All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium
All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium
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- Label: Ace, 1966-70
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.6.2012
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Between 1967 and 1970, New York’s Mainstream label, a respected imprint known principally for its high quality jazz and soundtrack catalogue, recorded and released over two dozen full-length rock albums. “All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium 1966-70” collects the best moments from these records, along with selected highlights from Mainstream’s singles inventory of the same period.
It was still an era where there was no guarantee that even a significant hit single would grant an artist the luxury of a long-playing disc. Yet, in an assiduous move, company president and A&R chief Bob Shad single-handedly traversed the nation to assemble a roster of unknown rock bands, have them quickly record LPs in the styles of the moment, and then throw it all up at the proverbial ceiling, to see what would stick. At the time, and for some years after, Shad’s rock’n’roll splurge was viewed, somewhat cynically, as emblematic of the industry’s gross exploitation of the baby-booming psychedelic milieu. As popular music got more self-consciously cerebral and the Rolling Stone mindset took over, the rock album had become a sacred totem, an instrument of the “serious” artist. Which no doubt precluded any of the Mainstream acts getting taken seriously.
I always did, however. Back in the 80s, a Mainstream album, when you were lucky enough to spot one in the vinyl hostelries of London, was a fascinating curio. Intriguingly cryptic names such as the Bohemian Vendetta or Tangerine Zoo, emblazoned upon garish pop-art sleeves, stood out in the racks. My friend Tom (later in Th’ Faith Healers and Quickspace Supersport) and I vied with each other to “collect the set”, as it were, but truthfully, at the time, the Mainstream psychedelic albums seemed too few and far between, and I was frankly too broke.
It wasn’t until I later moved to the US that I caught up on classics from the Tiffany Shade, Jelly Bean Bandits and Growing Concern and also started acquiring some of the numerous non-LP singles on Mainstream and its subsidiary Brent – many of which, by Fever Tree, Paraphernalia, the Country Gentlemen and suchlike, are true gems. It always struck me that Bob Shad was a kind of unwitting patron of pop-psychedelia, or at least a chronicler of American rock at a grass roots level. He had a knack for frequently choosing groups that had something a little out of the ordinary, whether it be in songwriting chops, instrumental abilities, or just a unique slant, that to revisionist ears is a most appealing aspect of the label’s rock legacy. Mainstream artists in this era touch equally on Anglophile pop, folk-rock, world music, country and vocal harmony, in often thrilling manner.
It also occurred to me as I collected Mainstream releases that, while each album had merit, there were always tracks that stood out. Using the “Nuggets” precept, it made sense to gather all these strongest moments together. Thus we have “All Kinds Of Highs”, which focuses squarely and unapologetically on the pop-psych end of the spectrum, eschewing the hard rock or horn rock stylings of later Mainstream acts such as Last Nikle, Josefus etc. That can be someone else’s compilation – in the meantime, revel in the glorious, groovy miscellany assembled here.
By Alec Palao
(acerecords. co. uk)
,,Das Wort „Mainstream” im Plattentitel führt in die Irre: Rockiger Mainstream ist hier fast gar nicht zu hören – Mainstream heißt das Label, aus dessen Beständen diese äußerst gelungene Doppel-CD destilliert wurde, die besten Psych-Pop-Rock enthält." (Good Times, Oktober / November 2012)
Erstmalig sind 52 Tracks auf diesem nicht unbedingt günstigen, aber sehr schön aufgemachten und limitierten Sampler vertreten. Vereint werden dabei Psych-Pop und Garage Rock von Acts wie Amboy Dukes, Orient Express, Tiffany Shade, Fever Tree, Tangerine Zoo, Stone Circus, Growing Concern u. v.a.
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Between 1967 and 1970, New York’s Mainstream label, a respected imprint known principally for its high quality jazz and soundtrack catalogue, recorded and released over two dozen full-length rock albums. “All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium 1966-70” collects the best moments from these records, along with selected highlights from Mainstream’s singles inventory of the same period.
It was still an era where there was no guarantee that even a significant hit single would grant an artist the luxury of a long-playing disc. Yet, in an assiduous move, company president and A&R chief Bob Shad single-handedly traversed the nation to assemble a roster of unknown rock bands, have them quickly record LPs in the styles of the moment, and then throw it all up at the proverbial ceiling, to see what would stick. At the time, and for some years after, Shad’s rock’n’roll splurge was viewed, somewhat cynically, as emblematic of the industry’s gross exploitation of the baby-booming psychedelic milieu. As popular music got more self-consciously cerebral and the Rolling Stone mindset took over, the rock album had become a sacred totem, an instrument of the “serious” artist. Which no doubt precluded any of the Mainstream acts getting taken seriously.
