The Kirkbys

The Kirkbys - Five From The Kirkbys (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at July 18, 2024
The Kirkbys - Five From The Kirkbys (2024)

The Kirkbys - Five From The Kirkbys (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 42 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 29 MB
12:22 | Rock, Beat, Mod, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Top Sounds Records

Five tracks recorded during 1966 / 1967, all restored from original acetates. "I'm Gonna Be A Big Star", "Keep Me Warm ('Til the Sun Shines)", "Michael Angelo" (a different version to those previously released) and "It's A Crime" (a different version to the 1966 RCA Victor single) make their debut on this EP, and "I'll Be Round" is in far superior sound quality to that previously released on the 23rd Turnoff compilations. This version of "It's A Crime" ends abruptly with a short audio segment tagged on the tail end from an announcer at "Caroline Radio", It would appear this recording is from a tape or radio transmission via the radio at the time.
The 23rd Turnoff - ...The Dream Of Michaelangelo: The Legendary ’66/’67 Recordings (2004)

The 23rd Turnoff - …The Dream Of Michaelangelo: The Legendary ’66/’67 Recordings (2004)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 187 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 117 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Garage Rock, Beat, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: RPM Records (RPM BC 287)

Although this 21-track compilation is credited to the 23rd Turnoff, in fact it's a combination of recordings by the Kirkbys, the mid-'60s Merseybeat group led by Jimmy Campbell, and the 23rd Turnoff, the more psychedelic band they evolved into in 1967. It reveals Campbell as perhaps the most unheralded talent to come out of the Liverpool '60s rock scene, as he was a songwriter capable of both spinning out engaging Merseybeat and - unlike almost every other artist from the city, with the notable exception of the Beatles – making the transition to quality, dreamy psychedelia. Both sides of all three of the Kirkbys' 1965-1966 singles are here, as well as a bunch of unreleased recordings and outtakes by the group, all written or co-written by Campbell. While there's no obvious hit among them, they're catchy, Beatles-influenced tracks, showing some folk-rock and Revolver influence on the later efforts…
Various Artists - A Slight Disturbance in My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966 (2020) {Grapefruit Records}

Various Artists - A Slight Disturbance in My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966 (2020) {Grapefruit Records}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44.1kHz - Digital Download -> 1.04 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 547 Mb | Cover | 5% repair rar
© 1966, 2020 Grapefruit Records / Cherry Red | CRSEGBOX066
Rock / British Invasion / British Psychedelia / Freakbeat / Psychedelic / Mod

Another lovingly curated rock & roll gem from Cherry Red's archival Grapefruit Records imprint, A Slight Disturbance in My Mind is an expansive three-disc set entirely devoted to the opening phases of Britain's budding psychedelic movement. By late 1965, the American underground, particularly San Francisco's LSD-inspired drug culture, had begun to infiltrate popular music. The Byrds and other West Coast groups began to adopt a more experimental attitude while in the U.K. bands like the Yardbirds and, more prominently, the Beatles forged their own new directions away from rock's more easily digestible conventions.

VA - Box Of Pin-Ups The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 15, 2021
VA - Box Of Pin-Ups The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)

VA - Box Of Pin-Ups The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:04:13 | 278 Mb
Genre: Rock, Pop / Label: Grapefruit

Presented in a striking clamshell box that houses a 48-page booklet crammed with rare facts and photos, ‘Box Of Pin-Ups’ also includes formative efforts from young hopefuls Elton John, Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart and Marc Bolan, all of whom would eventually shake off their status as minor players on the mid-60s London club scene to become pin- ups in their own right.

VA - Box Of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)  Music

Posted by Rtax at July 1, 2024
VA - Box Of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)

VA - Box Of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds Of 1965 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 947 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 559 MB
3:58:36 | Rock, Beat, Mod, Merseybeat, Freakbeat | Label: Grapefruit

Boasting 92 tracks, ‘Box Of Pin-Ups’ takes in the market leaders as well as the year’s hard-up heroes and nowhere men. Established Top Ten acts like Manfred Mann, The Hollies and The Yardbirds are joined by cult names and such glorious one-shot unknowns as Glenn Athens & The Trojans and Irish band The Spectres, both now legally included on CD for the first time.
VA - A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966 (2020)

VA - A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966 (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 956 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 524 MB
3:49:06 | Psychedelic Rock, Beat, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Mod, Rock & Roll | Label: Grapefruit

