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"The Love I Thought I'd Found" b/w "Strange Affair"
Columbia, UK, DB 8030, Oct. '66.
Some promotional copies of the UK pressing of "The Love I Thought I'd Found" came with a black & white picture sleeve. The photograph is the same on the front and back. It is the "Desdemona" shot of the band, but obviously there is no woman and Geoff is on the shot instead of Marc who was airbrushed in later on for the "Desdemona" sleeve.
"Smashed Blocked" b/w "Strange Affair"
REO, Canada, 8976X, Oct. '66.
"Smashed Blocked" b/w "Strange Affair"
White Whale, US, WW 239, Oct. '66.
The American release of "Smashed Blocked" has two different labels. One features small writing and the other large.
"Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" b/w "But She's Mine"
Columbia, UK, DB 8124, Feb. '67.
"Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" b/w "But She's Mine"
Columbia, Holland, DB 8124, Feb. '67.
"Smashed Blocked" b/w "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get"
Polydor, Germany, 59069, Feb. '67.
"Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed" b/w ?
Columbia, UK, release cancelled.
This was supposed to be the third single but the release was cancelled when John's Children were dropped by Columbia. It is usually mentioned in discographies (with "release cancelled" next to it) but I doubt if any such record actually exists. Pressing cancelled, more likely.
"Desdemona" b/w "Remember Thomas à Becket"
Track, UK, 604 003, May '67.
"Desdemona" b/w "Remember Thomas à Becket"
Polydor, Japan, DP 1560, '67/'68?.
"Desdemona" b/w "Remember Thomas à Becket"
Polydor, Germany, 59104, May '67.
"Desdemona" b/w "Remember Thomas à Becket"
Polydor, Australia, NH-59094, May '67.
"Desdemona" b/w "Remember Thomas à Becket"
Polydor, South Africa, PD.942, '67.
There is also a Russian flexi disc of "Desdemona" which came out around 1995 and was issued in clear, red and green.
"Midsummer Night's Scene" b/w "Sara Crazy Child"
Track, UK, 604 005, Jul. '67, test pressing only.
The most legendary record of all. Not only is "Midsummer Night's Scene" the band's most well known song (along with "Desdemona"), it is also one of the most wanted records of all time among collectors. There only ever was a test pressing (25 to 50 copies, no one seems to remember!) made of the record before the release was withdrawn. There have been several different unofficial repro editions of the record, some even with picture sleeves. From Record Collector, June 2002: A copy of "Midsummer Night's Scene", one of Britain's rarest and most sought-after 45's, has just been auctioned for a record breaking £3,700. Dave Thurbon adds: "The continuing allure of this 45, other than its mega-rarity, is due to its status as a kind of 'ultimate' record. Not just for collectors of UK psych and of Bolan, but also for fans of 60's music in general and proto-punk bands in particular. The single's fame has spread so far that it has become a 'world-class collectable' and will continue to command a stratospheric price on the international market."
"Come And Play With Me In The Garden" b/w "Sara Crazy Child"
SNB 001, Jul. '67, testpress only.
There are 2 types of test pressings for the "Come And Play" white label. One features a typed label and the other is hand written. The Growing Up With John's Children book says: Simon Napier-Bell formed his own label and this record was probably the first fruit of the enterprise. It has a matrix number of SNB 001 A/B and the flip side has a slightly extended take of "Sara Crazy Child". Unlikely to have been released commercially as at this time the band were still under contract to Track records.
"Come And Play With Me In The Garden" b/w "Sara Crazy Child"
Track, UK, 604 005, Aug. '67.
The matrix number is the same as on the "Midsummer Night's Scene" single because that was never commercially released.
"Come And Play With Me In The Garden" b/w "Sara Crazy Child"
Polydor, Germany, 59116, Aug. '67.
Come And Play With Me In The Garden
Polydor, Spain, 51087, Aug. '67.
"Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket"
"Go Go Girl" b/w "Jagged Time Lapse"
Track, UK, 604 010, Oct. '67.
"Go Go Girl" b/w "Jagged Time Lapse"
Polydor, Germany, 59160, Oct. '67.
