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• First-ever complete 3CD anthology of cult late 60s UK psychedelic pop band The
Mirage.
• Features all of their singles (including pseudonymous releases), numerous demos, previously-unreleased recordings and BBC sessions
After serving an apprenticeship on the mid-60s Hertfordshire beat scene, The Mirage became house band at Beatles’ publisher Dick James’ Oxford Street demo studio.
After forming a friendship with The Hollies, The Mirage cut a couple of singles for CBS before James and his regular business partner, Kinks/Troggs manager Larry Page, oversaw the band’s subsequent, heavily Beatles-influenced releases on the Philips and Page One labels.
The Mirage then moved over to Mervyn Conn’s Carnaby label, where they cut a single as
Portebello Explosion before releasing a 1970 album under the name Jawbone.
A lavish 3CD digipack set, ‘The World Goes On Around You’ is the first-ever complete Mirage anthology, featuring all of their singles, the Jawbone album, numerous studio out- takes, alternative versions and BBC sessions.
The package includes some great previously unseen Mirage photos and a new 7000-word essay on the band that’s based around a new interview with guitarist Ray Glynn, who speaks for the first time of their involvement with the film Georgy Girl and their appearance alongside Jefferson Airplane at the first Isle of Wight Festival.
It’s the final word on a hugely collectable, highly regarded UK psychedelic pop band.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
Singles and BBC sessions
1 IT’S IN HER KISS
2 WHAT’CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT
3 GO AWAY
4 JUST A FACE
5 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
6 YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS
7 HOLD ON
8 CAN YOU HEAR ME
9 THE WEDDING OF RAMONA BLAIR
10 LAZY MAN
11 MYSTERY LADY
12 CHICAGO COTTAGE
13 HERE COMES JANE (as Yellow Pages)
14 DING DONG BELL (as Yellow Pages)
15 CAROLYN
16 THE WORLD GOES ON AROUND YOU
17 WE CAN FLY (as Portebello Explosion)
18 HOT SMOKE AND SASSAFRAS (as Portebello Explosion)
19 THE WEDDING OF RAMONA BLAIR (BBC session)
20 HOLD ON (BBC session)
21 WHAT’CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT (BBC session)
22 STRANGE FEELING (BBC session)
23 ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT (BBC session)
24 EBANEEZER BEAVER (BBC session)
DISC TWO
Studio out-takes
1 THE WEDDING OF RAMONA BLAIR (stereo version)
2 EBANEEZER BEAVER
3 MRS. BUSBY
4 I SEE THE RAIN
5 MY DOOR NO. 4 (aka LONELY HIGHWAY)
6 HELLO ENID
7 IS ANYBODY HOME
8 WHAT DO I CARE
9 HOW’S YOUR PA
10 LAZY MAN (alternative version)
11 SEE MY WORLD
12 CATHY MUST FLY (aka KATHERINE)
13 YOU AND ME BABY
14 GO AWAY (demo version)
15 WILD THING
16 GONE TO YOUR HEAD
17 I WANT LOVE
18 ONE MORE TIME
19 THAT I KNOW
20 I LOVE HER
21 LOVE IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
22 EBANEEZER BEAVER (acoustic demo)
23 THE WEDDING OF RAMONA BLAIR (backing track)
DISC THREE
Jawbone
1 HONEYSUCKLE REDWOOD CABIN
2 HOMESTEAD
3 HOW’S YA PA?
4 BRAVE WHITE KNIGHT
5 BULLDOG GOES WEST
6 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
7 MILLION TIMES BEFORE
8 MONEY IS
9 MISTER CUSTER
10 SONG FOR SUNNY
11 CHICAGO COTTAGE
12 JEREMIAH DREAMS
13 WAY DOWN DOWN