5013929183209

I'm A Freak Baby...

Various Artists

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRSEGBOX032

Release Date:  29 July 2016

Label:  Grapefruit / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929183209

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    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 popularised by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience spawned a host of imitators.

    Across three discs and four hours of music, I'm A Freak, Baby investigates that largely under-documented period, incorporating everything from some of the biggest names in the burgeoning hard rock/proto-metal firmament all the way down to a significant number of provincial semi-pro bands who gigged extensively but were unable to land a recording contract during their lifetime.

    We feature some of British rock's pioneering acts (The Yardbirds, The Move), a handful of bands who travelled far beyond their blues boom roots (Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, The Groundhogs), the infamous Ladbroke Grove scene (The Deviants, The Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, The Edgar Broughton Band), a smattering of inspired, where-the-hell-did-that-come-from one-shots like The Velvet Frogs and the mighty Egor, and a clutch of previously-unreleased recordings (The Kult, Hellmet, The Phoenix).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. All in Your Mind - STRAY
      • 2. Cast a Spell - THE OPEN MIND
      • 3. Hot Smoke and Sassafras - THE MOOCHE
      • 4. My Son's Alive - CRUSHED BUTLER
      • 5. Going Down - CHICKEN SHACK
      • 6. Father of Time - CYCLE
      • 7. I'm Coming Home - THE DEVIANTS
      • 8. Do It - THE PINK FAIRIES
      • 9. Time Machine - FACTORY
      • 10. Cherry Red - THE GROUNDHOGS
      • 11. I'm a Freak - WICKED LADY
      • 12. Rock My Soul - CHARGE
      • 13. Sweet Mistress of Pain - HAWKWIND ZOO
      • 14. Nightmare - STONEHOUSE
      • 15. Falling - THE IRON MAIDEN
      • 16. Apocalypse - BARNNABUS

      Disc 2

      • 1. Bogeyman - WRITING ON THE WALL
      • 2. Fireball - DEEP PURPLE
      • 3. Primitive Man - JERUSALEM
      • 4. Love in the Rain - EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND
      • 5. Trust - HELLMET
      • 6. Rhubarb - SECOND HAND
      • 7. Dream - LITTLE FREE ROCK
      • 8. Skullcrusher - IRON CLAW
      • 9. Zero Time - DARK
      • 10. Jehovah - THE VELVET FROGS
      • 11. Brontasaurus - THE MOVE
      • 12. Bring It to Jerome - STACK WADDY
      • 13. Mr Make Believe - SAMUEL PRODY
      • 14. Flash - BARE SOLE
      • 15. Street Walking Woman - THE PHOENIX
      • 16. I'm Never Gonna Let You - SKID ROW

      Disc 3

      • 1. Race With the Devil - THE GUN
      • 2. Heart Without a Home - BLONDE ON BLONDE
      • 3. Ascension Day - THIRD WORLD WAR
      • 4. Street - EGOR
      • 5. Escalator - SAM GOPAL
      • 6. Gypsy - URIAH HEEP
      • 7. Garden of My Mind - THE MICKEY FINN
      • 8. Think About It - THE YARBIRDS
      • 9. Trying to Find My Way Back Home - MORNING AFTER
      • 10. Yellow Cave Woman - VELVETT FOGG
      • 11. Too Old - ANDROMEDA
      • 12. The Green Manalishi (With a Two Prong Crown) - FLEETWOOD MAC
      • 13. Twisted Trip Woman - SWEET SLAG
      • 14. Occult - THE KULT
      • 15. Born on the Wrong Side of Time - THE TASTE
      • 16. Hollis Brown - FUSION FARM