In 2016, Cherry Red's psychedelic imprint Grapefruit Records released the 3CD set ‘Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds’, a hugely successful, widely-acclaimed anthology of lysergically- inclined music made in Britain during the epochal year of 1967.
In response to the many requests we've received, here's the long-awaited second volume, housed like its predecessor in a clamshell box with a lavishly annotated and illustrated 48- page booklet.
Featuring 79 mind-melting tracks from British psychedelia's key year, ‘Too Much Sun Will Burn’ covers all bases, incorporating the era's big hitters (The Move, The Who, Small Faces, ISB, Pretty Things, The Zombies), huge singles (Traffic, Procol Harum, The Hollies, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Troggs), cult 45s (Paper Blitz Tissue, Made In Sheffield, Caleb and many others) and such future legends as Bowie, Genesis, Alex Harvey and Elton John, with a track from his legendary aborted debut LP ‘Regimental Sgt. Zippo’.
With numerous rare mixes, key album tracks, first-ever CD appearances, a clutch of previously-unissued gems and Peter Cook & Dudley Moore supplying the laconic final word on our groovy little scene, Too Much Sun Will Burn is yet another vital release from British psychedelia's premier reissue label. You'll be bedazzled...
Disc: 1
1 Paper Sun (Mono Single Version) - Traffic
2 Revolution (Mono, Early Alternative Version) - Tomorrow
3 Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad - Caleb
4 Talk Of The Devil - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
5 Horizons - Harvey, Alex
6 Night Of The Long Grass - Troggs, The
7 14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Syn, The
8 Look At Me, I'm You - Blossom Toes
9 Snowman - Abbey, Tintern
10 Nina (Band Version) - John, Elton
11 Two Weeks Last Summer - Strawbs / Denny, Sandy
12 Technicolour Dream - Alan Bown!, The
13 No-One Else Can See - Piccadilly, The
14 Good Times - Burdon, Eric & The Animal
15 Two Little Ladies (Azalea And Rhododendron) - Crocheted Doughnut Ring
16 She Is Beautiful - Genesis
17 Painting Box - Incredible String Band
18 Love-Hate Revenge (UK Single Version) - Episode Six
19 There Ain't No Use In Hangin' On - Marmalade, The
20 Saturday Night People - Henders, Scott
21 Amelia Jane - Made In Sheffield
22 All You've Got - Lovin', The
23 Go-Go Girl - John's Children
24 It Could Be Wonderful - Smoke, The
25 Let's Go To San Francisco [Parts 1 And 2, Mono Version] - Flower Pot Men, The
Disc: 2
1 Dive Into Yesterday - Kaleidoscope
2 Silas Stingy - Who, The
3 Wave The Flag And Stop The Train - Move, The
4 Gypsy Fred - Koobas, The
5 Don't Make It So Hard (On Me Baby) - Dupree, Simon & The Big Sound
6 Lady Under The Lamp - End, The
7 Hyacinth Threads - Orange Bicycle, The
8 Wooden Spoon - Poets, The
9 Any More Than I Do - Attack, The
10 Garden Of My Mind - Mickey Finn, The
11 I Can't Sleep - Quik, The
12 Boy Meets Girl - Paper Blitz Tissue
13 My New Day And Age - Mindbenders, The
14 Love - Virgin Sleep, The
15 Homburg - Procol Harum
16 The Intro And The Outro - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The
17 The Sun Goes Down - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
18 Red Sky At Night - Accent, The
19 A Little Bit Of Shangri-La - Our Plasic Dream
20 Tiny Goddess (Single Version) - Nirvana
21 Up So High - Living Daylights
22 Morning Sun (Alternative Version) - Davis, Spencer Group
23 Suddenly Winter - Tremeloes, The
24 Silver Man (Original Version) - Lisa & Francesca
25 Mrs. Busby - Mirage, The
26 Another Vincent Van Gogh (Alternative Version) - 23rd Turnoff, The
27 What Shall I Do - Artwoods, The
Disc: 3
1 King Midas In Reverse (Mono Single Version) - Hollies, The
2 Sitting In My Tree - Idle Race, The
3 Silly Boy Blue - Bowie, David
4 Mr. Evasion - Pretty Things, The
5 Heaven And Hell - Easybeats, The
6 Susannah's Still Alive (Mono Single Version) - Davies, Dave
7 Patterns - Small Faces
8 I Can Fly - Herd, The
9 Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day - Bystanders, The
10 Beechwood Park (Mono Single Version) - Zombies, The
11 Nightmares - Creation, The
12 Something Out Of Place (Aka Eltiton) - Tickle, The
13 Green Veined Orchid - Universals, The
14 Getting Old - Svensk
15 I'm In Love With An Ex Beauty Queen - Great Uncle Fred
16 Arthur Green - Ellison, Andy
17 My Ways Are Set - Williams, John
18 Turn Of The Century - Rivers, Tony & The Castaways
19 Sunshine Secret - Rowe, Normie
20 Black Sheep R.I.P. - Australian Playboys
21 Ltts - Sullivan, Big Jim
22 Turn Your Face Away - Lisa & Frances
23 Icarus - Action, The
24 Never Never (Baker Street Version) - Focal Point
25 Lovely Elisa Cope Is Dead - 23rd, The
26 Rebecca (100 Days) - Circle Plantage
27 Bedazzled - Cook, Peter / Moore, Dudley