The Paper Kites

Margret Wander, better known by her stage name Dessa, is a rapper, singer, spoken word artist, and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree. Robert Christgau say: 'Dessa is a fluent lyricist. . . she recalls an old-fashioned high-quality singer-songwriter like Joni Mitchell or Rosanne Cash'.

Top of the Pops Summer of Love features 3CDs of the finest songs to come out of the iconic era. Including tracks by The Mamas & Papas, The Troggs, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Band and many more.

This is the 18th album offered by Amina Figarova, and if you find influences from Eastern countries mixed with African children’s choirs as well as certain tonalities in which this choir sings, it’s simply due to the origins of this great musician, as she is native to Baku, Azerbaijan.

The late 60s was a golden age for pop, bubblegum, psychedelia and lounge. The summer of love was in full swing, England had recently won the world cup, man was landing on the moon, people were starting to travel overseas and there was definitely something in the air. This soundtrack, hand-picked by Pete Lawrence reflects and revives that golden age, a superlative double CD set of tracks from the likes of The Mamas and Papas, The Cowsills, Thunderclap Newman, Traffic, Warm Sounds, The Box Tops and The Association. This music made a profound impression on Pete as a pre-teen adolescent and here, he re-assesses a golden age in music at a time when everything seemed that little bit more utopian and magical. The sentiments, inevitably about love, peace and nature, retain their relevance with an added resonance today, given the trajectory of the last 40 years and the adoption of many values from the hippy era by a large majority today, and the music, remastered here with love and care, sounds as vibrant and contemporary as anything else on offer at the moment. 40 years since `summer of love' - all tracks from around 1967 2-CD collection of sixties tracks - hits and rare gems, compiled by Pete Lawrence of the Big Chill.

This is a truly great 60's compilation album. All the tracks are original studio recordings as released at the time. Unlike many 60's compilations it includes US tracks as well as UK. The key to the style of music is in the title - The first summer of love. It represents much of the best music from that era with true Flower Power style (early psycedelia mixed with the developed 60's beat style delivered in 3 to 4 minutes each).
Although the brits are well represented, it is the addition of many of the absolute classic Flower Power US artists hits that make this such a great representation of the era. With 45 tracks on two discs it delivers a fantastic sweep of some of the best recordings you could ask for.
This compilation was not released through the high street record chains, it came via supermarkets in the 90's, which is why it's not so often seen.

Souvenir is the 2017 album by Portugal's Channel Swimmer. This was released by the Jetsam.