THE OPTICAL SOUND: EPISODE 1

 

TRACKLIST:
01 THE CRYAN' SHAMES  "SUGAR AND SPICE" (JUN '66 A-SIDE SINGLE)
02 THE CRYAN' SHAMES  "BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANAC" (JUN '66 B-SIDE SINGLE)
03 SAGITTARIUS "VIRGO" (AUG '67 B-SIDE SINGLE)
04 SAGITTARIUS "HOTEL INDISCREET" (AUG '67 A-SIDE SINGLE)
05 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "RUNNIN' ROUND THIS WORLD" (FEB '66 B-SIDE SINGLE)
06 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "IT'S NO SECRET" (FEB '66 A-SIDE SINGLE)
07 SAN FRANSISCO EARTHQUAKE "SOPHIA" (JAN '69 A-SIDE SINGLE)
08 SAN FRANSISCO EARTHQUAKE "HOLD THE NIGHT" (JAN '69 B-SIDE SINGLE)
09 NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N "I WANT ACTION" (JUL '68 B-SIDE SINGLE)
10 NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N "BEHOLD THE LILIES" (JUL '68 A-SIDE SINGLE)
11 GENE CLARK "I THINK I'M GONNA FEEL BETTER" (JAN '67 MONO LP) 
12 THE APPLETREE THEATRE "HIGHTOWER SQUARE" (NOV '67 A-SIDE SINGLE)
13 THE APPLETREE THEATRE "WHO DO I THINK I AM" (NOV '67 B-SIDE SINGLE)

THE APPLETREE THEATRE - WHAT A WAY TO GO / LOTUS FLOWER, MARCH 1968

No need for any sweet talking, 'What A Way To Go' by The Appletree Theatre is a gorgeous tune with gorgeous lyrics, and I'm quite thrilled to know it.  It's a perfect fit for those of us who are 'world weary' and prefer to 'get lost in the soundscape' so to speak.  Brother Terrance Boylan was the primary writer of the song and was most assuredly going for a 'Day In The Life' feel.  He succeeded in doing so as this song closes out the Appletree Theatre's Playback album perfectly.  Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful was also featured on this record.

The flipside 'Lotus Flower' is a more upbeat instrumental number featuring some killer backwards tape effects.