Tea & Symphony – The English Baroque Sound 1968-1974 – Ace CD

The first “Tea & Symphony” collection was released in 2007 on the Sanctuary label. The first official compilation of its kind, it was partly inspired by the groundbreaking, European-based “Fading Yellow” series which, since the turn of the new century, had been feeding and informing pop-hungry 60s/70s fans looking for something a little more melodic than Comus or Leafhound. Unfortunately, the sudden demise of the record company meant “Tea & Symphony” hardly made it into the shops. This compilation has four tracks in common with its ancient ancestor.

tracklist:
Ray Brooks – Pictures
The Honeybus – I Can’t Let Maggie Go
Lea Nixon – Off To Find A New Land
Jon Plum – Alice
Bombadil – When The City Sleeps
Mike Batt – Fading Yellow
Colin Blunstone – Say You Don’t Mind
Gordon Waller – The Seventh Hour
Erasmus Chorum – Mary Jane
Tandem – Shapes & Shadows
Nirvana – Please Believe Me
Vigrass & Osborne – Forever Autumn
Richard Henry – Oh Girl
Les Payne – Very Well
Sunchariot – You’re Lovely
Mike Sedgwick – Pollution Song
Bill Kenwright – Epitaph (When Times Were Good)
Clifford T Ward – Coathanger
Christopher – The Race
David McIvor – Closing My Eyes
The Bliss – Lifetime
Matthew Bones – Two Sugars
Me & Him – Waiting There