VA - March Of The Flower Children: The American Sounds Of 1967 (3CD, 2023)

By 1967, rock’s eternally restless spirit had moved on from Liverpool, the British Invasion and Swinging London and found a new place to dwell.The scene’s new creative epicentre was San Francisco, from whence the underground’s tentacles spread throughout the nation and beyond as flower-power erupted into full and glorious bloom.Over three CDs and four hours of music, ‘March Of The Flower Children’ anthologises the sounds of American rock and pop during a year that would become enshrined in the history books as the Summer of Love.New names – The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Strawberry Alarm Clock – are joined by established hit-makers (The Monkees, The Byrds, Lovin’ Spoonful, etc), an emerging breed of singer/songwriter (Tim Rose, Tim Buckley) and a handful of older acts adopting a voguishly flowery sheen (Tommy Roe, the Everly Brothers, Jan & Dean).Among such a beatific scene, we also find space for not-so-merry pranksters like The Velvet Underground, The Mothers Of Invention and Captain Beefheart, all of whom had little in common with the peace ’n’ love vibe surrounding them.

Track List:

CD 1
01. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - It's A Happening Thing
02. Love - ¡Que Vida!
03. The Monkees - She Hangs out (Single Version)
04. Cryan' Shames - Mr. Unreliable
05. Tim Rose - Morning Dew
06. The Spike Drivers - Strange Mysterious Sounds
07. The Blues Magoos - Pipe Dream
08. The Blues Project - No Time Like The Right Time
09. The Youngbloods - Merry-Go-Round
10. Kim Fowley - Strangers from the Sky (Single Version)
11. The Troyes - Love Comes, Love Dies
12. The Id - Boil the Kettle, Mother
13. Thursday's Children - Help, Murder, Police
14. The Beau Brummels - Two Days 'Til Tomorrow
15. The Vagrants - Respect
16. Grateful Dead - The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
17. Sound Barrier - Hey Hey
18. Paul & The Raiders Revere - Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be
19. The Lovin' Spoonful - Six O'Clock
20. The Young Rascals - Groovin'
21. Harpers Bizarre - Come to the Sunshine
22. The Mothers of Invention - Why Don't You Do Me Right
23. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Transparent Day
24. The Morning Dew - No More
25. The Kaleidoscope - Egyptian Garden
26. The Blue Things - You Can Live In Our Tree
27. Eternity's Children - Can't Put A Thing Over Me
28. The Human Expression - Optical Sound [Stereo]
29. Sandals - House Of Painted Glass
30. Chad & Jeremy - Rest In Peace (Single Version)

CD 2
01. The Zodiac - Aries
02. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
03. The Electric Prunes - Hideaway
04. The Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane
05. Moby Grape - Fall on You
06. The Stone Poneys - Evergreen Part One
07. The Seeds - March Of The Flower Children
08. The Byrds - Lady Friend
09. The Rare Breed - I Talk To The Sun
10. The Liberty Bell - That's How It Will Be
11. NGC-4594 - Going Home
12. The Tokens - It's a Happening World
13. The Peppermint Trolley Company - It's a Lazy Summer Day
14. The Cyrkle - Penny Arcade
15. The Everly Brothers - Mary Jane
16. The Raggamuffins - Parade of Uncertainty
17. The Lemon Drops - I Live in the Springtime (Drum Version)
18. Tim Buckley - Morning Glory
19. The Unforscene - Little Toy
20. The Parade - She's Got the Magic
21. The Rose Garden - Next Plane to London
22. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity
23. Dutch Masters - The Expectation
24. The Endd - Gonna Send You Back to Your Mother
25. Doppler Effect - God Is Alive In Argentina
26. Tommy Roe - Paisley Dreams
27. Sonny Bono - Pammie's on a Bummer

CD 3
01. Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature
02. - ichard Pash & the Backdoor Society 'I'm The Kind'
03. The Gates Of Eden - No One Was There
04. The Merry-Go-Round - She Laughed Loud
05. Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird
06. Super Furry Animals - The Proper Ornaments
07. Harry Nilsson - 1941
08. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
09. Culver Street Playground - East River Lovers
10. Steppenwolf - The Ostrich
11. Lost & Found - Foreverlasting Plastic Words
12. The 13th Floor Elevators - She Lives In A Time Of Her Own
13. Summer Snow - Flying on the Ground
14. Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight
15. Jan & Dean - Love and Hate
16. The Jackson Investment Co - Not This Time
17. Georgy & The Velvet Illusions - Lazy
18. Lemon Fog - Echoes of Time
19. The Bonniwell Music Machine - Astrologically Incompatible
20. Fapardokly - Lila
21. Clear Light - Sand
22. The Velvet Underground - White Light-White Heat
23. The Zakary Thaks - Mirror of Yesterday
24. The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
25. Jim & Jean - Time Goes Backwards
26. Sagittarius - Another Time
27. The Critters - A Moment of Being with You
28. The First Edition - Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)