The Flower Pot Men – Midsummer Dreaming (2001) (24-Bit/96 Khz) (Vinyl Rip)
Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC | Artwork | 1.1 GB
Psychedelic-Pop | 2001 UK compilation LP | Tenth Planet TP 051
Because they looked more like TV repairmen than weavers of Technicolor dreams, Ken Lewis and John Carter never received the acclaim they deserved. Dismissed as a cash-in team, mainly because of their summer of ’67 hit “Let’s Go To San Francisco’, their brand of cleverly-arranged close harmony pop was the nearest thing this country had to the Beach Boys or the Association. Highlights include the full-length version of San Fran and its follow-up, “A Walk In The Sky’, and the eight-minute “Children Of Tomorrow’, with its let’s-all-link-hands-and-save-the-world coda. Best of all, though, is “Blow Away’, a note-perfect Byrds pastiche. (Mojo)
Read more