{"product_id":"miles-out-to-sea-the-roots-of-british-power-pop-1969-1975","title":"Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour-hour anthology of recordings that anticipated the late 70s Power Pop movement. Featuring Badfinger, Slade, The Move, Stealers Wheel, Pilot, Dave Edmunds, Brinsley Schwarz, Honeybus, The Kinks, The Who, etc\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the early 70s musical landscape in Britain was largely dominated by introspective singer\/songwriters, Bubblegum Pop and underground Rock bands, a handful of acts bravely continued to pursue the classic mid-60s group sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the aid of increasingly sophisticated recording studios, they majored in crisp, muscular, hook-laden three-minute pop songs, bursting with chiming Rickenbacker guitars, irresistible choruses and Beatles\/Beach Boys-inspired close harmonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few (Slade, Pilot, the ill-starred Badfinger) found commercial success, but the likes of Starry Eyed And Laughing, Shape Of The Rain and Octopus proved to be the right bands at the wrong time – too late for the British Invasion that had swept America in the mid-60s, too early to hitch a ride on the late 70s Power Pop bandwagon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Miles Out To Sea’ assembles the pick of these recordings, with household names and hit singles (including The First Class’s classic Beach Boys cop ‘Beach Baby’) joined by cult Power Pop names (Rockin’ Horse, Liverpool Echo, Pagliaro) obscure one-off 45s (Atlantis, Fresh Air, Big Star-soundalikes Rotten To The Core), cuts from privately-pressed or non-UK albums (Rusty, Shakane, Majority One, Ironbridge) and many unreleased-at-the-time tracks (including pre-Records band The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell and a previously- unissued demo by pre-Rusty act Sheephouse, who cut a collectable Decca single).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a clamshell box design that houses a lavishly-annotated and illustrated 48-page booklet, \u003ci\u003eMiles Out To Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating document of a musical genre that would only really be identified and cherished after the fact. File under Pure-Pop-For-Then-People.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 MILES OUT TO SEA – Slade\u003cbr\u003e2 JUST A SMILE (original single version) – Pilot\u003cbr\u003e3 BIGGEST GOSSIP IN TOWN (single version) – Rockin’ Horse\u003cbr\u003e4 SOME SING, SOME DANCE – Pagliaro\u003cbr\u003e5 RAINCHILD – Octopus\u003cbr\u003e6 I’LL BE THERE – Shape Of The Rain\u003cbr\u003e7 GOING DOWN – Starry Eyed And Laughing\u003cbr\u003e8 PLEASE, ELIZA – Shakanea\u003cbr\u003e9 DON’T LET ME WAIT TOO LONG – Rotten To The Core\u003cbr\u003e10 BLACK MOURNING BAND – Honeybus\u003cbr\u003e11 YOU LIED ABOUT YOUR AGE – Bachdenkel\u003cbr\u003e12 (WHAT’S SO FUNNY ‘BOUT) PEACE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING – Brinsley Schwarz\u003cbr\u003e13 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED – Dave Edmunds\u003cbr\u003e14 NIGHTINGALE CRESCENT – Unicorn\u003cbr\u003e15 BRIGHTON ROCK – Rusty\u003cbr\u003e16 YOU MADE ME STAND UP STRAIGHTER – Byzantium\u003cbr\u003e17 BICYCLE DRIVER – Neil Harrison\u003cbr\u003e18 TRY ME – The Tremeloes\u003cbr\u003e19 PEPPERMINT TWIST – Sweet\u003cbr\u003e20 SHE WROTE ME A LETTER – Marmalade\u003cbr\u003e21 LOVE’S MADE A FOOL OF YOU – Raw Holly\u003cbr\u003e22 STRANGE AFFAIR – Help Yourself\u003cbr\u003e23 LET YOUR LOVE GO – Paintbox\u003cbr\u003e24 WHERE I BELONG – Gerry Rafferty\u003cbr\u003e25 FRESH AS A DAISY – Ragamuffin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 KNOW ONE KNOWS – Badfinger\u003cbr\u003e2 CHINATOWN – The Move\u003cbr\u003e3 GIRL ON THE TRAIN – Liverpool Echo\u003cbr\u003e4 LONELY NORMAN – Jimmy Campbell\u003cbr\u003e5 FORGET HER – Nimbo\u003cbr\u003e6 GET BACK HOME – Majority One\u003cbr\u003e7 DANGEROUS BACON – Stackridge\u003cbr\u003e8 GO AS YOU PLEASE – Stealers Wheel\u003cbr\u003e9 SECOND TIME AROUND – Keith Riley\u003cbr\u003e10 CHAMPION THE UNDERDOG – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver 11 ALRIGHT MA! – Stray\u003cbr\u003e12 I AIN’T GOT TIME – Atlantis\u003cbr\u003e13 SOMETIMES I WONDER – Sheridan and Rick Price\u003cbr\u003e14 SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE – Bo’ Flyers\u003cbr\u003e15 SOMETHING’S GOING ON – Ducks Deluxe\u003cbr\u003e16 ORDINARY BOY – Small Wonder\u003cbr\u003e17 LEAVIN’ ‘OME – The Hammersmith Gorillas\u003cbr\u003e18 ZURICH 17 (BE MY BABY)- Hollywood Brats\u003cbr\u003e19 GIRLFRIEND – Octopus\u003cbr\u003e20 HOLE IN THE SKY* – Sheephouse\u003cbr\u003e21 MONEY MAKES THE WORLD – Billy Bates\u003cbr\u003e22 SPARKLE – The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell\u003cbr\u003e23 THE RING OF TRUTH – Bachdenkel\u003cbr\u003e24 IN A HAND OR FACE – The Who\u003cbr\u003e25 ROLLING HOME AGAIN – Budgie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 THIS MAN HE WEEPS TONIGHT – The Kinks\u003cbr\u003e2 DON’T YOU EVER THINK I CRY? – Rockin’ Horse\u003cbr\u003e3 WE’RE NOT THEIR BOYS – Shape Of The Rain\u003cbr\u003e4 LET ME TELL YOU – Fickle Pickle\u003cbr\u003e5 BABY (I GOTTA GO) – Simon Turner\u003cbr\u003e6 SMILE (MY SMILER’S SMILE) – Liverpool Express\u003cbr\u003e7 I DON’T NEED YOU ANY MORE – Penny Arcade\u003cbr\u003e8 IT TAKES TOO LONG – Fresh Air\u003cbr\u003e9 WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE – Shakane\u003cbr\u003e10 ANNABELLA – Billy Kinsley\u003cbr\u003e11 SALLY WORKS NIGHTS – Liverpool Echo\u003cbr\u003e12 STAY AT HOME – Rusty\u003cbr\u003e13 CHIMES OF FREEDOM – Starry Eyed And Laughing\u003cbr\u003e14 BACK ROOM – Ironbridge\u003cbr\u003e15 NO MATTER WHAT – Black Label\u003cbr\u003e16 GOOD LOVE CHILD – Barclay James Harvest\u003cbr\u003e17 LITTLE BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME, HONEY-CHILD WON’T YOU JUST ALLOW ME ONE MORE CHANCE, PLEASE – P. 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