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Can't Seem To Come Down: American Sounds Of 1968- Can't Seem To Come Down: American Sounds Of 1968 (CD)

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Can't Seem To Come Down: American Sounds Of 1968- Can't Seem To Come Down: American Sounds Of 1968 (CD)

Follow-up to Grapefruit's hugely popular US 1967 anthology 'March Of The Flower Children'. Hit singles, cult classics and tracks from 1968's key albums as the American music scene moved on from the Summer of Love. While psychedelia had been the dominant musical force in 1967, the scene fragmented the following year. Although many acts remained immersed in garage-punk and psychedelic pop, a growing number of heavily-amplified, blues-based hard rock bands like Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly - all of whom enjoyed sizeable hit singles in 1968 - emerged to pave the way for what would develop into heavy metal. Manufactured pop in the form of bubblegum dominated the singles chart, The Byrds and other easy riders developed a country/rock hybrid, a phalanx of folk-based singer/songwriters came to the fore, while Bob Dylan and his occasional playmates The Band pioneered a more organic, rustic sound that would come to be known as Americana. Over four hours and 3 CDs, 'Can't Seem To Come Down: The American Sounds Of 1968' weaves together these various strands to provide a fascinating overview of the year. The set encompasses national and regional hit singles, unexpected flops (The Grateful Dead, The Left Banke), subsequently influential mavericks (Velvet Underground, Beefheart, Silver Apples) and vital cuts from many of the year's most keenly-awaited albums (Dylan, The Band, Mothers of Invention, The Byrds, Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, etc). It also feature a number of hugely collectable one-off singles from young provincial bands, who visited local studios to preserve their sound for posterity before the real world - and possibly the increasing conflict in Vietnam intervened. Including a 48-page booklet filled with biographical details, rare photos and quotes, 'Can't Seem To Come Down' is another essential Grapefruit purchase.

Tracklist:

