Jon Savage'S 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 / Var Jon Savage'S 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 / Var CD

Unlike the previous volumes in Jon Savage's series of double CD compilations, which featured music from an expansive mixture of genres, this latest edition is 100% rock, as Jon elaborates in the customary bumper 28-page booklet: "In the late 60s, British pop and youth culture began to fragment into tribes. The divisions had always been there, even at the height of the supposedly classless mid-60s. I was an unrepentant rock fan. That was my tribe. I still bought Motown and reggae hits, but they were the hits: there was no deeper exploration. After Radio Caroline had gone, I'd lost most of the connection to black American music as part of the wider pop experience that I'd had in 1965, 1966 and 1967, even 1968. Thus streamed, I hunted the bins all over London for singles on Island, Elektra and Track." "Rock in the US and the UK encompassed male braggadocio, anguished reflection, sincere if not naive protest, stonking riffs and loud, distorted guitars. Much of it was blues-based, particularly in 1969 as the back-to-the-roots impulse of 1968 worked it's way through the sharp end of rock, but a year or so later some of it became wilder, stranger and even more basic - looking forward to what a truly 1970s white teenage music could be: that groundswell that eventually burst out in mid-decade onwards."There was no real name for this period but, just before glam, it was an era of massive riffs, overloading guitars, mindless yet heartfelt protest, goblin chants and a general mood of questioning, exploration and disillusion. While many songs from this period have become generational clich?s, it is hoped that this collection will help you in hearing them afresh. They were new once, like we all were."

1. Waiting For The Wind - Spooky Tooth 2. Bad Night At The Whiskey - The Byrds 3. Creeping Jean - Dave Davies 4. Sudden Life - Man 5. Darkness Darkness - The Youngbloods 6. Broad Daylight - Free 7. King Kong - The Kinks 8. Peace Loving Man - Blossom Toes 9. The War Machine - Leviathan 10. Junior's Wailing - Steamhammer 11. Walk On Gilded Splinters - Marsha Hunt 12. Days Of The Broken Arrows - The Idle Race 13. Reputation - Shy Limbs 14. Nobody Knows - Brute Force 15. Plynth (Water Down The Drain) - Jeff Beck Group 16. Lie To Me - Kaleidoscope 17. 1969 - The Stooges 18. Magic Potion - The Open Mind 19. Funk #48 - The James Gang 20. Rock And Roll Queen - Mott The Hoople 21. The Devil Came From Kansas - Procol Harum 22. Comin' Home - Delaney ; Bonnie ; Friends Featuring Eric Clapton 23. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum 24. The Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull 25. Bad Side Of The Moon - Toe Fat 26. Flying - Faces 27. Cat Food - King Crimson 28. American Woman - The Guess Who 29. The American Ruse - Mc5 30. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) û 31. Fleetwood Mac 32. Shady Grove - Quicksilver Messenger Service 33. Archangel's Thunderbird - Amon D??l Ii 34. The Witch - The Rattles 35. Gerdundula - Status Quo 36. Natural Magic - Jack Nitzsche 37. Ultima Thule Teil 1 - Tangerine Dream 38. Caught In A Dream - Alice Cooper 39. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground 40. He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos 41. TravelinÆ In The Dark (For E.M.P) - Mountain 42. Beggars Day - Crazy Horse 43. Rock 'N Roll - Detroit Featuring Mitch Ryder 44. Yesterday's Numbers - The Flamin' Groovies