Blossom Toes - Discografia essencial

Banda: Blossom Toes
Gênero: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, British Psychedelia

Disco: We Are Ever So Clean [Bonus Tracks]

Ano: 2007(*)

Faixas:

1. Look At Me I'm You (Godding, Gomeslki) 3:55

2. I'll Be Late For Tea (Godding) 2:42

3. The Remarkable Saga Of The Frozen Dog (Westlake) 3:02

4. Telegram Tuesday (Godding) 2:37

5. Love Is (Godding) 2:41

6. What's It For? (Cregan) 3:30

7. People Of The Royal Parks (Westlake) 2:20

8. What On Earth (Godding) 2:53

9. Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar (Cregan, Westlake) 2:38

10. I Will Bring You This And That (Godding) 2:55

11. Mister Watchmaker (Godding) 2:22

12. When The Alarm Clock Rings (Cregan) 2:26

13. The Intrepid Balloonist's Handbook, Volume One (Cregan) 2:12

14. You (Godding) 2:45

15. Track For Speedy Freaks (or Instant LP Digest) (Godding, Gomelski, Cregan, Westlake) 1:25

16. Everybody's Talking [LP Out-Take] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 2:36

17. Look At Me I'm You [Instrumental Version] [Bonus Track] (Godding, Gomelski) 3:49

18. I'll Be Late For Tea [Instrumental Version] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 2:30

19. Mister Watchmaker [Live] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 3:10

20. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [45' A-Side] [Bonus Track] (Dylan) 3:24

21. Jim Cregan Interview [Bonus Track] (0:59)

22. Love Is [Live] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 3:02

23. Collects Little Girls [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 4:05

24. Hometime [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 3:46

25. Looking Up I'm Looking Back [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 3:04

Créditos:

Brian Godding: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Jim Cregan: Guitar, Vocals

Brian Belshaw: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Kevin Westlake: Drums, Vocals

Músico adicional:

Poli Palmer: Percussion (faixas 22-25), Vibes (faixas 22-25)

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1967.

Disco: If Only For A Moment [Bonus Tracks]

Ano: 2007(*)

Faixas:

1. Peace Loving Man (Godding) 4:53

2. Kiss Of Confusion (Godding) 4:45

3. Listen To The Silence (Cregan) 4:49

4. Love Bomb (Godding) 7:39

5. Billy Boo The Gunman (Godding) 7:08

6. Indian Summer (Cregan) 5:55

7. Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head (Havens) 2:53

8. Wait A Minute (Cregan) 5:53

9. Postcard [Single A-side, 1968] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 2:56

10. Everyone's Leaving Me Now [Single B-Side, 1968] [Bonus Track] (Palmer) 4:45

11. Ever Since A Memory [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 4:25

12. Nobody But [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 4:03

13. Peace Loving Man [Demo] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 6:29

14. Listen To The Silence [Live at Philipes Club, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] [Bonus Track] (Cregan) 3:58

15. New Day [Unreleased 45 A-Side] [Bonus Track] (Godding) 5:16

Créditos:

Brian Godding: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Piano, Organ, Vocals

Jim Cregan: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Vocals

"Big" Brian Belshaw: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Barry Reeves: Drums, Percussion, Congas

"Poli" Palmer: Drums (faixa 13)

Giorgio Gomelski: Bass Vocals Harmony (faixa 4)

Sean Phillips: Acoustic 12 String & Sitar (faixa 7)

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1969.

