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Circus Days Vol. 4 & 5 (1998)
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Length:  1:14:06
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Opus - Baby Come On    4:53
      2.  
      		 Andromeda - Go Your Way    3:02
      3.  
      		 Bent Frame - Fairylights    3:11
      4.  
      		 The Answers - Tawny Wood    2:08
      5.  
      		 Juan & Junior - To Girls    3:14
      6.  
      		 Cardboard Orchestra - Yes I Heard A Little Bird    3:15
      7.  
      		 Broken Toys - Broken Toys    2:37
      8.  
      		 Shubert - Until The Rains Comes    2:39
      9.  
      		 Temple Row - King & Queen    3:42
      10.  
      		 Jon Isherwood - Apple Pie    2:37
      11.  
      		 Peter & The Wolves - Little Girl Lost & Found    2:28
      12.  
      		 Peter Janes - Go Home Vila    2:45
      13.  
      		 The Cortinas - Phoebes Flower Shop    2:41
      14.  
      		 Tuesday's Children - She    2:49
      15.  
      		 Mystery Track - Mystery Track    3:14
      16.  
      		 Tomorrow's Thoughts - Night Is Like Day    2:26
      17.  
      		 Rainbows - Rainbows    3:21
      18.  
      		 The Worrying Kynde - Sand & Water    2:55
      19.  
      		 Clover - Ice Cream Man (psych Version)    3:13
      20.  
      		 The Secrets - I Think I Need The Cash    2:18
      21.  
      		 Threshold Of Pleasure - Rain, Rain, Rain    3:32
      22.  
      		 Peter & The Wolves - Lanternlight    2:45
      23.  
      		 David Copperfield Style - I've Been Wrong, I've Been Right    3:03
      24.  
      		 Jason Crest - Juliano The Bull    2:25
      25.  
      		 Blue Yogurt - Lydia    2:42
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      Circus Days vol. 4 & 5

      UK Psychedelic Obscurities, vol.4 1967-72 (STZ 5008)
      More Obscure Pop-Sike, vol.5 1966-70 (STZ 5011)

      Originally released in : 1991
      Circus Days 4 & 5 CD (STCD 10006)
      Reissued : Voiceprint (BAMVP 1003)

      Track Listings...Opus - Baby Come On / Andromeda - Go Your Way / Bent Frame - Fairylights / The Answers - Tawny Wood / Juan and Junior - To Girls / Cardboard Orchestra - Yes I Heard A Little Bird / Broken Toys - Broken Toys / Shubert - Until The Rain Comes / Temple Row - King & Queen / Jon Isherwood - Apple Pie / Peter & The Wolves - Little Girl Lost, Little Girl Found / Peter James - Go Home Vila / The Cortinas - Phoebes Flower Shop / Tuesdays Children - She / Mystery Track / Tomorrow's Thoughts - Night Is Like Day / Rainbows - Rainbows / The Worrying Kind - Sand & Water / Clover - Ice Cream Man (psych version) / The Secrets - I Think I Need The Cash / Threshold Of Pleasure - Rain, Rain, Rain / David Copperfield Style - I've Been Wrong, I've Been Right / Jason Crest - Juliano The Bull / Blue Yogurt - Lydia


      It was 1966 - and music was becoming richer, subtler, more experimental and far more interesting than before. The music industry got into gear - and a myriad of one-off records came tumbling out. Some were plain tongue-in-cheek joke psychedelia, but others were well-intentioned attempts at creating something magnificent. A good example would be 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera' by Mark Wirtz, who must go down as the godfather of pop-sike. His albums were filled with Carnaby Street colour, and brimmed with effects galore.

      OK, so now we're off and running let's start naming names : Rhubarb Rhubarb. Who can remember seeing them way back then? No-one? Did they really exist? What about The Green Scarab whose 'Psychedelic Wilderness' skirts fuzz-box dementia and virtual top-ten catchiness - where are they now?

      Mini-skirts go with pop-sike. So do Chelsea pensioner uniforms, PVC macs and other trappings of commercial psychedelia. Some films caught the spirit: "Bedazzled", "Smashing Time", "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush" and "Un Beau Monste" all contain great pop-sike themes.

      The real gems, however, come from unearthing the one-offs. Recorded in a swathe of bouncy, all-you-need-is Pop-pirate good humour - and a floppy hat innocence. The flood of summer-fun, go-go goodies lasted until the early 70's. Indeed, while the 'real' groups became ever more laid back (some almost horizontal), pop-sike flourished.

      Investigate what's on offer. We present material from a variety of sources - including original acetates and reference disks.

      From Strange Things Are Happening magazine Volume 1, Number 7 : Spring 1990
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