SO HIGH I’VE BEEN | A European Rock Anthology 1967-1973 3CD coming soon…
Anthology of the Continental Europe rock scene at its late 60s/early 70s zenith.
Hit singles, leading bands and cult classics.
While rock bands outside of Britain and America were largely ignored at the time by most fans, a huge amount of outstanding, even ground-breaking music was being made in Continental Europe during the psychedelic/progressive rock heyday.
Championed by the ever-curious John Peel, the likes of Faust, Tangerine Dream and Magma made music that stood proudly outside the UK/US hegemony, while a number of the Continent's more traditional rock bands – The Rattles, Shocking Blue, Focus, Golden Earring - enjoyed sizeable international hit singles.
‘So High I've Been’ anthologises the European underground/hippie scene during this fertile period, featuring all of the above names as well as other major players (Wigwam, Ekseption, Culpeper's Orchard, etc) and key tracks from such record collector favourites as Pacific Sound, After Shave, Necronomicon and Oriental Sound.
Housed in a clamshell box with a 48-page booklet chronicling the bands, ‘So High I've Been’ is a fascinating window on a scene that is still less widely lauded than it should be.
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| DISC ONE Beginning To Fly 1. Q 65 – So High I've Been, So Down I Must Fall 2. The Ones – Lady Greengrass 3. Le Stelle Di Mario Schifano – Susan Song 4. Groep 1850 – Mother No- Head 5. Blues Section – Answer To Life 6. Dragonfly – Celestial Empire 7. Hurdy Gurdy – Tick Tock Man 8. Equipe 84 - Per Un Attimo Di Tempo 9. The Blackbirds – She 10. Tages – Halcyon Days 11. The Outsiders – Daddy Died On Saturday 12. Sandy Coast – Capital Punishment (Death By Hanging) 13. The Rippers – Night At The Lagoon 14. Ekseption – Sabre Dance 15. The Rattles – The Witch 16. Beefeaters – Now I Know 17. Alan Jack Civilization – What You're Gonna Say 18. Brainbox – Dark Rose 19. Shocking Blue – Love Buzz 20. Gong – Change The World (aka Rational Anthem) 21. Tangerine Dream – Asche Zu Asche (Ashes To Ashes) 22. Ame Son – Je Veux Juste Dire |
DISC TWO Throwing Snowballs At The Sun 1. Supersister – She Was Naked 2. Oriental Sunshine – Across Your Life 3. Guru Guru – Next Time See You At The Dalai Lama 4. Pacific Sound – The Drug Just Told Me 5. Evolution - 21st Century Schizoid Man 6. Circus 2000 – I Am The Witch 7. Wigwam – Tombstone Valentine 8. Culpeper's Orchard – Mountain Music Part One 9. Blue Beard – Losing You 10. Siloah – Krishna's Golden Dope Shop 11. Cœur Magique – Mademoiselle Marie 12. Alice – Je Voudrais Habiter Le Soleil 13. Tasavallan Presidentti – Weather Brightly 14. Pan & Regaliz – I Can Fly 15. Osanna – L'Uomo 16. Brainticket - Watchin' You 17. Le Orme – Era Inverno 18. Burnin Red Ivanhoe – All About All 19. Blast Furnace – Long Distance |
DISC THREE Speeding Into A New Sunrise 1. Inter-Groupie Psychotherapeutic Elastic Band – Floating 2. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso – R.I.P. (Requiescant In Pace) 3. Focus – Sylvia 4. Aunt Mary – Rosalind 5. Necronomicon – In Memoriam 6. Il Balletto Di Bronzo – Primo Incontro 7. Faust – It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl 8. Analogy – Analogy 9. Day Of Phoenix – Zombie 10. Svanfriður – What's Hidden There? 11. After Shave – Amsterdam In My Living Room 12. Popol Vuh – Abschied 13. Magma – Kobaia Ist De Hundin 14. P. F. M. (Premiata Forneria Marconi) - Celebration 15. Acqua Fragile – Education Story 16. Golden Earring – Radar Love |