Disco: Love Bomb - Live 1967-69(*)

Ano: 2009

Faixas:

1. Listen To The Silence [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Cregan) 5:56

2. Electricity [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Van Vliet, Bermann) 6:39

3. Captain Trips [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Blossom Toes) 3:17

4. Love Us Like We Love You [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Cregan) 6:22

5. The Remarkable Saga Of The Frozen Dog [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Westlake) 9:51

6. Woman Mind [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Phillips) 8:49

7. Smokestack Lightning [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Burnett) 7:59

8. First Love Song [Live at Klubb Filips, Sweden, August 26th, 1967] (Cregan) 4:40

9. What On Earth [Live at UK radio broadcast, October 1967] (Godding) 2:38

10. The Remarkable Saga Of The Frozen Dog [Live at UK radio broadcast, October 1967] (Westlake) 3:21

11. Indian Summer [Live at Bilzen Festival, Belgium, August 24th 1969] (Cregan) 2:44

12. Stargazer [Live at Amougies Festival, Belgium, October 26th, 1969] (Phillips) 4:26

13. Peace Loving Man [Live at Amougies Festival, Belgium, October 26th, 1969] (Godding) 9:45

14. Grooving - Part 1 [Live at Amougies Festival, Belgium, October 26th, 1969] (King, Bethea) 5:47

15. Grooving - Part 2 [Live at Amougies Festival, Belgium, October 26th, 1969] (King, Bethea) 12:11

16. Grooving - Part 3 [Live at Amougies Festival, Belgium, October 26th, 1969] (King, Bethea) 7:27

Créditos:

Brian Godding: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Jim Cregan: Guitar, Vocals

Brian Belshaw: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Kevin Westlake: Drums & Vocals (faixas 1-10)

Poli Palmer: Drums, Flute & Vibes (faixas 9-10)

Barry Reeves: Drums (faixas 11-14)

Frank Zappa: Guitar (faixa 14)

(*) Disco para colecionadores ou superfãs da banda. Gravação de baixa qualidade.

Disco: What On Earth: Rarities 1967-69

Ano: 2009

Faixas:

1. Collects Little Girls (Godding) 4:58

2. Backstreet (Godding) 3:45

3. Ever Since A Memory (Godding) 4:17

4. Going Home (Godding) 3:25

5. Hometime (Godding) 3:40

6. Looking Up I'm Looking Back (Godding) 3:03

7. Penny And The Pennies (Godding) 2:46

8. Postcard (Godding) 2:51

9. Riverboat (Godding) 3:47

10. Peace Loving Man [version 1] (Godding) 5:40

11. Peace Loving Man [version 2] (Godding) 6:30

12. Nobody But (Godding) 4:03

13. Wait A Minute (Cregan) 3:40

14. Marmalade Jam (Blossom Toes, Auger) 3:56

15. Poli's Folly (Palmer) 10:02

16. First Love Song (Cregan) 5:20

17. New Day (Godding) 5:01

Créditos:

Brian Godding: Lead Guitar, Vocals

Jim Cregan: Lead Guitar, Vocals

Brian Belshaw: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Poli Palmer: Drums, Flute, Vibes

Brian Auger: Piano (faixa 14)

Barry Reeves: Drums (faixas 14, 17)

Biografia:

Ela nunca obteve sucesso comercial no Reino Unido ou nos Estados Unidos, mas a Blossom Toes foi uma das mais interessantes bandas psicodélicas do final dos anos 60. Principiando com o nome Ingoes – apenas mais um dos milhares de grupos beats da metade dos anos 60 –, a banda ligou-se ao lendário empresário Giorgio Gomelsky (mentor inicial dos Stones e empresário dos grupos Yardbirds e Soft Machine, entre outros) em 1966. Gomelsky mudou-lhe a denominação e colocou-a na sua gravadora Marmalade.

Seu primeiro LP, de 1967, distanciava-se do R&B, refletindo um criativo conceito musical profundamente britânico, com composições próprias, na linha de Ray Davies. Depois de algumas mudanças de pessoal, a banda lançou seu segundo (e último) disco um par de anos mais tarde. Outra obra extremamente talentosa, possuía características muito diferentes do seu primeiro álbum, apresentando uma tonalidade muito mais sóbria e pesada, onde predominavam as guitarras. O grupo dispersou-se no fim da década; Brian Godding e Brian Belshaw fundaram a também obscura B.B. Blunder, e Godding permaneceu ativo na periferia do palco roqueiro experimental britânico (Richie Unterberger, AllMusic; tradução livre do inglês).