The Island Years 1967 - 1974

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Painstakingly researched, and lovingly assembled with the co-operation of band members, this is the kind of project that gives a box set a good name! **** Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\ALLexxess\Spooky Tooth\2015 Island Years 1967-1974 (9CD Box Set Universal Island)\1973 Witness\Spooky Tooth - Witness.wav Witness was cut the same year and is another underrated album, from the plaintive ‘Ocean of Power through the soaring harmonies of ‘As Long As The World Keeps Turning’ to the muscular blues undertow of ‘Don’t Ever Stray Away’. Listen to the closing melodic sweep of the Wright/Kellie penned ‘Pyramids’ and you can almost feel the band pitching for the US market. Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\Lossless Galaxy ALLexxess\Spooky Tooth\2015 Island Years 1967–1974 (9CD Box Set Universal-Island Records)\1973 Live In Oldenburg\Spooky Tooth - Live In Oldenburg.wav

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The Island Years is available as a nine-CD box set or an eight-LP collection. All of the albums feature rare bonus material and the anthology ends with a full concert from April 1972, recorded in Germany. In total, there is over 30 previously unreleased recordings. Ridley made an album with Marriott that wasn’t released, and apart from some attempts at collaboration with Boxer and Mike Patto, left the industry. He resurfaced to be part of the moving tribute concert to Marriott in London in 2001, along with Shirley, Frampton and his replacement in the band, “Clem” Clempson, and toured and recorded for a while with a latter-day Humble Pie approximation before becoming ill. He died in Alicante in 2003 of pneumonia and complications from it, but his key role in two significant British bands is fondly remembered. Children of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1995 CD 3-CD 4 V.A (1)

Unfortunately, the band’s career took a hit with the release of ‘Ceremony.’ They had written the music and then handed it over to some avant-garde French experimental artist to do his stuff. The result was a disaster, with the experimental additions overpowering the Spooky Tooth album. This effectively torpedoed their career. Children Of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 V.A CD1 - CD2 (1) Then in 1969 came the invitation from Steve Marriott to be part of his new adventure in Humble Pie. One of the early supergroups, their line-up also included drummer Jerry Shirley and, of course, former “Face Of ‘68” Peter Frampton from The Herd. An Immediate successDR11 -0.10 dB -14.47 dB 5:46 15-Lost In My Dream (First Mix / Mixed At Morgan Studios, February 1969) / Bonus…

After Gary Wright joined and Art became Spooky Tooth, their career was a stop-start affair taking in r&b, gospel, soul, blues, psychedelic, prog and latterly MOR.Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\ALLexxess\Spooky Tooth\2015 Island Years 1967-1974 (9CD Box Set Universal Island)\1969 Ceremony An Electronic Mass\Spooky Tooth & Pierre Henry - Ceremony An Electronic Mass.wav

The Mirror finds Spooky Tooth without Mike Harrison, who was replaced by veteran vocalist Mike Patto, and they also brought in funky bass player Val Burke. It’s really for completists only and fits the box set well. Spooky Tooth - Waitin’ For The Wind (First Mix / Mixed At Morgan Studios, February 1969) / B... [03:30] { 759 kbps} Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\ALLexxess\Spooky Tooth\2015 Island Years 1967-1974 (9CD Box Set Universal Island)\1968 It's All About\Spooky Tooth - It's All About.wavDR10 -0.10 dB -13.49 dB 4:08 16-Better By You, Better Than Me (First Mix / Mixed At Morgan Studios, February … Filename C:\Users\Meijin\Desktop\Lossless Galaxy ALLexxess\Spooky Tooth\2015 Island Years 1967-1974 (9CD Box Set Universal Island)\1969 Spooky Two\Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two.wav Mixed at Island studios on 8th February 1973 – Previously unreleased CD 8: The MirrorOriginally released in the USA as Island ILPS 9292 in 1974 Island were optimistic that Sunshine Help Me would be a hit. Its subsequent failure didn’t dampen their spirits too much, though, as they were convinced that Spooky Tooth would pay dividends sooner rather than later.