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the classic 1965 line-up

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ANDY ELLISON - IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

ANDY ELLISON - "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" (Track 604018) December 1967
Andy Ellison's "It's Been A Long Time" ranks as one of my fave rave orchestrated pop psych tunes from the late 1960s. This cut is from the original motion picture soundtrack of "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush" filmed and recorded in 1967 but not released until the following year.
A copy of this sought after single sold a few months ago for £140, sadly I was well beaten in the bidding war and came up short but I decided to download the image from the eBay sale and research the disc.

Most interesting feature of this single is that it comes from the soundtrack of the movie "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush." It's a poignant, almost sad song - with the scoring of sighing cellos, solo trumpet and muffled tambourine establishing a suitably plaintive mood.
The descriptive lyric is impressively performed by Andy Ellison - though…

ERIK - WHY COME ANOTHER DAY

ERIK - "Why Come Another Day" (Vanguard VRS-9267) December 1967
My weekend's album under the spotlight is this obscurity by folk singer Erik Heller. The recordings for his album date from late 1967 and it appears to have been released during December. A full page advert promoting the album and a single from it was published in Cashbox trade magazine and Billboard gave it four stars in their new releases column.

The music contained within can best be described as loner folk with orchestration. Erik's songs are moody and desolate. Most here are stripped down acoustic based folk songs with Erik's mournful 'spoken' vocals increasing the anxiety. Samuel Charters' production adds psychedelics especially on the song I've chosen and my pick from "Look Where I Am." Some research reveals that the latter produced the first four Country Joe & the Fish albums so he was very familiar with the underground acid scene and in some ways was perfect fo…

WARM SOUNDS - ANGELINE

WARM SOUNDS - "Sticks And Stones" / "Angeline" (Columbia CF 114) August 1967
Warm Sounds created a lot of attention with "Birds And The Bees" and they'll certainly do the same with this one, though I can't really decide whether I like it or whether it's really the stuff hits are made of.

An oddly un-orchestrated piece of work with an insane lyric based on the 'sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt me' theory. I remember we used to put out our tongues and waggle our fingers on our heads when we said it....charming children... I don't know whether Warm Sounds do or not.
(Penny Valentine review - Disc & Music Echo - 29/07/67)

So what about the flip "Angeline" - well it's a well constructed and simple pop song with dual vocals and lots of tambourine. A very decent B-Side but because it plays for almost four minutes was probably not considered single length material for '67.
In Britain the …

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