LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Yeh Yeh If Illusion Met Fantasy The Yellow Spotted Capricorn Come Back And Shake Me You Didn't Have To Be So Nice Comin' Home Baby Don't Do It Baby The Real Mr/ Smith Monday Monday A Touch Of Velvet A Sting Of Brass Sunny I Can Hear Music Sunday Night Riviera Carnival Chinese Chequers Watching A Matchstick Fight Yesterdays Laughter Todays Tears Dizzy There's No Business Like Monkey Business A Thimble Full Of Puzzles Beyond The Horizon Dreamin' Fantastic Fair "The Go Go Music Of Mark Wirtz Orchestra & Chorus" (which might just win longest reissue title of the year award!) is centred largely on Wirtz's work from 1964 up to starting "The Teenage Opera", and covers recordings made for both Ember and EMI's Studio 2 label, including the complete Wirtz album "MOOD MOSAIC", a scarce and collectable LP in its own right. We have also added bonus cuts from a German only release. All but one track reissued here and on CD for the very first time. The Northern Soul classic "A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass" (one time DLT/Radio Caroline Theme tune, and also the theme from Germany's "Beat Club" TV show), was the starting point for the original "Mood Mosaic" album, a piece Mark had cut as an independent producer before he began work at EMI. Similarly the single release of "Fantastic Fair", credited to Elmer Hockell (aka Mark Wirtz), was taped during the "Teenage Opera" period. Unsurprisingly there were further overlaps in Mark's work at this time - for example "Grocer Jack " and "Theme For A Teenage Opera" were both Mood Mosaic productions originally - the latter even carrying the Mood Mosaic credit when it was issued as a single. Thus in its own right and as a way of introducing Mark's music, this collection is perfect. A unique Mark Wirtz production sound permeates the whole album, coupled with a laid back foot tappingly swinging '60s groove which carries the listener away..…