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... Obscure Psychedelia, Popsyke & Progressive Pop 45s, 1968-1974. 2009 repress. "An impressive and eclectic selection featuring bands from all over the globe but mostly from the old continent: Spain, Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Italy, USA, Brazil... and it features an explosive cocktail of sounds: over the top heavy guitar psych by Ekseption, Chubby Checker with his Euro- only 'psychedelic' single, 'My Mind,' which sounds like Hendrix jamming with Blue Cheer; weird French acid psych by Francois Wertheimer, taken from one of the rarest BYG label 45s from the early '70s; amazing late sixties mod-psych by Kiss Inc, Nick Garrie with a French-only 45 track not included on his mega bucks album; Bubblegum insanity by Jumbo, orchestrated sunshine-psych by Davey Payne and The Panics, pop-psych by Soft Pillow doing a rare Bee Gees composition, Jack Grunsky, Witch Way, Cyan, Dulces Años with a haunting baroque-harpsichord track sung in Spanish; early '70s progressive pop by Spectrum, Papoose and Brazilian band Light Reflections; Yugoslavian band Top Generation with their psych-pop smasher 'Stop, Stop'; exploitation '70s psych weirdness by Geebros, Kid Rock, A. W Kid...and much more."
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... Soft-Pop 45s 1969 -1974.' 2009 repress. "Mr. Toytown Presents... focuses on singles by mostly European bands from the early 70s, originally published on small Spanish cult labels like Opalo, Accion, Poplandia, Bocaccio, Top, Goma ... Music ranges from heavy guitar psych (Honest Men doing a psychedelic cover of The Beatles 'Help', Schizo, featuring a young Richard Pinhas on fuzz guitar) to twee UK pop-psych a la Mark Wirtz ('Brother Jack' by ex-Majority One Barry Wigley, White, The Panics, Dorians, Mike & Toti doing a superb Spanish cover version of 'Ice Cream Man', from Circus Days fame), nice orchestrated toytown syke (Napoleon, Morning Glory, ex-The End guys Tucky Buzzard with an Spanish only 45), mellow folk-psych from Demsey & Dover and Jumbo, weird studio psych (Big Cherry, Electric Machine, Christophe, Children Of The Morning...) and much more. 21 tracks with remastered sound, 8 pages booklet with informative linernotes in English about each band and amazing sleeve design. Limited edition of 500 copies."
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