Skin Alley: Sun Music – The Complete Recordings 1969-1973, Remastered 4CD Box Set

• 4CD REMASTERED CLAMSHELL BOX ANTHOLOGY COMPRISING ALL OF SKIN ALLEY’S RECORDINGS FOR CBS & TRANSATLANTIC RECORDS BETWEEN 1969-1973.

• INCLUDES ALL THE TRACKS FROM THE ALBUMS ‘SKIN ALLEY’, ‘TO PAGHAM & BEYOND’, ‘TWO QUID DEAL’ & ‘SKINTIGHT’ ALONG WITH ALL TRACKS FROM ‘STOP VERUSHKA!’, THE BAND’S “LOST” 1970 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM & RARE SINGLES.

• ALL TRACKS REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.

• INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH NEW ESSAY.

Formed in 1968, Skin Alley were part of the infamous Clearwater stable that included fellow acts such as Hawkwind, High Tide, Trees and Cochise. The band’s infectious fusion of jazz and rock was suited to the time and the band became a regular attraction on the underground festival and concert circuit.

Skin Alley recorded their self-titled debut album for CBS Records in November 1969 with former Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor producing. The band’s second album, ‘To Pagham and Beyond’ was recorded in 1970, along with a shelved soundtrack album for an unreleased film about the German model Verushka.

In June 1971 Skin Alley performed at the legendary Glastonbury Fayre and the following year they contributed a track to the fund-raising triple album of the same name which also featured The Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Gong and Hawkwind among others. Signing to Transatlantic Records in 1972 they released the album ‘Two Quid Deal’ later that year. Their final album, ‘Skintight’, was issued in 1973.

This 4CD set has been newly remastered and is a fine tribute to one of Britain’s great unsung underground acts of the early 1970s includes all of Skin Alley’s albums and rare single tracks, along with the shelved Stop Verushka! soundtrack and the version of ‘Sun Music’ from Glastonbury Fayre.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

Skin Alley Remastered

1  Living in Sin

2  Tell Me

3  Mother, Please Help Your Child

4  Marsha

5  Country Aire

6  All Alone

7  Night Time

8  Concerto Grosso (Take Heed)

9  (Going Down the) Highway

Bonus tracks

10  Better Be Blind (B-side of single)

11  Tell Me (single version)

12  Shower Music (from Stop Verushka)

13  Sofa, Taxi and Sand Themes (from Stop Verushka)

14  Cemetery Scene (from Stop Verushka)

15  First Drug Scene (from Stop Verushka)

DISC TWO

To Pagham & Beyond Remastered

1  Big Brother is Watching You

2  Take Me to Your Leader’s Daughter

3  Walking in the Park

4  The Queen of Bad Intentions

5  Sweaty Betty

6  Easy to Lie

Bonus tracks

7  Russian Boogaloo (from Stop Verushka)

8  Skin Valley Serenade (from Stop Verushka)

9  Sun Music (from Stop Verushka)

10  Bird Music (from Stop Verushka)

11  Snow Music (from Stop Verushka)

DISC THREE

Two Quid Deal Remastered

1  Nick’s Seven

2  So Many People

3  Bad Words and Evil People

4  Graveyard Shuffle

5  So Glad

6  A Final Coat

7  Skin Valley Serenade

8  The Demagogue

9  Sun Music

Bonus tracks

10  You Got Me Danglin’ (A-side of single)

11  Sun Music (‘Glastonbury Fayre’ version)

DISC FOUR

Skintight Remastered

1  If I Only Had Time

2  At a Quarter to One

3  How Long?

4  Surprise Awakening

5  Broken Eggs

6  Maverick Woman Blues

7  The Heap Turns Human

8  What Good Does It Do?

9  Mr. Heavy

10  Instermental

Bonus tracks

11  In the Midnight Hour (A-side of single)

12  Broken Eggs (single version)