One from the Polydor "Pop History" serie, responsible for around thirty issues with popular sixties bands, issued 1972-74 in Europe, Southamerica and Downunder, but not in US or UK other than as imports. Most of them with tophole tracking, counting both big hits and rarities. I have never collected them especially myself, just had a couple to and from. This German 2xLP is certainly worth a special post though, gathering good stuff from one of my sixties favorite bands. Very well sung and performed melodic psych, mostly catchy carrying some kind of message. Some of the lyrics, about love and drugs, may seem obsolete in this day and age, but works so well with the music they pass anyway. To my taste it's a very good collection of songs. I do miss the trippy "Poem By The Sea" and sweet "San Franciscan Nights", but can enjoy other favorites as "Winds Of Change", "The Black Plague", "Orange And Red Beams" and "When I Was Young". I also get no less than four former flip sides - "A Girl Named Sandoz", "You're On My Mind", "Cheating" and "She'll Return It" - that wasn't on any original LP. Audio is enjoyable all through, strong and well separated. Recommended not only to old vinyl freaks who can't find the first press records, but also to those who wasn't there but wanna get flushed with a true sixties feeling. Also issued like this in Spain and Downunder. German re-press as "Once Upon A Time" came with different sleeve design. To my knowledge never released on CD. Premiere German had label as shown here in a laminated fold/out cover. (ÄNÄ*) (GÖXÄ*)
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