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State Of Mickey & Tommy
12+ albums
under 2000 listeners1960s psychedelic
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It's not well known, but long before he joined Foreigner -- and even before he was in Spooky Tooth. Mick Jones made quite a few records with Tommy Brown, the pair working in France for much of the period. This French CD collects 24 tracks in which they were involved between 1965 and 1971, encompassing recordings billed to several different monikers, including the State of Mickey & Tommy, the Blackburds, Nimrod, the J&B, and Thomas F. Browne. It may be that the singles they released as the State of Mickey & Tommy, obscure as those 45s are, are the best known of the lot, especially "With Love from One to Five," which has shown up on a few relatively high-profile U.K. psychedelia compilations. That does happen to be one of the better numbers, but generally this CD has fair, though not exceptional, music that reflects the British mod, pop/rock, and psychedelic trends of the time with occasional hints of French and Continental influences. "With Love from One to Five" is typical if classy 1967 orchestrated psychedelic pop; "Nobody Knows Where You've Been" strongly recalls the arrangements on Sgt. Pepper's cuts like "Within You, Without You"; and "Frisco Bay" is nice dainty, dreamy pop with beatific Summer of Love lyrics and the lightest hints of raga-rock. All of those songs were found on singles credited to the State of Mickey & Tommy; the ones billed to the Blackburds are more like soul-flavored British mod rock that could serve as incidental film music, while Nimrod's 1969 singl
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albums
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol.2
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Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, Vol. 2
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The Rubble Collection 8
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Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 2
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Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, Vol 2
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Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers - Volume 2
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Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
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Tektites - Vol II
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5,000 Seconds Over Toyland (Rubble 15)
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Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol 2
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Rubble Vol. 15: 5000 Seconds Over Toyland
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Chocolate Soup For Diabetics Volume 2 - UK Psych Classics - Remastered