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The latest project from two-thirds of Saint Etienne sounds like a tribute to the days in which the '60s became the '70s, the transition from psychedelia to prog. This surely is no easy listen, but the music is always interesting, melodic, melancholic, with jazz and folk touches.

Track Listing

• A1 –Caravan Love Song With Flute 4:08
• A2 –The Roger Webb Sound Moon Bird 2:17
• A3 –The Parlour Band Early Morning Eyes 3:49
• A4 –Scotch Mist Pamela 3:11
• A5 –Spring (6) The Prisoner (Eight By Ten) 5:31
• B1 –The Orange Bicycle* Last Cloud Home 3:05
• B2 –T2 (3) JLT 5:49
• B3 –Bill Fay 'Til The Christ Come Back 3:05
• B4 –Van Der Graaf Generator Refugees 5:18
• B5 –Aardvark (5) Very Nice Of You To Call 3:36
• C1 –John Cale Big White Cloud 3:28
• C2 –Belle Gonzalez Bottles 3:19
• C3 –The Way We Live Watching White Stars 7:04
• C4 –Offspring (4) Windfall 3:27
• C5 –Camel Never Let Go 3:36
• D1 –Daevid Allen Wise Man In Your Heart 8:30
• D2 –Matching Mole O Caroline 5:04
• D3 –Prelude (3) Edge Of The Sea 6:40
• D4 –Alan Parker & Alan Hawkshaw Evening Shade 2:30