Name: Mighty Baby
Brand: Big Beat Records (Dance)
SKU: 161400
Price: 11.63 USD
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Mighty Baby

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Album: Mighty Baby
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Egyptian Tomb	More Info...	0:05
2)	A Friend You Know But Never See	More Info...	0:04
3)	I've Been Down So Long	More Info...	0:05
4)	Same Way From The Sun	More Info...	0:05
5)	House Without Windows	More Info...	0:06
6)	Trials Of A City	More Info...	0:06
7)	I'm from the Country	More Info...	0:05
8)	At A Point Between Fate And Destiny	More Info...	0:04
9)	Only Dreaming	More Info...	0:03
10)	Dustbin Full of Rubbish	More Info...	0:03
11)	Understanding Love	More Info...	0:04
12)	Favourite Days	More Info...	0:04
13)	A Saying for Today	More Info...	0:03

Album: Mighty Baby
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Egyptian Tomb	More Info...	0:05
2)	A Friend You Know But Never See	More Info...	0:04
3)	I've Been Down So Long	More Info...	0:05
4)	Same Way From The Sun	More Info...	0:05
5)	House Without Windows	More Info...	0:06
6)	Trials Of A City	More Info...	0:06
7)	I'm from the Country	More Info...	0:05
8)	At A Point Between Fate And Destiny	More Info...	0:04
9)	Only Dreaming	More Info...	0:03
10)	Dustbin Full of Rubbish	More Info...	0:03
11)	Understanding Love	More Info...	0:04
12)	Favourite Days	More Info...	0:04
13)	A Saying for Today	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

MIGHTY BABY includes bonus tracks by The Action.
Personnel: Ian Whiteman (vocals, flute, saxophone, piano, organ, percussion); Martin Stone (guitar, slide guitar); Roger Powell (drums).
Liner Note Author: John Reed.
Photographers: Peter Sanders; Keith Morris.
This hour-long CD is one of the best bodies of British psychedelia ever released. It contains the complete Mighty Baby album from Head Records, expanded to 13 tracks with the addition of five tracks cut by the Action during its 1967 transition period. The opening number, "Egyptian Tomb," sets the tone for the entire album -- in terms of content, structure, and beat, it sounds like the early Allman Brothers, or maybe the Grateful Dead in one of their harder-rocking moments, jamming with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on an impromptu version of CSN's "Pre-Road Downs." The beauty of the original Mighty Baby album tracks is that they're psychedelia with a solid beat, none of that noodle-rock that drugged-up Brits usually engaged in. "A Friend You Know But Never See" mighthave passed muster on the Byrds' Notorious Byrd Brothers album. Other songs noodle around too much, but overall this is some of the most energetic psychedelia to come out of England, and anyone who enjoys psychedelic guitar will love Martin Stone's and Alan King's work on this album. The bonus tracks, all "lost" demos, are even better: highly rhythmic, driving rock (check out "Understanding Love") with lots of spacy guitar and tougher-than-normal flower-power introspective lyrics, with some gorgeous harmonies dressing it all up -- a near perfect meld of garage rock and psychedelic sensibilities. ~ Bruce Eder