VA - Climb Aboard My Roundabout! (The British Toytown Pop Sound 1967-1974) [2022] [3CD]

Three CD set. First-ever legitimate anthology of British toytown pop, a much-loved sub-genre among collectors. Four-hour compilation with 87 tracks including hits, misses, rarities, and previously unreleased material. Issued at the start of 1967, Beatles’ single ‘Penny Lane’ coupled a widescreen production (bolstered by a phalanx of session musicians on brass and woodwind) with a mildly hallucinogenic lyric populated by mundane characters going about their unremarkable suburban lives. It proved to be an enormously influential record. For the next year or two, British pop was awash with records that married quasi-classical arrangements with newly-minted fairy tales and character vignettes based around the grey everyday lives of ordinary small-town folk. Many years later, this burst of English eccentricity came to be known in collector circles as toytown pop – a pseudo-genre that took in everything from Jeff Lynne’s early band The Idle Race and Deram-era David Bowie to backroom auteurs like Mark Wirtz, who provided similarly over-the-top arrangements for CBS hopefuls Cardboard Orchestra. ― Amazon

CD 1
01. The Idle Race – The Skeleton And The Roundabout (Mono Mix) – 02:22
02. Kaleidoscope – Jenny – 02:35
03. Fruit Machine – Cuddly Toy – 02:30
04. The Kinks – Phenomenal Cat – 02:36
05. The Alan Bown! – Little Lesley – 02:10
06. The Picadilly Line – Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof) – 02:30
07. Fire – Man In The Teapot – 02:22
08. John Carter And Mickey Keen – Mr. Light – 02:31
09. Clifford T. Ward – The Dubious Circus Company – 03:16
10. Kidrock – Ice Cream Man (Alternative Version) – 02:41
11. Wimple Winch – Lollipop Minds – 03:08
12. World Of Oz – Peter’s Birthday (Black And White Rainbows) – 02:54
13. Tony Hazzard – Ha! Ha! Said The Clown – 02:18
14. Tim Andrews – Sad Simon Lives Again – 02:42
15. The Mindbenders – Uncle Joe The Ice Cream Man – 02:22
16. The Cortinas – Phoebe’s Flower Shop – 02:43
17. Persimmon’s Peculiar Shades – Coplington – 02:33
18. West Coast Consortium – Colour Sergeant Lillywhite – 03:06
19. The Herd – Our Fairy Tale – 02:38
20. Hetherington – Teenage Love Song – 03:11
21. The Mirage – Ebenezer Beaver (Demo Version) – 02:00
22. The Next Collection – Fairy Tale (Demo Version) – 02:11
23. Barry Wigley – Brother Jack – 03:00
24. The Good Time Losers – Trafalgar Square – 02:54
25. The New Generation – Sadie And Her Magic Mr. Galahad – 02:51
26. Morning Glory – Marjory Daw – 03:05
27. The Syn – The Last Performance Of The Royal Regimental – 03:23
28. Majority One – Rainbow Rocking Chair – 02:24
29. Keith West – Excerpt From “a Teenage Opera” – 04:31

CD 2
01. Scrugg – Lavender Popcorn – 02:19
02. Ambrose Slade – Knocking Nails Into My House – 02:25
03. Jigsaw – Mr. Job – 02:16
04. David Bowie – Uncle Arthur – 02:09
05. Timon – The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane – 02:19
06. Astronaut Alan And The Planets – Cellophane Mary Jane – 02:31
07. Tuesday’s Children – Mr. Kipling – 02:24
08. Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon – It’s The Best Seaside In The World – 02:46
09. Kenny Everett – And Now For A Little Train Number – 02:02
10. Fairfield Parlour – Glorious House Of Arthur – 02:46
11. Simon Dupree And The Big Sound – Laughing Boy From Nowhere – 02:50
12. Tomorrow – Auntie Mary’s Dress Shop – 02:44
13. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – The Equestrian Statue – 02:43
14. Denis Couldry – James In The Basement – 02:48
15. Turquoise – Tales Of Flossie Fillett – 03:04
16. The Picadilly Line – My Best Friend – 02:33
17. Harmony Grass – Happiness Is Toy-Shaped – 02:26
18. The Bullring – Birmingham Brass Band – 02:27
19. Persimmon’s Peculiar Shades – Watchmaker – 02:17
20. Timothy Blue – Room At The Top Of The Stairs – 03:08
21. Spencer Davis Group – After Tea – 03:19
22. Kidrock – Dream Dream Dream – 02:26
23. Complex – Lemon Pie Fair – 03:16
24. David Matthews – Uncle Henry’s Magic Garden – 02:19
25. Bill Niles – Bric-A-Brac Man – 02:32
26. Chas Mills And Mark Wirtz – What’s Good For The Goose – 02:44
27. Nirvana – Everybody Loves The Clown – 01:59
28. Christopher – Sharkey – 02:01
29. The Secrets – Poor Johnny – 01:27
30. Pure Gold – Fairground – 02:35
31. The Riot Squad – Toy Soldier – 03:10

CD 3
01. Mark Wirtz – (He’s Our Dear Old) Weatherman – 04:01
02. Cardboard Orchestra – Zebedy Zak – 02:39
03. Tapestry – Florence – 02:17
04. Gilbert O’sullivan – Mr. Moody’s Garden – 03:01
05. The Alan Bown! – Mutiny – 03:05
06. Magic Valley – Uptight Basil – 02:29
07. Kidrock – Bang Bang – 02:50
08. Wild Silk – Toymaker – 03:00
09. Peter And The Wolves – Lanternlight – 02:46
10. Dave Christie – Love And The Big Brass Band – 02:36
11. Friends – Piccolo Man – 02:18
12. The Hi-Fis – Uwe Aus Duisberg – 02:01
13. Tony Rivers And The Castaways – Einer Kleiner Mise – 02:43
14. Music Box – The Happy King – 04:58
15. Tintern Abbey – Mrs. Daisy – 02:34
16. Blossom Toes – Mrs. Murphy’s Budgerigar – 02:40
17. Gene Latter – Annie’s Place – 03:01
18. John Pantry – Glasshouse Green, Splinter Red – 02:36
19. Timothy Blue – Henry Everyday – 02:25
20. The Shadows – Dear Old Mrs. Bell – 02:32
21. Dragonmilk – Mr. Nice Guy – 02:27
22. Ayshea – Mister White’s White Flying Machine (Album Version) – 05:11
23. Fire – Magic Shoes (Demo) – 03:56
24. Jason Crest – King Of The Castle – 02:57
25. Marty Wilde – Through My Telescope – 02:16
26. The Tots – Time To Go Home – 02:22
27. Mark Wirtz – The Sad Story Of Simon And His Bugle – 03:17

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