FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 kbps | 2h 31 min | Beat, Psychedelic Rock | 722 / 375 MB
• First-ever complete 3CD anthology of cult late 60s UK psychedelic pop band The
Mirage.
• Features all of their singles (including pseudonymous releases), numerous demos, previously-unreleased recordings and BBC sessions
After serving an apprenticeship on the mid-60s Hertfordshire beat scene, The Mirage became house band at Beatles' publisher Dick James' Oxford Street demo studio.
After forming a friendship with The Hollies, The Mirage cut a couple of singles for CBS before James and his regular business partner, Kinks/Troggs manager Larry Page, oversaw the band's subsequent, heavily Beatles-influenced releases on the Philips and Page One labels.
The Mirage then moved over to Mervyn Conn's Carnaby label, where they cut a single as
Portebello Explosion before releasing a 1970 album under the name Jawbone.
A lavish 3CD digipack set, 'The World Goes On Around You' is the first-ever complete Mirage anthology, featuring all of their singles, the Jawbone album, numerous studio out- takes, alternative versions and BBC sessions.
The package includes some great previously unseen Mirage photos and a new 7000-word essay on the band that's based around a new interview with guitarist Ray Glynn, who speaks for the first time of their involvement with the film Georgy Girl and their appearance alongside Jefferson Airplane at the first Isle of Wight Festival.
It's the final word on a hugely collectable, highly regarded UK psychedelic pop band.
DISC ONE
Singles and BBC sessions
1 IT'S IN HER KISS
2 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT
3 GO AWAY
4 JUST A FACE
5 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
6 YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
7 HOLD ON
8 CAN YOU HEAR ME
9 THE WEDDING OF RAMONA BLAIR
10 LAZY MAN
11 MYSTERY LADY
12 CHICAGO COTTAGE
13 HERE COMES JANE (as Yellow Pages)
14 DING DONG BELL (as Yellow Pages)
15 CAROLYN
16 THE WORLD GOES ON AROUND...
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