Jan 21, 2009

VARIOUS ARTISTS - A TRUNK FULL OF SIXTIES POP EXOTICA




Primarily a classical music record label Saga dabbled in pop music through the 1960's. Early on it made a short lived business arrangement with Joe Meek to back and distribute his Triumph label. As the decade progressed Saga developed a production library arm, the company also being into film production, and did record real pop artists. The tapes for the majority of these pop recordings have been squirreled away in the depths of the british library where they were placed by the retiring owner of Saga some 15 years ago. None but the Five Day Week Straw people have been available for nigh on 40 years. Thus "Swinging London" as a collection, is a fascinating glimpse of the late 60's sounds mirrored through a contemporary London production house . The sounds are not clearly of any one particular genre, as they blend elements of pop ,psych, lounge and rock into a late 60's groovy melange, and are all the more enjoyable for it...
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................SWINGING LONDON.............
"The Accidental Genius Of SAGA Records (1968-1970)"
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Rock,Pop,Psych & Funky Loungecore in equal measure as the SAGA team attacked the general music scene of the late 60's to the delight of 60's music club Dj's & collectors forty years later.
This collection is a must!!!
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4 comments:

ge said...

got a link?, a 'here'?

mscmichael said...

Very good comp. Thanks...

frumious bandersnatch said...

Great comp, highly recommended ! just cheesy enough to be fun to listen to from beginning to end. Thanks again !

Ozzy said...

Wow! Thanks a lot for that really groovy compilation! By the way, do you have a link for the three disc bowset compilation "Looking back: 80 Mod, Freakbeat & Swingin London Nuggets"? I've been looking for it for a while and can't find it anywhere... You can e-mail me if you've got something!
Cheers!