The Merry-Go-Round - "You're A Very Lovely Woman"
The Montage - "I Shall Call Her Mary"
John Randolph Marr - "Raggedy Ann"
Appaloosa - "Tulu Rogers"
The Pleasure Fair - "Turnaway"
The Stone Poneys - "Different Drum" (feat Linda Ronstadt)
Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness"
The Association - "Barefoot Gentleman"
JK & Co - "Land Of Sensations And Delights"
HP Lovecraft - "Blue Jack Of Diamonds"
The Blades Of Grass - "Satin Slipper"
Chris & Peter Allen - "My Silent Symphony"
The Monkees - "Mr Webster"
Eternity's Children - "Again Again"
Nico - "Fairest Of The Seasons"
Tom Northcott - "Other Times"
The Neon Philharmonic - "You Lied"
The Fun & Games - "Close To Carmel"
Nora Guthrie - "Home Before Dark"
The Common People - "I Have Been Alone"
Steve Martin - "Two By Two (I'm Losing You)"
Review: A new collection that documents a micro-niche of American baroque pop with a fresh new compilation. Diversifying the selection from, but still including, the most obvious figureheads in the style - Nico, Linda Rondstadt, even The Monkees - to also focus on the fulgurant but less visible sparks in the sound, such as Appaloosa and Eternity's Children, this is a record whose focus is on both greater and lesser objects of renown. The chamber orchestral instrumentation of the sound is made palpable; quaternary strings, harpsichords, woodwinds and autoharps abound, gelling neatly with the hip connotations of the genre's late 60s efflorescence.
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