VARIOUS – Try A Little Sunshine: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1969 (Repress) – 3CD Clamshell Box Set

Description

Limited Edition 3CD Set housed in a Clamshell Box with a 44-page booklet that includes biographical information on every band as well as rare photos. (2025 Repress).

Try A Little Sunshine covers every aspect of the 1969 British pop sound to provide not just four hours of vital late 60s music, but a fascinating look at how the mode of the music changed as a tumultuous decade drew to a close.

Tracklist:

Disc 1
1 Try A Little Sunshine – The Factory
2 Reputation – Shy Limbs
3 Little Boy – Beatstalkers
4 Letters From Edith – The Spencer Davis Group
5 Roundabout – The Montanas
6 Sister – Cliff Wade
7 Brother Thrush – Barclay James Harvest
8 (Vision In A) Plaster Sky – Wild Silk
9 The Day The Train Never Came – Consortium
10 Lifetime – The Bliss
11 This Is To A Girl – Strawberry Jam
12 River Boat Queen – Audience
13 Captain Reale – Gentle Influence
14 A Salty Dog – Procol Harum
15 Green Mello Hill – Angel Pavement
16 The Walrus And The Carpenter – Peter Howell & John Ferdinando
17 This Time Tomorrow – The Move
18 Shine A Little Light Into My Room – Jason Paul
19 Stay Indoors – The New Formula
20 Running Wild – Fresh Air
21 Dogs And Cats – The Sorrows
22 We Built The Sun – Pussy
23 Baby And Me – The Hammers
24 Being Human Being (Alternative Version) – Paper Bubble

Disc 2
1 Child On A Crossing – Writing On The Wall
2 Dr Crippen’s Waiting Room – The Orange Machine
3 Liar – Fleur De Lys
4 Seen Through A Light – The Mooche
5 It’s Only Love – Sam Gopal
6 Deep Water – Grapefruit
7 Stop – Pan Pipers
8 Marrakesh – Fortes Mentum
9 Flaxen Hair – Marc Brierley
10 Changes In Our Time – Colin Giffin
11 Creeping Jean – Dave Davies
12 Who Wants Happiness – Tapestry
13 She Said, She Said – Grand Union
14 Only George – Scrugg
15 Summer Come Along – Ralph McTell
16 It Happened Two Sundays Ago – Nirvana
17 Doubtful Nellie – Tuesday’s Children
18 Mindless Child Of Motherhood – Ewan Stephens
19 Biography – Woody Kern
20 Alcock And Brown – Balloon Busters
21 Magic Car – Edwards Hand
22 How Does It Feel – The Good Ship Lollipop
23 No Reason – Shere Khan
24 Morning Way – Trader Horne

Disc 3
1 Black Mass – Jason Crest
2 Last Cloud Home – The Orange Bicycle
3 (Who Planted Thorns In) Miss Alice’s Garden – The Explosive
4 Just What I Was Looking For Today – The Spectrum
5 The Price Of Love – Status Quo
6 This Little Boy – 1984
7 Death Of A Dream Machine – The Deviants
8 Day Of The Change – Andromeda
9 Mr Rainbow – Homers Knods
10 You Might Even Say – Pretty Things
11 Cry Baby Cry – Freedom
12 Saturday Roundabout Sunday – The Humblebums
13 We Want You To Stay (Demo Version) – Bill Fay
14 What A Groovy Day – Harmony Grass
15 Mr Beverlys Heavy Days – The Freshmen
16 Little Bird – Eyes Of Blue
17 Tamaris Khan – The Onyx
18 The School Boy – Five’s Company
19 Looking Towards The Sky – Davey Payne & The Medium Wave Band
20 Fairground – Pure Gold
21 Petrol Pump Assistant – Fat Mattress
22 Good Old ’59 (We Are Slowly Gettin’ Older) – Second Hand
23 Counting Time My Way – Taxi
24 Burning The Weed – Bobak, Jons, Malone
25 Armageddon – Cape Kennedy Construction Company