Try a Little Sunshine: British Psychedelic Sounds: Try A Little Sunshine: British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1969 / Various
Try a Little Sunshine: British Psychedelic Sounds: Try A Little Sunshine: British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1969 / Various
Format: CD
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Artist: Try a Little Sunshine: British Psychedelic Sounds
Label: Grapefruit
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929184701
Genre: Rock
UK three CD set. 1967 was undoubtedly the high-water mark of the era, but the psychedelic genre's influence lingered for some while afterwards. Nevertheless, there were significant changes during that period, and by the end of the decade the British music scene had largely polarized into two distinct camps: the influence of the counterculture saw the burgeoning college/university circuit grow as "serious" pop evolved into rock, while the more exploitative, commercial element of the industry reacted to the success of manufactured bands like The Monkees to instigate a sub-genre dismissively dubbed bubblegum. That dichotomy saw the British pop and rock scene exhibit a strong element of musical schizophrenia, as can be heard on Try A Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1969, the latest instalment in Grapefruit's acclaimed late Sixties series. A significant number of great, heavily lysergic records were still appearing (if psychedelia was dead, clearly nobody had told the likes of The Factory, Fleur de Lys or Jason Crest), but the musical template did mutate. The Attack's chunky mod-pop vignettes gave way to Andromeda's power trio riffing, Status Quo moved from day-glo popsike to a looser, bluesier approach, The Pretty Things reluctantly left behind their neglected masterpiece S. F. Sorrow to explore more introverted territory, Grapefruit traded their gossamer-light harmony pop template for a relatively stripped-down sound, and Colin Giffin eschewed The End's psychedelic dreamscapes to dabble in post-'Eleanor Rigby' baroque pop. For other, more commercially successful bands like The Spencer Davis Group, Procol Harum and The Move, it was a case of attempting to maintain their high-profile status while also showing signs of progression. Housed in a clambox with a 44-page booklet that includes biographical information on every band as well as rare photos, Try A Little Sunshine covers every aspect of the 1969 British pop sound to provide not just four hours of vital late Sixties music, but a fascinating look at how the mode of the music changed as a tumultuous decade drew to a close.
Tracks:
1.1 Try a Little Sunshine - the Factory
1.2 Reputation - Shy Limbs
1.3 Little Boy - Beatstalkers
1.4 Letters from Edith - the Spencer Davis Group
1.5 Roundabout - the Montanas
1.6 Sister - Cliff Wade
1.7 Brother Thrush -Barclay James Harvest
1.8 (Vision in a) Plaster Sky -Wild Silk
1.9 The Day the Train Never Came - Consortium
1.10 Lifetime - the Bliss
1.11 This Is to a Girl - Strawberry Jam
1.12 River Boat Queen - Audience
1.13 Captain Reale - Gentle Influence
1.14 A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
1.15 Green Mello Hill - Angel Pavement
1.16 The Walrus and the Carpenter - Peter Howell ; John Ferdinando
1.17 This Time Tomorrow - the Move
1.18 Shine a Little Light Into My Room - Jason Paul
1.19 Stay Indoors - the New Formula
1.20 Running Wild - Fresh Air
1.21 Dogs and Cats - the Sorrows
1.22 We Built the Sun - Pussy
1.23 Baby and Me - the Hammers
1.24 Being Human Being (Alternative Version) - Paper Bubble
2.1 Child on a Crossing - Writing on the Wall
2.2 Dr Crippen's Waiting Room - the Orange Machine
2.3 Liar - Fleur de Lys
2.4 Seen Through a Light - the Mooche
2.5 It's Only Love - Sam Gopal
2.6 Deep Water - Grapefruit
2.7 Stop - Pan Pipers
2.8 Marrakesh - Fortes Mentum
2.9 Flaxen Hair - Marc Brierley
2.10 Changes in Our Time - Colin Giffin
2.11 Creeping Jean - Dave Davies
2.12 Who Wants Happiness - Tapestry
2.13 She Said, She Said - Grand Union
2.14 Only George - Scrugg
2.15 Summer Come Along - Ralph McTell
2.16 It Happened Two Sundays Ago - Nirvana
2.17 Doubtful Nellie - Tuesday's Children
2.18 Mindless Child of Motherhood - Ewan Stephens
2.19 Biography - Woody Kern
2.20 Alcock and Brown - Balloon Busters
2.21 Magic Car - Edwards Hand
2.22 How Does It Feel - the Good Ship Lollipop
2.23 No Reason - Shere Khan
2.24 Morning Way - Trader Horne
3.1 Black Mass - Jason Crest
3.2 Last Cloud Home - the Orange Bicycle
3.3 (Who Planted Thorns in) Miss Alice's Garden - the Explosive
3.4 Just What I Was Looking for Today - the Spectrum
3.5 The Price of Love - Status Quo
3.6 This Little Boy - 1984
3.7 Death of a Dream Machine - the Deviants
3.8 Day of the Change - Andromeda
3.9 Mr Rainbow - Homer's Knods
3.10 You Might Even Say - Pretty Things
3.11 Cry Baby Cry - Freedom
3.12 Saturday Roundabout Sunday - the Humblebums
3.13 We Want You to Stay (Demo Version) - Bill Fay
3.14 What a Groovy Day - Harmony Grass
3.15 Mr Beverly's Heavy Days - the Freshmen
3.16 Little Bird - Eyes of Blue
3.17 Tamaris Khan - the Onyx
3.18 The School Boy - Five's Company
3.19 Looking Towards the Sky - Davey Payne ; the Medium Wave Band
3.20 Fairground - Pure Gold
3.21 Petrol Pump Assistant - Fat Mattress
3.22 Good Old '59 (We Are Slowly Gettin' Older) - Second Hand
3.23 Counting Time My Way - Taxi
3.24 Burning the Weed - Bobak, Jons, Malone
3.25 Armageddon - Cape Kennedy Construction Company
