Booklet includes liner notes, photos, release labels and sleeves and track by track commentary by Andy Ellison. Andy's liner notes are adapted from his forthcoming autobiography.
John’s Children were the quintessential cult 60s Mod/Psych band, controversial, sharply dressed and subsequently the stuff of legend.
The band were fronted by Andy Ellison (later with Jet and Radio Stars) and boasted Marc Bolan within their ranks during their short life.
A STRANGE AFFAIR – for the first time – boasts the entire John’s Children output between 1966 and 1970.
The package includes: * Two singles for EMI’s Columbia label: ‘The Love I Thought I’d Found’ and ‘Just What You Want – Just What You Get’. * Four singles for The Who’s label Track Records: ‘Desdemona’, the legendarily withdrawn ‘Midsummer Night's Scene’, ‘Come And Play With Me In The Garden’ and ‘Go-Go Girl’. * Their mock-live album Orgasm! which was belatedly issued on US label White Whale in 1970. * Andy Ellison’s subsequent solo singles ‘It's Been A Long Time’ (Track), ‘Fool From Upper Eden’ (CBS) and ‘You Can't Do That’ (SNB). * Three tracks by pre-John’s Children band The Silence. * A raft of rare and previously unissued alternative versions and mixes.
The 2-CD set has been compiled with help from Andy Ellison. Their manager Simon Napier-Bell will also be contributing to the detailed sleeve-notes, which are based around excerpts from Ellison’s yet-to-be-published autobiography.
Track listing:
Singles & Rarities
1-1 –John's Children The Love I Thought I'd Found 3:01
1-2 –John's Children Strange Affair 2:06
1-3 –John's Children Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get 3:01
1-4 –John's Children But She's Mine 1:59
1-5 –John's Children Desdemona 2:24
1-6 –John's Children Remember Thomas À Becket 2:20
1-7 –John's Children Midsummer Night's Scene 2:35
1-8 –John's Children Sara, Crazy Child 2:04
1-9 –John's Children Come And Play With Me In The Garden 2:17
1-10 –John's Children Go-Go Girl 2:09
1-11 –John's Children Jagged Time Lapse 2:47
1-12 –Andy Ellison Arthur Green 3:42
1-13 –Andy Ellison It's Been A Long Time 3:21
1-14 –Andy Ellison Fool From Upper Eden 2:54
1-15 –Andy Ellison Another Lucky Lie 1:57
1-16 –Andy Ellison You Can't Do That 2:48
1-17 –Andy Ellison Cornflake Zoo 2:03
1-18 –Andy Ellison Help! 2:49
1-19 –Andy Ellison Casbah Candy 2:02
1-20 –Andy Ellison Hippy Gumbo 2:08
1-21 –Silence, The (4) Down Down 3:00
1-22 –Silence, The (4) Cold On Me 3:04
1-23 –Silence, The (4) Forgive Me If I'm Wrong 4:06
1-24 –John's Children Mustang Ford 2:24
1-25 –John's Children Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed 2:27
1-26 –John's Children Sally Was An Angel (Vocal) 3:11
Orgasm & Bonus Tracks
2-1 –John's Children Killer Ben 2:29
2-2 –John's Children Jagged Time Lapse 3:12
2-3 –John's Children Smashed! Blocked! 3:19
2-4 –John's Children You're A Nothing 3:33
2-5 –John's Children Not The Sort Of Girl 2:07
2-6 –John's Children Cold On Me 2:50
2-7 –John's Children Leave Me Alone 3:11
2-8 –John's Children Let Me Know 3:25
2-9 –John's Children Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get 3:32
2-10 –John's Children Why Do You Lie 5:06
Bonus Tracks
2-11 –John's Children Strange Affair (Alternative Mix) 2:02
2-12 –John's Children But She's Mine (Alternative Mix) 2:00
2-13 –John's Children The Love I Thought I'd Found (First Version) 3:09
2-14 –John's Children Desdemona ("Why Do You Have To Lie" Version) 2:24
2-15 –John's Children Remember Thomas À Becket (Alternative Version) 2:36
2-16 –John's Children Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Version) 2:37
2-17 –John's Children Sara, Crazy Child (German Single Version) 2:28
2-18 –John's Children Jagged Time Lapse (Alternative Version) 2:48
2-19 –Andy Ellison It's Been A Long Time (Stereo Mix) 3:10
2-20 –Andy Ellison You Can't Do That (Acetate Version) 2:59
2-21 –John's Children Hippy Gumbo (Marc Bolan Vocal) 2:36
2-22 –John's Children Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed (Alternative Version) 2:41
2-23 –John's Children Sally Was An Angel (Instrumental) 3:11
2-24 –John's Children Come And Play With Me In The Garden (Instrumental) 2:10
2-25 –John's Children The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (Instrumental) 2:41
2-26 –John's Children Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Mix) 2:37
