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- Release Date: 2001
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Although perhaps a little too similar to volume two of the highly regarded Nuggets series, Acid Drops, Spacedust, & Flying Saucers, compiled by the fine folks at Britain's (in fact, the world's) finest music magazine, Mojo, is the perfect introduction to the rise and fall of British psychedelia. Rather than chart the influence of British music on its surroundings and colonies (as done by Nuggets) Acid Drops takes an easier route. The Nuggets collection focused on all manner and strains of the old empire's R&B, freakbeat, mod, and psychedelic scenes, whilst Acid Drops dissects and inspects the solely British mutation from beat/pop (signified by the Kinks' quasi-raga "See My Friends") into full-blown psychedelia (from the most commercial to most underground of guises). For the hardened collector and avid fanatic, Space Dust will bring few surprises. There's a hefty weight of British hits and a delve through the type of major-label material that missed the mark at the time but has since become legendary through contributor Phil Smee's '80s psychedelic compilation series, Rubbles, that anyone bitten by the bug will be familiar with. What will make purchase of this -- it must be said, rather cheaply packaged box -- essential is the superior sound quality (all tracks have been remastered at Abbey Road) and the interesting liner booklet, which if not a little skimpy, features a superb essay in which Jon Savage chronicles the evolution and devolution of British music's most quirky, imaginative, and brief of genres.Alongside the short running time (why the hell have EMI held back to only 18 tracks per CD, whilst Rhino made the effort to fill their Nuggets set to spilling point?) and minor quips, like the edited beginning of the Smoke's tremolo-infused classic "My Friend Jack" and the inclusion of the pretty much non-psychedelic "Granny Takes a Trip" by jug band the Purple Gang, this is still a very decent set which takes into account the different sides of U.K. psych. And as said, although rather preliminary for those seeking new thrills, this holds the very essence of the cause and effect the genre had on the changing face of the British music scene from 1965-1969. Practically none of this music has aged badly, and for some reason, however pompous and ridiculous a lot is, it still sounds as invigorating as the day it was recorded. Timeless. ~ Jon "Mojo" Mills, All Music Guide
Tracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| So Much in Love | (4:01) | ||
| 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box | (3:26) | ||
| Flower King of Flies | Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson | The Nice | (3:17) |
| Dream on My Mind | Rupert's People | (3:24) | |
| Reputation | (3:32) | ||
| Vacuum Cleaner | Tintern Abbey | (3:05) | |
| Light of Your Mind | (2:51) | ||
| I Can Take You to the Sun | The Misunderstood | (3:39) | |
| Dear Delilah | Grapefruit | (2:27) | |
| Shine on Brightly | Gary Brooker, Keith Reid | Procol Harum | (3:33) |
| The Fox Has Gone to Ground | (2:52) | ||
| Armenia City in the Sky (Lyrics) | The Who | (3:13) | |
| 10, 000 Years Behind My Mind` | (2:15) | ||
| Gone Is the Sad Man | Timebox | (3:44) | |
| Peter's Birthday | David Kubinec, |
The World of Oz | (2:55) |
| Subway (Smokey Pokey World) | The Tickle | (2:41) | |
| Meditations | Felius Andromeda | (4:09) | |
| Nite Is A-Comin' | Warm Sounds | (3:00) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Flight from Ashiya | Eddie Pumer | Kaleidoscope | (2:41) |
| The Way | July | (4:14) | |
| Witches Hat | Robin Williamson | The Incredible String Band | (2:33) |
| Celeste | Donovan | Donovan | (4:09) |
| Mind's Eye | Ramases | (2:42) | |
| Shades of Orange | The End | (2:41) | |
| Love | Virgin Sleep | (2:25) | |
| Pools of Blue | Barclay James Harvest | (3:08) | |
| Monday Morning | Tales of Justine | (3:23) | |
| Girl from New York | Billy Nicholls | Billy Nicholls | (3:19) |
| Red Sky at Night | The Accent | (3:13) | |
| Am I the Red One | Mick Softley | (2:31) | |
| Laura's Garden | Orange Bicycle | (3:14) | |
| Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad | Caleb | (3:17) | |
| Magician | (3:23) | ||
| We Are the Moles | The Moles | (4:33) | |
| Michael Angelo | 23rd Turnoff | (2:25) | |
| Screams in the Ears | Bill Fay | (3:25) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Granny Takes a Trip | Purple Gang | (2:36) | |
| My Friend Jack | Geoff Gill, |
Smoke | (3:06) |
| Impostors of Life's Magazine | Jeff Lynne | The Idle Race | (2:18) |
| Talkin' About the Good Times | The Pretty Things | (3:43) | |
| Hurdy Gurdy Man (Lyrics) | Donovan | Donovan | (3:12) |
| Time Seller | The Spencer Davis Group, |
The Spencer Davis Group | (2:51) |
| Say You Don't Mind | Denny Laine | Denny Laine | (3:10) |
| I Can Hear the Grass Grow | Roy Wood | The Move | (2:57) |
| See My Friends (Lyrics) | Ray Davies | The Kinks | (2:43) |
| The L.S. Bumble Bee | (2:45) | ||
| Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Lyrics) | Jeff Beck, |
The Yardbirds | (2:56) |
| Green Circles | Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane | The Small Faces | (2:42) |
| King Midas in Reverse (Lyrics) | Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks | The Hollies | (3:08) |
| The Days of Pearly Spencer | David McWilliams | David McWilliams | (2:34) |
| From the Underworld | The Herd | (3:18) | |
| Sky Pilot | John Weider, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, Barry Jenkins | (7:38) | |
| Paper Sun | Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood | Traffic | (4:12) |
| Kites | Lee Pockriss | (3:44) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Colour of My Mind | The Attack | (2:29) | |
| Searchin' in the Wilderness | (3:18) | ||
| Father's Name Is Dad | (2:32) | ||
| Dr Crippen's Waiting Room | (3:02) | ||
| Model Village | (2:53) | ||
| Run and Hide | Fairytale | (2:30) | |
| Strange Walking Man | (3:13) | ||
| Why My Mind Is Not Live | Status Quo | (2:48) | |
| In Your Tower | The Poets | (2:32) | |
| Listen to the Sky | Robert Freeman, |
(3:45) | |
| Octopus (Lyrics) | Syd Barrett | Syd Barrett | (3:46) |
| The Otherside | Apple | (3:18) | |
| (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone | Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart | Flies | (2:40) |
| Machines | Tony McPhee | Herbal Mixture | (2:04) |
| Revolution [Phased Version] | Tomorrow | (3:48) | |
| You've Got What I Want | The Sorrows | (1:59) | |
| Royston Rose | The Koobas | (3:52) | |
| Escalator | Michael Stearns | Sam Gopal | (2:50) |
