Top Sounds' first release of 2025 is something of an almost extinct beast these days, a compilation of late 1960s British psychedelia of which the majority has never previously been released. Spanning 1967 to 1970 the LP features fourteen tracks and opens with a superb version of 'Astronomy Domine' by Graphite, the first of two covers of Pink Floyd numbers on the record. Both sides of the Graded Grains 'Animal Magic'/'Lucifer Sam' acetate are finally released in excellent sound quality thanks to the sourcing of another copy, and two sterling psychedelic rock performances by White Unicorn were only previously pressed onto a very small run of white label 45s in 1969. A couple of the legendary attractions on the London underground scene of 1967 and '68 who never had any music issued at the time - the Crystal Ship and the Philosopher's Stone - have their distinctive brands of hardcore psych on vinyl for the first time whilst underground heroes Tomorrow take pride of place with a raucous pre single version of their anthemic 'My White Bicycle.' With more first division selections from Sound Of London, The Pheonix, Them and an unknown aggregation's amazing 'Strange Day,' 'Times Of Strange Days Past' is sure to satisfy the appetite of enthusiasts of obscure UK psychedelia.
Superbly presented in a laminated sleeve with 16-page booklet, direct from the label.
times of strange days past (blue men on white bicycles 1967-1970)