Primarily a classical music record label, Saga dabbled in Pop music through the 1960's. Early on it made a short lived business arrangement with Joe Meek to back and distribute his Triumph label. As the decade progressed Saga developed a Production Library arm, the company also being into Film Production, and did record real pop artists.

The tapes for the majority of these pop recordings have been squirreled away in the depths of the British Library where they were placed by the retiring owner of Saga some 15 years ago. None but the Five Day Week Straw People have been available for nigh on 40 years.

Thus Swinging London as a collection, is a fascinating glimpse of the late 60's sounds mirrored through a contemporary London production house . The sounds are not clearly of any one particular genre, as they blend elements of Pop, Psych, Lounge and Rock into a late 60's groovy melange, and are all the more enjoyable for it. Vocal and instrumental, if these tracks had been released through Deram or Regal Zonophone at the time they would not have been out of place.

1. Swinging London - First Impression
2. Five Day Week Straw People - Five Day Week Straw People
3. I'm So Sad - Magic Mixture
4. There Ain't No se In Hanging On - Katch 22
5. That's The Life - Good Earth
6. Girl I'm Wondering - Blackbirds
7. Quite Fast - Moses, Dave Group
8. Young Scene - Walker, Graham Sound
9. Thoughts On A Rainy Day - Katch 22
10. New Man - Magic Mixture
11. Arcipelago - Underground (2)
12. Couldn't Bear The Sight - Peace, Dave Quartet
13. She - Blackbirds
14. If This Is Love - Five's Company
15. Someone Is Calling Your Name - Family Affair (1)
16. All Lead Back To You - First Impression
17. Long Voyage - Herbie & The Royalists
18. Don't Listen - Katch 22
19. Mr Bantam's Fair - Linda & Noel
20. Crossroads - Walker, Graham Sound
21. Scheherazade - New World
22. My Life Has Just Blown A Fuse - Herbie & The Royalists
23. Shake 26 - Underground Set
24. Sunday Morning - Five Day Week Straw People
25. Moonbeams - Magic Mixture
26. Victoria Dines Alone - Campbell, Alex

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