This Is The MAGIC MIXTURE CD/+6/1968 Saga/Rare UK Psych

MAGIC MIXTURE 'This Is The Magic Mixture' CD (UK, Sunbeam, Catalogue #SBRCD5059) Brand new/unplayed copy of superior Sunbeam label CD edition of rare and excellent 1968 psychedelic album, released on the UK Saga label, of UK band Magic Mixture. This Sunbeam label CD edition includes six additional bonus tracks.

'Recorded swiftly in June 1968 and issued briefly that autumn, the sole album by this enigmatic London quartet has become one of the most cherished artefacts of British psychedelia. This is the first reissue ever to be produced with the band's involvement, and includes six previously-unheard bonus tracks dating from shortly before and after the album, two of which feature the earliest known performances by drum legend Simon Kirke (Free / Bad Company). The package comes complete with rare photographs and detailed sleevenotes telling their story for the first time, making this the definitive edition of the album and an essential purchase for all fans of UK pysch.'

'YES! At last the glorious 1968 LP by The Magic Mixture gets the proper legit reissue. Originally released on Saga, this superb piece of psychedelic freakbeat should be in every record collection sharing section with UK psych gods like July, Skip Bifferty, Forever Amber, Five Day Week Straw People, The Open Mind and the likes. Even though according to The Tapestry Of Delights book, the Saga LPs are supposed to have been recorded at a school premises rather than in a proper studio, this album has become a classic of the genre on its own, containing some killer psychedelic sounds delivered mainly by the guitar of leader Jim Thomas and his bandmate Stan Curtis' organ riffs. The line-up was completed by Jack Collins on drums and Melvyn Hecker on bass guitar. The songs are all original Magic Mixture compositions, and they are all excellent samples of what was going on in the UK when the genres who had been en vogue during the '60s (modern jazz, folk, R&B, pop...) were all put in the same cauldron in the search of a special mixture, eventually obtaining some great pop tunes played with a freakbeat edge and some early psychedelic sounds -- all pretty simple and without many gimmicks of studio trickery -- but amazingly lovely and very cool. It is one of the most sought-after Saga releases and one that commands high sums when it shows up on eBay.'

'The above is a psychedelic classic of some repute, full of swirling guitar work and a heavy organ sound. It's now very rare and is worth investigation. Highlights include the opening cut, (I'm So) Sad, the mellow, rather jazzy Urge To Leave, the rocky You, the psych-pop of Slowly The Day and New Man, the frantic When I Was Young and the superb final track, Moonbeams. I found the vocals on the comedy number, The Motor Bike Song, extremely irritating. Moonbeams also crops up as a 'mystery track' on Bam-Caruso's 49 Technicolour Dream compilation. Along with Five Day Week Straw People, this was one of the few decent albums on Saga.' - The Tapestry Of Delights

Tracks on this CD are as follows:

• (I'm So) Sad
• Urge To Leave
• You
• Slowly The Day
• New Man
• Living On A Hill
• It's Alright By Me
• When I Was Young
• Hey Little Girl
• Tomorrow's Sun
• Motor Bike Song
• Moon Beams
• It's Alright By Me
• Slowly The Day
• Captain Marvel
• Pearly Queen
• Fresh Garbage
• My Days Are Numbered

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