What A Groovy Day: British Sunshine Pop Sound What A Groovy Day: British Sunshine Pop Sound CD

Three CD set. Although the lushly-arranged, harmony-based late 60s Sunshine Pop sound is most readily associated with America in general and the sun-kissed California region in particular, the reality is that it was always an international phenomenon. What A Groovy Day is a thrilling four-hour celebration of Britain's contribution to the genre, ranging from household names (The New Seekers, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, The Hollies, Herman's Hermits) to terminally obscure acts like Infinity and The Mellow Yellow, who failed to release anything at the time. Naturally our compilation includes contributions from the two uncrowned kings of the 60s British harmony pop sound, vocalist Tony Rivers (who provides us with our title song) and studio all-rounder John Carter, represented as both performer and songwriter. Other highlights come from posthumously-acclaimed Sunshine Pop maestros Design, a trio of music library recordings by the largely overlooked but hugely talented backroom auteur Barbara Moore and, perhaps most intriguingly of all, the first-ever release of The Sweet's first demo recording, cut when they were still known as Sweetshop.

1. What a Groovy Day - Harmony Grass 2. Gentlemen of the Park - Episode Six 3. Like the Tide, Like the Ocean - Force West 4. At the Third Stroke - the Picadilly Line 5. Alexander Bell Believes - Alexander Bell 6. Painting the Day - Chuckles 7. She Won't Show Up Tonight - John Carter 8. Sunshine Games - the Tremeloes 9. I've Got You on My Mind - Dorian Gray 10. Fly Paradise - Barbara Moore 11. Mr. Pseudo-Fabulous - Weavers Green 12. Dropping Out - the Orange Bicycle 13. The Company I Keep - Ken Smart 14. Yoyo Thoughts - Philwit ; Pegasus 15. Make Up Your Mind - the Bystanders 16. Saturday's Child - the Spectrum 17. Georgy Girl - the Seekers 18. Going Home - Agincourt 19. Loonin' - the Wilson Malone Voiceband 20. Summer Dreaming - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways 21. Mum and Dad - Pinkerton's Colours 22. Birds and Bees - Warm Sounds 23. When Jezamine Goes (Demo Version) - Marty Wilde 24. Some Other Someday - West Coast Consortium 25. The Sound of the Summer - the Chocolate Watch Band 26. Gently As You Feel - the Flies 27. Colour My World - Petula Clark 28. Early Morning Sun - the Californians 29. Why Shouldn't I? - Jason Cord 30. Bye Bye Baby - the Symbols 31. Little One - the Episode 32. Coloured Mile - Design 33. My Door No. 4 (Aka Lonely Highway) - the Mirage 34. Looks Like Rain - Majority One 35. Listen to the Man - Robbie 36. A Night to Be Remembered - Dawn Chorus 37. All on a Summer's Day - Butterscotch 38. Smile a Little Smile for Me (Us Single Version) - the Flying Machine 39. Montage - Jefferson 40. In My Magic Garden - Tinkerbell's Fairydust 41. Softly Whispering I Love You - David ; Jonathan 42. I'm Coming Back - Sparrow 43. Every Little Move She Makes - White Plains 44. Friends of Mine - the Zombies 45. Stained Glass Window - Simon Dupree ; the Big Sound 46. We Can Help You - the Alan Bown! 47. C'mon Marianne (Alternative Version) - Grapefruit 48. (The Man from the) Marriage Guidance and Advice Bureau - the Knack 49. Everything Is Sunshine - the Hollies 50. Night in the City - the New Seekers 51. The Lightning Tree - the Settlers 52. Hellow Hellow - Paul Ryan 53. But I Know - Normie Rowe 54. Heavy Lace - the Roger Webb Sound 55. Sleepy Joe - Herman's Hermits 56. Mr, Rainbow - Homer's Knods 57. Am I Losing You - the Flower Pot Men 58. Cried Enough for You* - the Mellow Yellow 59. I've Got You Under My Skin - Infinity 60. Move in a Little Closer Baby - Harmony Grass 61. Take a Boat - Design 62. Fly Away - Barbara Moore 63. Being Human Being - Paper Bubble 64. Mr. Nice - Cliff Richard 65. Mythological Sunday - Friends 66. Any Time - Washington D.C.'s 67. I'm a Train - Colors of Love 68. Let's Get a Little Sentimental - Montanas 69. Do You Wanna Dance - Deep Feeling 70. Dark Star - Pussyfoot 71. Like the Sun - Tapestry 72. The Walk Will Do You Good - the Rainbow People 73. Don't Listen - Katch 22 74. Close My Eyes - Edwards Hand 75. Try a Little Sadness - Genesis 76. Cherry, Cherry - Jonathan King 77. Holly Golightly - Fluff 78. Midweek Excursion - Pennsylvania Sixpence 79. Look at the Sun - Sun Dragon 80. On a Quiet Night - the Oscar Bicycle 81. Forgive and Forget* - Warm Sounds 82. With My Eyes Closed - the March Hare 83. Shapes and Shadows - Tandem 84. Millions of Millions* - Sweetshop 85. Lady of the Morning Sun - the Bullring 86. California Dreamin' - Jason Crest 87. Sound of Summer's Over - Summer Wine