LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Over twenty years ago Big Beat reissued garage rock legends the Music Machines classic 1966 debut Turn On on vinyl. And now we present that same groundbreaking album in a gloriously expanded 2-CD format as The Ultimate Turn On.

Famed for the two-minute heart-stopping avant-rock hit Talk Talk, the Music Machine are revered amongst aficionados of 1960s rocknroll. An intelligent, hard-edged group with a sound and image to match, fuelled by the quirky songwriting genius of Sean Bonniwell, The Ultimate Turn On collects together the complete recordings of the original, definitive line-up of the band.

Disc 1 of the set includes the differing mono and stereo versions of Turn On, along with the four non-LP singles issued on the bands first label Original Sound. Disc 2 consists wholly of superlative unissued material, including rehearsals, demos and alternate versions of tracks, all originally intended for the second album that the band would have released on Original Sound, had they not broken up in the spring of 1967. As an even more enticing bonus, Disc 2 ends with footage of the bands riveting performance on a local Los Angeles TV show.

To top it all off the booklet features tons of photos and memorabilia plus an in-depth career retrospective based on fresh interviews with all the members of the band plus producer Brian Ross, making The Ultimate Turn On a consummate and unmissable package.

Track listing
CD1:
TALK TALK
TROUBLE
CHERRY CHERRY
TAXMAN
SOME OTHER DRUM
MASCULINE INTUITION
THE PEOPLE IN ME
CC RIDER
WRONG
96 TEARS
COME ON IN
HEY JOE
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
THE EAGLE NEVER HUNTS THE FLY
IVE LOVED YOU
TALK TALK
TROUBLE
CHERRY CHERRY
TAXMAN
SOME OTHER DRUM
MASCULINE INTUITION
THE PEOPLE IN ME
CC RIDER
WRONG
96 TEARS
COME ON IN
HEY JOE

CD2:
THE PEOPLE IN ME
TROUBLE
MASCULINE INTUITION
THE EAGLE NEVER HUNTS THE FLY
SUFFERIN SUCCOTASH
WORRY
NO GIRL GONNA CRY
SMOKE & WATER
IVE LOVED YOU
DISCREPANCY
BOTTOM OF THE SOUL
THE TRAP
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
SOMETHIN HURTIN ON ME
AFFIRMATIVE NO
TALK ME DOWN
ASTROLOGICALLY INCOMPATIBLE
WORRY
NO GIRL GONNA CRY
SMOKE & WATER
TALK TALK (video clip)
CHERRY CHERRY (video clip)