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Let The Electric Children Play - The Underground Story Of Transatlantic Records: 3 Disc Deluxe Remastered Anthology

    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

    United States Of America

    United States Of America: The Columbia Recordings Remastered And Expanded

    Perhaps one of the finest and most original of bands to emerge in the USA during the Psychedelic era, the United States of America was formed in 1967 by the avant-garde musician Joseph Byrd (an associate of Yoko Ono who had studied with composer John Cage). After studying at UCLA in California, Byrd decided to form a band that would combine performance art, radical politics and experimental rock music. Recruiting former partner Dorothy Moskowitz (Vocals), Gordon Marron (Violin, Ring Modulator, Vocals), Rand Forbes (Bass) and Craig Woodson (Electric Drums), the band signed to Columbia records and recorded their self-titled album in December 1967. The sessions produced some of the most extraordinary music of the time, with pieces such as “The American Metaphysical Circus” combining tape looped effects, electronic sounds and rock to create a stunning opening to a fine album. Such a radical approach led to the album being hailed by critics upon release but receiving a poor commercial reception. Internal friction soon took hold and the United States of America had disbanded by the end of 1968.

    This Esoteric Recordings edition is newly remastered and includes ten bonus tracks recorded during the sessions for the band’s sole album and in May and July 1968. The reissue also features an illustrated booklet with new essay.

    TRACK LISTING

    1: The American Metaphysical Circus
    2: Hard Coming Love
    3: Cloud Song
    4: The Garden Of Earthly Delights
    5: I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar
    6: Where Is Yesterday
    7: Coming Down
    8: Love Song For The Dead Che
    9: Stranded In Time
    10: The American Way Of Love
    11: Osamu's Birthday
    12: No Love To Give
    13: I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar (First Version)
    14: You Can Never Come Down
    15: Perry Pier
    16: Tailor Man
    17: Do You Follow Me
    18: The American Metaphysical Circus (Alternative Version)
    19: Mouse (The Garden Of Earthly Delights)
    20: Heresy (Coming Down)

    Tangerine Dream

    Electronic Meditation

    It's incredible to think that this album came out over 40 years ago! Before Krautrock was a concept or genre, Berlin based Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler and a young Klaus Schulze on drums recorded these 1969 sessions. There's a more experimental, improvisational feel to these tracks with Froese's wailing guitar solos set against the (almost) tribal drum patterns laid down by Schulze.

    Upon its release in 1970 “Electronic Meditation” and tracks such as ‘Journey Through A Burning Brain’ would define a genre of music and herald the massive creative musical explosion that would emerge in Germany in the early seventies.

    This Esoteric Reactive edition is newly remastered, fully restores the original album artwork and includes a lavishly illustrated booklet with new essay.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Genesis
    2. Journey Through A Burning Brain
    3. Cold Smoke
    4. Ashes To Ashes
    5. Resurrection


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