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• 20 tracks from Grapefruit, the first protege’s of the Beatles pre-dating their debut album of 1969
• Including ‘Lullaby’ which was committed to tape at Advision Studios and produced by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The speeded up stereo version is included here, released for the first time.
• With six previously unreleased songs, plus 13 tracks discovered on master tapes, including multi-tracks in 2016.
• A sparkling collection of prime British Pop Psych of proven appeal to ‘60s collectors, and Apple lovers.
Boasting the remarkable song writing talent of George Alexander, signed to Apple Music publishing in 1967, the London based quartet Grapefruit recorded their first set of Alexander songs through 1967-1968. All are included here. Representing the Grapefruit sound as it existed before the LP of 1969.
Tracklist
1 DEAR DELILAH
2 DEAD BOOT
3 BREAKING UP A DREAM
4 LULLABY (SPED UP STEREO VERSION)
5 ANOTHER GAME
6 ELEVATOR
7 YES
8 AIN’T IT GOOD
9 SWEET LITTLE MISS NO NAME
10 ROUND AND ROUND (AKA ROUND GOING ROUND)
11 SOMEDAY (ALT. VSN)
12 SOMEBODY’S TURNING ON THE PEOPLE
13 TRYING TO MAKE IT TO MONDAY
14 C’MON MARIANNE (MARYANNE)
15 THEME FOR A LONELY QUEEN (AKA TWIGGY)
16 THIS LITTLE MAN (ALT. VSN)
17 DO WHAT YOU WANT TO(AKA LEARN TO LOVE ME)
18 YESTERDAY’S SUNSHINE
19 SOMEDAY SOON
20 ONE MORE TRY