Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 [Import] (3 Cd's) | Get Cheap Vinyl

DescriptionThree CD collection featuring the halcyon days of the legendary London venue. Starting out briefly as The Electric Garden, Middle Earth opened it's doors in 1967 and immediately became the most happening club in London. More than just a home for UK bands that were pushing the boundaries of rock music, Middle Earth also attracted some of America's finest exponents of Psychedelic Rock such as Captain Beefheart, The Byrds, The Fugs, Jefferson Airplane, and many more. Fledgling UK acts that would go on to great things such as Soft Machine, Tomorrow (The In-Crowd), David Bowie (The Riot Squad), Yes, The Incredible String Band, Ten Years After, and Free were joined by more established acts like Traffic, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, The Pretty Things and The Yardbirds. Cult favourites, who would never attain the commercial success of those just mentioned but are revered by those that know, include The Deviants, Dantalion's Chariot, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Third Ear Band, and Mabel Greer's Toyshop, among others. The club only last a few years but it's timeline coincided neatly with the rapid and ever- developing rise of psychedelic rock in the UK and as such this compilation serves as the perfect guide to how the genre evolved. Jeff Dexter, the house DJ and main man at Middle Earth, has been interviewed exclusively for this release and deep image research has thrown up many unseen images to round out what is the definitive document on the UK's ultimate psychedelic rock club. Tracks- Disc 1 -1 Family - a Good Friend of Mine2 Soft Machine - I Should Have Known3 The in Crowd - Am I Glad to See You4 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity - a Kind of Love-In5 Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Salisbury Plain6 Fairport Convention - Time Will Show the Wiser7 Paper Blitz Tissue - Grey Man8 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Devil's Grip9 The Riot Squad Ft David Bowie - I'm Waiting for My Man10 The Flies - House of Love11 Keith Dangerfield & the Way Ahead - She's a Witch12 Graham Bond - Strange Times, Sad Times13 Tales of Justine - Monday Morning14 Denny Laine - Too Much in Love15 Picadilly Line - How Could You Say You're Leaving Me16 Third Ear Band - Raga No. 117 Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Images of You and Me18 The Action - Climbing Up the Wall (See Me)19 Blossom Toes - Telegram Tuesday20 Eyes of Blue - Prodigal Son21 The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band - Canyons of Your Mind- Disc 2 -1 The Incredible String Band - Way Back in the 1960S2 Traffic - Feeling Alright?3 Ten Years After - Portable People4 The Knack - (The Man from the) Marriage Guidance and Advice Bureau5 The Pretty Things - Balloon Burning6 The Electric Prunes - Long Day's Flight7 Dr. K's Blues Band - Pet Cream Man8 Eclection - Mark Time9 Dantalion's Chariot - Soma (Parts 1 & 2)10 Blonde on Blonde - All Day, All Night11 The Yardbirds - Drinking Muddy Water12 The Deviants - Garbage13 Captain Beefheart - Yellow Brick Road14 Spooky Tooth - Sunshine Help Me15 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman16 Tim Rose - Dim Light a Burning17 Champion Jack Dupree - I Haven't Done No-One No Harm18 Tim Buckley - Wings19 Amalgam - Prayer for Peace20 Chris McGregor Septet - Up to Earth- Disc 3 -1 The Byrds - Artificial Energy2 The Mindbenders - Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man3 Small Faces - Yesterday Today and Tomorrow4 Free - I'm a Mover5 Junior's Eyes - Black Snake6 Edgar Broughton Band - Evil7 Killing Floor - Forget It!8 Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation9 Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments - the Week Looked Good on Paper10 Canned Heat - on the Road Again11 Chicken Shack - Worried About My Woman12 The Fugs - Crystal Liaison13 The Who - Magic Bus14 Liverpool Scene - Baby15 John James - Maybelle Rag16 Yes - Sweetness17 Sleepy - Love's Immortal Fire18 The Gun - Sunshine19 Arcadium - Woman of a Thousand Years20 Barclay James Harvest - Poor Wages21 Love Sculpture - Wang Dang Doodle22 Steamhammer - Lost You Too23 Vamp - Floatin'

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• Released: 03/21/2025