You Can Walk Across It on the Grass / Various: You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: Boutique Sound Of Swinging London / Various

You Can Walk Across It on the Grass / Various: You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: Boutique Sound Of Swinging London / Various

You Can Walk Across It on the Grass / Various: You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: Boutique Sound Of Swinging London / Various

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Title: You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: Boutique Sound Of Swinging London / Various
Artist: You Can Walk Across It on the Grass / Various
Label: Grapefruit
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929194007
Genre: Rock

Celebration of the mid-60s Swinging London scene at it's brash, colourful zenith. A cornucopia of club-friendly mod R&B/soul, era-defining pop hits and cult TV/film themes as England swung like a pendulum do. In April 1966, American magazine Time ran a front-page feature, captioned "You Can Walk Across It On The Grass", that proclaimed London to be the most swinging city in the world and leader of contemporary pop culture. The concept of Swinging London - a zeitgeist-capturing collision of the most daring fashions, the coolest actors/models, the grooviest pop music - had already been fermenting for a year or two, but Time's feature propelled it from well-kept local secret to internationally-acknowledged phenomenon. Over four hours and three CDs, 'You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London' documents a scene that, 60 years later, still grips the public's imagination. From the notorious Profumo affair that brought down the Government and ended the age of deference to Bobby Moore accepting a still-gleaming Jules Rimet Trophy from Queen Elizabeth in the high summer of 1966, 'You Can Walk Across It On The Grass' celebrates a period in which Carnaby Street and the King's Road seemed to be the centre of the universe. Era-defining hit singles from The Kinks, The Who, Small Faces, Manfred Mann and The Troggs are joined by solo performers (Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield etc) and a plethora of groups that played their brand of R&B/soul/jazz at such clubs as The Flamingo, The Cromwellian, The Scotch of St. James and, of course, The Marquee. In addition to various young mods-about-town (The Action, The Creation, David Bowie), we feature cheeky, kinky singles from such names as Avengers pair Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee, Twiggy and Mandy Rice-Davies, and a clutch of instrumentals that were hits in their own right ('I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman') or gained popularity as TV/radio themes (The Avengers, Man In A Suitcase). With a 48-page booklet that features some fabulous Swinging London images, 'You Can Walk Across It On The Grass' is a nostalgia-inducing time capsule of the original Cool Brittania era. Climb aboard for the ride but, in the words of Dave Dee and his pals, "Hold tight!"

