Vinyl (21 Oct 2002)
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Lo Recordings
A1. Love, Love, Love - Pugh
A2. Speakin' My Mind - Taiconderoga
A3. Funny Bird - Joachim Kühn, Rolf Kühn,
A4. Sweet Movin - Mecki Mark Men
b5. Almost Grown - Great Bear
b6. Crying Shame - Frijid Pink
b7. QE2 - The Black Cat Bones
b8. Vamos Tratar da Saude - Rita Lee
b9. Back in the Dark - Klaus Doldinger
c10. City Walk - niagra
c11. Nekem Sly Mindegy - Illes
c12. Sunrise - Sunbirds
d13. Sunset in Golden Horn - Mogol Audio 2
d14. Lady Blue - et cetra
d15. Karate - breakout
First off let's correct an error in the track listing. The Black Cat Bones track is titled 'Warmth Of The Day' and not 'QE2'. The track was originally issued on a sampler for the cruise ship The QE2. The unnnamed legendary guitarist referred to in the notes is Paul Kossoff later of Free. The subsequent volumes of Cherrystones have failed to surpass the superb Hidden Charms which in my opinion is one of the greatest collections ever compiled - not a duff track on view and that includes Cher's stormin' take on Dr. John's 'I Walk On Gilded Splinters.' Rocks, for my tastes, have more than a few duffers - the psych factor is rather shunned in favour of tracks featuring heavy rock work outs. Nevertheless there are more than a few 'out there' tracks to compensate the muscle - Germany's Etcetera perform a poem courtesy of Wolfgang Dauner which is how Ken Nordine might have sounded fronting a Kraut Rock band, Brazil's Rita Lee (Os mutantes) is what the charts should be filled with if there was any justice - Paul Nero's (Klaus Doldinger) 'Back In The Dark' is a moody, black instro - Sweden's Mecki Mark Men is a great slice of Scandinavian psych - 'Sunset In Golden Horn' by Turkey's The Mogul might be a continent apart but the trippy groove clearly suggest the influence of David Axelrod. Anyway, Geoff Goddard has to be congratulated for his continual crate diggin'. Long may the series continue.
Great collection of undiscovered psych and fuzz gems. I have been around, and these gems are a fine collection of crate digging and fuzz knowledge. The packaging gives the DJ's insight about the track, and the passion sounds obvious. he LOVES this stuff. It also looks so underground and adds to the overall excitement as if you were finding the records yourself
Only the most dedicated vinylophile could spend the time required to put together this record, so you have to admire Mr Cherrystones for doing all the hard work so that we don't have to.
These tracks come from all over the world and although I would have to put them in the category marked psych, each of them has a certain something that lifts them from the normal run of sixties music.
If, like Mr Cherrystones, you are really listening to the breaks (and as the first track shows, DJ Shadow is doing the same thing), you will find many gems in here.
However, if you just want something different, something that makes you realise how much good music there is out there that is not getting through the barriers of the charts, of downloads, of ringtones, then this is for you.
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