{"product_id":"various-what-a-groovy-day-uk-sunshine-cd-501392919222","title":"Various - What A Groovy Day: British Sunshine Pop Sound (UK) [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetailed examination of the British Sunshine Pop sound during it's late 60s\/early 70s heyday. Four-hour compilation with 87 tracks including hits, misses, rarities and previously unreleased material. Although the lushly-arranged, harmony-based late 60s Sunshine Pop sound is most readily associated with America in general and the sun-kissed California region in particular, the reality is that it was always an international phenomenon. The three-CD set, 'What A Groovy Day' is a thrilling four-hour celebration of Britain's contribution to the genre, ranging from household names (The New Seekers, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, The Hollies, Herman's Hermits) to terminally obscure acts like Infinity and The Mellow Yellow, who failed to release anything at the time. Naturally our compilation includes contributions from the two uncrowned kings of the 60s British harmony pop sound, vocalist Tony Rivers (who provides us with our title song) and studio all-rounder John Carter, represented as both performer and songwriter. Other highlights come from posthumously-acclaimed Sunshine Pop maestros Design, a trio of music library recordings by the largely overlooked but hugely talented backroom auteur Barbara Moore and, perhaps most intriguingly of all, the first-ever release of The Sweet's first demo recording, cut when they were still known as Sweetshop. Housed in a clamshell box featuring a lavish 48-page booklet, 'What A Groovy Day' is a fascinating exploration of a sound that, more than 50 years after it's unacknowledged-at-the- time heyday, is still causing endless ripples in the musical gene pool. Grab yourself an instant dose of aural summer sunshine!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat a Groovy Day - Harmony Grass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentlemen of the Park - Episode Six\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike the Tide, Like the Ocean - Force West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Third Stroke - the Picadilly Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlexander Bell Believes - Alexander Bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePainting the Day - Chuckles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Won't Show Up Tonight - John Carter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunshine Games - the Tremeloes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI've Got You on My Mind - Dorian Gray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFly Paradise - Barbara Moore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMr. Pseudo-Fabulous - Weavers Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDropping Out - the Orange Bicycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Company I Keep - Ken Smart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoyo Thoughts - Philwit ; Pegasus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake Up Your Mind - the Bystanders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaturday's Child - the Spectrum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorgy Girl - the Seekers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Home - Agincourt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoonin' - the Wilson Malone Voiceband\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Dreaming - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMum and Dad - Pinkerton's Colours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirds and Bees - Warm Sounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Jezamine Goes (Demo Version) - Marty Wilde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Other Someday - West Coast Consortium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sound of the Summer - the Chocolate Watch Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGently As You Feel - the Flies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour My World - Petula Clark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Morning Sun - the Californians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Shouldn't I? 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