Various Artists – I’m A Freak Baby 3: A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973 (2021) [3CD]

Various Artists – I'm A Freak Baby 3: A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973 (2021) [3CD]

Various Artists – I’m A Freak Baby 3: A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973 (2021) [3CD]
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.51 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX094 | Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Now serving up a third installment of gut-busting, freewheeling, acid-soaked hard rock, I’m a Freak Baby is the gift that keeps on giving. U.K. archivists Grapefruit Records first launched the series in 2016, scooping the cream off the top of England’s heaping barrel of late-1960s/early-’70s sludge rock, only to uncover yet more layers on their 2019 follow-up, I’m a Freak 2 Baby. Does this mean that Vol. 3 consists merely of the dregs? Not at all! Apparently, there is an entire warehouse of early metal delights waiting to pummel the senses. Like its predecessors, this three-disc set features a malty blend of familiar names, cult faves, and true outsiders moving further away from the mainstream and exploring a brave new world of volume, track-length, and drugs. Opening with Stray’s serrated seven-minute opus “Suicide,” the set trucks on steadily through an underworld of rousing stoner anthems (Creepy John Thomas’ “This Is My Body”), thudding primitive sludge (Wicked Lady’s “Why Don’t You Let Me Try”), and blown-out prog rock (Bram Stoker’s “Born to Be Free”). Hinting at future glories are nascent cuts by ’70s rock stalwarts like Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, as well as notable heavy pioneers like UFO and Hawkwind. Some of it falls on the more melodic psych-rock spectrum like Fuzzy Duck’s harmony-laden “Afternoon Out,” while some tracks are just plain confounding (Nazareth’s guttural “Fat Man” or Mighty Hard’s ridiculously theatrical cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Save the Life of My Child”). Judging from the lyrics and overall exploratory nature, at least 50-percent of this collection is about drugs and almost every song is cranked up to 11. Warts and all (so many warts), there is something loveable about this period of rock music. These are the awkward and sometimes glorious growing pains that birthed metal, punk, and countless future subgenres. Leaf Hound, Zior, Bone, May Blitz, Stackwaddy… we see you and we salute you. ― by Allmusic

CD 1
01. Stray – Suicide – 07:43
02. May Blitz – For Mad Men Only – 04:14
03. Mott The Hoople – The Moon Upstairs – 05:03
04. Head Machine – You Must Come With Me – 04:56
05. Killing Floor – Fido Castrol – 04:43
06. UFO – Prince Kajuku – 03:57
07. Red Dirt – Hard Times – 03:47
08. Deep Purple – Mandrake Root – 06:07
09. Nazareth – Fat Man – 03:26
10. Tear Gas – Im Glad – 05:47
11. Creepy John Thomas – This Is My Body – 03:31
12. Sweet Slag – Flavour Of Decay – 03:41
13. NSU – Stoned – 04:51
14. The Deviants – Slum Lord – 02:22
15. Pink Fairies – Teenage Rebel – 05:24
16. Mighty Hard – Save The Life Of My Child – 04:02
17. Distant Jim – Cosmarama – 05:59

CD 2
01. Uriah Heep – Walking In Your Shadow – 04:33
02. Zior – Strange Kind Of Magic – 03:04
03. Hard Stuff – No Witch At All – 05:41
04. Hawkwind – Master Of The Universe – 06:20
05. Edgar Broughton Band – Mommas Reward (Keep Them Freaks A Rollin) – 03:07
06. Fuzzy Duck – Afternoon Out – 04:57
07. Steamhammer – Juniors Wailing – 03:23
08. The Yardbirds – Dazed And Confused (Live) – 05:49
09. Wicked Lady – Why Dont You Let Me Try – 05:00
10. Grit – Mineshaft – 03:56
11. Chicken Shack – You Know You Could Be Right – 03:47
12. Sam Gopal – Midsummer Nights Dream – 02:15
13. Stack Waddy – Hunt The Stag – 02:46
14. Third World War – Hammersmith Guerilla (Full Version) – 08:18
15. Stoned Rose – Day By Day – 04:27
16. Quatermass – One Blind Mice – 03:18
17. Episode Six – Mozart Versus The Rest – 03:01
18. Trapeze – Medusa – 05:43

CD 3
01. Free – Im A Mover – 02:58
02. Bram Stoker – Born To Be Free – 03:43
03. Budgie – Homicidal Suicidal – 06:43
04. Thin Lizzy – Return Of The Farmers Son – 04:16
05. Writing On The Wall – It Came On A Sunday – 04:12
06. Procol Harum – Whisky Train – 04:29
07. Samuel Prody – Who Will Buy – 04:26
08. Leaf Hound – Stagnant Pool – 04:00
09. Monument – First Taste Of Love – 03:23
10. Ashkan – Practically Never Happens – 06:01
11. Bone – Crush – 03:44
12. Geordie – Keep On Rockin – 03:20
13. Warhorse – Ritual – 04:54
14. Curtis Knight Zeus – Mysterious Lady – 02:46
15. Bullfrog – The Joker (Live) – 02:50
16. T2 – Looking Back – 05:56
17. Mick Farren – Summertime Blues – 02:38
18. Spooky Tooth – Evil Woman – 09:09

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