BLOSSOM TOES We Are Ever So Clean LP POLYDOR 1967re GER unofficial BRIAN GODDING
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PLEASE ASK FOR ANY INFORMATIONBLOSSOM TOES
BRIAN BELSHAW, BRIAN GODDING, JIM CREGAN, KEVIN WESTLAKE
They never had any commercial success in the U.K. or the U.S., but Blossom Toes were one
of the more interesting British psychedelic groups of the late '60s.
Starting as the Ingoes, just another of thousands of British R&B/beat bands of the mid-'60s,
the group hooked up with legendary impresario Giorgio Gomelsky (early mentor of the Stones
and manager of the Yardbirds and Soft Machine, among others) in 1966.
Gomelsky changed their name and put them on his Marmalade label.
Their 1967 debut LP was miles away from R&B, reflecting an extremely British whimsy
and skilled, idiosyncratic songwriting more in line with Ray Davies
"WE ARE EVER SO CLEAN"
<REISSUE, ORIGINALLY RELEASED in UK on MARMALADE RECORDS IN 1967,
in GERMANY on POLYDOR RECORDS IN 1968
and in ITALY on RICORDI INTERNATIONAL as "THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUND OF BLOSSOM TOES" also in 1968 >
LP POLYDOR RECORDS 184 121 STEREO
MADE IN EUROPE LATE-80S UNOFFICIAL REPRESSING
TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN COPY
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LABEL: POLYDOR - RED LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & rear) 184 121 (spine) 184121
Catalog on labels: 184 121 A / 184 121 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 194121 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 184121 B
On labels: ST 33
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
Rights Society: GEMA
On back cover: Sleeve produced by the Upton Printing Group
Printed in Germany
Imprimé en Allemagne by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen
Manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: LOOK AT ME I'M YOU - I'LL BE LATE FOR TEA
THE REMARKABLE SAGA OF THE FROZEN DOG - TELEGRAM TUESDAY
LOVE IS - WHAT'S IT FOR - PEOPLE OF THE ROYAL PARKS
Side B: WHAT ON EARTH - MRS. MURPHY'S BUDGERIGAR
I WILL BRING YOU THIS AND THAT - MISTER WATCHMAKER
WHEN THE ALARM CLOCK RINGS
THE INTREPID BALLOONIST'S HANDBOOK, VOLUME ONE
YOU - TRACK FOR SPEEDY FREAKS (Or INSTANT LP DIGEST)
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Imagine the late-'60s Kinks crossed with a touch of the absurdist British wit of the Bonzo Dog Band,
and you have an idea of the droll charm of Blossom Toes' debut album. Songwriters Brian Godding
and Jim Cregan were the chief architects of the Toes' whimsical and melodic vision,
which conjured images of a sun-drenched Summer of Love, London style.
With its references to royal parks, tea time, watchmakers, intrepid balloon makers,
"Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar," and the like, it's a distinctly British brand of whimsy.
It has since been revealed that sessionmen performed a lot of these orchestral arrangements,
which embellished the band's sparkling harmonies and (semi-buried) guitars.
But the cello, brass, flute, and tinkling piano have a delicate beauty that serves
as an effective counterpoint. The group sings and plays as though they have wide grins on their faces,
and the result is one of the happiest, most underappreciated relics of British psychedelia...(AllMusic)
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