Reissue of the 3 original albums plus 2 newly-compiled volumes of British psych
Each CD housed in its own card wallet
Featuring the original artwork plus 2 original designs
5 CD clamshell
52-page full colour booklet containing rare photos and notes on each artist
Named in honour of John Peel’s 1967 late-night programme on pirate radio station Radio London, which Peel named after a 13th century Arabic sex manual, the original 3 volumes of Past & Present’s The Perfumed Garden, which many affianados felt set the bencmark for future compilations, were applauded for the quality of both the content and the sound, but these acolades were often undermined by the lack of information about the tracks and the artists who performed them. This repackaged version of the first 3 volumes, plus 2 additional volumes compiled by a leading expert on British psychedelia, contains a scholarly and informative 52 page booklet complete with rare photographs an exhaustive liner notes. This is full-on UK garage rock and psychedelia and every track’s a winner. Great sound coupled and 82 fantastic tracks over 5 CDs, 3 featuring the original artwork and the additional discs boasting new artwork newly-commissioned for this superb box set.
Track listing:
Volume 1
Factory/Try A Little Sunshine
Eyes/You're Too Much
Syn/Grounded
Nimrod/The Bird
Smoke /Sydney Gill
Birds/No Good Without You Baby
Shy Limbs/Reputation
Game/It's Shocking What They Call Me
Frame/Doctor Doctor
Mandrake Paddle Steamer/Strange Walking Man
French Revolution/Nine Til Five
Vamp/Floatin'
Syndicates/Crawdaddy Simone
Sands/Listen To The Sky
Tintern Abbey/Vacuum Cleaner
The Craig/I Must Be Mad
Open Mind/Magic Potion
Volume 2
Kult/No Home Today
Eyes/When The Night Falls
Poets/Baby Don't You Do It
Ace Kefford Stand/For Your Love
Rupert's People/Reflections Of Charles Brown
Thane Russal & Three/Security
Deviants/I'm Coming Home
Fleur-De-Lys/Liar
Kult/Mister Number One
In-Be-Tweens/You Better Run
Uglies/I See The Light
Glen Athens & The Trojans/Let Me Show You How
Gary Leeds & Rain/Francis
Les Goths/Turn Over
Drag Set/Day & Night
Fleur-De-Lys/Mud In Your Eye
Accent/Red Sky At Night
Volume 3
Longboatmen/Take Her Anytime
Miller/Baby I Got News For You (Oak Version)
Les Goths/Out Of The Sun
Shyster/Tick Tock
Majority One/Get Back Home
Groundhogs/Sad Go Round
Herbal Mixture/Please Leave My Mind
Pete Sully & The Orchard/Evil Woman
Adams Recital/No Place For The Lonely People
Cedars/For Your Information
Wolves/Lust For Life
Actress/It's What You Give
Reign/Line Of Least Resistance
Barry Mason/Over The Hills
Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup/Which Dreamed It
Andwella's Dream/Felix
Serendipity/Through With You
Rupert's People/Hold On
Volume 4
Flies/Magic Train (Demo version)
Joint/Dinosaur
Blonde On Blonde/Spinning Wheel
Magic Mixture/When I was Young
Tucky Buzzard/Time Will Be Your Doctor
Timebox/Barnabus Swain
Simon’s Secret/I Know What Her Name Is
Please/The Road
Orang Utan/Magic Playground
Arcadium/Poor Lady
Flaming Youth/Pulsar
Monument/Give Me Life
Five Day Week/Straw People/Does It Rain
John McLaughlin/Siren
Animals/Gratefully Dead
Arzachel/Leg
Deviants/Jamie’s Song
Volume 5
July/The Way (long version)
Pacific Drift/Feelin’ Free
Camel/Where is My Mind (UK psych/rock outfit - NOT THE ANDY LATIMER BAND)
