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Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a new deluxe 3CD which tells the story of the so-called “underground” era of one of Britain’s great independent record labels of the 1960s & 1970s, Transatlantic Records. In the heady atmosphere of the late 1960s, the sea change in British popular music spearheaded by the Beatles experimentation on the Sergeant Pepper album and swiftly followed by the likes of Cream, Pink Floyd, Traffic, Family, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull and a host of groups and musicians who followed in their footsteps led to the album being seen as the medium in which “serious” musicians would explore and develop their craft. The apparently disparate genres of blues, jazz, rock, folk and even world music were fused together by many diverse acts all of whom were eager to be regarded as “progressive” in their musical approach. The so-called “underground” audience eagerly consumed this music, which sat alongside the social changes that were also taking place. Featuring over three and a half hours of newly re-mastered music over three CDs, “Let the Electric Children Play” documents the fascinating story of a unique period in the history of one of Britain’s most eccentric labels. This deluxe anthology also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet with new essay and artist biographies housed in a clamshell boxed set.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE:
1. WE CAN SWING TOGETHER – Alan Hull
2. II B.S. – Circus
3. MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S HAPPENING- The Sallyangie
4. LIGHT FLIGHT – Pentangle
5. BILLY THE MONSTER – The Deviants
6. PAINT IT BLACK – Jody Grind
7. NORWEGIAN WOOD – Circus
8. OBADIAH’S GRAVE – Alan Hull
9. LUCIFER’S CAGE – Gordon Giltrap
10. ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART – Pentangle
11. METAMORPHOSIS EXPLOSION – The Deviants
12. SATURDAY ROUNDABOUT SUNDAY (SINGLE VERSION) – The Humblebums
13. MAKIN’ TIME – Little Free Rock
14. MONA (A FRAGMENT) – Mick Farren
15. PLASTIC SHIT – Jody Grind
DISC TWO:
1. ALL IN YOUR MIND – Stray
2. BORN TO BE FREE – Marsupilami
3. WE’VE HAD IT – Jody Grind
4. MICE AND RATS IN THE LOFT – Jan Dukes De Grey
5. HOMAGE TO THE GOD OF LIGHT – Peter Bardens
6. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS – Stray
7. MENDLE – Mr. Fox
8. PRELUDE TO THE ARENA – Marsupilami
9. DON’T EVER GIVE UP TRYING – Unicorn
10. REFLECTION – Pentangle
11. SKIN VALLEY SERENADE – Skin Alley
DISC THREE:
1. TEAR DOWN THE WALL – Peter Bardens
2. SON OF THE FATHER – Stray
3. DON’T COUNT ME OUT – Gerry Rafferty
4. NICK’S SEVEN – Skin Alley
5. SONG FROM THE 4th ERA – CMU
6. A DISTANT THOUGHT, A POINT OF LIGHT – CMU
7. THE UNGODLY – Decameron
8. FAIR FORTUNE’S STAR – Carolanne Pegg
9. MOVE IT (SINGLE VERSION) – Stray
10. SHELTER – Renia
11. OPENING MOVE – Gryphon
12. JOURNEY’S END – Decameron
13. CRIMINAL WORLD – Metro