Name: High in the Morning – British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973
Brand: Various

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CRSEGBOX117

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

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Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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UPC / Barcode

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various

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Classic

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Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a UK-based music label that specializes in psych/garage-era music from the 1966-70 timeframe. Managed by Cherry Red, Grapefruit focuses on releasing single-artist career anthologies and definitive versions of rare and classic albums. Each release features sympathetic artwork, rare photos, detailed liner notes, and high-quality sound from the original masters.

Latest instalment of Grapefruit’s popular year-by-year overviews of the more melodic end of the early 70s UK progressive rock scene. A four-hour compilation featuring big hits, key album tracks, cult classics and rarities from 1973.

1973 was another significant year in British pop, with the recent arrival of glam – including the Bryan Ferry-led Roxy Music, who proved that “avant rock” could be a commercial proposition – inspiring many underground bands to adopt a more streamlined sound.

That more song-based approach helped give the 1973 singles chart a new energy, with memorable 45s from Mott The Hoople, Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Faces, Status Quo, Medicine Head and Nazareth.

Though they fell short of the charts, some of the era’s more idiosyncratic singer-songwriter talents – Kevin Ayers, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne – also issued much-loved, radio-friendly singles.

On the live circuit, the UK free festival scene was dominated by a new hippie/glam/space rock convergence, with brand leaders Hawkwind joined by the likes of The Pink Fairies and Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come.

Featuring all of the above names as well as Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Caravan, Procol Harum, Stealers Wheel, Roy Wood, Rare Bird, Badfinger, Free, Family and many others, ‘High In The Morning’ is a fascinating three-CD, four-hour appraisal of the 1973 British rock and pop scene.

Housed in a clamshell box that features a classic crowd shot from that year’s Windsor free festival, High In The Morning includes a 48-page booklet that’s packed with rare photos, quotes and biographical information.

1 ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS (album version) – Mott The Hoople 2 JOYBRINGER – Manfred Mann’s Earthband 3 SURPRISE, SURPRISE – Caravan 4 MARLENE – Kevin Coyne 5 THE SERGEANT SAYS – Spirogyra 6 WILDFIRE – Rococo 7 MEDUSA – Dr. Marigold’s 8 RANDOLPH’S TANGO – Thin Lizzy 9 A RUM TALE – Procol Harum 10 TERMINAL EYES- Al Stewart 11 AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MASTER (single version) – Bachdenkel 12 STAR – Stealers Wheel 13 RAGGED RAIN LIFE – Duncan Browne 14 HIGH IN THE MORNING – Rare Bird 15 BIRDMAN – Joe Soap 16 URBAN GUERRILLA – Hawkwind 17 LOVE IS EASY – Badfinger 18 MR CUSTER – Paul Brett 19 ALL THE FALLEN TEEN ANGELS – Mouse 20 TOWERS – Mick Audsley 21 TOO HOT TO HANDLE (alternative early mix) – Ducks Deluxe 22 PICK UP THE PHONE – Patto

1 DO THE STRAND – Roxy Music 2 CARIBBEAN MOON – Kevin Ayers 3 (I DON’T WANNA LOVE YOU) BUT YOU GOT ME ANYWAY – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver 4 TRAVELLIN’ IN STYLE – Free 5 PALE GREEN VAUXHALL DRIVING MAN – Prowler 6 RUNNING AWAY – Duffy 7 SHOWDOWN – England’s Glory 8 ON THE FRONTIER – Shoot 9 CAROLINE (album version) – Status Quo 10 THE AWARD – Fantasy 11 TEMPLE SONG – Greenslade 12 ORANGE SONG – Rupert Hine 13 RISING SUN – Medicine Head 14 DREAMS (STORY OF OUR TIME/BENEATH THIS SKY) – Ithaca 15 HOLD ON TO YOUR FIRE – Libido 16 SWEET DESIREE – Family 17 LEGAL EAGLE SHUFFLE – The Spencer Davis Group 18 COME ALIVE (aka SLOW ROCK) – Kingdom Come 19 CITY KIDS – Pink Fairies 20 DIRTY DICK* – Streak 21 BUFFALO (full-length version) – Writing On The Wall

1 SWAMPSNAKE – Sensational Alex Harvey Band 2 BROKEN DOWN ANGEL – Nazareth 3 16 AND SAVAGED – Silverhead 4 MAN FROM GALILEE – Fairfield Ski 5 GIRL SAID TO ME – Liverpool Echo 6 ALWAYS – The Big Three 7 FOOL’S GOLD – Hemlock 8 POOL HALL RICHARD – Faces 9 GOLD MEDALLIONS – Tucky Buzzard 10 WORLD – Curved Air 11 MOVING MOOR – Complex 12 ENGLISH MORNING – Jade Warrior 13 I DON’T NEED NOBODY – Shape Of The Rain 14 NOT FADE AWAY – Frank White 15 FOREVER – Roy Wood 16 I’LL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND – Byzantium 17 OUT ON THE ROAD – Patrick Campbell-Lyons 18 BANK HOLIDAY – Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts 19 SITTING IN THE MIDDAY SUN – The Kinks 20 I’M GONNA GET YOU – Reform 21 A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL (album version) – Bryan Ferry 22 DO THE STANLEY – Stackridge *previously unreleased