Rock Machine sampler albums
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| Rock Machine Turns You On | ||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||
| Released | 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | CBS | |
| Rock Machine - I Love You | ||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||
| Released | 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | CBS | |
The Rock Machine Turns You On and Rock Machine - I Love You were bargain priced sampler albums, released by CBS Records in the UK in 1968.
Among the first bargain priced sampler LPs, retailing at under 15 shillings (£0.75), they were both highly successful commercially, at a point when what was then called "underground music" was starting to achieve some commercial success in the UK, bolstered by new radio programmes such as John Peel's "Top Gear". CBS (by which name Columbia Records were known in the UK) competed actively for this new market against other “progressive” labels such as Elektra and Island, who followed with similar samplers of their acts.
The albums influenced a generation of music fans. Although some of the featured artists, such as Bob Dylan, the Byrds, and Simon and Garfunkel, were already stars, others such as Leonard Cohen and Spirit were only starting to become known in the UK, and the albums made major contributions to their success.
Contents |
[edit] The Rock Machine Turns You On
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side 1
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" - Bob Dylan - from the LP John Wesley Harding
- "Can't Be So Bad" - Moby Grape - from the LP Wow
- "Fresh Garbage" - Spirit - from the LP Spirit
- "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar" - The United States of America - from the LP The United States of America
- "Time of the Season" - The Zombies – from the LP Odessey and Oracle
- ”Turn On A Friend” – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy – from the LP The Great Conspiracy
- "Sisters of Mercy” – Leonard Cohen – from the LP The Songs of Leonard Cohen
[edit] Side 2
- ”My Days Are Numbered” – Blood, Sweat and Tears – from the LP Child Is Father to the Man
- ”Dolphins Smile” – The Byrds – from the LP The Notorious Byrd Brothers
- ”Scarborough Fair / Canticle" – Simon and Garfunkel – from the LP Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- ”Statesboro Blues” – Taj Mahal – from the LP Taj Mahal
- ”Killing Floor” – The Electric Flag – from the LP A Long Time Comin’
- ”Nobody’s Got Any Money In The Summer” – Roy Harper – from the LP Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith
- ”Come Away Melinda” – Tim Rose – from the LP Tim Rose
- ”Flames” – Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – from the LP Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera
[edit] Rock Machine - I Love You
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side 1
- "More and More" - Blood, Sweat & Tears - from the LP Blood Sweat & Tears
- "Stoned Soul Picnic" - Laura Nyro - from the LP Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
- "Stop" - Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - from the LP Super Session
- "You Aint Goin’ Nowhere" - The Byrds - from the LP Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- "Somebody to Love" - Grace Slick and The Great Society - from the LP Conspicuous Only in its Absence
- "Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G Major", 2nd movement - from the LP Switched-On Bach
- "That’s No Way To Say Goodbye" - Leonard Cohen - from the LP The Songs of Leonard Cohen
[edit] Side 2
- "America" - Simon & Garfunkel - from the LP Bookends
- "My Name Is Jack" - John Simon - from the Original Soundtrack recording You Are What You Eat
- "See To Your Neighbour" - The Electric Flag - from the LP The Electric Flag
- "The Tihai", excerpt - Don Ellis and his Orchestra - from the LP Shock Treatment
- "Ball and Chain" - Big Brother and the Holding Company - from the LP Cheap Thrills
- "Time" - Dino Valente - from the LP Dino Valente
- "A Lot of Love" - Taj Mahal - from the LP Natch’l Blues
