The Flower Pot Men – Midsummer Dreaming (2001) (24-Bit/96 Khz) (Vinyl Rip)

The Flower Pot Men – Midsummer Dreaming (2001) (24-Bit/96 Khz) (Vinyl Rip)

Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC | Artwork | 1.1 GB
Psychedelic-Pop | 2001 UK compilation LP | Tenth Planet TP 051

Because they looked more like TV repairmen than weavers of Technicolor dreams, Ken Lewis and John Carter never received the acclaim they deserved. Dismissed as a cash-in team, mainly because of their summer of ’67 hit “Let’s Go To San Francisco’, their brand of cleverly-arranged close harmony pop was the nearest thing this country had to the Beach Boys or the Association. Highlights include the full-length version of San Fran and its follow-up, “A Walk In The Sky’, and the eight-minute “Children Of Tomorrow’, with its let’s-all-link-hands-and-save-the-world coda. Best of all, though, is “Blow Away’, a note-perfect Byrds pastiche. (Mojo)

A highly recommended trip… the Flower Pot Men were a great deal more experimental than they were ever given credit for. This compilation is an overdue showcase for ex-Ivy League man John Carter’s talents as a songwriter and recording artist, and as such, is an essential purchase for anyone interested in the pop music of the mid-to-late ’60s. (Record Collector)
First thing you notice, of course, is the beautiful multicoloured Phil Smee-designed sleeve, in a sort of Lord John-meets-Yellow Submarine style. There are some absolutely essential gems here. On one piece of solid virgin vinyl in amazing wraparoundsound you get John Carter & Russ Alquist’s superduper 45 sides “Midsummer Dreaming’ and “The Laughing Man’, the Flower Pot Men’s (unreleased at the time) “Blow Away’, which is a real beauty, their version (basically the same) of “The Cooks Of Cake And Kindness’ (The Californians) and their lengthy prog-pop “Children Of Tomorrow’ (NOT the Mike Stuart Span song) amongst others. What more do you want for your £12? Blood? Go get… but be quick.(Sweet Floral Albion)

Track listing:
01. Let’s Go To San Francisco (pts 1 & 2) (1967)
02. Mythological Sunday (1968)
03. Say Goodbye To Yesterday (1970)
04. Radio One Jingle #1 (1971)
05. Midsummer Dreaming (1968)
06. Mr Light (1969)
07. Blow Away (1969)
08. A Walk In The Sky (1967)
09. The Cooks of Cake and Kindness (1969)
10. Radio One Jingle #2 (1971)
11. The Laughing Man (1968)
12. A Night To Be Remembered (1969)
13. Children of Tomorrow (1970)
14. Let’s Go Back To San Francisco (1969)

Personnel:
John Carter (lead, backing & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric 12 string guitar, ukulele)
Ken Lewis (lead, backing & harmony vocals, piano, mellotron)
Tony Burrows (backing vocals)
Robin Shaw (backing vocals, bass)
Mickey Keene (electric guitar, slide guitar)
Clem Cattini (drums)
Neil Landon (backing vocals)
John Ford (bass)
Richard Hudson (drums)
Barry Kingston (keyboards)
Peter Barnfather (backing vocals)
Pete Nelson (backing vocals)
Russ Alquist (spoken vocal)
Produced by John Carter/Ken Lewis
Arranged by John Carter/Ken Lewis
Recorded at Southern Music, Denmark St. London and
Lansdowne Studio, London W11.

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