Peephole In My Brain ~ The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1971

Excellent collection here. 73 tracks and only about ten of them could be called Turkeys. Songs with messages,Songs to make you laugh, Songs to make you think and music to make you wonder. If you missed out on the transition from 1969 to 1973 this is the album for you.. Its not rock, its not Pop, its not jazz or blues or MoR its just a collection if some really great tunes.

Great cd ,some songs I knew ,some new to me

Superb sleeve notes but a lot of the music was definitely very "niche".

Another great rare compilation. standout tracks on here are by Kevin Ayers. The Hollies and Dana Bapitise.

A lot of varied musics.

Back in the late '60's there was a genre of LP's that we called 'samplers', ie a collection of offerings, generally from a particular label, which gave a 'taster' of their up and coming signings (not so much their 'successes' as people bought thier stuff anyway), but they tended to be unpredictable. This accumulation of material tries to be a bit like that - and fails. OK it's not restricted to a particular label, but there is a 'sameness' among many of the tracks that pin them in a specific pigeonhole.... which is almost the direct opposite of what the progressive scene was all about back then. There are many good tracks among the 70 odd listings, but there's a predominance of poetic, pretty acoustic stuff - which is all valid and enjoyable, but, if I have a criticism of the 'Peephole' collection is that it ONLY captures that sound, it misses the out on sheer variety of what was on offer. It lacks the heavy, the determinedly inventive, the wild, the wacky and the embryonic geniuses, the novel, the downright weird, the PROGRESSIVE! I loved hearing some of this stuff again, I'd forgotten how good it was - but unlike the earlier samplers, which tended to be quite eclectic in nature, and the early '70's which were similarly diverse, it is unerringly predictable. For someone who listened to Sparks 'Woofer' and Bowie's 'Oddity', and Zep III (back then) - for the first time as they were released, it's a bit of anticlimatic nostalgia, but not much more.............

Superb compilation full of fond memories and many surprises. The accompanying “liner notes” are also excellent.

This is another well put together comp from Grapefruit and full marks for including a Pete Atkin track. However as others have said, where is the clamshell box? The flimsy card slipcase is frankly pathetic and let's down what is otherwise a quality item (I will also add that thin card sleeves do not deserve to be called "mini LP packaging"). I still fully recommend this but would hope Grapefruit have a re think and re instate the boxes for future releases.

Wydawało mi się że znam ten okres w muzyce, a tu się okazało że nie mal wszystko to dla mnie nowość. I to znakomita. Nie mogę wyjść z podziwu jak bogata muzycznie byłam w tym czasie Wielka Brytania

Another superb release from David Wells and company. So many tracks I have not heard before and accompanied by a most informative booklet detailing each song. There is something for everybody ! I must agree with previous reviewers who have lamented the lack of the clamshell box and the substitution with a flimsy paper thin wallet. I would rather pay a bit more to have the clamshell then have to carefully handle the wallet every time I wish to play a disc. Hence, only a 4 star rating. Cherry Red/Grapefruit Records please take note.

Grapefruit Records präsentiert hier englischen Pop von 1971, allerdings Musik, die es zum größten Teil nicht zu Charterfolgen schaffte, dazu war sie zu wenig Mainstream, es war eher Musik zum Zuhören und Entdecken. Auf 3 CDs sind 71 Songs versammelt, wovon der absolute Großteil der Interpreten kaum bekannt ist, ein paar wenige Künstler sind mit eher unbekannten, aber durchwegs guten Nummern vertreten. Was bekommt man zu hören? Im Prinzip quer durch den Gemüsegarten, Psychedelia, Pop, Rock, Folk, nicht alles hier ist gut, aber man findet so manche Juwelen. Musik ist subjektiv, ein paar Songs möchte ich hier vorstellen, sie sind übrigens alle auch auf Youtube zu hören: Sugar, Sugar (Sakkarin) Dahinter steckt Jonathan King, so schräg hat man den bekannten Hit der Archies noch nie gehört. Frightened (Bear Foot) Einfach schräg, kurios und liebenswürdig. The saddest day of my life (Nirvana, natürlich nicht die bekannte Grunge-Band) Melancholisch und schön Mean Girl (Status Quo) In den frühen Jahren waren sie psychedelisch unterwegs, diese Nummer ist einfach traumhaft God`s Children (The Kinks) Entstand in einer Zeit, als die Kinks schon berühmt waren, dass dies kein Hit wurde, ist mir unverständlich, jedenfalls absolut eingängig und traumhaft schön. Tokoloshe Man (John Kongos) Afrikanisch-psychedelische Klänge Turning Green (Jackie McAuley) Bombastnummer eines ehemaligen Mitgliedes von Them, ein bekannterer Künstler hätte damit wohl einen Hit gelandet. Ein weiteres Plus: ein informatives Booklet (wie bei Grapefruit Records üblich) über sämtliche Künstler.

Another nice set from Grapefruit

well the first set in this series featured 1967 with the great clam shell box set titled LETS GO DOWN AND BLOW OUR MINDS back in 2016 and now here we are on the sixth issue for 1971, from 1967 to 1971 you can clearly see/hear how much things had changed in the uk, this is a nice 3 cd set but i have something by most all artists featured here and since mod/psyche and the beat boom where well over by 1971 what we get here is a mix of PROG, HARD ROCK, SINGER SONGWRITER,PUB ROCK &FOLK. by 1971 prog was the main big attraction coming out of the uk as well as hard rock (heavy metal) so besides those other two genres most all artists here took a bit of a back seat to the huge bands like ELP, YES KING CRIMSON, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH & URIAH HEEP this compilation is a bit more all over the place as we get a track on disc #1 by hard rockers STRAY and then the next track is one by pub rock legends HELP YOURSELF so we get a nice broad mix, this comes with a really nice booklet and all but like a couple of other recent releases from the cherry red family i docked this one star for packaging as unlike the other 5 volumes THIS AGAIN IS NOT A CLAM SHELL BOX and has the same cheaper packaging as a few recent others, like i said in a review the other day i just feel these are more prone to damage in shipping but as for the discs they sound great and the booklet is great but i miss the CLAM SHELL BOXES.... anyway all 3 cds come in mini lp replica style sleeves as well.