  1. Fresh Garbage - Spirit
  2. Come Alive - Things To Come
  3. The Shoemaker Of Leatherwear Square - The Lemon Pipers
  4. Come Ride, Come Ride - The Merry-Go-Round
  5. Draft Morning - The Byrds
  6. All Along The Watchtower-Bob Dylan
  7. Here She Comes Now - TheVelvet Underground
  8. No Regrets - Tom Rush
  9. Everybody's Next One -Steppenwolf
  10. Thing In 'E' - The Savage Resurrection
  11. You Can't Erase A Mirror -Children Of The Mushroom
  12. Which End Is Up - Diamond Rings
  13. Words Of The Raven -Piece Kor
  14. Who Needs The Peace
  15. Corps - The Mothers Of Invention
  16. Pretty Song From Psych-Out - Strawberry Alarm Clock
  17. Three O'clock Merrian Webster Time - The Nomads
  18. Strawberry Tuesday -Sidewalk Skipper Band
  19. Silver Birch - Del Shannon
  20. Delilah - Brian Hyland
  21. You Are Your Only
  22. Mystery - The Baroque Monthly
  23. Freaky Girl - Spontaneous Corruption
  24. The Garden Of Earthly
  25. Delights - The United States Of America
  26. Dedicated Music Man -Mortimer
  27. Fields Of People - Ars Nova
  28. The Setting Of Despair -Crystal Chandelier
  29. Dark Star (Single Version) - The Grateful Dead
  30. Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down) - Hearts And Flowers
  31. When I Arrive - We The People
  32. (Poor Old) Mr. Jensen -1910 Fruitgum Co.
  33. Just A Taste - The Kaleidoscope
  34. The Face - The Human Beinz
  35. Eighteen Is Over The Hill - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  36. Summer - Lemon Fog
  37. Awake In A Dream - The Critters
  38. Rupert White - Eternity's Children
  39. Light Your Windows - Quicksilver Messenger Service 10 Three-Part Invention (Too Many Trees In The Forest) - The Phoenix Trolley
  40. Laughing Stock - Love
  41. Little Bird - The Beach Boys
  42. Oscillations - Silver Apples
  43. Shadows - The Electric Prunes
  44. You're In My Mind - Graf Zepplin
  45. Dark Is The Bark - The Left Banke
  46. Cowboys And Indians - October Country
  47. The Island - The Millennium
  48. Wheel Of Changes - The Wind In The Willows
  49. Lantern Gospel - The World Column
  50. This Wheel's On Fire - The Band
  51. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Edit) - Iron Butterfly
  52. P. S. (Prognosis Stegnosis)-The Truth
  53. Green Knight - The Movement
  54. Paisley Haze - The Vectors
  55. Never Sad - The Sunstone Lollypop
  56. Trust - The Peppermint Trolley
  57. Can't Seem To Come Down -Mother's Worry
  58. Questions - Buffalo Springfield
  59. Satisfy You (Single Mix) - The Seeds
  60. Maypole - The Children
  61. Johann Sebastian
  62. Cheetah - The Yankee Dollar
  63. Crystal Liaison - The Fugs
  64. Everything's Changing -Kak
  65. Feathers From Your Tree-Blue Cheer
  66. Lasy Day On Earth -Velvet Haze
  67. Daystar - Src
  68. Mobius Trip - H. P.Lovecraft
  69. Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart ; His Magic Band
  70. I'll Drive You From My Mind - The Fallen Angels
  71. Mr. Tripp Wouldn't Listen - The Little Boy Blues
  72. Back Of Your Mind -Nazz
  73. Psychedelic Movement -The Ravelles
  74. Crowd Pleaser - The Yellow Payges
  75. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Alternative Take 2) - The Moving Sidewalks
  76. Hell Will Take Care Of You - Brass Buttons
  77. Turn Around - The Beau Brummels
  78. Johnny Silver's Ride -Glad
  79. Rich Man's Fable - Merrell Fankhauser ; H.M.S. Bounty
  80. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James ; The Shondells
  81. An Elegy - The Free Design
  82. Can You Dig It - The Monkees
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Follow-up to Grapefruit's hugely popular US 1967 anthology 'March Of The Flower Children'. Hit singles, cult classics and tracks from 1968's key albums as the American music scene moved on from the Summer of Love. While psychedelia had been the dominant musical force in 1967, the scene fragmented the following year. Although many acts remained immersed in garage-punk and psychedelic pop, a growing number of heavily-amplified, blues-based hard rock bands like Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly - all of whom enjoyed sizeable hit singles in 1968 - emerged to pave the way for what would develop into heavy metal. Manufactured pop in the form of bubblegum dominated the singles chart, The Byrds and other easy riders developed a country/rock hybrid, a phalanx of folk-based singer/songwriters came to the fore, while Bob Dylan and his occasional playmates The Band pioneered a more organic, rustic sound that would come to be known as Americana. Over four hours and 3 CDs, 'Can't Seem To Come Down: The American Sounds Of 1968' weaves together these various strands to provide a fascinating overview of the year. The set encompasses national and regional hit singles, unexpected flops (The Grateful Dead, The Left Banke), subsequently influential mavericks (Velvet Underground, Beefheart, Silver Apples) and vital cuts from many of the year's most keenly-awaited albums (Dylan, The Band, Mothers of Invention, The Byrds, Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, etc). It also feature a number of hugely collectable one-off singles from young provincial bands, who visited local studios to preserve their sound for posterity before the real world - and possibly the increasing conflict in Vietnam intervened. Including a 48-page booklet filled with biographical details, rare photos and quotes, 'Can't Seem To Come Down' is another essential Grapefruit purchase.

