Looking Through A Glass Onion ~ The Beatles' Psychedelic Songbook 1966-72 Capacity Wallet

I'm a very big Beatles fan and also of the psychedelic genre, so this compilation really appealed to me. I'd heard a few of them before, such as Yes' Every Little Thing, The Hollies' If I Needed Someone and Spooky Tooth's I Am The Walrus, but the vast majority of these were a completely new listening experience for me and I ended up really enjoying around half of it and thinking that the rest of it was OK (apart from one track I really didn't enjoy by Lol Coxhill (I Am The Walrus). I noticed that there was no track listing on Amazon at the moment, so thought it would be useful for potential buyers to know what was on it.Disc One: 1. CAMEL - Mystery Tour 2. DEEP PURPLE - Help 3. YES - Every Little Thing 4. AFFINITY - I Am The Walrus 5. RAINBOW FFOLLY - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 6. THE HOLLIES - If I Needed Someone 7. THE MIRAGE - Tomorrow Never Knows 8. KIPPINGTON LODGE - In My Life 9. EYES OF BLUE - Yesterday 10. SOUNDS NICE - Flying 11. DESIGN - Strawberry Fields Forever 12. EPISODE SIX - Here, There & Everywhere 13. CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS - Got To Get You Into My Life 14. HAIR RAVE-UP - Birthday 15. BLONDE ON BLONDE - Eleanor Rigby 16. ATLANTIC BRIDGE - Dear Prudence 17. JAWBONE - Across The Universe 18. DUFFY POWER - Fixing A Hole 19. TRUCIAL STATES - Oh! Darling 20. THE TREMELOES - Good Day Sunshine 21. INFINITY - Taxman 22. ORANGE BICYCLE - Carry That Weight/You Never Give Me Your MoneyDisc Two: 1. SPOOKY TOOTH - I Am The Walrus 2. PLASTIC PENNY - Strawberry Fields Forever 3. RAINBOW FFOLLY - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 4. BIG JIM SULLIVAN - Within You Without You 5. THE GODS - Hey Bulldog 6. FREEDOM - Cry Baby Cry 7. DON FARDON - Day Tripper 8. THE FRUGAL SOUND - Norwegian Wood 9. PENNY ARCADE - The Two Of US 10. ANDY ELLISON - You Can't Do That 11. GRAND UNION - She Said She Said 12. DAVEY GRAHAM & HOLLY - Mother Nature's Son 13. CLIFF BENNETT & HIS BAND - Back In The USSR 14. THE YOUNG IDEA - With A Little Help From My Friends 15. THE SHADOWS - Paperback Writer 16. PHILLIP GOODHAND-TAIT & THE STORMSVILLE SHAKERS - One And One Is Two 17. THE MAJORITY - A Hard Day's Night 18. TRUCIAL STATES - Birthday 19. LINDA PETERS - Get Back 20. BO STREET RUNNERS - Drive My Car 21. THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP - Maxwell's Silver Hammer 22. STONE THE CROWS - The Fool On The Hill 23. YOUNG BLOOD - I Will 24. THE HI-FIS - Yellow Submarine 25. THE TOMCATS - Yesterday 26. LOL COXHILL - I Am The WalrusDisc Three: 1. JASON CREST - Come Together 2. TOMORROW - Strawberry Fields Forever 3. CIRCUS - Norwegian Wood 4. BIG JIM SULLIVAN - She's Leaving Home 5. DEEP PURPLE - Exposition/We Can Work It Out 6. AFFINITY - A Day In The Life 7. ANDY ELLISON - Help 8. THE SCORE - Please Please Me 9. LOOSE ENDS - Taxman 10. THE EYES - Good Day Sunshine 11. THE WILSON MALONE VOICEBAND - Penny Lane 12. YOUNG BLOOD - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 13. REAL McCOY - I Will 14. THE SPECTRUM - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 15. BRIAN BENNETT - Rocky Raccoon 16. ICE - Day Tripper 17. THE SORROWS - We Can Work It Out 18. OCTOPUS - I Am The Walrus 19. HARDIN & YORK - Northern Medley 20. VERA LYNN - Good NightI can tell by the way my fingers are aching after that that there are a LOT of songs on this compilation, so you're getting a lot of music for your money here! It's a mixed bag, but I think it's a worthwhile purchase.