I always did, however. Back in the 80s, a Mainstream album, when you were lucky enough to spot one in the vinyl hostelries of London, was a fascinating curio. Intriguingly cryptic names such as the Bohemian Vendetta or Tangerine Zoo, emblazoned upon garish pop-art sleeves, stood out in the racks. My friend Tom (later in Th’ Faith Healers and Quickspace Supersport) and I vied with each other to “collect the set”, as it were, but truthfully, at the time, the Mainstream psychedelic albums seemed too few and far between, and I was frankly too broke.
It wasn’t until I later moved to the US that I caught up on classics from the Tiffany Shade, Jelly Bean Bandits and Growing Concern and also started acquiring some of the numerous non-LP singles on Mainstream and its subsidiary Brent – many of which, by Fever Tree, Paraphernalia, the Country Gentlemen and suchlike, are true gems. It always struck me that Bob Shad was a kind of unwitting patron of pop-psychedelia, or at least a chronicler of American rock at a grass roots level. He had a knack for frequently choosing groups that had something a little out of the ordinary, whether it be in songwriting chops, instrumental abilities, or just a unique slant, that to revisionist ears is a most appealing aspect of the label’s rock legacy. Mainstream artists in this era touch equally on Anglophile pop, folk-rock, world music, country and vocal harmony, in often thrilling manner.
It also occurred to me as I collected Mainstream releases that, while each album had merit, there were always tracks that stood out. Using the “Nuggets” precept, it made sense to gather all these strongest moments together. Thus we have “All Kinds Of Highs”, which focuses squarely and unapologetically on the pop-psych end of the spectrum, eschewing the hard rock or horn rock stylings of later Mainstream acts such as Last Nikle, Josefus etc. That can be someone else’s compilation – in the meantime, revel in the glorious, groovy miscellany assembled here.
By Alec Palao
(acerecords. co. uk)
Rezensionen
,,Das Wort „Mainstream” im Plattentitel führt in die Irre: Rockiger Mainstream ist hier fast gar nicht zu hören – Mainstream heißt das Label, aus dessen Beständen diese äußerst gelungene Doppel-CD destilliert wurde, die besten Psych-Pop-Rock enthält." (Good Times, Oktober / November 2012)
- Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 2 (CD)
- 1 Journey To The Center Of The Mind / The Amboy Dukes
- 2 For A Moment / The Orient Express
- 3 Saturday Night / The Country Gentlemen
- 4 M. Grey / The Stone Circus
- 5 Caught In The Rain / Ellie Pop
- 6 Natures Children / The Tangerine Zoo
- 7 Girl, Oh Girl (Don't Push Me) / Fever Tree
- 8 An Older Man / The Tiffany Shade
- 9 Please Come Home / The Six Pentz
- 10 Riddles & Fairytales / The Bohemian Vendetta
- 11 Get Him Out Of Your Mind / The Underground
- 12 You'll Walk Away / The Art Of Lovin
- 13 Now He's Here / The Grammy Fones
- 14 Generation / The Jelly Bean Bandits
- 15 Crazy Town (Move On Little Children) / The Superfine Dandelion
- 16 Twenty Light Years Away / The Orphans
- 17 Edge Of Time / The Growing Concern
- 18 Someone Must Have Lied / The Fun & Games Commission
- 19 Can't You See / The Tangerine Zoo
- 20 I Don't Know Why / The Wrongh Black Bag
- 21 Easy / The Underground
- 22 One Good Reason / The Tiffany Shade
- 23 Timekeeper / The Scarlet Letter
- 24 You've Got The Power / The Art Of Lovin
- 25 Can't Be Love / Ellie Pop
- 26 Tapestries / The Jelly Bean Bandits
Disk 2 von 2 (CD)
- 1 I Can Beat Your Drum / Fever Tree
- 2 Trip To The Zoo / The Tangerine Zoo
- 3 Seven North Frederick / Ellie Pop
- 4 Good Times / The Art Of Lovin
- 5 A Quiet Revolution / The Tiffany Shade
- 6 Mary Maiden / The Scarlet Letter
- 7 All Kinds Of Highs / The Bohemian Vendetta
- 8 Baby Please Don't Go / The Amboy Dukes
- 9 Take Me Back / The Underground
- 10 Imitation Situation (4/4/6/8 Time) / The Six Pentz
- 11 You're A Drag / The Off/Set
- 12 Sit Down I Think I Love You / The Growing Concern
- 13 Neon River / The Jelly Bean Bandits
- 14 A Little Star / The Orient Express
- 15 Another Morning / The Tangerine Zoo
- 16 Sara Wells / The Stone Circus
- 17 Day And Night / The Superfine Dandelion
- 18 Satisfyin' Sunday / The Underground
- 19 Paul's Circus / The Art Of Lovin
- 20 Today - Tomorrow / The Fun & Games Commission
- 21 All I Really Want / The Growing Concern
- 22 Sunny Days (And Good Good Loving) / Paraphernalia
- 23 Would You Take My Mind Out For A Walk / The Tiffany Shade
- 24 200 Years / Maxx
- 25 Tinkle Talk / The Sixpentz
- 26 I Need Your Lovin' / Freeport