Another sampler in the Backtrack serie well worth an update with added songs. Here dominated by the label's two big names - The Who and Jimi Hendrix with three cuts each. The Hendrix tracks "All Along The Watchtower" and "The Wind Cries Mary" are true stereo while "Hey Joe" just sounds a little wider as a two-channel. The Who cuts are all presented as stereo, a little harder to distinguish, but as far as I can hear "Pictures Of Lily" and "Call Me Lightning" are slightly rechanneled monos while "I Can See For Miles" is true. The Marsha Hunt cover of Dr. John's "Walk On Guilded Splinters" comes in true stereo (for more on her please check post on the "Woman Child" album https://monolover.blogspot.com/2016/11/marsha-huntwoman-child-2410101-71-uk.html ). Athur Brown's debute 45 "Devil's Grip" is original mono. The rest of the tracks seems to have been tampered with in some way. John's Children "Desdemona" and Eire Apparent "Follow Me" - two top psych 45:s for the first time on LP here - also slightly re-channeled. Same goes for John's Children member Andy Ellison's "It's Been A Long Time", which earlier had shown up on the 1968 "Here We Go Round The Mullberry Bush" soundtrack. I'm probably overly fussy regarding the mixes here cause there's no real damage done. The alternations are small and though the audio varies a little most sound very good and non bad. And it is a top collection of tracks - blending rare with more common gold. Also issued Downunder on Polydor (SP137) with different sleeve design. Premiere UK had label as shown here in a thin glossy cover. (XXÖ*) (SÄM*) (WÖH*) (JHÄ*) (TRÄC*)
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