shapes & shadows

Vaults 1968-72 - Various Artists

• Shapes & Shadows: Psychedelic Pop And Other Rare Flavours From The Chapter One Vaults 1968-72
• Founded by highly successful songwriter Les Reed in 1968, the Chapter One label had a five-year run before eventually succumbing to the law of diminishing chart returns.
• Despite scoring a handful of hits (step forward Gerry Monroe and, er, Leeds United F. C.), their most enduring releases have turned out to be a swathe of singles that met with little success at the time, but which are now in great demand amongst collectors of late 60s/early 70s UK psychedelic pop and associated genres.
• A few tracks have found their way onto unauthorised compilations over the last few years, but Shapes and Shadows – taken from the masters, and with the full co-operation of Les Reed and Chapter One – proudly assembles these recordings in one place for the first time.
• Complete with rare photos, quotes and the full story behind the various bands as well as the label itself, Shapes and Shadows is a fascinating look at the soft white underbelly of the British pop industry during the late 60s/early 70s as well as an essential listen for genre aficionados.

TRACK LISTING:

1. PUTNEY BRIDGE - What’s It All About
2. EPISODE SIX - Lucky Sunday
3. THE BLISS - Lifetime
4. PHILWIT & PEGASUS - The Elephant Song
5. JASON CORD - Spring Never Came Twice
6. EPISODE SIX - Mozart Versus The Rest
7. PUTNEY BRIDGE - Your Turn To Die
8. CHRISTOPHER - The Race
9. SAD PEOPLE - Turn Around
10. THE MATCHMAKERS - Lovers’ Congregation
11. THE CALIFORNIANS - You’ve Got Your Troubles
12. EPISODE SIX - Mr Universe
13. CHRISTOPHER - Sharkey
14. THE MARCH HARE - Cry My Heart
15. MORNING GLORY - Marjory Daw
16. THE BLISS - Courtyards Of Castile
17. BROTHER JOHN - Brother John
18. SAD PEOPLE - Lonely Man
19. EPISODE SIX - Jack D’Or
20. PUTNEY BRIDGE - The Meaning Of Love
21. THE MATCHMAKERS - Thank You Baby For Coming
22. MORNING GLORY - Munday Street
23. THE MARCH HARE - With My Eyes Closed
24. EPISODE SIX - Gentlemen Of The Park
25. LES REED - Big Bare Beat
26. TANDEM - Shapes And Shadows