"Go Go Girl" b/w "Jagged Time Lapse"
RCA, Greece, ?, Oct. '67.
The Smashed Blocked World Of John's Children
Action, ACT 1, 1979, bootleg.
"Go Go Girl" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Sara Crazy Child"
Midsummer Night's Scene
Slack, 604005, 1981, bootleg.
"Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Go Go Girl" / "Cornflake Zoo"
"Midsummer Night's Scene" b/w "Smashed Blocked"
Bam Caruso, OPRA59, jukebox 7".
It's Child's Play
Zonophone, US, DLR 111, 1989, red vinyl, bootleg.
The same EP also appeared shortly after the above pressing, this time from Germany, but on black vinyl. The EP is the band's 1967 BBC Radio One Brian Matthews session, the same BBC recordings that were released on the Smashed Blocked! CD, but in bootleg sound quality.
"Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Daddy Rolling Stone" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Hot Rod Mama".
"Cornflake Zoo 2013" b/w "Smashed Blocked" (The Hypnotic Eye)
Downtown Sound, Austria, HYPEYE003, Apr. 2013.
Specially re-recorded version of "Cornflake Zoo" backed with The Hypnotic Eye's cover version of "Smashed Blocked". Special release for Record Store Day 2013, limited to 300 copies.
The Smashed! Blocked! EP
Acid Jazz, UK, AJX357S, Sep. 2014.
"Desdemona (Why Do You Have To Speak)" / "Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternate Mix)" / "Smashed! Blocked!" / "Sara Crazy Child (German Single Version)".
Desdemona
Munster Records, Spain, MR 7308EP, Apr. 2018.
"Desdemona ('Why Do You Have To Lie' Version)" / "Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Mix)" / "Sara, Crazy Child (German Single Version)" / "Go-Go Girl".
Fourplay
Easy Action Records, UK, EA45067, Jun. 2021.
All versions are alternative mixes.
"But She's Mine" / "Smashed Blocked" / "Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed" / "Remember Thomas à Becket".
The Silence: Forgive Me If I'm Wrong b/w Cold On Me / Down Down
Easy Action Records, UK, EA45051, Jun. 2021.
First ever standalone release for these historic pre-John's Children recordings.
"Forgive Me If I'm Wrong" / "Cold On Me" / "Down Down".
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"It's Been A Long Time" b/w "Arthur Green" (John's Children)
Track, UK, 604 018, Dec. '67.
"Fool From Upper Eden" b/w "Another Lucky Lie"
CBS, 3357, Mar. '68.
"You Can't Do That" b/w "Cornflake Zoo"
SNB 55-3508, May '68.
Promo films, or music videos as they are now known, were shot for "The Love I Thought I'd Found", "Desdemona" and "Come And Play With Me In The Garden". |
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Orgasm
White Whale, US, Mar. '67, release cancelled.
"Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed Blocked" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" |
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Orgasm
White Whale, US, WWS-7128, 1970.
Exists both as promo copies and stock copies. The sleeve with the round image of the band was designed by Dean Torrence (of Jan & Dean). The back cover has a very amusing text explaining the title: no other word could adequately describe the freaked hysteria that the audience was worked up to by these four boys.
"Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed Blocked" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" |
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John's Children
White Whale, Australia, SWWL 933978, 1970.
Same as the US White Whale Orgasm album except that the Australian edition was titled John's Children instead of Orgasm. Label is clean with "Sample copy" badge.
"Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed Blocked" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" |
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The Legendary Orgasm Album
Cherry Red, B RED 31, Oct. '82.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed Blocked" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" / "Strange Affair" (played backwards!) / "But She's Mine" |
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Instant Action
Hawkeye, 010, 1984, bootleg.
"Strange Affair" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Desdemona" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Go Go Girl" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Sally Was An Angel" / "Arthur Green" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Go Go Girl" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Cornflake Zoo" / "Casbah Candy" |
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A Midsummer Night's Scene
Bam Caruso, KIRI 095, 1987.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" / "Strange Affair" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Go Go Girl" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "But She's Mine" |
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Midsummer Night's Scene
Bam Caruso, PABL 095, Jan. '88.
"Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Help!" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Casbah Candy" |
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Playing With Themselves Vol. 1
Zinc Alloy, ZAR MLP 9001.
"Jagged Time Lapse" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Mustang Ford" / "The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" |
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Playing With Themselves Vol. 2
Zinc Alloy, ZAR MLP 9002.
"Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Sally Was An Angel" |
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Smashed Blocked!
Get Back!, GET506, gatefold sleeve, 1998. Reissued by Vinyl Lovers Records (Russia) in 2009, VL 900717LP.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Strange Affair" / "But She's Mine" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Mustang Ford" / "The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Daddy Rolling Stone" / "Hot Rod Mama" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Sally Was An Angel" |
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Jagged Time Lapse
Get Back!, GET509, gatefold sleeve, 1998. Reissued by Vinyl Lovers Records (Russia) in 2009, VL 900700LP.
"Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Go Go Girl" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Help!" / "Casbah Candy" |
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Orgasm
Get Back!, GET510, gatefold sleeve, 1998.
This edition has a different song running order and improved sound quality. As is the case with the Cherry Red Legendary Orgasm Album, "Strange Affair" is still played backwards for no apparent reason. The cover design follows the idea of the intended original artwork from 1967 but is not the same one however.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "You're A Nothing" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Not The Sort Of Girl You'd Take To Bed" / "Cold On Me" / "Why Do You Lie?" / "Strange Affair" / "But She's Mine" / "Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" |
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There's An Eye In The Sky
Easy Action Records, EARS167LP, 2021.
Limited pressing of 700 copies on white vinyl with flip back sleeve.
"The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Strange Affair" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "But She's Mine" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara, Crazy Child" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Go-Go Girl" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Mustang Ford" / "Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed" / "Sally Was An Angel (Vocal)" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" |
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The Legendary Orgasm Album
Cherry Red, CDMRED 31, 1982.
Cherry Red, CDMRED177, 2000 ("Colletor's Edition" with CD in slip case + bonus video of "Smashed Blocked").
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed Blocked" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" / "Strange Affair" / "But She's Mine" |
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A Midsummer Night's Scene
Bam Caruso Records, MARI 095 CD, 1988.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Go Go Girl" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Hippy Gumbo" |
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Smashed Blocked!
Burning Airlines/NMC, Pilot 12, 1997. Reissued by Dynamic Records (Italy) in 2005 as a digipak with the cover design from the Get Back! Records 1998 vinyl edition, DYNA018CD. Also released by Purple Pyramid records, credited to "Marc Bolan & John's Children".
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Strange Affair" / "But She's Mine" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Mustang Ford" / "The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Daddy Rolling Stone" / "Hot Rod Mama" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Sally Was An Angel"
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Jagged Time Lapse
Burning Airlines/NMC, Pilot 18, 1997. Reissued by Dynamic Records (Italy) in 2005 as a digipak with the cover design from the Get Back! Records 1998 vinyl edition, DYNA019CD.
"Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Go Go Girl" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Help!" / "Casbah Candy" |
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John's Children
Trash, LARD 20 07 99, 1999.
"Sara Crazy Child" is a new studio version while "Train In My Head" and "Turned To Stone" are new songs; all three are taken from the Black & White album ("Turned To Stone" has a different guitar solo from the album version). "Midsummer Night's Scene" is a live version from 1992 and "Desdemona" is the "clean" version from 1967.
"Sara Crazy Child" / "Train In My Head" / "Turned To Stone" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Desdemona" |
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Hard-Up Heroes I
Timeless, TML-001, 1999, bootleg.
Split CD of The Creation (tracks 1-11) and John's Children related "rarities" (Creation live tracks and remixes, Bolan demos and JC offshoots like Jook, Jet, Andy Ellison solo).
"Painter Man" / "That's How Strong My Love Is" / "Try And Stop Me" / "I'm A Man" / "That's How Strong My Love Is" / "Making Time" / "Try And Stop Me" / "If I Stay Too Long" / "Painter Man" / "Making Time" / "Sylvette" / "Down Down" / "Cold On Me" / "Forgive Me If I'm Wrong" (mistitled "Forgive Me I'm Gone" on the back) / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Sally Was An Angel" / "Mustang Ford" / "Aggravation Place" / "La La Girl" / "Movin' In The Right Direction" / "Desdemona" / "Cover Girl" / "Don't Waste My Time" / "Buy Chiswick Records" / "Cornflake Zoo" / "Crazy Kids" |
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Live In London (Official Bootleg)
No catalogue number, CD-R, 2000.
