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I'm a Freak Baby...: A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock ...

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Released: 6th June 2025. Although vintage British psychedelia is viewed by many these days as an Alice In Wonderland-style enchanted garden full of beatific flower children innocently gathering flowers or chasing butterflies, there was always a more visceral element to the scene. Pointedly free of such fripperies as scarlet tunic-wearing gnomes, phenomenal cats and talismanic bicycles, the power trio format that was popularised by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience spawned a host of imitators. As the '60s drew to a close and pop evolved slowly but inexorably into rock, psychedelia gave way to a sound that was harder, leaner, heavier, louder. Across three discs and four hours of music, 'I'm A Freak, Baby: A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72' investigates that largely under-documented period, incorporating everything from some of the biggest names in the burgeoning hard rock/proto-metal firmament (Deep Purple, Uriah Heep) all the way down to a significant number of provincial semi-pro bands who gigged extensively but were unable to land a recording contract during their lifetime.

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  • Details

    Released:
    6th June 2025
    Category:
    Rock & Pop
    Format:
    CD Album
    Barcode:
    5013929183209
  • Description

    Although vintage British psychedelia is viewed by many these days as an Alice In Wonderland-style enchanted garden full of beatific flower children innocently gathering flowers or chasing butterflies, there was always a more visceral element to the scene. Pointedly free of such fripperies as scarlet tunic-wearing gnomes, phenomenal cats and talismanic bicycles, the power trio format that was popularised by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience spawned a host of imitators. As the '60s drew to a close and pop evolved slowly but inexorably into rock, psychedelia gave way to a sound that was harder, leaner, heavier, louder. Across three discs and four hours of music, 'I'm A Freak, Baby: A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72' investigates that largely under-documented period, incorporating everything from some of the biggest names in the burgeoning hard rock/proto-metal firmament (Deep Purple, Uriah Heep) all the way down to a significant number of provincial semi-pro bands who gigged extensively but were unable to land a recording contract during their lifetime.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.All in Your Mind
    Stray
    2.Cast a Spell
    The Open Mind
    3.Hot Smoke and Sasafrass
    The Mooche
    4.My Son's Alive
    Crushed Butler
    5.Going Down
    Chicken Shack
    6.Father of Time
    Cycle
    7.I'm Coming Home
    The Deviants
    8.Do It
    The Pink Fairies
    9.Time Machine
    Factory
    10.Cherry Red
    The Groundhogs
    11.I'm a Freak
    Wicked Lady
    12.Rock My Soul
    Charge
    13.Sweet Mistress of Pain
    Hawkwind Zoo
    14.Nightmare
    Stonehouse
    15.Falling
    The Iron Maidens
    16.Apocalypse
    Barnabus

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Bogeyman
    Writing On The Wall
    2.Fireball
    Deep Purple
    3.Primitive Man
    Jerusalem
    4.Love in the Rain
    Edgar Broughton Band
    5.Trust
    Hellmet
    6.Rhubarb!
    Second Hand
    7.Dream
    Little Free Rock
    8.Skullcrusher
    Iron Claw
    9.Zero Time
    DARK
    10.Jehovah
    The Velvet Frogs
    11.Brontosaurus
    The Move
    12.Bring It to Jerome
    Stack Waddy
    13.Mr Make Believe
    Samuel Prody
    14.Flash
    Bare Sole
    15.Street Walking Woman
    The Phoenix
    16.Go, I'm Never Gonna Let You
    Skid Row

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Race With the Devil
    The Gun
    2.Heart Without a Home
    Blonde On Blonde
    3.Ascension Day
    Third World War
    4.Street
    Egor
    5.Escalator
    Sam Gopal
    6.Gypsy
    Uriah Heep
    7.Garden of My Mind
    The Mickey Finn
    8.Think About It
    The Yardbirds
    9.Trying to Find My Way Back Home
    Morning After
    10.Yellow Cave Woman
    Velvette Fogg
    11.Too Old
    Andromeda
    12.The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)
    Fleetwood Mac
    13.Twisted Trip Woman
    Sweet Slag
    14.Occult
    The Kult
    15.Born On the Wrong Side of Time
    The Taste
    16.Hollis Brown
    Fusion Farm
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