Name: Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind *
Brand: Cicadelic
SKU: 560055
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Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind *

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Album: Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Punkin' Doodle
2)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
3)	P's and Q's
4)	Love's Made a Fool of You
5)	Silver and Gold
6)	La Do Da Da
7)	Just Two Days Ago
8)	Mary Lou
9)	Your Turn to Cry
10)	Pretty Things-Oh
11)	Just Two Days Ago
12)	Baby, My Heart
13)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
14)	Pennies
15)	Since You Broke My Heart
16)	So You Say
17)	Silver and Gold
18)	It Ain't No Big Thing Baby
19)	You Can't Say We Never Tried
20)	High Life
21)	Now's the Time
22)	Desert Wind
23)	Weep No More My Lady
24)	I Must Be Doing Something Wrong
25)	Look Homeward Angel
26)	Pennies
27)	Silver and Gold
28)	Since You Broke My Heart
29)	La Do Da Da
30)	Alright!
31)	Nancy Whiskey - (featuring Val Stecklein)
32)	Desert Wind - (featuring Val Stecklein)
33)	You Can't Say We Never Tried [Take Seven] - (take)
34)	1965 Concert Radio Ad #1 - (previously unreleased)
1)	High Life
2)	Girl from the North Country
3)	Doll House
4)	It Ain't No Big Thing, Baby
5)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
6)	I Can't Have Yesterday
7)	Now's the Time
8)	Man on the Street, The
9)	Honor the Hearse
10)	Waiting for Changes
11)	I'll Make It Up to You
12)	Sounds of Yesterday
13)	Hollow
14)	Coney Island of Your Mind, The
15)	Orange Rooftop of Your Mind, The
16)	One Hour Cleaners
17)	You Can Live in Our Tree
18)	Twist and Shout
19)	You Took the Flight
20)	Caroline
21)	Hey Joe
22)	Talk Talk
23)	I'm a Man
24)	My Generation
25)	Somebody Help Me
26)	Yes My Friend
27)	Can't Explain
28)	Doll House - (previously unreleased)
29)	I Can't Have Yesterday - (previously unreleased)
30)	1966 Concert Radio Ad #2 - (previously unreleased)
31)	Mid-Continent Productions Radio Ad, 1966 - (previously unreleased)

Album: Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Punkin' Doodle
2)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
3)	P's and Q's
4)	Love's Made a Fool of You
5)	Silver and Gold
6)	La Do Da Da
7)	Just Two Days Ago
8)	Mary Lou
9)	Your Turn to Cry
10)	Pretty Things-Oh
11)	Just Two Days Ago
12)	Baby, My Heart
13)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
14)	Pennies
15)	Since You Broke My Heart
16)	So You Say
17)	Silver and Gold
18)	It Ain't No Big Thing Baby
19)	You Can't Say We Never Tried
20)	High Life
21)	Now's the Time
22)	Desert Wind
23)	Weep No More My Lady
24)	I Must Be Doing Something Wrong
25)	Look Homeward Angel
26)	Pennies
27)	Silver and Gold
28)	Since You Broke My Heart
29)	La Do Da Da
30)	Alright!
31)	Nancy Whiskey - (featuring Val Stecklein)
32)	Desert Wind - (featuring Val Stecklein)
33)	You Can't Say We Never Tried [Take Seven] - (take)
34)	1965 Concert Radio Ad #1 - (previously unreleased)
1)	High Life
2)	Girl from the North Country
3)	Doll House
4)	It Ain't No Big Thing, Baby
5)	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
6)	I Can't Have Yesterday
7)	Now's the Time
8)	Man on the Street, The
9)	Honor the Hearse
10)	Waiting for Changes
11)	I'll Make It Up to You
12)	Sounds of Yesterday
13)	Hollow
14)	Coney Island of Your Mind, The
15)	Orange Rooftop of Your Mind, The
16)	One Hour Cleaners
17)	You Can Live in Our Tree
18)	Twist and Shout
19)	You Took the Flight
20)	Caroline
21)	Hey Joe
22)	Talk Talk
23)	I'm a Man
24)	My Generation
25)	Somebody Help Me
26)	Yes My Friend
27)	Can't Explain
28)	Doll House - (previously unreleased)
29)	I Can't Have Yesterday - (previously unreleased)
30)	1966 Concert Radio Ad #2 - (previously unreleased)
31)	Mid-Continent Productions Radio Ad, 1966 - (previously unreleased)