Limited edition pre-release promo CD for the Music For The Herd Of Herring live album, manufactured specially for the band's gig in Italy and also distributed via mailorder. All tracks are live versions recorded in 2000.
"But She's Mine" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" |
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John's Children/Jet/Radio Stars: Music For The Herd Of Herring
Voiceprint/Radiant Future, RFVP001CD, 2001.
Live album recorded during the Nothing To Do With Us tour in May 2000. Japanese version has a different sleeve + 3 bonus tracks: "Radio Stars" / "Brian Damage" / "Crazy Kids"
"Intro" / "My River" / "Beast Of Barnsley" / "Nervous Wreck" / "Sex In Chains" / "But She's Mine" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Going Deaf" / Medley: "It Would Be Good" - "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" - "Whangdepootenawah" / "Cover Girl" / "Nothing To Do With Us" / "Barbecutie" / "Johnny Mekon" / "Dirty Pictures" / "No Russians In Russia" / "Desdemona" |
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The Complete John's Children
Burning Airlines/NMC, PILOT 118, 2002.
Double CD with the earlier two NMC releases in one.
"Smashed Blocked" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Strange Affair" / "But She's Mine" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Mustang Ford" / "The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Come And Play With me In The Garden" / "Daddy Rolling Stone" / "Hot Rod Mama" / "Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Sally Was An Angel" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Arthur Green" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Go Go Girl" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Help!" / "Casbah Candy" |
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Come On England (Our English Sons)
JC, 2006.
Promotional CD single of the band's 2006 World Cup song, recorded by Andy, Chris, John Hewlett and Trevor White.
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Black & White
Acid Jazz, AJXCD234, 2011.
It's been a long time coming indeed... the second actual studio album!
"I Got The Buzz" / "Train In My Head" / "Sara Crazy Child" / "Love Is All Around" / "Turned To Stone" / "It's Been A Long Time" (retitled "It's Been A Long Time Coming" on the back cover) / "This Is Your Wife" / "Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" / "Lazy Sunday" / "Joy Rider" / "Oh No (She Wouldn't Swallow It)" / "Eleanor Rigby" |
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A Strange Affair - The Sixties Recordings
Cherry Red/Grapefruit, CRSEG027D, 2013.
By far the best and the most complete collection to date.
"The Love I Thought I'd Found" / "Strange Affair" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "But She's Mine" / "Desdemona" / "Remember Thomas à Becket" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" / "Sara, Crazy Child" / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" / "Go-Go Girl" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Arthur Green" (credited to Andy Ellison) / "It's Been A Long Time" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Fool From Upper Eden" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Another Lucky Lie" (Andy Ellison solo) / "You Can't Do That" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Cornflake Zoo" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Help!" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Casbah Candy" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Hippy Gumbo" (Andy Ellison solo) / "Down Down" (by The Silence) / "Cold On Me" (by The Silence) / "Forgive Me If I'm Wrong" (by The Silence) / "Mustang Ford" / "Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed" / "Sally Was An Angel" (vocal) / "Killer Ben" / "Jagged Time Lapse" / "Smashed! Blocked!" / "You're A Nothing" / "Not The Sort Of Girl" / "Cold On Me" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Let Me Know" / "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" / "Why Do You Lie" / "Strange Affair" (Alternative Mix) / "But She's Mine" (Alternative Mix) / "The Love I Thought I'd Found" (First Version) / "Desdemona" ("Why Do You Have To Lie" Version) / "Remember Thomas à Becket" (Alternative Version) / "Midsummer Night's Scene" (Alternative Version) / "Sara, Crazy Child" (German Single Version) / "Jagged Time Lapse" (Alternative Version) / "It's Been A Long Time" (Andy Ellison solo, Stereo Mix) / "You Can't Do That" (Acetate Version, Andy Ellison solo) / "Hippy Gumbo" (Marc Bolan Vocal) / "Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed" (Alternative Version) / "Sally Was An Angel" (Instrumental) / "Come And Play With Me In The Garden" (Instrumental) / "The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith" (Instrumental) / "Midsummer Night's Scene" (Alternative Mix) |
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Marc Bolan: The Beginning Of Doves
Castle, 491 CMRCD, remastered CD (with 37 tracks), 2002.
