VARIOUS - High In The Morning (The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1973) [Repress] - 3CD Clamshell Box Set [JUN 6]

Limited Edition 3CD housed in a Clamshell Box. Includes a 48-page booklet that's packed with rare photos, quotes and biographical information.

• Latest instalment of Grapefruit's popular year-by-year overviews of the more melodic end of the early 70s UK progressive rock scene.

• A four-hour compilation featuring big hits, key album tracks, cult classics and rarities from 1973.

1973 was another significant year in British pop, with the recent arrival of glam – including the Bryan Ferry-led Roxy Music, who proved that “avant rock” could be a commercial proposition – inspiring many underground bands to adopt a more streamlined sound.

That more song-based approach helped give the 1973 singles chart a new energy, with memorable 45s from Mott The Hoople, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Faces, Status Quo, Medicine Head and Nazareth. Though they fell short of the charts, some of the era's more idiosyncratic singer-songwriter talents – Kevin Ayers, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne – also issued much-loved, radio-friendly singles. On the live circuit, the UK free festival scene was dominated by a new hippie/glam/space rock convergence, with brand leaders Hawkwind joined by the likes of The Pink Fairies and Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come.

Featuring all of the above names as well as Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Caravan, Procol Harum, Stealers Wheel, Roy Wood, Rare Bird, Badfinger, Free, Family and many others, ‘High In The Morning’ is a fascinating three-CD, four-hour appraisal of the 1973 British rock and pop scene.

Housed in a clamshell box that features a classic crowd shot from that year's Windsor free festival, ‘High In The Morning’ includes a 48-page booklet that's packed with rare photos, quotes and biographical information.

Tracklist: (*See also Gallery Pics)

Disc 1
1    ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS (album version) - Mott The Hoople
2    JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann's Earthband
3    SURPRISE, SURPRISE - Caravan
4    MARLENE - Kevin Coyne
5    THE SERGEANT SAYS - Spirogyra
6    WILDFIRE - Rococo
7    MEDUSA - Dr. Marigold's
8    RANDOLPH'S TANGO - Thin Lizzy
9    A RUM TALE - Procol Harum
10    TERMINAL EYES - Al Stewart
11    AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MASTER (single version) - Bachdenkel
12    STAR  - Stealers Wheel
13    RAGGED RAIN LIFE - Duncan Browne
14    HIGH IN THE MORNING - Rare Bird
15    BIRDMAN – Joe Soap - Soap, Joe
16    URBAN GUERRILLA - Hawkwind
17    LOVE IS EASY - Badfinger
18    MR. CUSTER - Paul Brett
19    ALL THE FALLEN TEEN ANGELS - Mouse
20    TOWERS - Mick Audsley
21    TOO HOT TO HANDLE (alternative early mix) - Ducks Deluxe
22    PICK UP THE PHONE - Patto

Disc 2
1    DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music
2    CARIBBEAN MOON - Kevin Ayers
3    (I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU) BUT YOU GOT ME ANYWAY - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
4    TRAVELLIN' IN STYLE - Free
5    PALE GREEN VAUXHALL DRIVING MAN - Prowler
6    RUNNING AWAY - Duffy
7    SHOWDOWN - England's Glory
8    ON THE FRONTIER - Shoot
9    CAROLINE (album version) - Status Quo
10    THE AWARD - Fantasy
11    TEMPLE SONG - Greenslade
12    ORANGE SONG - Rupert Hine
13    RISING SUN - Medicine Head
14    DREAMS (STORY OF OUR TIME/BENEATH THIS SKY) - Ithaca
15    HOLD ON TO YOUR FIRE - Libido
16    SWEET DESIREE - Family
17    LEGAL EAGLE SHUFFLE - The Spencer Davis Group
18    COME ALIVE (aka SLOW ROCK - Kingdom Come
19    CITY KIDS - Pink Fairies
20    DIRTY DICK* - Streak
21    BUFFALO (full-length version) - Writing On The Wall

Disc 3
1    SWAMPSNAKE - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2    BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth
3    16 AND SAVAGED - Silverhead
4    MAN FROM GALILEE - Fairfield Ski
5    GIRL SAID TO ME - Liverpool Echo
6    ALWAYS - The Big Three
7    FOOL'S GOLD - Hemlock
8    POOL HALL RICHARD - Faces
9    GOLD MEDALLIONS - Tucky Buzzard
10    WORLD - Curved Air
11    MOVING MOOR - Complex
12    ENGLISH MORNING - Jade Warrior
13    I DON'T NEED NOBODY - Shape Of The Rain
14    NOT FADE AWAY - Frank White
15    FOREVER - Roy Wood
16    I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND - Byzantium
17    OUT ON THE ROAD - Patrick Campbell-Lyons
18    BANK HOLIDAY - Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts
19    SITTING IN THE MIDDAY SUN - The Kinks
20    I'M GONNA GET YOU - Reform
21    A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL (album version) - Bryan Ferry
22    DO THE STANLEY - Stackridge

* = previously unreleased