Looking Through A Glass Onion: Beatles Psychedelic Looking Through A Glass Onion: Beatles Psychedelic CD

Three CDs. Looking Through A Glass Onion assembles these disparate strands into one cohesive package, with the studio day trippers, the cultural pranksters, the genre-benders, the folk club stalwarts and the hair-down-to-his-knees prog-rock brigade all grooving up slowly to the starting line. Though largely forgotten now, Liverpool quartet The Beatles were the toppermost of the poppermost in the Sixties, responsible for some of the biggest-selling singles of all time and a series of ground-breaking albums that dictated musical trends until their next LP emerged. With those albums containing numerous potential hit singles, it was inevitable that producers and groups would wait impatiently for the latest Beatles LP to land in order to rush into the studio and clone a track with the aim of scoring a cheap hit single. That process continued unabated for the rest of the band's career, but the results became more interesting with the arrival of the psychedelic and progressive era, when rock started to take itself more seriously and a more self-respecting, artistic approach was called for. Suddenly the cheap imitations were joined by more adventurous interpretations of Beatles material, including some startling re-imaginings of songs that dated back to the salad days of the Lennon/McCartney writing partnership. The result is the proverbial Magical Mystery Tour, a Fab Four parallel universe, a Looking-Glass world in which 'Strawberry Fields Forever' can be an Elizabethan garden party madrigal or a churning slice of Fudged-up sludge, where a spaced-out Duffy Power takes the lyrics of 'Fixing A Hole' perhaps a little too literally, 'Penny Lane' becomes avant-garde easy listening, the likes of Nick Lowe, Alex Harvey and Ritchie Blackmore try out early identities, and the Walrus was Lol. Containing nearly four hours of music and a 40-page booklet, Looking Through A Glass Onion features 68 tracks from various UK acts, with tons of memorabilia and rare photos as well as the usual verbose smartarse annotation shamelessly passed off as informed musical commentary. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Well, almost all.

1. Mystery Tour û Camel 2. Help û Deep Purple 3. Every Little Thing - Yes 4. I Am The Walrus û Affinity 5. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds û Rainbow Ffolly 6. If I Needed Someone û The Hollies 7. Tomorrow Never Knows û The Mirage 8. In My Life û Kippington Lodge 9. Yesterday û Eyes Of Blue 10. Flying û Sounds Nice 11. Strawberry Fields Forever û Design 12. Here There And Everywhere û Episode Six 13. Got To Get You Into My Life û Cliff Bennett ; The Rebel Rousers 14. Birthday û Hair Rave-Up 15. Eleanor Rigby û Blonde On Blonde 16. Dear Prudence û Atlantic Bridge 17. Across The Universe û Jawbone 18. Fixing A Hole û Duffy Power 19. Oh! Darling û Trucial States 20. Good Day Sunshine û The Tremeloes 21. Taxman û Infinity 22. You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight û Orange Bicycle 23. I Am The Walrus û Spooky Tooth 24. Strawberry Fields Forever û Plastic Penny 25. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill û Rainbow Ffolly 26. Within You Without You û Big Jim Sullivan 27. Hey Bulldog û The Gods 28. Cry Baby Cry û Freedom 29. Day Tripper û Don Fardon 30. Norwegian Wood û The Frugal Sound 31. The Two Of Us û Penny Arcade 32. You CanÆt Do That û Andy Ellison 33. She Said She Said û Grand Union 34. Mother NatureÆs Son û Davey Graham ; Holly 35. Back In The Ussr û Cliff Bennett ; His Band 36. With A Little Help From My Friends û The Young Idea 37. Paperback Writer û The Shadows 38. One And One Is Two û Phillip Goodhand-Tait ; The 39. Stormsville Shakers 40. A Hard DayÆs Night û The Majority 41. Birthday û Trucial States 42. Get Back û Linda Peters 43. Drive My Car û Bo Street Runners 44. MaxwellÆs Silver Hammer û The Good Ship Lollipop 45. The Fool On The Hill û Stone The Crows 46. I Will û Young Blood 47. Yellow Submarine û The Hi-Fis 48. Yesterday û The Tomcats 49. I Am The Walrus û Lol Coxhill 50. Come Together û Jason Crest 51. Strawberry Fields Forever û Tomorrow 52. Norwegian Wood û Circus 53. SheÆs Leaving Home û Big Jim Sullivan 54. Exposition/We Can Work It Out û Deep Purple 55. A Day In The Life û Affinity 56. Help û Andy Ellison 57. Please Please Me û The Score 58. Taxman û Loose Ends 59. Good Day Sunshine û The Eyes 60. Penny Lane û The Wilson Malone Voiceband 61. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill û Young Blood 62. I Will û Real Mccoy 63. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da û The Spectrum 64. Rocky Raccoon û Brian Bennett 65. Day Tripper û The Ice 66. We Can Work It Out û The Sorrows 67. I Am The Walrus û Octopus 68. Northern Medley û Hardin ; York 69. Good Night û Vera Lynn