Three Seasons Triple LP Compilation (Fruits de mer Crustacean 87)

This is quite an incredible compilation that introduces the world to a lot of new bands from this label and features a huge array of cover songs (27!) from the years 1966-1968 and includes three bands from this era in the Electric Prunes (covering Love), Yardbirds, and The Pretty Things. There are so many great songs and amazing new renditions. Some people really went out on a limb and made radical changes like Cary Grace) and made super cool tracks out of the originals. Some bands play it pretty straight with their versions but a lot of obscure classics are covered with one of my faves being Rob Gould doing Granny takes a Trip by the Purple Gang. Amazing track. Sidewalk Society also really killed it with their version of A Saying for Today by The Action. Electric Prunes do a pretty straight version of 7 and 7 is by Love and of course the Pretty Things (Loneliest Person live 2010) and the Yardbirds (Think about it- great guitar solo!) do their own tracks. Amazing cover compilation. See the complete listing below. 

side 1 

1. The Past Tense - Magic In The Air (originally by The Attack : recorded in 1967) 

2. LoveyDove - Bedazzled (originally by Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations : 1967) 

3. Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder - Amelia Jane (originally by Made In Sheffield : 1967) 

4. Jack Ellister - Aquarius (originally by The Zodiac:Cosmic Sounds : 1967) 

5. Rob Gould - Granny Takes A Trip (originally by The Purple Gang : 1967) 

side 2 

1. Mark McDowell and Friends - Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire (originally by The Small Faces : 1966) 

2. Anton Barbeau – Sunshine Superman (originally by Donovan : 1965) 

3. The Electric Prunes - 7 and 7 is (originally by Love : 1966) 

4. Moonweevil - Child Of The Sky (originally by The Deviants : 1967) 

5. Kris Gietkowski - A-Minor Explosion (originally by Don Shinn : 1966) 

6. The Yardbirds - Think About It (live in 2016) (originally by The Yardbirds : 1968) 

side 3 

1. The Locker Room Cowboys - We Love You (originally by The Rolling Stones : 1967) 

2. King Penguin - White Bird (written : 1967, released by It's A Beautiful Day : 1969) 

3. Aunt Cynthia's Cabin - Solitary Man (originally by Neil Diamond : 1966) 

4. The Luck Of Eden Hall - Reflected (originally by Alice Cooper : 1968) 

side 4

1. The Honey Pot - Kites (written by Hackaday/Pockriss; recorded by The Rooftop Singers / Simon Dupree and the Big Sound : 1967) 

2. Cary Grace - 1983 (A Merman I Should Be...) (originally by the Jimi Hendrix Experience : 1968) 

side 5 

1. Sidewalk Society - A Saying For Today (originally by The Action : 1968) 

2. Jay Tausig - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (trad. recorded by Anne Briggs : 1963 / Pentangle : 1968) 

3. Magic Bus - Tribal Gathering (originally by The Byrds : 1967) 

4. Proud Peasant - Down At Circe's Place (originally by Touch : 1968) 

5. Icarus Peel - Beck's Bolero (originally by Jeff Beck Group : 1966) 

side 6 

1. The Green Ray - Dusty (originally by John Martyn : 1968) 

2. Ex-Norwegian - Winter (originally by Family : 1968) 

3. Consterdine - Fly (originally by J.K. & Co : 1968) 

4. The Gold Needles - The Smell of Incense (originally by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band : 1967) 

5. The Pretty Things - Loneliest Person (live at the Half Moon, 2010) (originally by The Pretty Things : 1968) 

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