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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.
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