John's Children - A Strange Affair (2013) 2CD

John's Children - A Strange Affair (2014)
Grapefruit Records / Cherry Rec Records CRSEG027D


Disc 1: Singles & Rarities:

01 - The Love I Thought I'd Found
02 - Strange Affair
03 - Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get
04 - But She's Mine
05 - Desdemona
06 - Remember Thomas ΐ Becket
07 - Midsummer Night's Scene
08 - Sara, Crazy Child
09 - Come And Play With Me In The Garden
10 - Go-Go Girl
11 - Jagged Time Lapse
12 - Arthur Green
13 - It's Been A Long Time
14 - Fool From Upper Eden
15 - Another Lucky Lie
16 - You Can't Do That
17 - Cornflake Zoo
18 - Help!
19 - Casbah Candy
20 - Hippy Gumbo
21 - Down Down
22 - Cold On Me
23 - Forgive Me If I'm Wrong
24 - Mustang Ford
25 - Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed
26 - Sally Was An Angel [Vocal]

Disc 2: Orgasm & Bonus

01 - Killer Ben
02 - Jagged Time Lapse
03 - Smashed! Blocked!
04 - You're A Nothing
05 - Not The Sort Of Girl
06 - Cold On Me
07 - Leave Me Alone
08 - Let Me Know
09 - Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get
10 - Why Do You Lie
11 - Strange Affair [Alternate Mix]
12 - But She's Mine [Alternate Mix]
13 - The Love I Thought I'd Found [First Version]
14 - Desdemona [''Why Do You Have To Lie'' Version]
15 - Remember Thomas ΐ Becket [Alternate Version]
16 - Midsummer Night's Scene [Alternate Version]
17 - Sara, Crazy Child [German Single]
18 - Jagged Time Lapse [Alternate Version]
19 - It's Been A Long Time [Stereo Mix]
20 - You Can't Do That [Acetate Version]
21 - Hippy Gumbo [Marc Bolan Vocal]
22 - Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed [Alternate Version]
23 - Sally Was An Angel [Instrumental]
24 - Come And Play With Me In The Garden [Instrumental]
25 - The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith [Instrumental]
26 - Midsummer Night's Scene [Alternate Mix]

From Cherry Red/Grapefruit:

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 – for the first time – boasts the entire John’s Children output between 1966 and 1970.

The package includes: * Two singles for EMI’s Columbia label: ‘The Love I Thought I’d Found’ and ‘Just What You Want – Just What You Get’. * Four singles for The Who’s label Track Records: ‘Desdemona’, the legendarily withdrawn ‘Midsummer Night's Scene’, ‘Come And Play With Me In The Garden’ and ‘Go-Go Girl’. * Their mock-live album Orgasm! which was belatedly issued on US label White Whale in 1970. * Andy Ellison’s subsequent solo singles ‘It's Been A Long Time’ (Track), ‘Fool From Upper Eden’ (CBS) and ‘You Can't Do That’ (SNB). * Three tracks by pre-John’s Children band The Silence. * A raft of rare and previously unissued alternative versions and mixes.

The 2-CD set has been compiled with help from Andy Ellison. Their manager Simon Napier-Bell will also be contributing to the detailed sleeve-notes, which are based around excerpts from Ellison’s yet-to-be-published autobiography.

**Enjoy**