Psychedelic Pop Of The Sixties: Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean 1967 (2007 Sunbeam Records) Flac & mp3@320

Imagine the late-'60s Kinks crossed with a touch of the absurdist British wit of the Bonzo Dog Band, and you have an idea of the droll charm of Blossom Toes' debut album. Songwriters Brian Godding and Jim Cregan were the chief architects of the Toes' whimsical and melodic vision, which conjured images of a sun-drenched Summer of Love, London style.

With its references to royal parks, tea time, watchmakers, intrepid balloon makers, "Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar," and the like, it's a distinctly British brand of whimsy.

It has since been revealed that sessionmen performed a lot of these orchestral arrangements, which embellished the band's sparkling harmonies and (semi-buried) guitars. But the cello, brass, flute, and tinkling piano have a delicate beauty that serves as an effective counterpoint. The group sings and plays as though they have wide grins on their faces, and the result is one of the happiest, most underappreciated relics of British psychedelia. [Ten bonus tracks were added to the 2007 Sunbeam edition.] (allmusic.com)

Certainly one of the most extraordinary works of 1967 in the field of psychedelic sweetened pop music. And one of the best of the year as well. The band had really good musicians in their rows. Jim Cregan, for example, who later accompanied Rod Stewart as a sideman to his rise to pop stardom and played a not inconsiderable musical part in it. But that's another story. Have fun with the great album of the Blossom Toes.
cheers
            Frank

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