Well, "tragical" is overstating things, but this is a disappointing set.I'm a big fan of Grapefruit/Cherry Red's ongoing expeditions into the abandoned attics of British musical history, as their trawls through the dust and cobwebs normally yield rich rewards in terms of both musical quality and historical interest. The premiss for this one - Beatles covers from the psychedelic/early prog era, by artists mostly working in the sort-of-underground scene - is intriguing but while it delivers strongly on the historical axis, as a listen, for the most part it's a bit of a drag.There are two main reasons for this. First up, a lot of the tracks are pretty much straight covers of the originals and add nothing to them (the weird exception being the most famous item here, Cliff Bennett's "Got To Get You Into My Life", which is almost identical to the original but somehow better). They, however, are less annoying than the pompous reconstructions in the style of Vanilla Fudge which form the other dominant theme. These tracks give the impression that the bands involved think they're "improving" on the originals, as though they feel they're superior to the source material. They're not. How you feel about these tracks will probably depend on how you feel about Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends" (not present, due to licensing issues, but a perfect case in point). If you think it's an amazing transformation of a throwaway ditty, you may well like a lot of the music here. If like me you think it's a wretched farrago of self-important melodrama that entirely misses the point of a wry, charming and brilliantly constructed pop record, and an extremely early example of the kind of meaningless rock bluster that made punk rock so necessary, you'll be underwhelmed by much of this set.It's not all bad. I mainly liked the instrumentals, such as Big Jim Sullivan's kitsch but engaging sitar re-interpretations and Hardin-York's "Northern Medley" (an organ-drum duet which takes on "Lady Madonna" and "Norwegian Wood" in a way which makes you think it might be Graham Bond and Ginger Baker jamming while they wait for Jack Bruce to turn up). But I usually find about a third of the tracks on a Grapefruit box set really float my boat, and the rest are amiable if less memorable. Here, I liked about 3 tracks per disc and found most of the rest boring or annoying. At one point I found myself agonising over how much longer I had to put up with it all, and when I checked I found I was still less than halfway through disc one.As usual with these boxes, the cast of contributors is a mix of big names, reliable second-stringers and the kind of cult figures most folk have never heard of but hardcore collectors consider over-familiar. It's the only box set I can think of which features both Deep Purple and Vera Lynn on the same disc.Those of you upset by Cherry Red's recent transition from clamshells to slipcases for their triple-CD packages are advised that this policy seems like it's here to stay. Let's hope what goes into future slipcases is more exciting than what we have here.Three stars anyway, because the glimpse into a long-gone era is fascinating. And I very much liked Andy Morten's design and artwork which totally captures the look of the era and its utopian optimism. It made me feel like I was six again and that's very, very welcome.

I’m at a loss to understand the negative reviews. I used to be really snooty about Beatles cover versions when I was first getting into them but now I embrace them, and this is an excellent compilation. There are some fantastic interpretations of the Beatles psychedelic stuff. Some really good prog rock/hard rock covers, curiosities, light hearted stuff and everything in between. Including the amazing version of “in my life” by the wonderful kippington lodge. I enjoyed at least 85/90 percent of it all. Plus the informative booklet. For less than 20 quid. My advice....buy it!

Of course the original is the best but this is well worth buying as there are many good covers here and very few not so good. I doubt that I will play Lol Chill's version of I am the Walrus again !!Recommended to all

Various types of cover s i of Beatles songs makes a change from the original

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Lots to enjoy. Some of the tracks are better than the original ones, some are just weird.