NEW REMASTERED 3CD EXPANDED SET OF THE CLASSIC 1967 ALBUM BY BLOSSOM TOES
WITH 27 ADDITIONAL BONUS TRACKS DRAWN FROM LIVE RECORDINGS, DEMOS AND BBC RADIO SESSIONS
PLUS AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN GODDING AND JIM CREGAN
Released in October 1967, ‘We Are Ever So Clean’ was the wonderful debut album by Blossom Toes, one of Britain’s most imaginative bands of the late 1960s. Originally known as The Ingoes, the band featured Brain Godding (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Jim Cregan (guitar, vocals), Brian Belshaw (bass, vocals) and Kevin Westlake (drums, percussion).
Signing to Giorgio Gomelsky’s newly formed Marmalade Records label in 1967, the band recorded their debut masterpiece throughout the Summer of that year.
Upon its release, ‘We Are Ever So Clean’ was described by Melody Maker as “Giorgio Gomelsky’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, although this was unfair. While the album did indeed reflect the style of the burgeoning British psychedelic rock movement, the album revealed Blossom Toes to be an innovative and highly original work with such classic tracks as ‘Look At Me I’m You’ and ‘What On Earth’.
Sadly overlooked at the time of its release, ‘We Are Ever So Clean’ is now regarded as one of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever made. This expanded Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly remastered and features 27 additional bonus tracks drawn from a live performance in Stockholm in August 1967, rare singles, demos and BBC sessions. The set fully restores the original album artwork and features a booklet with an essay featuring exclusive interviews with Brian Godding and Jim Cregan.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE:
We Are Ever So Clean Released: October 1967
Look at Me, I’m You
I’ll Be Late for Tea
The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog
Telegram Tuesday
Love Is
What is It For?
People of the Royal Parks
What On Earth
Mrs Murphy’s Budgerigar
I Will Bring You This and That
Mister Watchmaker
When the Alarm Clock Rings
The Intrepid Balloonists Handbook, Volume 1
You
Track for Speedy Freaks (Instant Digest LP)
Bonus tracks
Everybody’s Talking (studio out-take)
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (A- side of single, released in March 1968)
Look At Me, I’m You (instrumental track)
I’ll Be Late for Tea (instrumental track)
DISC TWO:
Live at Philipe’s Club, Stockholm – 26th August 1967
Listen to the Silence
Electricity
Captain Trips
Love Us Like We Love You
The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog
Woman Mind
Smokestack Lightning
First Love Song
DISC THREE:
Demos And BBC Sessions Autumn 1967 – Spring 1968
Collects Little Girls (first demo)
Hometime (first demo)
Looking Up I’m Looking Back (first demo)
Mister Watchmaker (BBC Radio One “Top Gear” session – 23rd October 1967)
What On Earth (BBC Radio One “Top Gear” session – 23rd October 1967)
The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog (BBC Radio One “Top Gear” session – 23rd October 1967)
Jim Cregan Interview / Love Is (BBC Radio One “Top Gear” session – 25th March 1968)
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (BBC Radio One “Top Gear” session – 25th March 1968)
Collects Little Girls
Backstreet
Ever Since a Memory
Going Home
Hometime
Looking Up I’m Looking Back 15 Penny And The Pennies