UK three CD set. While the likes of Rubber Soul, 'See My Friends' and 'Still I'm Sad' had served notice in 1965 of British pop's heightened level of ambition, 1966 would prove to be an even more tumultuous twelve-month period as experimentation and innovation grew to new levels. The release that August of Revolver brought the concept of psychedelic music out of the margins and into the mainstream. However, psychedelia had been percolating throughout the year. The word was already in subterranean use in America, adapted by the likes of The 13th Floor Elevators and Hollywood hustler Kim Fowley, who in late 1965 had become the first person to promote a record with the term "psychedelic". Featuring 84 tracks, A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966 examines the experimental pop element of the British music scene during that epochal twelve-month period with a dizzying, dazzling mix of nascent psychedelia, introspective pop and what's been retrospectively labelled freakbeat. We feature vital contributions from some of the era's biggest names (The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, The Animals etc), a bunch of highly collectable cult classics, a huge stash of unissued-at-the-time nuggets and early outings for such future legends as Bowie, Bolan, Slade and The Bee Gees. Housed in a clamshell box containing a 52-page booklet crammed with biographical information and priceless period photos and memorabilia, A Slight Disturbance In My Mind is a glorious snapshot of British pop storming the gates of a new, strange and wonderful dawn.
VA - Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {6CD Box Set}

VA - Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {6CD Box Set}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,84 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 1,07 Gb
Full Scans ~ 220 Mb | 04:25:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Mod, Beat, Rhythm & Blues | RPM Records #RPMBX541

British Beat was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles' explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64. Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued. Fab Gear includes many of the era's biggest names such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers and The Tremeloes and other hit acts such as The Marmalade, The Alan Price Set, The Rockin' Berries, David & Jonathan, The Ivy League, Twinkle, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Chad & Jeremy, The Tornados, Arthur Brown, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, The Undertakers, Billie Davis, The Migil 5, The Truth, The Quiet Five and The Sorrows.
VA - Looking Back - Mod, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets (2011)

VA - Looking Back - Mod, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets (2011)
Flac (tracks, ,cue, log) / MP3 320 kbps | 3:34:19 | 532 Mb / 1,2 Gb
Genre: Mod, Beat, Rhythm & Blues

Looking Back boasts a smattering of previously unissued gems from the likes of A Wild Uncertainty, Tony Rivers & The Castaways, The Thoughts, The Trekkas and The Knave.Many tracks were new to CD when this esteemed boxset was first released, including nuggets from the Lloyd Alexander Real Estate (who later became Audience), and soul obscurities from Maynell Wilson, Hoagy Benson and Watson T. Brown & Explosive.Looking Back is designed by Andy Morten (Shindig magazine, Rev-Ola).Many of the rarities here are drawn from cult British labels such as Planet, Ember and Chapter One. Other obscurities were only issued abroad (The Sorrows, The Alan Bown Set). Many of the artists, such as Arthur Brown and The Groundhogs, went on to enjoy huge success. The Valentines, for example, were fronted by a pre-AC/DC Bon Scott!
Jimmy Campbell - Albums Collection 1969-1972 (3CD) Remastered 2009

Jimmy Campbell - Albums Collection 1969-1972 (3CD) Remastered 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 639 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 276 Mb | Covers included
Folk-Rock, Folk, Psychedelic | Label: Esoteric | # ECLEC 2106-2108 | 02:00:18

This obscure folk-rock artist from the late '60s left a track record of a few albums and a handful of obscure single releases, including the languid "Lyanna" and the demanding "Don't Leave Me Now." Campbell first came to prominence as a singer/songwriter on the folk club scene. He signed a contract with the interesting Fontana label, which released much cutting edge folk-rock and psychedelic music. He recorded one album and three singles for them before switching dizzily to the Vertigo label. The resulting album took a proud place in this label's catalog, right between the largely forgotten Dr. Strangely Strange and the grandly remembered Paranoid by Black Sabbath. It was definitely Campbell's most famous album, entitled Half Baked with just a note of derision. The album's title track is in turn the most well-known cut by this artist.
VA - Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms (2015)

VA - Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms (2015)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 559 MB
3:21:25 | Full Scans Included | Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Rubble

Presenting a herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms collected together for your listening pleasure. Ultimately rare and genuinely obscure sounds from around the world with a particular eye on the hidden rumblings of British psychedelia. Five discs spanning the psychedelic period with ultra-rare and previously un-compiled nuggets from Enough s Enough, Wheels Of Time, Virgin Sleep, Mandrake, Now, The Scene, Factory, The Difference, Autumn, Mooche, Blue Effect, No To Co and many others. A musical hocus pocus with 67 blasts of psychedelic artefacts and freakbeat enigmas. Rubble presents a deluxe five-disc box set comprising of all four original volumes of the highly revered Psychedelia series originally issued in limited quantities on Tiny Alice recs. Disc five is the missing volume originally intended as the last in the Psychedelia series. Comes with a full colour booklet, expanded liner notes and a plethora of rare and original photos and memorabilia not originally available in the vinyl series.