Monday 18 April 2022

Pop/Psychedelic Pop/Psychedelic Rock: Tomorrow - 50 Minute Technicolour Dream (1967) (1998 RPM Records)

 


Tomorrow were one of the 1960s best and most intriguing one-album artists, so this 16-track compilation of additional material comes as quite a welcome bonus to fans, even 30 years after their split. None of these demos, alternates, or live performances were issued in the '60s, although the two respectable mod-psych demos they did for Blow Up surfaced elsewhere in the '90s, and the BBC versions of "Revolution" and "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs" have long circulated among collectors.

Studio rarities include a fine, slightly sinister, unreleased cut "Caught in a Web," a cover of the Byrds' "Why," and considerably different versions of "Revolution" and "Real Life Permanent Dream." Eight songs from their late-1967 concert at the "Christmas on Earth Continued" psychedelic event in London are frustrating: the band plays well and the instruments are decently recorded, but Keith West's vocals suffer heavily from tinny distortion due to poor miking.

Nonetheless, these are still interesting to hear, including versions of a bunch of songs from their album (among them "My White Bicycle"), "Why," and the otherwise unavailable "Shotgun & the Duck." The package is enhanced by detailed liner notes with comments from West and Steve Howe. (Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com)


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4 comments:

  1. Danke Frank für die mir unbekannte Tomorrow!
    Alle drei neuen Einträge waren für mich neu !

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  2. It's a scandal that there are so few reactions to the great music that Frank put on the web and is probably unknown to most people !

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  3. Thx Frank, another gem I missed

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