Label: Grapefruit
- Four-hour, 3-CD overview of the American music scene in 1967.
- A dazzling cornucopia of psychedelia, garage punk, folk-rock and sunshine pop that acted as the soundtrack to the Summer of Love (US division).
By 1967, rock's eternally restless spirit had moved on from Liverpool, the British Invasion and Swinging London and found a new place to dwell.
The scene's new creative epicentre was San Francisco, from whence the underground's tentacles spread throughout the nation and beyond as flower-power erupted into full and glorious bloom.
Over three CDs and four hours of music, ‘March Of The Flower Children’ anthologises the sounds of American rock and pop during a year that would become enshrined in the history books as the Summer of Love.
New names - The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock - are joined by established hit-makers (The Monkees, The Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful, etc), an emerging breed of singer/songwriter (Tim Rose, Tim Buckley) and a handful of older acts adopting a voguishly flowery sheen (Tommy Roe, the Everly Brothers, Jan & Dean).
Among such a beatific scene, we also find space for not-so-merry pranksters like The Velvet Underground, The Mothers Of Invention and Captain Beefheart, all of whom had little in common with the peace ’n' love vibe surrounding them.
Featuring hits, misses, key album tracks and a whole host of hugely collectable one-off local 45 nuggets, ‘March Of The Flower Children’ - housed in a clamshell box with accompanying 48-page booklet - is a fascinating aural and visual document of this most pivotal of pop-culture years.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE
IT'S A HAPPENING THING – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
!QUE VIDA! - Love
SHE HANGS OUT – The Monkees
MR. UNRELIABLE (single version) – The Cryan' Shames
MORNING DEW – Tim Rose
STRANGE MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS – The Spike Drivers
PIPE DREAM – Blues Magoos
NO TIME LIKE THE RIGHT TIME – The Blues Project
MERRY-GO-ROUND – The Youngbloods
STRANGERS FROM THE SKY – Kim Fowley
LOVE COMES, LOVE DIES – The Troyes
BOIL THE KETTLE, MOTHER – The Id
HELP, MURDER, POLICE – Thursday's Children
TWO DAYS 'TIL TOMORROW (single edit) – The Beau Brummels
RESPECT – The Vagrants
THE GOLDEN ROAD (TO UNLIMITED DEVOTION) – The Grateful Dead
HEY, HEY – The Sound Barrier
HIM OR ME – WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? - Paul Revere & The Raiders
SIX O'CLOCK – The Lovin' Spoonful
GROOVIN' (single version) – The Young Rascals
COME TO THE SUNSHINE – Harpers Bizarre
WHY DON'T YOU DO ME RIGHT – The Mothers of Invention
TRANSPARENT DAY (single mix) -The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
NO MORE – The Morning Dew
EGYPTIAN GARDENS – The Kaleidoscope
YOU CAN LIVE IN OUR TREE – The Blue Things
CAN'T PUT A THING OVER ME – Eternity's Children
OPTICAL SOUND (promo version) – The Human Expression
HOUSE OF PAINTED GLASS – The Sandals
REST IN PEACE (single edit) – Chad & Jeremy
DISC TWO
ARIES – The Zodiac
YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON – Vanilla Fudge
HIDEAWAY – The Electric Prunes
HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE – The Red Crayola
FALL ON YOU – Moby Grape
EVERGREEN PART ONE – The Stone Poneys
MARCH OF THE FLOWER CHILDREN (single version) – The Seeds
LADY FRIEND – The Byrds
I TALK TO THE SUN – The Rare Breed
THAT'S HOW IT WILL BE – The Liberty Bell
GOING HOME – NGC-4594
IT'S A HAPPENING WORLD – The Tokens
IT'S A LAZY SUMMER DAY – The Peppermint Trolley Company
PENNY ARCADE – The Cyrkle
MARY JANE – The Everly Brothers
PARADE OF UNCERTAINTY – The Raggamuffins
I LIVE IN THE SPRINGTIME ('drum' version) – The Lemon Drops
MORNING GLORY – Tim Buckley
LITTLE TOY – The Unforscene
SHE'S GOT THE MAGIC – The Parade
NEXT PLANE TO LONDON – The Rose Garden
ELECTRICITY – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 23 THE EXPECTATION – Dutch Masters
GONNA SEND YOU BACK TO YOUR MOTHER – The Endd
GOD IS ALIVE IN ARGENTINA – The Doppler Effect
PAISLEY DREAMS – Tommy Roe
PAMMIE'S ON A BUMMER - Sonny
DISC THREE
A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURE – The Balloon Farm
I'M THE KIND OF GUY – Richard Pash & The Back Door Society
NO ONE WAS THERE – The Gates Of Eden
SHE LAUGHED LOUD – The Merry-Go-Round
BLUEBIRD – Buffalo Springfield
THE PROPER ORNAMENTS (single mix) – The Free Design
1941 – Nilsson
RAINY DAY MUSHROOM PILLOW – Strawberry Alarm Clock
EAST RIVER LOVERS – Culver Street Playground
THE OSTRICH (single version) – Steppenwolf
FOREVERLASTING PLASTIC WORDS – Lost & Found
SHE LIVES (IN A TIME OF HER OWN) – The 13th Floor Elevators
FLYING ON THE GROUND – Summer Snow
I WONDER WHAT SHE'S DOING TONIGHT – Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
LOVE AND HATE – Jan & Dean
NOT THIS TIME – The Jackson Investment Co.
LAZY – Georgy & The Velvet Illusions
ECHOES OF TIME – Lemon Fog
ASTROLOGICALLY INCOMPATIBLE – The Bonniwell Music Machine
LILA – Fapardokly
SAND – Clear Light
WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT – The Velvet Underground
MIRROR OF YESTERDAY – The Zakary Thaks
TIME HAS COME TODAY – The Chambers Brothers
TIME GOES BACKWARDS – Jim & Jean
ANOTHER TIME – Sagittarius
A MOMENT OF BEING WITH YOU – The Critters
JUST DROPPED IN (TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) – The First Edition
