Love, Poetry And Revolution: A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966 – 1972

Cherry Red’s dedicated UK psych imprint Grapefruit is proud to announce the re- press of the 3CD anthology Love, Poetry and Revolution: a journey through the British psychedelic and underground scenes 1966-1972.

Housed in a clambox with a lavishly annotated and illustrated 36 page booklet, this important release features much rare material, including previously unissued demo recordings by Tintern Abbey and Blossom Toes. Various heavyweight underground bands (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Hawkwind, The Deviants, etc) rub shoulders with acts who recorded some of the rarest, most valuable albums of the era (Forever Amber, Complex, Peter Howell & John Ferdinando), while the box also includes a number of subterranean bands – Middle Earth regulars Jade Hexagram, Neon Pearl, Respect and others – who failed to release anything during their lifetime.

Embracing psychedelic pop (The Mirage, Jason Crest, Shy Limbs, Crocheted Doughnut Ring etc), the burgeoning progressive rock scene (T2, Czar, Fat Mattress) and acid folk (the likes of Simon Finn and Mark Fry), Love, Poetry and Revolution draws on a number of catalogues, including Beacon (The Fut, Information, pre-Damned act Taiconderoga), the Vic Keary stable and various collector labels (Sunbeam, Acme, Tenth Planet/Wooden Hill) to give a fascinating, all-embracing overview of what was a tumultuous few years in British pop/rock history.

DISC ONE:
1. DEEP FEELING – Pretty Colours
2. THE MISUNDERSTOOD – Find The Hidden Door
3. THEINCROWD-AmIGladToSeeYou?
4. THE DRAG SET – Day And Night
5. TUESDAY’S CHILDREN – A Strange Light From The East
6. THE MIRAGE – The Wedding Of Ramona Blair
7. THE HI-FIS – Tread Softly For The Sleepers
8. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – Mr Second Class
9. TINTERN ABBEY – Busy Bee
10.BLOSSOM TOES – I’ll Be Late For Tea 11.THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – Devil’s Grip
12.SANDS – Mrs Gillespie’s Refrigerator
13.THE SHAME – Don’t Go ’Way Little Girl
14.THE PICADILLY LINE – Rosemary’s Bluebell Day 15.CROCHETED DOUGHNUT RING – Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron)
16.THE MIKE STUART SPAN – Second Production 17.FELIUS ANDROMEDA – Cheadle Heath Delusions
18.NEON PEARL – Just Another Day
19.JOHN’S CHILDREN – Jagged Time Lapse
20.ONE IN A MILLION – Man In Yellow
21.JADE HEXAGRAM – Crushed Purple
22.DENIS COULDRY & THE NEXT COLLECTION – I Am Nearly There
23.THE ALAN BOWN! – Story Book
24.SIMON’S SECRETS – Naughty Boy
25.THE CORTINAS – Phoebe’s Flower Shop
26.THE DEVIANTS – Child Of The Sky

DISC TWO:
1. THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – Morning Sun
2. THE MIRAGE – Ebaneezer Beaver
3. WEST COAST CONSORTIUM – Amanda Jane
4. JASON CREST – Teagarden Lane
5. THE FLIES – Winter Afternoon
6. THE DEVIANTS – You’ve Got To Hold On
7. THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – Nightmare
8. SUN DRAGON – Peacock Dress
9. PETER HOWELL & JOHN FERDINANDO – Jabberwocky
10.FOREVER AMBER – Bits Of Your Life, Bits Of My Life
11.PLEASE – Strange Ways
12.THE LIVERPOOL SCENE – We’ll All Be Spacemen Before We Die
13.SERENDIPITY – Castles (full- length version)
14.THE SORROWS – The Makers
15.SECOND HAND – A Fairy Tale
16.INFORMATION – Oh Strange Man
17.SHY LIMBS – Love
18.HARDIN-YORK – Tomorrow Today
19.INFINITY – Venetian Glass
20.MIC READ – What The Dickens
21.RESPECT – Santa Lucia
22.FAT MATTRESS – Iridescent Butterfly

DISC THREE:
1. THE OPEN MIND – Magic Potion
2. PHIL CORDELL – Red Lady
3. TAICONDEROGA – Whitchi Tai To
4. HAWKWIND ZOO – Hurry On Sundown
5. PRINCIPAL EDWARDS MAGIC THEATRE – Lament For The Earth
6. CZAR – Ritual Fire Dance
7. THEFUT– Have You Heard The Word
8. PAPER BUBBLE – Fillin’ A Gap
9. THE FOX – Butterfly
10.COMPLEX – Images Blue
11.OCTOPUS – Rainchild
12.T2 – Careful Sam
13.SIMON FINN – Laughing ’Til Tomorrow
14.BEAU – Creation
15.BILL NELSON – End Of The Seasons
16.MARK FRY – The Witch
17.KEVIN COYNE – Evil Island Home