Blossom_Toes-We_Are_Ever_So_Clean-CD-2007-OBC

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2007-08-07

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 Release  :                 Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean


 Artist   : Blossom Toes
 Album    : We Are Ever So Clean
 Genre    : Psychedelic Rock
 Source   : CDDA
 Label    : Sunbeam
 URL      :
 Date     : 07-10-2007
 Encoder  : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
 Quality  : 184kbps    44100  kHz    Joint Stereo
 Tracks   : 25
 Time     : 70:21 min
 Size     : 93.00 MB



     1   Look At Me I'm You                                      3:55
     2   I'll Be Late For Tea                                    2:42
     3   Remarkable Saga Of The Frozen Dog                       3:02
     4   Telegram Tuesday                                        2:37
     5   Love Is                                                 2:41
     6   What's It For                                           3:03
     7   People Of The Royal Parks                               2:20
     8   What On Earth                                           2:53
     9   Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar                                2:38
     10  I Will Bring You This And That                          2:55
     11  Mister Watchmaker                                       2:22
     12  When The Alarm Clock Rings                              2:26
     13  Intrepid Balloonist's Handbook Vol. 1                   2:12
     14  You                                                     2:45
     15  Track For Speedy Freaks (Or Instant LP Digest)          1:29
     16  Everybody's Talking (LP Out-take)                       2:34
     17  Look At Me I'm You                                      3:49
     18  I'll Be Late For Tea                                    2:30
     19  Mister Watchmaker                                       3:10
     20  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (45 A-Side)                   3:24
     21  BBC Interview                                           0:59
     22  Love Is (live)                                          3:02
     23  Collects Little Girls                                   4:05
     24  Hometime                                                3:45
     25  Looking Up I'm Looking Back                             3:03





Imagine the late-'60s Kinks crossed with a touch of the absurdist British wit of
the Bonzo Dog Band, and you have an idea of the droll charm of Blossom Toes'
debut album. Songwriters Brian Godding and Jim Cregan were the chief architects
of the Toes' whimsical and melodic vision, which conjured images of a
sun-drenched Summer of Love, London style. With its references to royal parks,
tea time, watchmakers, intrepid balloon makers, "Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar," and
the like, it's a distinctly British brand of whimsy. It has since been revealed
that sessionmen performed a lot of these orchestral arrangements, which
embellished the band's sparkling harmonies and (semi-buried) guitars. But the
cello, brass, flute, and tinkling piano have a delicate beauty that serves as an
effective counterpoint. The group sings and plays as though they have wide grins
on their faces, and the result is one of the happiest, most underappreciated
relics of British psychedelia. [The 2007 CD reissue on Sunbeam adds ten bonus
tracks that are of great value in rounding out a more accurate picture of the
band around the time the album was recorded. They include a worthwhile outtake
from the LP, "Everybody's Talking"; alternative versions, minus the orchestral
overdubs, of "Look at Me I'm You" (instrumental only) and "I'll Be Late for Tea"
that give a better idea of how the band actually sounded live at the time,
isolated from the album's elaborate production; live and quite different
versions of "Mister Watchmaker" and "Love Is" that are far sparer than the
original LP arrangements, including vibraphone, flute, and Mellotron; the scarce
(and not very good) non-LP single version of Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby
Tonight"; and three decent demos of Brian Godding compositions, of unspecified
origin. Also included are thorough historical liner notes drawing on extensive
interviews with the bandmembers.]

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