A cash-in album put out by Track records but still a great compilation of pre JC Bolan demos (made on Napier-Bell's request to introduce the material to John's Children) and tracks recorded immediately after he quit JC. Lots of JC related tracks, such as "Jasper C. Debussy" which has the same backing track as "Casbah Candy" (which Andy sings), and best of all, Tyrannosaurus Rex doing "Sara Crazy Child", "Hot Rod Mama" and "Sally Was An Angel" etc... A highly interesting release for JC fans. The album has been re-released several times as different budget priced CDs such as Prehistoric, Misty Mist, You Scare Me To Death etc., all of which are comprised more or less of The Beginning Of Doves material.
"Jasper C. Debussy" / "Lunacy's Back" / "Beyond the Risin' Sun" / "Black and White Incindent" / "Observations" / "Eastern Spell" / "You Got the Power" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "Sarah Crazy Child" / "Rings of Fortune" / "Hot Rod Momma" / "Beginning of Doves" / "Mustang Ford" / "Pictures of Purple People" / "One Inch Rock" / "Jasmine Forty-Nine" / "Charlie" / "Misty Mist" / "Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)" / "Sally Was an Angel" |
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The Life And Times Of Marc Bolan
Available from www.birminghambop.co.uk
The Life and Times of Marc Bolan is a compilation of interviews with those who knew Marc personally. On the CD there are interviews with Steve Harley (personal friend from Cockney Rebel); Andy Ellison and Chris Townson (of John's Children); Harry Feld (Marc's brother); Peter Sanders (photographer for four album sleeves) and George Underwood (illustrator for two sleeves and Electric Warrior inner sleeve). |
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Jet: Nothing To Do With Us (A Golden Treasury Of Jet)
Fan Mael, STEMRA C08018, 2000.
The complete recordings of post JC band featuring Andy Ellison, Chris Townson and Martin Gordon.
"Start Here" / "Brian Damage" / "It Would Be Good" / "Song For Hymn" / "Nothing To Do With Us" / "Tittle-Tattle" / "Fax'n'Info" / "My River" / "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" / "Whangdepootenawah" / "Cover Girl" / "Quandary" / "Desdemona" / "Lady Ricochet" / "Horrible Breath" / "My River" / "Start Here" / "Around The World In Eighty Minutes" / "We Love Noise" / "Tax Loss" / "Our Boys" / "Hand On My Heart" / "Johnny Mekon" / "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" / "Song For Hymn" / "Tittle-Tattle" / "Nothing To Do With Us" / "Cover Girl" / "Uncle Evil" / "Don't Cry Joe" / "Antler" |
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Radio Stars: Somewhere There's A Place For Us
Chiswick, CDWIKD 107, 1992.
Compilation of Andy & Martin's post Jet band's stuff, 1977-'79.
"Radio Stars" / "Dirty Pictures" / "The Beast Of Barnsley" / "Nervous Wreck" / "Boy Meets Girl" / "My Mother Said" / "Is It Really Necessary?" / "Arthur Is Dead Boring (Let's Rot)" / "Johnny Mekon" / "Good Personality" / "Dear Prudence" / "Nothing Happened Today" / "Eric" / "Macaroni And Mice" / "(I Got Dem Old) Sex In Chains Blues (Part 1)" / "From A Rabbit" / "Sail Away" / "It's All Over" / "I'm Talking About You" / "Accountancy Blues" / "Baffin Island" / "The Ghost Of Desperate Dan" / "This Is Your Next Life" / "Sitting In The Rain" / "Rock'n'Roll For The Time Being" / "No Russians In Russia" / "The Real Me" / "Somewhere There's A Place For Us" / "Goodnight" |
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Andy Ellison: Fool From Upper Eden
Hyacinth, 025, bootleg, 200?.
