VA - Looking at the Pictures in the Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1968 [3CD Box Set] (2017)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Looking at the Pictures in the Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1968
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Grapefruit Records [CRSEGBOX040]
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 3:56:07
Total Size: 540 mb / 1.01 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Looking at the Pictures in the Sky: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1968
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Grapefruit Records [CRSEGBOX040]
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 3:56:07
Total Size: 540 mb / 1.01 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
This four-hour, 77-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.
• 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, 77-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.
• 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, 77-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 ::
CD 1
1. The Factory - Path Through The Forest [ 3:58]
2. The Fire - Father's Name Is Dad [ 2:30]
3. Fleur De Lys - Gong With The Luminous Nose [ 2:36]
4. Ramases & Selket - Mind's Eye [ 2:42]
5. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Spontaneous Apple Creation [ 2:55]
6. Grapefruit - Lullaby (Alternative Version) [ 3:07]
7. Circle Plantagenet - I Will Not Be Moved [ 4:01]
8. Turquoise - Sunday Best [ 2:42]
9. The Onyx - My Son John [ 2:31]
10.Legay - The Fantastic Story Of The Steam-Driven Banana [ 2:57]
11.Fortes Mentum - Mr. Partridge Passed Away Today [ 2:45]
12.Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock [ 2:29]
13.Anan - Haze Woman [ 2:47]
14.Pretty Things - Talkin' About The Good Times [ 3:44]
15.The Five Day Week Straw People - Sunday Morning [ 4:37]
16.The Graded Grains - Animal Magic [ 3:17]
17.Tuesday's Children - She [ 2:49]
18.The Marmalade - Mr. Lion [ 3:01]
19.Graham Gouldman - Upstairs Downstairs [ 2:17]
20.Joker - Festival Of The Harvest Moon [ 3:22]
21.Sun Dragon - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star [ 2:00]
22.Eyes Of Blue - Never Care [ 3:22]
23.The Gass Company - Nightmare [ 2:55]
24.Procol Harum - In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence [ 2:59]
25.The Web - Did You Die Four Years Ago Tonight? [ 2:14]
26.The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan [ 3:17]
CD 2
1. Mike Stuart Span - Children Of Tomorrow [ 3:17]
2. The Barrier - Dawn Breaks Through [ 2:20]
3. The Attack - Mr. Pinnodmy's Dilemma [ 4:26]
4. Freedom - Trying To Get A Glimpse Of You [ 3:02]
5. Rupert's People - I Can Show You [ 3:01]
6. The Poets - Locked In A Room [ 3:02]
7. Wimple Winch - Bluebell Wood [ 3:32]
8. The Status Quo - Technicolor Dreams [ 2:52]
9. The Spectrum - Music Soothes The Savage Breast [ 3:02]
10.The Movement - Head For The Sun [ 2:56]
11.The Klubs - Midnight Love Cycle [ 2:45]
12.Contact - Lovers From The Sky [ 2:38]
13.The Deviants - Jamie's Song [ 3:32]
14.The Smoke - Sydney Gill [ 3:32]
15.Peter And The Wolves - Birthday [ 3:10]
16.Jon Ledingham - Love Is A Toy [ 2:45]
17.Sadie's Expression - Yesterday Was Such A Lovely Day (Elsie) [ 2:57]
18.The Move - Omnibus (Extended Stereo Version) [ 4:08]
19.The Real Mccoy - I Get So Excited [ 2:34]
20.Junior's Eyes - Mr. Golden Trumpet Player [ 2:25]
21.The Piccadilly Line - Yellow Rainbow [ 2:19]
22.The Spencer Davis Group - Time Seller (LP Version) [ 2:51]
23.Tony Rivers & The Castaways - Pantomime [ 3:48]
24.Katch 22 - Go And Say Goodbye [ 2:22]
25.Andy Ellison - Cornflake Zoo [ 2:02]
26.The Alan Bown! - Penny For Your Thoughts [ 3:37]
CD 3
1. Jason Crest - Hold On [ 3:31]
2. Honeybus - Girl Of Independent Means [ 2:45]
3. Rhubarb Rhubarb - Rainmaker [ 2:41]
4. The Mirage - Hello Enid [ 2:12]
5. Episode Six - Lucky Sunday [ 3:42]
6. Paradox - What's The Rush, Dillbury? [ 3:10]
7. The Bystanders - Cave Of Clear Light [ 3:42]
8. Skip Bifferty - Round & Round [ 3:45]
9. Motivation - Come On Down [ 3:23]
10.Blonde On Blonde - Country Life [ 3:35]
11.Cats Pyjamas - Virginia Water [ 2:56]
12.Jethro Tull - Aeroplane [ 2:25]
13.Timon - Rambling Boy [ 2:38]
14.Ice - Ice Man [ 2:53]
15.The U (Don't) No Who - Now & Again Rebecca [ 3:08]
16.The Writing On The Wall - Felicity Jane [ 3:17]
17.Focal Point - Sycamore Sid [ 2:40]
18.Circus - Do You Dream [ 3:06]
19.Brass Tacks - Maxwell Ferguson [ 2:46]
20.Barbara Ruskin - Pawnbroker (Demo) [ 2:19]
21.The Orange Bicycle - Soft Winds [ 2:49]
22.Coconut Mushroom - Without You [ 2:42]
23.Peter Thorogood - Haunted [ 3:13]
24.Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Which Dreamed It [ 2:30]
25.Turnstyle - Trot [ 3:53]
26.The Orange Seaweed - Pictures In The Sky [ 3:02]
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