederick Jordan – The Glass Menagerie [CD2] 1. Children Of Tomorrow – Mike Stuart Span 2. Dawn Breaks Through – The Barrier 3. Mr Pinnodmy’s Dilemma – The Attack 4. Trying To Get A Glimpse Of You – The Freedom 5. I Can Show You – Rupert’s People 6. Locked In A Room – The Poets 7. Bluebell Wood – Wimple Winch 8. Technicolor Dreams – The Status Quo 9. Music Soothes The Savage Breast – The Spectrum 10. Head For The Sun – The Movement 11. Midnight Love Cycle – The Klubs 12. Lovers From The Sky – Contact 13. Jamie’s Song – The Deviants 14. Sydney Gill – The Smoke 15. Birthday – Peter & The Wolves 16. Love Is A Toy – Jon Ledingham 17. Yesterday Was Such A Lovely Day (Elsie) – Sadie’s Expression 18. Omnibus (Extended Version) – The Move 19. I Get So Excited – Real McCoy 20. Mr. Golden Trumpet Player – Junior’s Eyes 21. Yellow Rainbow – The Picadilly 22. Time Seller (LP Version) – The Spencer Davis Group 23. Pantomime – Tony Rivers & The Castaways 24. Twinky – Cat Stevens 25. Cornflake Zoo – Andy Ellison 26. For Your Thoughts – The Alan Bown! [CD3] 1. Hold On – Jason Crest 2. Girl Of Independent Means – Honeybus 3. Rainmaker – Rhubarb Rhubarb 4. Hello Enid – The Mirage 5. Lucky Sunday – Episode Six 6. What’s The Rush, Dillbury? – Paradox 7. Cave Of Clear Light – The Bystanders 8. Round And Round – Skip Bifferty 9. Come On Down – Motivation 10. Country Life – Blonde On Blonde 11. Virginia Water – Cats Pyjamas 12. Aeroplane – Jethro Toe (Tull) 13. Rambling Boy – Timon 14. Ice Man – Ice 15. Now And Again Rebecca – The U (Don’t) No Who 16. Felicity Jane – Writing On The Wall 17. Sycamore Sid – Focal Point 18. Do You Dream? – Circus 19. Maxwell Ferguson – Brass Tacks 20. Pawnbroker (Demo Version) – Barbara Ruskin 21. Soft Winds – The Orange Bicycle 22. Without You – Coconut Mushroom 23. Haunted – Peter Thorogood 24. Which Dreamed It – Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup 25. Turnstyle – Trot 26. Pictures In The Sky – Orange SeaweedAmazon USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0744YXZPD/?tag=imwan-20 Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0744YXZPD/?tag=imwan-21
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Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:28 am
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14. Ice Man – Ice
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Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:59 am
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Another cool collection.
I love playing these sets on W/E afternoons.
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Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:04 pm
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I'll buy this for the album cover alone.
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Rick A
Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:06 pm
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Charles wrote:
I'll buy this for the album cover alone.
I second that endorsement.
What a poster that would make, right Charles?
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Post subject: [2017-11-10] VA "Looking At The Pictures In The Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1968" 3CD box set (Grapefruit UK)
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:41 pm
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Looks like the cover of a buckcherry album. This is a definite for me.
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