While the early 70s musical landscape in Britain was largely dominated by introspective singer/songwriters, Bubblegum Pop and underground Rock bands, a handful of acts bravely continued to pursue the classic mid-60s group sound.

With the aid of increasingly sophisticated recording studios, they majored in crisp, muscular, hook-laden three-minute pop songs, bursting with chiming Rickenbacker guitars, irresistible choruses and Beatles/Beach Boys-inspired close harmonies.

A few (Slade, Pilot, the ill-starred Badfinger) found commercial success, but the likes of Starry Eyed And Laughing, Shape Of The Rain and Octopus proved to be the right bands at the wrong – too late for the British Invasion that had swept America in the mid-60s, too early to hitch a ride on the late 70s Power Pop bandwagon.

Tracklist
CD1
1. Rockin' Horse - Biggest Gossip In Town (Single Version) (2:46)
2. Octopus - Rainchild (3:06)
3. Shape of the Rain - I'll Be There (3:41)
4. Starry Eyed And Laughing - Going Down (3:09)
5. Shakane - Please Eliza (3:07)
6. Rotten To The Core - Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (2:44)
7. Bachdenkel - You Lied About Your Age (3:10)
8. Unicorn - Nightingale Crescent (3:36)
9. Rusty - Brighton Rock (3:48)
10. Byzantium - You Made Me Stand Up Straighter (2:24)
11. Raw Holly - Love's Made A Fool Of You (3:46)

CD2
1. Liverpool Echo - Girl On The Train (2:47)
2. Jimmy Campbell - Lonely Norman (3:19)
3. Majority One - Get Back Home (2:48)
4. Shape of the Rain - Second Around (4:08)
5. Atlantis - I Ain't Got The (3:02)
6. Ducks Deluxe - Something's Going On (3:03)
7. Hollywood Brats - Zurich 17 (Be My Baby) (3:05)
8. Octopus - Girlfriend (2:56)
9. Sheephouse - Hole In The Sky (2:29)
10. Billy Bates - Money Makes The World (2:33)
11. Bachdenkel - The Ring Of Truth (2:54)

CD3
1. Shape of the Rain - We're Not Their Boys (4:23)
2. Fresh Air - It Takes Too Long (3:35)
3. Shakane - When You Dance I Can Really Love (3:03)
4. Billy Kinsley - Annabella (3:43)
5. Liverpool Echo - Sally Works Nights (2:46)
6. Rusty - Stay At Home (2:26)
7. Starry Eyed And Laughing - Chimes of Freedom (2:55)
8. Majority One - No Matter What (3:01)
9. Barclay James Harvest - Good Love Child (Remastered) (5:08)
10. P.C. Kent - Little Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Honey-Child Won't You Just Allow Me One More Change, Please (2:36)
11. Iain Matthews - So Sad (Demo) (3:51)
12. Wolfe - Jewel (3:08)
13. Airbus - Walking The Silver Hay (3:34)
14. The First Class - Beach Baby (4:54)
15. Shape of the Rain - From Me And From You (0:57)
16. Rupert Holmes - I Don't Want to Hold Your Hand (3:06)



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