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| 1. Touch N Go | |||
| 2. Reason To Believe | |||
| 3. Because You Came To See Me Today | |||
| 4. Younger Generation | |||
| 5. A Moment Of Being With You | |||
| 6. Let Slove | |||
| 7. Awake In A Dream | |||
| 8. Margie Girl | |||
| 9. Cool Sunday Morning | |||
| 10. Good Morning Sunshine | |||
| 11. Sweet Breezes | |||
| 12. Forget It | |||
| 13. Colleen | |||
| 14. She Said She Loved Him | |||
| 15. The Teddy Bear Affair | |||
| 16. I Just Want To Sit Right Here And Look At You | |||
| 17. Wooden Soldiers | |||
| 18. Avon Iris | |||
| 19. Maiden Of The Sea | |||
| 20. King Street Flying Circus | |||
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Product Description
CD Description
TWO LPsON ONE CD!
FIRST TIME ON CD!
AN ESSENTIAL SUNSHINE POP CLASSIC!
THE FREE DESIGN weren t the only revered sunshine pop
group to record for Enoch Light s Project 3 Records! THE
CRITTERS famous for the hits Mr. Dieingly Sad and
Younger Girl cut two brilliant but criminally obscure soft
psychedelic LPs for the celebrated New York-based label.
Awake In A Dream: The Project 3 Recordings presents both
Project 3 LPs 1968 s Touch n Go and 1969 sCritters in
their entirety, plus the non-LP track Lisa But Not The
Same. All of this material has been out of print for over 40
years and is now finally making its worldwide debut on CD.
The 16-page, full-colour booklet includes rare, unpublished
photos and extensive liner notes featuring the participation
of original band members.
FIRST TIME ON CD!
AN ESSENTIAL SUNSHINE POP CLASSIC!
THE FREE DESIGN weren t the only revered sunshine pop
group to record for Enoch Light s Project 3 Records! THE
CRITTERS famous for the hits Mr. Dieingly Sad and
Younger Girl cut two brilliant but criminally obscure soft
psychedelic LPs for the celebrated New York-based label.
Awake In A Dream: The Project 3 Recordings presents both
Project 3 LPs 1968 s Touch n Go and 1969 sCritters in
their entirety, plus the non-LP track Lisa But Not The
Same. All of this material has been out of print for over 40
years and is now finally making its worldwide debut on CD.
The 16-page, full-colour booklet includes rare, unpublished
photos and extensive liner notes featuring the participation
of original band members.
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
IT'S A GOOD COMBO FROM THE SIXTIES, THAT'S ALL. IF YOU LIKE THAT MUSIC, YOU'LL ENJOY WITH THESE SONGS AND GUYS
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Surprisingly good!
7 May 2012
I've always loved the Critters' singles; all two of them! "Mr. Dieingly Sad" kind of defines a summer of '66 day at the beach! And while I've had their Kapp recordings compiled in the Taragon Records re-release, I wasn't even aware that they went on to record more.
So I went out on a limb to learn more about them in this Project 3 re-issue, and was delightfully surprised! It all carries the same folk-rock theme as their earlier records, but this time with more progressive and/or psychedelic touches thrown in. The Critters should be proud of their output: it is consistent, "sunshine-y", and holds up wonderfully all these decades later. Very highly recommended!
So I went out on a limb to learn more about them in this Project 3 re-issue, and was delightfully surprised! It all carries the same folk-rock theme as their earlier records, but this time with more progressive and/or psychedelic touches thrown in. The Critters should be proud of their output: it is consistent, "sunshine-y", and holds up wonderfully all these decades later. Very highly recommended!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent
24 Mar 2012
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As much as I love my acid rock and free jazz, I have a secret place in my heart for 1960's soft rock--if its well done. While people like Bobby Goldsboro and Gary Pucket were untouched by the decades experimentation, brought by the Beatles, even the most radio friendly bands added elements like classical instruments and jazz spices like vibraphones. The Critter's "Mr Dyingly Sad," is such a song.
I was at first let down to find this was not on this compilation, which includes the two albums the band recorded for Enoch Light's Project Three label, also home to the magnificent Free Design.
Awake A Dream does have its share if straight 1960s soft pop, though even these tracks, recorded 1968-69, have more layering and textures than the mid-1960s tracks, such as "Mr Dyningly Sad."
"I've been wanting to touch her since I can remember," is the line that open's the CD, with the track, "Touch and Go." A line you might not have heard in 1965 starts a 1968 track from the album, perhaps an indication of new freedom and risk. The CD hits its stride with the jazzy polyphony of the multi-part "Cold Sunday Morning," you hear this is a band that had the potential to be more than a three minute singles band.
As the 1969 material comes in, you start to hear more Hammond Organs, and, slightly heavier guitars, and sounds associated with emerging FM rock, even sitars and jazz flute, showing this bands ability to push into progressive terrain. By the end of the Cd your hearings a transformed band, with large jazz interludes integrated into the vocal pop.
Interesting here is what is not included, the amazing "Look At The Girls" by Giant Jelly Bean Copout, which was the Critters preforming under an alias and flying into Brazil '66 airspace.
As is, this is really good pop that dips its toe itself inter interesting spaces, near the end infesting those spaces with..........
well, how many feet does a Critter have
I was at first let down to find this was not on this compilation, which includes the two albums the band recorded for Enoch Light's Project Three label, also home to the magnificent Free Design.
Awake A Dream does have its share if straight 1960s soft pop, though even these tracks, recorded 1968-69, have more layering and textures than the mid-1960s tracks, such as "Mr Dyningly Sad."
"I've been wanting to touch her since I can remember," is the line that open's the CD, with the track, "Touch and Go." A line you might not have heard in 1965 starts a 1968 track from the album, perhaps an indication of new freedom and risk. The CD hits its stride with the jazzy polyphony of the multi-part "Cold Sunday Morning," you hear this is a band that had the potential to be more than a three minute singles band.
As the 1969 material comes in, you start to hear more Hammond Organs, and, slightly heavier guitars, and sounds associated with emerging FM rock, even sitars and jazz flute, showing this bands ability to push into progressive terrain. By the end of the Cd your hearings a transformed band, with large jazz interludes integrated into the vocal pop.
Interesting here is what is not included, the amazing "Look At The Girls" by Giant Jelly Bean Copout, which was the Critters preforming under an alias and flying into Brazil '66 airspace.
As is, this is really good pop that dips its toe itself inter interesting spaces, near the end infesting those spaces with..........
well, how many feet does a Critter have
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