V/A - Spaced Out - The Story Of Mushroom Records (2CD)

Released 19th May c. £13

• MUSHROOM RECORDS was founded in London’s Chalk Farm district in 1970 by producer Vic Keary, an experienced industry veteran who’d spent most of the 1960s working as Maximum Sound Productions.

• Over the course of three years, Mushroom issued a dizzying variety of records, embracing a broad range of music styles from Prog Rock (Second Hand, Chillum) to Singer-Songwriters (Simon Finn, Andreas Thomopoulos), Traditional Folk (Callinan-Flynn, The Liverpool Fishermen), Indian music (Pandit Kanwar Sain Trikha, Nitai Dasgupta), avant garde jazz (Lol Coxhill) and world music (Les Flambeaux). And in Magic Carpet, Mushroom hosted a group who reflected most of the above genres on one album.

• SPACED OUT is the first-ever compilation to tell the story of Mushroom from its roots in the psychedelic era and its evolution across the early 1970s. With a foreword and involvement from label boss Vic Keary, this double-CD set reveals how Mushroom epitomised the excitement and diversity of the progressive era.


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DISC ONE

1. FOLK PIECE IN KHARWA - Pandit Kanwar Sain Trikha

2. EVIL WAYS - Les Flambeaux

3. HANGIN’ ON AN EYELID - Second Hand

4. FORTUNE FOR THE FINDER - Callinan-Flynn

5. DANDELION BLUES - Jon Betmead

6. WHERE’S YOUR MASTER GONE? – Simon Finn

7. OR ALTERNATIVELY NINE – Lol Coxhill

8. LARK IN THE MORNING - Heather Adrian & John

9. FALSE EYELASHES - Andreas Thomopoulos

10. CHAM CHAM CHAM CHAM - Nitai Dasgupta

11. FUNERAL – Second Hand

12. WE ARE THE PEOPLE (THE ROAD TO DERRY TOWN) - Callinan-Flynn

13. REPORT TO THE SAD LADY - Andreas Thomopoulos

14. THE AULD TRIANGLE - Liverpool Fishermen

15. HIGH GERMANY – Mappa Tandi

16. LAND OF A THOUSAND DREAMS - Chillum

17. PUCKAREE – Urban Clearway

18. DON’T WAIT TILL THE MORNING - Gordon, Ellis & Steele

19. THE PHOENIX – Magic Carpet

20. TAKE TO THE SKIES – Second Hand

21. JERUSALEM – Simon Finn


DISC TWO

1. PARTY LINE – The Attraction

2. SUMMER LEAVES ME WITH A SIGH - Tuesday’s Children

3. SHE’S THAT KIND OF WOMAN – John Williams

4. SEE SEE RIDER – Alexis Korner

5. JAMES IN THE BASEMENT – Denis Couldry

6. CHEADLE HEATH DELUSIONS - Felius Andromeda

7. THE WORLD WILL END YESTERDAY – Second Hand

8. RAINBOW CHASING - Andromeda

9. KNOCK ON WOOD – Oliver Bone

10. WISHING MY LIFE AWAY - Angelina

11. MY WAYS ARE SET – John Williams

12. A STRANGE LIGHT FROM THE EAST - Tuesday’s Children

13. LOVE MADE A FOOL OF ME – The Carolines

14. JUNGLE HARLEM – Mel Turner

15. SHE’S A GIRL – The Attraction

16. TABOO MAN – Alexis Korner

17. RAMBLIN’ BOY – John Williams

18. AFTER THE STORM - Andromeda

19. I AM NEARLY THERE - Denis Couldry & The Next Collection

20. MEDITATIONS - Felius Andromeda

21. NEVER GONNA LOVE AGAIN – New Faces

22. CHASING SHADOWS – Mark Leeman Five

23. COME ON, BE MINE – The Cherokees

24. WHITE CHRISTMAS – Mel Turner

25. REALITY – Second Hand