With a tip of the cap to the Beatles, whose “Revolver” (1966) and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967), folkies, pop singers, mods, R&B bands, swinging London soul revues—they all went psychedelic in ’67. This 3 CD set imported from the UK chronicles the trippy transformation that swept England in 1967 with 80 tracks (many rare or unissued) by artists both famous and ultra-obscure. An evocatively illustrated booklet joins “Sanity Inspector” – Spencer Davis Group, “Life’s Not Life” – Moody Blues, “Funny Face”- Dave Davies, “Give Him a Flower” – Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Flowers in Your Hair” – John Williams, “Crazy Dreams” – Searchers, “Listen to the Sky” – Sands, “Again” – Symbols, “Ice Woman” – Motives, “Odd Man Out” – Hi-Fi’s, “Laughing Man” – Marmalade, “Defecting Grey” (extended version) – Pretty Things…four hours of shape-shifting sounds from an epochal year! A fantastic compilation from Cherry Red’s Grapefruit Records imprint. Highly recommended.
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