Tracklist:

  1. Fresh Garbage - Spirit
  2. Come Alive - Things To Come
  3. The Shoemaker Of Leatherwear Square - The Lemon Pipers
  4. Come Ride, Come Ride - The Merry-Go-Round
  5. Draft Morning - The Byrds
  6. All Along The Watchtower-Bob Dylan
  7. Here She Comes Now - TheVelvet Underground
  8. No Regrets - Tom Rush
  9. Everybody's Next One -Steppenwolf
  10. Thing In 'E' - The Savage Resurrection
  11. You Can't Erase A Mirror -Children Of The Mushroom
  12. Which End Is Up - Diamond Rings
  13. Words Of The Raven -Piece Kor
  14. Who Needs The Peace
  15. Corps - The Mothers Of Invention
  16. Pretty Song From Psych-Out - Strawberry Alarm Clock
  17. Three O'clock Merrian Webster Time - The Nomads
  18. Strawberry Tuesday -Sidewalk Skipper Band
  19. Silver Birch - Del Shannon
  20. Delilah - Brian Hyland
  21. You Are Your Only
  22. Mystery - The Baroque Monthly
  23. Freaky Girl - Spontaneous Corruption
  24. The Garden Of Earthly
  25. Delights - The United States Of America
  26. Dedicated Music Man -Mortimer
  27. Fields Of People - Ars Nova
  28. The Setting Of Despair -Crystal Chandelier
  29. Dark Star (Single Version) - The Grateful Dead
  30. Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down) - Hearts And Flowers
  31. When I Arrive - We The People
  32. (Poor Old) Mr. Jensen -1910 Fruitgum Co.
  33. Just A Taste - The Kaleidoscope
  34. The Face - The Human Beinz
  35. Eighteen Is Over The Hill - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  36. Summer - Lemon Fog
  37. Awake In A Dream - The Critters
  38. Rupert White - Eternity's Children
  39. Light Your Windows - Quicksilver Messenger Service 10 Three-Part Invention (Too Many Trees In The Forest) - The Phoenix Trolley
  40. Laughing Stock - Love
  41. Little Bird - The Beach Boys
  42. Oscillations - Silver Apples
  43. Shadows - The Electric Prunes
  44. You're In My Mind - Graf Zepplin
  45. Dark Is The Bark - The Left Banke
  46. Cowboys And Indians - October Country
  47. The Island - The Millennium
  48. Wheel Of Changes - The Wind In The Willows
  49. Lantern Gospel - The World Column
  50. This Wheel's On Fire - The Band
  51. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Edit) - Iron Butterfly
  52. P. S. (Prognosis Stegnosis)-The Truth
  53. Green Knight - The Movement
  54. Paisley Haze - The Vectors
  55. Never Sad - The Sunstone Lollypop
  56. Trust - The Peppermint Trolley
  57. Can't Seem To Come Down -Mother's Worry
  58. Questions - Buffalo Springfield
  59. Satisfy You (Single Mix) - The Seeds
  60. Maypole - The Children
  61. Johann Sebastian
  62. Cheetah - The Yankee Dollar
  63. Crystal Liaison - The Fugs
  64. Everything's Changing -Kak
  65. Feathers From Your Tree-Blue Cheer
  66. Lasy Day On Earth -Velvet Haze
  67. Daystar - Src
  68. Mobius Trip - H. P.Lovecraft
  69. Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart ; His Magic Band
  70. I'll Drive You From My Mind - The Fallen Angels
  71. Mr. Tripp Wouldn't Listen - The Little Boy Blues
  72. Back Of Your Mind -Nazz
  73. Psychedelic Movement -The Ravelles
  74. Crowd Pleaser - The Yellow Payges
  75. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Alternative Take 2) - The Moving Sidewalks
  76. Hell Will Take Care Of You - Brass Buttons
  77. Turn Around - The Beau Brummels
  78. Johnny Silver's Ride -Glad
  79. Rich Man's Fable - Merrell Fankhauser ; H.M.S. Bounty
  80. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James ; The Shondells
  81. An Elegy - The Free Design
  82. Can You Dig It - The Monkees
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