Apparently Japanese bootleg compilation of Silence, JC, Andy solo, Jet and Radio Stars tracks. Also released with a different cover design as The Andy Ellison Story.
"Down Down" / "Cold On Me" / "Julie September" (a Silence track [sort of] on which Andy does not appear!) / "Forgive Me If I'm Wrong" / "Desdemona" / "Sara Crazy Child" (1999 version) / "Train In My Head" / "Midsummer Night's Scene" (live version from the 1999 John's Children CD EP) / "Dirty Pictures" / "No Russians In Russia" / "Don't Waste My Time" / "Nice Girls" / "Buy Chiswick Records" / "Get On My Plane" / "Two Minutes Mr. Smith" / "Box 29" / "The Beast #2" / "Dr. Strange" (Paul Roland solo single with Andy & Robin Hitchcock) / "Horrible Breath" / "Help!" / "Casbah Candy" / "Start Here" / "Cover Girl" / "Nothing To Do With Us" / "Another Lucky Lie" / "Fool From Upper Eden" / "Cornflake Zoo" |
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Andy Ellison: Cornflake Zoo
Voiceprint, VP364CD, 2006.
Compilation of Andy's unreleased rarities, lost demos and solo singles 1967-2005.
"You Can't Do That" / "Cornflake Zoo" / "Hippy Gumbo" / "It's Been A Long Time" / "Casbah Candy" / "Help" / "Fool From Upper Eden" / "Lucky Lie" / "Train In My Head" / "To The Beat Of A Different Drummer" / "Life's Too Short" / "Hurt Myself" / "She's So Dissatisfied" / "Something She Said" / "Heather Lane" / "Anyway Goodbye" |
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Andy Ellison: Fourplay
Self published, no catalogue number, 2008.
EP featuring four new solo recordings written, recorded and produced by Andy in 2007.
"Anyway Goodbye" / "She's Trying To Kill Me" / "Cold Light" / "Cluster Bombs" |
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Martin Gordon: The Baboon In The Basement
Radiant Future, RFVP005CD, 2003.
Eggtoss, ETCY-1002, 2003 (Japan).
Jet/Radio Stars/John's Children bass player's debut solo album which also features John's Children drummer Chris Townson.
"It's Like It's Like" / "Anyway Goodbye" / "Terrible Mess (No-Good Shoebomber)" / "Why Do I..." / "Hit Him On The Head (With A Hammer)" / "Only One Dream Per Person" / "The Baboon In The Basement" / "Let's Make Money" / "We Love You" / "The Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles" / "She's So Pleasant Today" / "Good Girls Gone Bad" / "Tonight" / "Greenfinger" / "That Girl" / "Anyway Goodbye (reprise)" |
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| Selected various artists & Marc Bolan compilations featuring John's Children |
This section of the discography is admittedly hopelessly incomplete as JC tracks have appeared and keep on appearing on more compilations over the years than anyone can keep track of. All of this information might not be 100% correct (and there's very little info regarding some of the releases) but these are some compilations JC have appeared on...
Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush
(movie soundtrack, includes "It's Been A Long Time", 1968.)
Maxitrack
(EP with "Desdemona" + 3 by other artists, Track, UK, 2094 011, 1969 - note: Pete Townshend is erroneously credited for producing "Desdemona"!)
The House That Track Built
(includes "Desdemona", Track, UK, 616 016.)
Backtrack 2
(includes "Come And Play With Me In The Garden", Track, UK, 2407 002, 1970.)
Backtrack 7
(includes "Desdemona", Track, UK, 2407 007, 1970.)
Hard On Love
(release cancelled, was to include "Sally Was An Angel", Track, 2410 201, 1972.)
The Beginning Of Doves
(reissue of above, Track, UK, 2410 201, 1974.)
Rare Tracks
(includes "Desdemona", Polydor, 2482 274, 1975.)
Medium Rare
(includes "Come And Play With Me In The Garden", Polydor, 2482 381, 1976.)
Marc (The Words And Music Of Marc Bolan 1947-1977)
(includes "Desdemona" [censored version], Cube, HI FLY 1 [although my copy says 853 019/20, but it's probably a reissue], 1978.)
