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From rock 'n' roll and raw R&B to soul, psychedelia and progressive rock, the Eel Pie Island hotel venue heard British music evolving in real time. A tiny island on the Thames became a proving ground for emerging groups, American blues legends and future stars. Across 80 tracks, this set traces how British rock and pop absorbed, transformed and moved beyond it's American influences. At the beginning of the 1960s, British rock 'n' roll was already giving way to something tougher. Tony Holland & The Packabeats, Mike Berry with The Outlaws, Cliff Bennett and Screaming Lord Sutch still belonged to the Joe Meek era, but by 1963 the Yardbirds, Cyril Davies, Downliners Sect, Long John Baldry and John Mayall were bringing Chicago blues and R&B into the clubs. As the decade progressed, that sound widened. Graham Bond and Brian Auger introduced jazz and the Hammond organ, while Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Herbie Goins, The Mike Cotton Sound and The Alan Bown Set reflected the growing influence of American soul. Cream's 'Cat's Squirrel' then showed blues turning heavier, as freakbeat and psychedelia began to dissolve the old boundaries. By 1967 and 1968, the musical landscape had changed again. The Foundations brought soul into mainstream British pop; Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack and Ten Years After pushed blues towards heavier rock; Fairport Convention pointed towards folk rock; and Blossom Toes, Arthur Brown, July and Jade Hexagram entered the psychedelic underground, while The Nice and Colosseum carried jazz, classical ideas and blues into the emerging progressive era. Eel Pie Island did not create every one of these changes, but it became one of the places where they could be heard as they happened. These eighty tracks form a history of a remarkable venue and a compact history of British rock and pop discovering what it could become.
Tracklist:
- Tony Holland ; the Packabeats - Sidewalk Time G.B
- Mike Berry with the Outlaws - It's So Easy
- Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers - I Get Up in the Morning
- Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper (Alt Intro)
- Mike Forde ; the Fortunes - Sweet Little Rhythm and Blues
- The Yardbirds - I Wish You Would
- Cyril Davies and His Rhythm ; Blues All Stars - Chicago Calling
- The Blue Flames - J.A. Blues
- Downliners Sect - Be a Sect Maniac
- Long John Baldry ; the Hoochie Coochie Men - You'll Be Mine
- Rod Stewart ; P. P. Arnold - Come Home Baby
- Bo Street Runners - Shame, Shame, Shame
- Jimmy Powell ; the Dimensions - Love Me Right
- John Mayall ; the Bluesbreakers - Mr. James
- Manfred Mann - Cock-A-Hoop
- Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin' (Live 1963)
- The Animals - Baby Let Me Take You Home
- The Others - Oh Yeah!
- Jimmy Reed - Help Yourself (Live 1964)
- Jimmy Page - She Just Satisfies
- The Artwoods - If I Ever Get My Hands on You
- Memphis Slim Ft. Alexis Korner - Sun Gonna Shine on My Backdoor Someday
- The Second Thoughts - Seventh Son
- Little Walter - I'm a Business Man
- The Soul Agents - I Just Wanna Make Love to You
- Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin' (Single Version)
- Graham Bond Organisation - Tell Me (I'm Gonna Love Again)
- The Creed - You've Had It So Good
- Steampacket - Oh Baby, Don't You Do It
- The Fairies - Don't Mind
- Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby
- The Mickey Finn - Night Comes Down
- Champion Jack Dupree Ft. Jimmy Page - Track Number Nine
- Dave Anthony's Moods - New Directions
- Jimmy James ; the Vagabonds - Come to Me Softly
- The Nightimers Featuring Herbie Goins - the Music Played on
- The Worrying Kynde - Call Out My Name
- The Herd - It's Been a Long Time Baby
- Phillip Goodhand-Tait ; the Stormsville Shakers - Gettin' Ready
- Jimmy Witherspoon - Good Rockin' Tonight
- Mike Stuart Span - Rescue Me
- Alan Price Set - Iechyd-Da
- The Tea Set - Join the Tea Set
- The Mark Leeman Five - Gather Up the Pieces
- The Mike Cotton Sound - Like That
- Wynder K Frog - Zooming
- Soul System - Zilly Zally's Room (Demo)
- The V.I.P.'s - I Wanna Be Free
- Cream - Cat's Squirrel
- The Alan Bown Set - Baby Don't Push Me
- Ronnie Jones and the Blue Jays - Satisfy My Soul
- Alexis Korner - Everyday (I Have the Blues)
- John Mayall ; the Bluesbreakers W/ Paul Butterfield - Ridin' on the L and N
- Savoy Brown Blues Band - I Tried
- Brian Auger Feat. Julie Driscoll - Save Me
- David Essex - Thigh High
- The Tribe - the Gamma Goochie
- Dr. K's Blues Band - Walking
- Carl Douglas ; the Big Stampede - Crazy Feeling
- The Fantastic Freddy Mack Show - Bare Footin'
- Amboy Dukes - Judy in Disguise
- The Foundations - Jerkin' the Dog
- Ten Years After - the Sounds
- John Lee Hooker - Crawling King Snake
- In Crowd - Blow Up
- Fairport Convention - If (Stomp)
- Root ; Jenny Jackson - Lean on Me
- The Web - Baby Won't You Leave Me Alone
- Chicken Shack - It's Ok with Me Baby
- Blossom Toes - When the Alarm Clock Rings
- Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Devil's Grip
- Jade Hexagram - Crushed Purple
- The Nice - the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
- The Action - Brain
- The Moody Blues - He Can Win
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Mother Writes
- July - Friendly Man (The Second of July Version)
- Colosseum - I Can't Live Without You (Demo - November 1968)
- Pete Brown ; His Battered Ornaments - Sandcastle (Morgan Studios 1968)
- Hawkwind Zoo - Hurry on Sundown
UPC: 5013929436534
Label: Strawberry
Release Date: 12.11.26
Format: CD