Excerpts From...Group & Sessions 1965-1974

Excerpts From...Group & Sessions 1965-1974 Artist: Keith West
Label: Rpm Records UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5022911311414
ASIN: B00000AYYC


Release Date: 1995-08-20

Excerpts From...Group & Sessions 1965-1974


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Tracks:

  1. Time Is on My Side
  2. Don't Lie to Me
  3. That's How Strong My Love Is - The In Crowd
  4. Things She Says
  5. You're on Your Own - In Crowd
  6. I Don't Mind - In Crowd
  7. Am I Glad to See You - Tomorrow
  8. Blow Up - Tomorrow
  9. Three Jolly Little Dwarfs - Tomorrow
  10. Revolution - Tomorrow
  11. Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera" - Keith West
  12. Sam - Keith West
  13. Shy Boy - Tomorrow
  14. Colonel Brown - Tomorrow
  15. On a Saturday - Keith West
  16. Kid Was a Killer - Keith West
  17. Visit - Keith West
  18. She - Keith West
  19. Little Understanding - Keith West
  20. Power and the Glory - Keith West
  21. West Country - Keith West
  22. Riding for a Fall - Keith West
  23. Having Someone - Keith West

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Album Description

Full Title - Excerpts From Keith West Groups & Sessions '65-'74. 1995 compilation from artist best remembered as the voice behind the legendary 'Grocer Jack' singles excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'. 24 tracks including rare & previously unavailable material. A progression through mod soul, R&B, pop psyche, & west coast harmony. RPM.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Keith West - 'Excerpts From...Group Sessions 1965-1974' (RPM Records).......2006-12-23

If you're not familiar with the name Keith West don't feel too bad.He was the vocalist on the sole album that Tomorrow,a short-lived late '60's band(featuring future Yes guitarist Steve Howe and Pink Fairies drummer Twink)had put out in 1968.The self-titled CD import(see my review)is a true milestone in psychedelia history.'Excerpts...' is a good 24-track anthology of West's career. Tunes I enjoyed the most include the Stones cover "Time Is on My Side", the rather hip-sounding "Don't Lie To Me", "You're On Your Own", "On A Saturday" as well as the Tomorrow material, here "Blow Up", "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs", "Revolution" and "Shy Boy". Not sure as to where each of these tunes originally came from, I assume there are a few rare singles and what not. Either way, 'Excerpts...' is a fine pick. An absolute should-have.

4 out of 5 stars Fine Keith West of Tomorrow Collection........2004-02-21

This 23 track Keith West compilation covers his recording career from 1965 to 1974, through early bands like "Four + 1" and "The In Crowd" , his short period of stardom as singer with Tomorrow and his world wide solo hit "Grocer Jack" from the never finished teenage opera and some solo recordings after the break-up of Tomorrow.

Keith West ( Hopkins) had a great voice, perfect for the trends of the sixties. He wrote some very good tunes for himself as well as the various group from this period.

Of the early recordings I especially like "You`re On Your Own" with "The In Crowd", but in my opinion his best recordings are those with Tomorrow. On this CD you`ll find 2 previously unreleased recordings for the film "Blow Up" which also featured the Yardbirds. There are 2 great BBC live recordings from 1967; as well as 2 album tracks from the 1968 Tomorrow album.

His later recordings lacks the energy and excitement of the Tomorrow recordings; "Riding For a Fall" is a very good song, though.

My favourites are "You`re On Your Own", "Blow Up", "On a Saturday", "Shy Boy" and "Colonel Brown"

5 out of 5 stars Under-rated singer from sixties psychedelic era.......2003-12-13

Keith West was a one-hit wonder in the UK but closer inspection of his career shows that he deserved much more success. His first single was with the R+B group Four + 1. Both sides of that single are included here. The A-side, Time is on my side, is a cover of an Irma Thomas song (it was also covered by the Rolling stones) while the B-side, Don't let me die, is a Chuck Berry cover. After that unsuccessful single, the group's name was changed to the In Crowd (after Dobie Gray's classic song). The A-side was again a cover, this time Otis Redding's That's how strong my love is, but the B-side was an original song. After that, a line-up change brought Steve Howe (later to become a founder member of the progressive rock group, Yes) into the group. Two more singles were released by the In crowd, though only the B-sides are included here. With one more line-up change, the group became known as Tomorrow and changed its style from R+B to psychedelic rock.

Six tracks recorded as Tomorrow are included here (though sadly not My white bicycle), but even while Tomorrow was attracting interest as a group, Keith launched his career as a solo singer with Excerpt from a teenage opera, a catchy story song about Grocer Jack, a popular man who delivered bread and milk door-to-door until the day he died. A children's choir on the chorus adds to the impact of the song, which is quite upbeat for a death song. The song reached number two on the UK chart but its style of this song (pure pop) is totally different to the progressive rock of Tomorrow and it finished the group. Keith's solo follow-up, Sam, only scraped into the UK top 40. The remaining Keith West solo songs find him experimenting with a variety of sounds but he never again entered the charts.

This collection provides a fascinating insight into the ever-evolving pop and rock scene in late sixties Britain although it is not an essential purchase. If you only want Excerpt from a teenage opera, you can find it on several UK various artists sixties compilations. If you are a serious collector of sixties music and your interest is not limited by what made the charts, this is well worth listening to.

5 out of 5 stars

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