A Strange Affair - The Sixties Recordings

2013 two CD collection. John's Children were the quintessential cult 60s Mod/Psych band, controversial, sharply dressed and subsequently the stuff of legend. The band were fronted by Andy Ellison (later with Jet and Radio Stars) and boasted Marc Bolan within their ranks during their short life. A Strange Affair boasts their entire output between 1966 and 1970. Includes: two singles for EMI's Columbia label, four singles for The Who's label Track Records, their mock-live album Orgasm!, Andy Ellison's subsequent solo singles, and three tracks by pre-John's Children band The Silence as well as rare and previously unissued alternative versions and mixes. This set has been compiled with help from Andy Ellison. Their manager Simon Napier-Bell contributed to the detailed sleeve-notes, which are based around excerpts from Ellison's yet-to-be-published autobiography.

Tracks

1~1~The Love I Thought I'd Found
1~2~Strange Affair
1~3~Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get
1~4~But She's Mine
1~5~Desdemona
1~6~Remember Thomas À Becket
1~7~Midsummer Night's Scene
1~8~Sara, Crazy Child
1~9~Come And Play With Me In The Garden
1~10~Go - Go Girl
1~11~Jagged Time Lapse
1~12~Arthur Green (Credited To Andy Ellison)
1~13~It's Been A Long Time (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~14~Fool From Upper Eden (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~15~Another Lucky Lie (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~16~You Can't Do That (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~17~Cornflake Zoo (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~18~Help! (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~19~Casbah Candy (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~20~Hippy Gumbo (Andy Ellison Solo)
1~21~Down Down (By The Silence)
1~22~Cold On Me (By The Silence)
1~23~Forgive Me If I'm Wrong (By The Silence)
1~24~Mustang Ford
1~25~Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed
1~26~Sally Was An Angel (Vocal)
1~27~Killer Ben
1~28~Jagged Time Lapse
1~29~Smashed! Blocked!
1~30~You're A Nothing
1~31~Not The Sort Of Girl
1~32~Cold On Me
1~33~Leave Me Alone
1~34~Let Me Know
1~35~Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get
1~36~Why Do You Lie
1~37~Strange Affair (Alternative Mix)
1~38~But She's Mine (Alternative Mix)
1~39~The Love I Thought I'd Found (First Version)
1~40~Desdemona ("Why Do You Have To Lie" Version)
1~41~Remember Thomas À Becket (Alternative Version)
1~42~Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Version)
1~43~Sara, Crazy Child (German Single Version)
1~44~Jagged Time Lapse (Alternative Version)
1~45~It's Been A Long Time (Andy Ellison Solo, Stereo Mix)
1~46~You Can't Do That (Acetate Version, Andy Ellison Solo)
1~47~Hippy Gumbo (Marc Bolan Vocal)
1~48~Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed (Alternative Version)
1~49~Sally Was An Angel (Instrumental)
1~50~Come And Play With Me In The Garden (Instrumental)
1~51~The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (Instrumental)
1~52~Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Mix)

Details

Format: CD
Artist: John's Children
Release Date: 02 October 2020
Genre: Rock
Label: GRAPEFRUIT
Distributor: Rocket Group