The Wizard
(includes "Desdemona" and "Midsummer Night's Scene", Prehistoric [bootleg], 1978.)
20th Century Boy
(includes "Desdemona", "Sara Crazy Child" and "Midsummer Night's Scene", EMI, Australia, MARC1, 1978.)
It's Only A Passing Phaze
(includes "Hippy Gumbo", Bam Caruso, MARX 100, 1985.)
The British Psychedelic Trip, Vol.3 1966-1969
(includes "Desdemona", See For Miles, SEE 86, 1987.)
Delusions Of Grandeur #5
(tape, includes "Strange Affair")
Head Sounds From The Bam-Caruso Waxworks #1
(includes "Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get")
Songs Of A Psychedelic Age
(includes "Midsummer Night's Scene")
Unknown Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll
(includes "Smashed Blocked")
Beyond The Rising Sun
(double LP compilation of early Marc Bolan songs/demos and John's Children songs from Orgasm that Bolan doesn't appear on [!], Cambra, CR 115.)
An Exalted Companion (Of T. Rex Nights)
(includes a redone version of "Desdemona" by Andy Ellison, Barracuda Blue, LPUTA7, 1988.)
Electric Sugarcubes Flashbacks Vol. 4
(includes "Cornflake Zoo", AIP, 10052.)
Cosmic Dancer
(a comp LP of Marc Bolan & T. Rex songs from Germany features "Desdemona", 8 56 493, 1990.)
The British Invasion - The History Of British Rock Vol. 7
(includes "Smashed Blocked", Rhino, 1991.)
The British Invasion - The History Of British Rock Vol. 8
(includes "Desdemona", Rhino, 1991.)
The Marc Bolan Festival
(includes the 1992 live version of "Midsummer Night's Scene" that later appeared on the 5 track John's Children CD, Zinc Alloy Records, ZAR CD 9003, 1993.)
When The Tangerine Strikes Twelve: Incredible Sound Show Stories #2
(includes "Daddy Rolling Stone", "The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith", the interview with John Hewlett and "Hot Rod Mama" from the BBC Radio 1 Brian Matthews session in 1967, Dig The Fuzz, LP Dig 004, 1995.)
Yellow Street Boutique: Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol. 5
(includes The Silence's 1966 demos, Dig The Fuzz/Autumn Stone Archives, Dig 009, 1996.)
Happy Together - The Very Best Of White Whale
(includes "Smashed Blocked" (?), Varese Sarabande, 1999.)
The Sixties To Seventies In Search Of Space
(includes "Smashed Blocked".)
The In Crowd: UK Mod R&B/Beat 1964-1967
(includes "The Love I Thought I'd Found", Rpm/Cherry Red, 2001)
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond
(includes "Desdemona" and "Midsummer Night's Scene", Rhino, box set, R2 76787, 2001.)
Mustn't Grumble - The Steve Marriott Memorial Concert 2001
(includes "Lazy Sunday" performed by John's Children, Sanctuary records, 2002.)
Marc Bolan & T. Rex: 20th Century Superstar
(includes "Desdemona", "Midsummer Night's Scene", "Sara Crazy Child" and "The Lilac Hand Of Menthol Dan", Universal, box set, 493 452-2, 2002.)
Jeff Beck: Shapes Of Things - '60s Groups & Sessions
(includes "But She's Mine", Castle, CMEDD702, 2003.)
One More Time For The Ol' Tosser - Steve Marriott Memorial Concert London Astoria 2001
(includes "Lazy Sunday" and "It's Too Late", Wapping Warf, DWWLCD01, 2004.)
Rare Mod: A Collection Of 60's Underground Rhythm'n'Blues, Psych & Soul
(includes "Down Down" and "Cold On Me" by The Silence, Acid Jazz, AJXCD/LP211, 2009.)
Sugar Lumps 3: A Psychedelic Selection of Groovy Movers and Sweet Freakbeat...
(includes "Train In My Head", Acid Jazz, AJXLP214, 2010.)
Rare Mod Volume 3
(includes "Desdemona (Alternate Take)", Acid Jazz, AJXLP238, 2011.)
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