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Magic In The Air Three (3cd+bk)
From the original authors behind the landmark 'Piccadilly Sunshine' series and other evolutionary concepts!... 'Magic In The Air' attempts to capture a wider perspective of the cultural revolution unfolding in Britain during the 1960s, while embracing the adolescent mindset at work at the dawn of an unprecedented era in modern culture. With the advent of the fab four the future of pop was inevitable but not predictable, as mono evolved into stereo and television went technicolour. In some ways, this is a recorded history of that evolution, a rapid process that saw matching suits, the twist and Tory party scandals swept away by a younger, more progressive element when the essentials were long hair, kaftans, Commer vans and police corruption. 'Magic In The Air Three' charts the fascinating progress of (a kind of) popular music that has never really gone away. Housed in an intimate 3 CD set with analytical liners and timeline photographs inside a whopping 66 page perfect bound book, alongside a wealth of exceedingly good songs - 67 in all! DISC 1: 01.WORLD OF OZ - Peter's Birthday (Black and White Rainbows) 02.THE HERD - Something Strange 03.THE FOX - Mr Blank 04.THE FIVE DAY WEEK STRAW PEOPLE - Five Day Week Straw People 05.FLEUR DE LYS - One Girl City 06.THE BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND - Humanoid Boogie 07.VELVETT FOGG - Wizard Of Gobsolod 08.WOODY KERN - Gramophone Man 09.FAT MATTRESS - Walking Through A Garden 10.HARSH REALITY - Girl Of My Dreams 11.THE SHAME - Don't Go Away Little Girl 12.JIMMY CAMPBELL - Michaelangelo 13.PETER COLLINS - The Sad Story Of Bad Red Rory 14.CHRIS BRITTON - Maybe Time Will Change You 15.WORLD OF OZ - Like A Tear 16.FLAMING YOUTH - Changes 17.AARDVARK - Once Upon A Hill 18.THE GUN - Drown Yourself In The River 19.THE LIVERPOOL SCENE - Son 20.BLACK WIDOW - An Afterthought 21.RAW MATERIAL - Destruction of America 22.ANCIENT GREASE - Time To Die 23.ORA - Seashore DISC 2: 01.FIRE - Magic Shoes 02.THE GUN - Rat Race 03.THE CREATION - For All That I Am 04.NOW - Marcia 05.MAGIC MIXTURE - New Man 06.RAINBOW FFOLLY - Sun Sing 07.THE SCAFFOLD - Buttons Of Your Mind 08.EIRE APPARENT - Someone Is Sure To (Want You) 09.THE KINETIC - Time Of Season 10.SUN DRAGON - I Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star 11.PLASTIC PENNY - Give Me Money 12.THE PLAGUE - Looking For The Sun 13.THE SCAFFOLD - Please Sorry 14.RAINBOW FFOLLY - The Sighing Game 15.PANDAMONIUM - Season Of The Witch 16.AYSHEA - Flowers Are Mine 17.VELVETT FOGG - Lady Caroline 18.SAMSON - Saturn 19.BLOSSOM TOES - Postcard 20.LOVE AFFAIR - So Sorry 21.SUN DRAGON - Love Minus Zero 22.EYES OF BLUE - Yesterday 23.PETER COLLINS - The Party DISC 3: 01.PESKY GEE! - Peace Of Mind 02.SAVOY BROWN - I'm Tired 03.BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND - What Do You Do 04.ORANGE BICYCLE - Want To B-side 05.AFFINITY - I Am The Walrus 06.FORTES MENTUM - Mr. Partridge Passed Away Today 07.THE STRAWBS - That Which Once Was Mine 08.RAM JOHN HOLDER - Ladbroke Grove Blues 09.ASHKAN - Take This Chain 10.SAM GOPAL - Grass 11.JASPER - Cuttin' Out 12.FAT MATTRESS - Little Girl In White 13.LOVE SCULPTURE - Why (How Now) 14.LOVE AFFAIR - Could I Be Dreaming 15.THE WEB - Harold Dubbleyew 16.SUNFOREST - Where Are You 17.METHUSELAH - High In The Tower of Coombe 18.BULLDOG BREED - Eileen's Haberdashery Store 19.THE ELASTIC BAND - Crabtree Farm 20.PUSSY - Everybody's Song 21.SYNANTHESIA - Fates