Tracks:
1.1 A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass – The Mood-Mosaic
1.2 Hold Tight! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich
1.3 Why Don't I Run Away From You –Kiki Dee
1.4 I Wanna Be (Your Everything) –Jimmy James ; The Vagabonds
1.5 When I Think Of You - Twiggy
1.6 Theme From “The Avengers” -The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
1.7 Kinky Boots – Patrick Macnee ; Honor Blackman
1.8 Emergency 999 – The Alan Bown Set
1.9 Invitation - A Band Of Angels
1.10 5-4-3-2-1 – Manfred Mann
1.11 Good Morning Little
1.12 Schoolgirl – The Yardbirds
1.13 That Little Old Heartbreaker
1.14 Me – David John ; The Mood
1.15 Girl Don't Tell Me – Tony Rivers ; The Castaways
1.16 Dolly Catcher Man – The Knack
1.17 Little By Little – Dusty Springfield
1.18 She Shot A Hole In My Soul –Geno Washington ; The Ram Jam Band
1.19 I Don't Wanna Know – The Mike Cotton Sound
1.20 You Better Believe It Baby – The End
1.21 In My Lonely Room – The Action
1.22 I Really Learnt How To Cry –Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
1.23 Mockingbird – Glenda Collins With The Riot Squad
1.24 On The Ball (Theme For The
1.25 World Cup) – The John Schroeder Orchestra
1.26 She Said Yeah – Neil Christian ; The Crusaders
1.27 London Look – The Hi-Fis
1.28 Walking Down The Street – Electric Banana
1.29 Winchester Cathedral – John Carter
1.30 I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You – Phillip Goodhand-Tait ; The Stormsville Shakers
1.31 Christine – Miss X
1.32 You've Got What It Takes – Mandy Rice-Davies
2.1 Don't Blow Your Cool – The Caravelles
2.2 I Can't Control Myself – The Troggs
2.3 Can't Help Thinking About Me –David Bowie With The Lower Third
2.4 Try And Stop Me – The Creation
2.5 Viva La Tamla Motown – The London Studio Group
2.6 New Directions – Dave Anthony's Moods
2.7 Dedicated Follower Of Fashion-The Kinks
2.8 She's A Liar – The Shots
2.9 Caroline – The Fortunes
2.10 A Man In A Suitcase – Ron Grainer
2.11 Help Me Girl – Eric Burdon ; The Animals
2.12 I Like What I'm Trying To Do –Waygood Ellis
2.13 Wade In The Water – The Graham Bond Organisation
2.14 I'm A Boy – The Who
2.15 Red White And You – Sounds Around
2.16 Put Yourself In My Place –Episode Six
2.17 Mr. Frantic - Bluesology
2.18 Little Games – Des James
2.19 Chills And Fever – Tom Jones
2.20 Take Me To The Dance - Twinkle
2.21 I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman –Whistling Jack Smith
2.22 Big City – The Artwoods
2.23 Little Girl – John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
2.24 Looking Back (Single Version) – The Spencer Davis Group
2.25 Because I Love You (Aka I Do Love You) – The Mickey Finn
2.26 Sorrow (Demo Version) – The Merseys
2.27 If Trees Could Talk – Samantha Juste
2.28 Portobello Road – The Spectrum
2.29 Julie Brown Loves Captain Cook – Les ; Paul Barrett
2.30 Morningtown Ride – Stan
2.31 Butcher, His Birds ; Brass
2.32 What'cha Gonna Do About It –The Mirage
2.33 London – My Home Town – The Chantelles
3.1 Friday On My Mind – The Easybeats
3.2 The Cost Of Living – The Downliners Sect
3.3 The Hustle – Basil Kirchin ; John Coleman
3.4 Crazy Feeling – Carl Douglas ; The Big Stampede
3.5 Do The Dog – Georgie Fame ; The Blue Flames
3.6 I'll Go Crazy – The Untamed
3.7 I Get Excited – Moon's Train
3.8 I'm Out – The Richard Kent Style
3.9 Henry's Panter – Wynder K. Frogg
3.10 Whatcha Gonna Do About It –Small Faces
3.11 I'm Following You – The Syn
3.12 I'm Gettin' Tired (Of Drinkin' And Gamblin' Etc) – Jack Bruce
3.13 Town Talk – Ken Woodman ; His Piccadilly Brass
3.14 If You Need Me - The Union
3.15 I'm Out Of My Own – The Roll Movement
3.16 Where Did My Heart Go – The Good Time Losers
3.17 Get Out Of My Way – The Drag Set
3.18 Don't You Ignore Me – The Extreem
3.19 Don't Stop And Stare – Gary Farr ; The T-Bones
3.20 Lose Your Money (But Don't
3.21 Lose Your Mind) – The Moody Blues
3.22 Cheat And Lie – Miki Dallon
3.23 Haven't They Got Better Things
3.24 To Do – The Profile
3.25 She's A Raver - Dana Gillespie
3.26 I'm Waiting For The Day - Peanut
3.27 I'm Back* - The Good Things
3.28 Not The Sort Of Girl You Take
3.29 To Bed (Alternative Version) – John's Children
3.30 How Long Is Time – The Odyssey
3.31 The Music Goes Round – The Jeeps
3.32 We Love The Pirates – The Roaring 60's
3.33 Pageing Sullivan – The London Studio Group
3.34 Love Ya Illya – Angela ; The Fans
3.35 England Swings – Petula Clark
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