Special Section: Box Sets

VA – I’m A Freak 2 Baby. A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019) {3CD-Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.33 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX050 | Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Released in 2016, I’m A Freak Baby – Grapefruit’s 3-CD overview of the UK’s late Sixties/early Seventies nascent hard rock/proto-metal scene – received rapturous acclaim from pundits and punters alike, with The Guardian’s “grim, grey and glorious” summary succinctly capturing the general response to the set. Three years later, the woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks again. And, like all good follow-ups, I’m A Freak 2 Baby expands upon the original while simultaneously tightening the stylistic mesh..In addition to further selections from some of the subterranean stars of the first volume (Iron Claw, the semi-housetrained Stack Waddy, the even more semi-housetrained Wicked Lady), we feature many of the genre’s pioneers, with key tracks from The Jeff Beck Group, Edgar Broughton Band, Atomic Rooster and High Tide. Continue reading “VA – I’m A Freak 2 Baby. A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019) {3CD-Set}”

VA – I’m A Freak, Baby… A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 (2016) {3CD-Set}
XLD Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.49 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX032 | Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Three CD collection. Although vintage British psychedelia is viewed by many these days as an Alice In Wonderland-style enchanted garden full of beatific flower children innocently gathering flowers or chasing butterflies, there was always a more visceral element to the scene. Pointedly free of such fripperies as scarlet tunic-wearing gnomes, phenomenal cats and talismanic bicycles, the power trio format that was popularized by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience spawned a host of imitators. As the 60s drew to a close and pop evolved slowly but inexorably into rock, psychedelia gave way to a sound that was harder, leaner, heavier, louder. Continue reading “VA – I’m A Freak, Baby… A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 (2016) {3CD-Set}”