Blossom Toes
1971-08-01 London, England Hampstead Country Club (M2-AUD)

*** Billed as a reunion of the original Blossom Toes & friends ***

01. ...Angeline// (MASTERED WITH EQ VERSION) (2:33)

02. ...Angeline// (MASTERED WITHOUT EQ VERSION) (2:33)

::: Collectors only quality but listenable. Sample included but by the time you listen you coulda downloaded.
::: Warts: muffled, bass heavy (turn it down!). This is a partial song only, starts late & cuts.
::: Song title is unconfirmed, but certainly is the main word in the song.

Recording Information ::: unknown mono equipment -> 1st generation reel -> 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, DOlby B on.

Playback 2013-03-20 ::: 2nd generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, further speed fixes if necessary, - EQ on version 1 to lower bass & bit of hiss - NO equalisation on version 2) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-03-30.

Line-up (unconfirmed!) ::: Brian Godding - electric guitar, vocals // Jim Cregan - electric guitar, vocals // Brian Belshaw - electric bass // Graham Clark - violin // Kevin Westlake - drums.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 240 ::: Thanks to the original taper & traders! My copy came from The Man In The Palace & this was all he had. I've no idea what his friend recorded, but I think he would have gotten more if it existed. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Though B.B. Blunder was what was really happening around this time, this one was billed as a reunion of the original band with friends. Graham Clark is clearly playing violin on this tune. Blossom Toes recorded a couple of the finest psychedelic albums to come out of Britain in the 1960s. While the first was full of somewhat whimsical paisley pop that was often really off the wall, their second slab o' wax, "If Only for a Moment" is a mindfuck beyond comprehension, one that still damages the cells today at almost any volume. "Peace Lovin' Man", "Listen To The Silence" & "Love Bomb" are among the tunes sure to restructure your brainpan & melt some synapses. Sunbeam has attempted some reissues (NOT sonic wonders) & given us some rarities collections (also no sonic wonders). But still good to have grist for the trip mill. Can't imagine anyone getting too excited about this particular little piece of history, but then again, maybe it will dig out something else of interest hidden away in some dim recesses of a closet somewhere in the Isles. One can only hope. Enjoy!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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