VARIOUS - Safe In My Garden - American Pop In The Shadows 1967-1972 - 2LP - Vinyl [OCT 31]

2LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.  

Peace and love in late 60s America did not come without parallel feelings of fear and confusion about the social situation – specifically about Vietnam. “Safe In My Garden” is the latest Ace compilation in an acclaimed series compiled by Bob Stanley – it’s a companion piece to the much-praised “State Of The Union (The American Dream In Crisis 1967 – 1973)” Ace CDCHD 1533/XXQLP2 057 2018).

The music on “Safe In My Garden” is harmony-laden, beautifully produced soft rock. Sunshine pop, even - a melodic, innovative style of American music that grew in the mid-60s out of the folk and surf scenes, exemplified by the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. You will hear orchestral arrangements, and soft boy-girl vocals. But it wasn’t made in isolation from what was going on in the outside world. There are clouds and minor chords, plenty of melancholy in those harmonies.

Tracklist: 

1. Always You - The Sundowners
2. Move With The Dawn - Mark Eric
3. She - Tommy James & The Shondells
4. A Famous Myth - The Groop
5. Dreamin' In The Shade (Down In L.a.) – Brewer & Shipley
6. I Don't Think I Know Her - Tee & Cara
7. Knock On Wood - Harpers Bizarre
8. The Visit (She Was Here) - The Cyrkle
9. I See It Now - Fargo
10. Summer Sound - Best Of Friends
11. A Moment Of Being With You - The Critters
12. Blight - The Millennium
13. Jill - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
14. I Can See Only You – Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends
15. Little Dreams - The New Wave
16. My Brother Woody - The Free Design
17. Christina's World - Nancy Priddy
18. The Ark - Chad & Jeremy
19. Creators Of Rain - Smokey & His Sister
20. How Can I Stop Loving You - The Eighth Day
21. Love Is A Rainy Sunday - Love Generation
22. Springtime Meadows - The Sunshine Company
23. The Word Is Love - Thomas & Richard Frost
24. Prairie Grey - New Colony Six