Nell'arco di tre CD e di 79 tracce, 'Gathered From Coincidence' esamina - come spiega la presentazione della casa discografica - 'ogni aspetto del boom folk-pop britannico di meta' anni Sessanta, incorporando cantautori dalla sensibilita' commerciale pop ispirati da Dylan, i gruppi beat piu' introversi, chanteuse che si rifacevano a Marianne Faithfull e teppisti r&b in nuova modalita' riflessiva, il tutto legato assieme dall'ordito di chitarre sei e dodici corde o dal clangore delle Rickenbaker'. E' l'unione di due mondi, il pop e il folk, che prima di Dylan e del 1965 avevano avuto pochi punti di contatto, e che questa esaustiva raccolta documenta mettendo assieme nomi noti e notissimi (la stessa Faithfull, gli Zombies, Marc Bolan, Donovan, Bill Fay, i Sorrows, i Kinks, Manfred Mann, Davy Graham, gli Shadows, i Seekers, i Searchers, Mick Softley, Murray Head, Jon Mark, Justin Hayward, Pretty Things, Olivia Newton-John, Graham Nash con gli Hollies e i Mirage) e altri semisconosciuti o dimenticati, con diversi brani che fanno qui la loro prima comparsa su CD e un paio di inediti assoluti che offrono una affascinante fotografia della scena musicale inglese nel biennio di mezzo tra il tramonto del beat e la nascita della psichedelia
track list
Disc: 1
1. TAKE ME FOR WHAT IM WORTH - The Searchers
2. MORNING'S CALLING - Peter & Gordon
3. COME AND STAY WITH ME - Marianne Faithfull
4. FOLLOW ME - The Tony Jackson Group
5. IT'S YOUR TURN TO CRY - Terry Kennedy & John Carter
6. REJECTED - The Fenmen
7. I LOVE HER STILL - The Poets
8. FROSTED PANES - The Kytes
9. GOLDEN LIGHTS - Twinkle
10. I WON'T BE ROUND YOU ANYMORE - The Chosen Few
11. ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE - The Factotums
12. HEY WOMAN - Kenny Bernard
13. HEY MAMA YOU'VE BEEN ON MY MIND - The Caravelles
14. DON'T GO AWAY - The Zombies
15. NOW THE SUN HAS GONE - The Beatmen
16. THINK ABOUT THE TIMES - The Times
17. PENNY ARCADE - Michael Leslie
18. BEYOND THE RISIN' SUN - Marc Bolan
19. TILL YOU SAY YOU'LL BE MINE - Olivia Newton-John
20. GO AWAY - The Mirage featuring Graham Nash
21. IT'S ALL LEADING UP TO SATURDAY NIGHT (PREV. UNRELEASED) - The Knack
22. YOU'VE COOLED - Five Steps Beyond
23. THERE'S JUST NO PLEASING YOU - The Epics
24. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS - Gullivers People
25. MR. SMITH - The Foresters
26. IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE - The Cops 'N Robbers
Disc: 2
1. LIKE A ROLLING STONE - The Other Side
2. WELL, HOW DOES IT FEEL? - Barbara Ruskin
3. LOVERS OF THE WORLD UNITE - David & Jonathan
4. CATCH THE WIND - Donovan
5. AGE OF CORRUPTION - Alan Klein
6. BLESSED - Guy Darrell
7. THAT MAN'S GOT NO LUCK - Gary Benson
8. IT'S GOOD NEWS WEEK - Hedgehoppers Anonymous
9. BELLS - Dave Helling
10. VERY LAST DAY - The Hollies
11. SOMETIME NEVER DAY - Bill Fay
12. DON'T YOU CRY OVER ME - The Slade Brothers
13. WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN - Folk Blues Incorporated
14. WAKE UP MY MIND - The Uglys
15. PLEASE DON'T SWITCH OFF THE MOON MR. SPACEMAN - Nicholas Hammond
16. THE PROTEST SINGER - Micha
17. SQUARE PEG - The Four Pennies
18. GOTTA MAKE THEIR FUTURE BRIGHT - First Gear
19. THE BELLS OF RHYMNEY - Murray Head
20. DON'T TALK TO ME OF PROTEST - Jonathan King
21. DEJECTION (DEMO VERSION) - Five's Company
22. THAT'S NOT MY KIND OF LOVE - Mick Softley with The Summer Suns
23. DON'T SING NO SAD SONGS FOR ME - The Sorrows
24. RATTLE OF A TOY - Tommy Yates
25. TALKIN' DENMARK STREET (PREV. UNISSUED) - John Cassidie
26. THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' - The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Disc: 3
1. YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY - The Silkie
2. WAIT TILL THE SUMMER COMES ALONG - The Kinks
3. DON'T MAKE PROMISES (YOU CAN'T KEEP) - Peter Nelson
4. CHERYL'S GOING HOME - Adam Faith
5. IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW - Manfred Mann
6. I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU - Davey Graham
7. NIGHT COMES DOWN - Jon-Mark
8. EARLY MORNING RAIN - The Settlers
9. SADNESS HIDES THE SUN - Greta Ann
10. THANK YOU BOY - Dana Gillespie
11. LOVE MINUS ZERO NO LIMIT - The Compromise
12. DAY MUST COME - Justin Hayward
13. THE CLOWN IN THE ALLEY - Meic Stevens
14. I'M ON YOUR SIDE - The Frugal Sound
15. LONDON TOWN - The Pretty Things
16. PICKING UP THE SUNSHINE (AKA BERT'S BLUES) - Beverley
17. CORRINA CORRINA - The Nightshift
18. LISTEN PEOPLE - Sarah Jane
19. FOUR STRONG WINDS - Chad & Jeremy
20. SO SAD (TO WATCH GOOD LOVE GO BAD) - The Greenbeats
21. DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT - Heinz with the Wild Boys
22. TODAY IS THE HIGHWAY - The Ramblers
23. LOVE IS STRANGE - The Overlanders
24. SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES - Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
25. MARY ANNE - The Shadows
26. THE CARNIVAL IS OVER - The Seekers |