LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Now widely considered to have been one of the finest groups to emerge from the British psychedelic pop scene, Kaleidoscope signed to the Fontana label in the epochal year of 1967. Over the next couple of years, they issued two magnificent albums, Tangerine Dream and Faintly Blowing, as well as a quintet of vibrant, inventive, highly commercial singles.

Somehow, though, they failed to achieve the glittering prizes that everyone predicted would be theirs. Frustrated by their lack of success, and with a heavier musical climate taking hold, they ended the decade with a change of name to Fairfield Parlour and a new deal with progressive rock label Vertigo.

But, as singer and lyricist Peter Daltrey observed at the end of Kaleidoscope's debut album, the children stayed children, and they lived in their dreams. Undoubtedly the definitive Kaleidoscope package, Further Reflections assembles the group's entire recorded legacy for the Fontana label under one roof for the first time. Relax your eyes, for after all, we can but share these minutes...

DISC ONE

1. KALEIDOSCOPE
2. PLEASE EXCUSE MY FACE
3. DIVE INTO YESTERDAY
4. MR SMALL, THE WATCH REPAIRER MAN
5. FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA
6. THE MURDER OF LEWIS TOLLANI
7. (FURTHER REFLECTIONS) IN THE ROOM OF PERCUSSION
8. DEAR NELLIE GOODRICH
9. HOLIDAY MAKER
10. A LESSON PERHAPS
11. THE SKY CHILDREN
12. FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA (SINGLE MIX)
13. HOLIDAY MAKER (SINGLE MIX)
14. A DREAM FOR JULIE
15. PLEASE EXCUSE MY FACE (SINGLE MIX)
16. JENNY ARTICHOKE
17. JUST HOW MUCH YOU ARE

DISC TWO

1. FAINTLY BLOWING
2. POEM
3. SNAPDRAGON
4. STORY FROM TOM BITZ
5. (LOVE SONG) FOR ANNIE
6. IF YOU SO WISH
7. OPINION
8. BLESS THE EXECUTIONER
9. BLACK FJORD
10. THE FEATHERED TIGER
11. I'LL KISS YOU ONCE
12. MUSIC
13. DO IT AGAIN FOR JEFFREY
14. POEM (SINGLE MIX)
15. BALLOON
16. IF YOU SO WISH (SINGLE MIX)