Sixties Folk/PopRock by Thoughts And Words - Thoughts And Words 1969 (2005 Radioactive Records) Flac & mp3@320

This self-titled release was the sole album issued by Thoughts & Words, the duo of Bob Ponton and Martin Curtis, though they did record an unreleased Shel Talmy-produced LP slightly afterward that was put out as The Unreleased Album about 35 years later. Thoughts and Words itself is by and large pleasant folk-rock, but lacked either the identity or strong material necessary to make a strong impression on the late-'60s British rock scene.

Certainly they were a versatile group, as "Morning Sky" was about as close as any U.K. act came to approximating the sounds of the Byrds circa 1967. On the next track ("And the Tears Fall Like Rain"), however, they're in a wholly acoustic harmonizing folk-pop mode; on the next ("Friends"), a less satisfyingly bluesy upbeat stomp. So it goes throughout the album, finding its most pleasant groove on dreamy acoustic songs with fingerpicked guitar in the style of Donovan and Paul McCartney at his lightest. They stumble when they try to get a little harder, and recall a much poppier Incredible String Band on tracks embellished by non-guitar instrumentation. Speaking of Donovan, "Father and Son" has a tune uncomfortably close to that used by Don on his early acoustic standout track "Try for the Sun." The rest of the record isn't nearly as derivative, the orchestrated "Charlie Gates" sounding, whether intentionally or not, like an attempt to bend their approach more toward the commercial psychedelic pop market.(Richie Unterberger,allmusic.com)

If you like popmusic from the sixties with light psychedelic influences give it a try. Mike Batt produced here and he make a nice record out of the songs.

Enjoy
          Frank

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VA - Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms (5 Disc Box) Part 1 Flac & mp3@320

''Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms'' is a box released in 2015 by Rubble. The box contains five discs of psychedelic pop and rock by bands and artists you don't hear on every second sampler. I really love this box and i think you will do it, too. I want to post one or two discs a day. Today i begin with disc 1 called ''Psychedelia - Oil Emulsion Slyde'' and the complete artwork of the box. I highly recommend this box. On disc 1 you will hear bands such as Svensk, The State Of Mickey And Tommy, Alan Avon, Jackpots, Kinetic, The Gibsons just to name a few. I hope you will like it

Have fun
               Frank

                       
                                                 Flac & mp3@320   &  Booklet

Power Pop From Down Under: The Someloves - Don't Talk About Us : The Real Pop Recordings Of The Someloves 1985 - 1989 (2006 Half A Cow Records) Flac & mp3

The entire released output of this Australian power pop is contained on this two-CD compilation, with disc one presenting their sole album, 1990's Something or Other, and disc two assorted non-album cuts and previously unreleased items. Something or Other itself is esteemed by some power pop aficionados as one of the genre's best records, getting ranked in the Top Ten of a list of the 25 greatest such albums in a 1999 issue of Goldmine.

Power pop fanatics might be even more prone than other special-interest fan bases to zealously champion items non-specialists might find of average quality, but even taking that into consideration, it seems such praise might be overly generous. It's a well-done, confident power pop record, heavy on strident, assertive chords, vocal harmonies, bright ringing guitars, and upbeat romantic lyrics.

It's not, however, a strikingly original entry in the field, bearing obvious traces of some of key Someloves songwriters Daryl Mather and Dom Mariani's admitted influences, like Big Star and Dwight Twilley. At times it sounds rather like a more indie pop-oriented Tom Petty as well, particularly in the vocal delivery.

The production (with overdubs and mixing done at Mitch Easter's studio) is more layered and nuanced than many such releases, and if this kind of music had been a very commercial style around the globe in 1990, there seems little doubt that these guys could have sold a good many records. It didn't, however, leaving this as something primarily of appeal to power pop cultists, many of whom remain unaware of its existence, the Australian group being pretty obscure on an international level.

If you are one of those cultists, however, this reissue is something to treasure, with disc two adding seven previously released cuts that didn't appear on the album, as well as a demo of Something or Other's "How She Loves" and the "EMI mix" of their debut 1986 single, "It's My Time." This second disc actually has some songs with more obvious, catchy pop appeal than most of the tracks on Something or Other, such as "She's a Better Lover."

The package also has an amazingly detailed 36-page booklet by American indie rock expert Fred Mills with a group history, vintage photos and graphics, and interviews with the band and Mitch Easter, though somehow it does not manage to specify the original release details of all of the previously issued tracks on disc two.(Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com)

If you want to describe the genre'' Power Pop'' (at least in the eighties), you put on The Someloves and turn up the volume. I think this is a good way to describe the genre quite well. The band had everything to be successful. Dom Mariani was a really important man for the australian Pop and Rock music in the last fourty years. That's just a fact and can't say often enough. 
If you like Power pop you shouldn't miss this album. I highly recommend it.  

Listen loud and have fun
                                        Frank

          Flac part1 &  Flac part2 &  Flac part3 &  Flac part4 -   mp3@320