Various Artists - Try a Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1969 (CD)

Try a Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1969
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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 polarised into two distinct camps: the influence of the counterculture saw the burgeoning college/university circuit grow as '€œserious'€ 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 '€˜60s series. Try A Little Sunshine covers every aspect of the 1969 British pop sound to provide not just four hours of vital late '€˜60s music, but a fascinating look at how the mode of the music changed as a tumultuous decade drew to a close.

- 3CD
Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Try A Little Sunshine
2. Reputation
3. Little Boy
4. Letters From Edith
5. Roundabout
6. Sister -
7. Brother Thrush
8. (Vision In A) Plaster Sky
9. The Day The Train Never Came
10. Lifetime
11. This Is To A Girl
12. River Boat Queen
13. Captain Reale
14. A Salty Dog
15. Green Mello Hill
16. The Walrus And The Carpenter
17. This Time Tomorrow
18. Shine A Little Light Into My Room
19. Stay Indoors
20. Running Wild
21. Dogs And Cats
22. We Built The Sun
23. Baby And Me
24. Being Human Being (Alternative Version)

CD 2:
1. Child On A Crossing
2. Dr Crippen'€™s Waiting Room
3. Liar
4. Seen Through A Light
5. It's Only Love
6. Deep Water
7. Stop
8. Marrakesh
9. Flaxen Hair
10. Changes In Our Time
11. Creeping Jean
12. Who Wants Happiness
13. She Said, She Said
14. Only George
15. Summer Come Along
16. It Happened Two Sundays Ago
17. Doubtful Nellie
18. Mindless Child Of Motherhood
19. Biography
20. Alcock And Brown
21. Magic Car
22. How Does It Feel
23. No Reason
24. Morning Way

CD 3:
1. Black Mass
2. Last Cloud Home
3. (Who Planted Thorns In) Miss Alice'€™s Garden
4. Just What I Was Looking For Today
5. The Price Of Love
6. This Little Boy
7. Death Of A Dream Machine
8. Day Of The Change
9. Mr Rainbow
10. You Might Even Say
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Saturday Roundabout Sunday
13. We Want You To Stay (Demo Version)
14. What A Groovy Day
15. Mr Beverly's Heavy Days
16. Little Bird
17. Tamaris Khan
18. The School Boy
19. Looking Towards The Sky
20. Fairground
21. Petrol Pump Assistant
22. Good Old '€™59 (We Are Slowly Gettin'€™ Older)
23. Counting Time My Way
24. Burning The Weed
25. Armageddon

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