Ruperts People: Dream In My Mind - Anthology 1967-1999, CD

• Includes the complete 1960s recordings by cult psychedelic group Ruperts People and their earlier incarnation Sweet Feeling.

• Features three songs recorded live in London in 1969 plus another four from their triumphant reunion gig at Hastings Mod Rally in 1999.

All three rare and brilliant singles released under the Ruperts People name by Columbia Records are included. The first Rupert’s People 45 ‘Reflections Of Charles Brown’ backed with ‘Hold On’ was actually recorded by mod group Fleur De Lys under a pseudonym. When a band was needed to promote the single, Sweet Feeling (who’d already recorded the original version of the A side) took over the Ruperts People name and with an expanded line up released two superb 45s that coupled the psychedelic pop A sides ‘A Prologue To A Magic World’ and ‘I Can Show You’ with the powerful, driving ‘Dream In My Mind’ and The Beatles influenced ‘I’ve Got The Love’ respectively.

Found on an acetate, the late 60s recording ‘Water to A Stone’ was produced by Beatles’ roadie Mal Evans.

German B side ‘Love/Opus 193’ is issued on CD for the first time while the fabulous bonus track ‘Flying High in 67’ built on a 1967 instrumental found on acetate and finally completed by the reformed band in an analogue studio in 2012 is previously unreleased.

Sleeve notes by MOJO magazine’s Lois Wilson draw from a new interview with Ruperts People’s bassist and sometimes songwriter Ray Beverley.

TRACK LISTING

1  SWEET FEELING All So Long Ago

2  SWEET FEELING Charles Brown

3  RUPERTS PEOPLE Reflections Of Charles Brown

4  RUPERTS PEOPLE Hold On

5  RUPERTS PEOPLE Love/Opus 193

6  RUPERTS PEOPLE A Prologue To A Magic World

7  RUPERTS PEOPLE Dream In My Mind

8  RUPERTS PEOPLE I Can Show You

9  RUPERTS PEOPLE I’ve Got The Love

10  RUPERTS PEOPLE Water To A Stone

11  RUPERTS PEOPLE Flying High (Instrumental)

12  RUPERTS PEOPLE I See You’ve Changed (Live, London 1969)

13  RUPERTS PEOPLE Reflecting (Live, London 1969)

14  RUPERTS PEOPLE You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Live, London 1969)

15  RUPERTS PEOPLE My Mind’s Eye (Live, Hastings 1999)

16  RUPERTS PEOPLE Rain (Live, Hastings 1999)

17  RUPERTS PEOPLE I See You’ve Changed (Live, Hastings 1999)

18  RUPERTS PEOPLE Hold On (Live, Hastings 1999) PLUS

19  RUPERTS PEOPLE Flying High in 67 (previously unreleased)