Performer Notes

Recording information: Audio House, Lawrence, KS (??/1963-12/1966); Damon Studios, Kansas City (??/1963-12/1966); Studio B, Nashville, TN (??/1963-12/1966); Sullivan Studios, Oklahoma City (??/1963-12/1966); Audio House, Lawrence, KS (??/1965-03/1967); Damon Studios, Kansas City (??/1965-03/1967); Studio B, Nashville, TN (??/1965-03/1967); Sullivan Studios, Oklahoma City (??/1965-03/1967); Audio House, Lawrence, KS (05/1965-11/1965); Damon Studios, Kansas City (05/1965-11/1965); Studio B, Nashville, TN (05/1965-11/1965); Sullivan Studios, Oklahoma City (05/1965-11/1965); Audio House, Lawrence, KS (07/07/1964-09/??/1964); Damon Studios, Kansas City (07/07/1964-09/??/1964); Studio B, Nashville, TN (07/07/1964-09/??/1964); Sullivan Studios, Oklahoma City (07/07/1964-09/??/1964).
Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind is easily the biggest single-release Blue Things collection ever (or likely to be) compiled. The two-disc set contains no less than 65 tracks spread across two-and-a-half hours, including 16 unreleased cuts and three radio ads (for the Blue Things, not by the Blue Things). Since this does have everything from their sole album and all of their non-LP A-sides and B-sides, one hesitates to point out some relatively minor problems, especially since the LP and 45s comprise some of the finest obscure mid-'60s American folk-rock and early psychedelia. Still, those flaws are the kind of things completists might want to know about. First, the unreleased versions of the outtakes "Desert Wind" and "Waiting for Changes" are distinctly inferior to the previously issued versions of these songs (which are not included on this anthology), missing some backup vocals in each case. While it's good for collectors to have the 45 version of "I Must Be Doing Something Wrong," with an oboe (missing from the LP version) that's alternately effective and irritating, ultimately it's not as good as the oboe-less one. The mix of "Now's the Time," a jangly folk-rock highlight of the group's LP, sounds oddly flat and unbalanced. And while all the previously unreleased material is a boon for Blue Things fans, much of it's devoted to relatively slightly different versions of songs that have already seen the light of day elsewhere, either on official mid-'60s Blue Things releases or reissues that dug up some unissued stuff. The previously unheard tracks do include a good straight-out rock & roll number from a 1964 session ("Punkin' Doodle") and a nice version of "I Can't Have Yesterday" with a significantly different folk-rock arrangement than the official LP rendition, but the hit covers from a December 1966 session are fairly uninteresting. And finally, though the 24-page booklet offers lengthy liner notes and lots of photos, it somehow fails to include songwriting credits anywhere. Do all these picky complaints mean you should avoid this release? Of course not; there's lots of fine music here that will appeal to both the general folk-rock/psychedelic/garage fan and the Blue Things devotee. Val Stecklein shines as one of the era's finest overlooked singers and songwriters throughout most of the program, and many listeners looking for something that crosses the Byrds, Beau Brummels, and early Beatles will be pleased and excited if they haven't yet come across the group. Still, the general fan's better off trying to find the 2001 CD reissue of their sole LP (on Rewind, with non-LP bonus tracks from mid-'60s singles). Additionally, the completist should also know for all this two-CD set's generous length, it doesn't quite have everything, a few outtakes remaining available only on some earlier Blue Things LP and CD collections on the Cicadelic label. ~ Richie Unterberger