Igra otbivatj sharik platformoj skachatj. Kaleidoscope’s debut, named Tangerine Dream (which would inspired a much better known progressive rock band) is one of the finest albums released in 1967, the great year for music, along with Pink Floyd - Piper At Gates of Dawn, Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed, Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde - Of Cabbages and Kings and The Nice - Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack. This is the least progressive of them, but it has its power and some similarities with the psychedelic rock made by Barrett. It seems less progressive since it has not many experimental sounds, no electronics, no jamming and the classical parts are subtle, but the arrangements are excellent, with solid drumming, great guitar, superb vocals by one of the most underrated vocalists ever (Peter Daltrey), beautiful melodies and an efficient psychedelia both in happy songs and sad songs. The lyrics are superb and the production is excellent. The last song is The Sky Children, with 8 minutes. It is not a psychedelic jam neither a suite, but a story telling song with extensive lyrics and a beautiful instrumental arrangement of keyboards and guitar.

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The arrangement does not change much, just some few progressions over the same theme and some heavenly chimes. The vocals are superb and have the right tone to the childish dreamy story. The extensive lyrics are superb constructed and this song even it not being a crazy psychedelic jamming or an early multi-section suite it is a masterpiece of its own. Having performed since 1963 under the name The Sidekicks, they became The Key in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they signed a deal with Fontana Records in January 1967 with the help of the music publisher Dick Leahy. The group consisted of Eddy Pumer on guitar, Steve Clark on bass and flute, and Danny Bridgman on drums and the vocalist Peter Daltrey, who also played various keyboard instruments. Most of the band’s songs were compositions of Pumer’s music and Daltrey’s lyrics.

While the group did not achieve major commercial success in its time, it retains a loyal fan-base and its recordings are remembered in high regard. The band’s first single «Flight from Ashiya» (b/w «Holidaymaker») was released on 15 September 1967 by Fontana Records, a little earlier than the band’s first album Tangerine Dream. The song was telling about an impending plane crash. The single got critical acclaim and quite an amount of radio airplay but failed to reach the charts. Years later, the song has appeared on many compilation albums, including Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964 – 1969, the second box set of the Nuggets series and Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery. Two months later, Tangerine Dream – also produced by Dick Leahy – was released. The album included «Flight From Ashiya», «Please Excuse My Face» and «Dive into Yesterday» which are now considered some the band’s best songs.

Meanwhile the band were aired performing live on several BBC radio shows.A new single was released in 1968 called «Jenny Artichoke» (b/w «Just How Much You Are») that was inspired by Donovan’s, «Jennifer Juniper». After the release the band traveled around Europe, and when in Netherlands supported Country Joe and the Fish at the Amsterdam Concert Hall. Faintly Blowing, again produced by Leahy, was released later, in 1969 by Fontana Records. This time the band’s sound was heavier but the tracks still included psychedelic elements with notable lyrics but it failed to reach the charts.

After the failure of Faintly Blowing, they released two more singles and, after a radio session in BBC Maida Vale Studios, the band took a new name to avoid confusion with the US group. An all too well-hidden gem of the Sixties, this band - whose success was probably hampered by a seemingly endless sequence of name changes - deserved much more success and recognition than they got. This album, released a few months after SGT. PEPPER, was hailed by the Daily Sketch as containing 'The best songs since The Beatles'; notwithstanding the masterly contributions of The Kinks to the genre, this really is a beautifully-crafted set of English pastoral pop, complete with humour, pathos, eeriness and innocence. As well as The Beatles and The Kinks, there are resonances of Small Faces here, but its blend of surrealism and down-to-earth knockabout pre-dates OGDEN'S NUT GONE FLAKE by at least six months. Like many of my favourite albums, it's one to listen to from start to finish, and it's hard to pick a stand-out track; but 'Dive Into Yesterday' and 'Flight From Ashiya' have a spaced-out, slightly sinister feel, while 'Holidaymaker' and 'Jenny Artichoke' (bonus track single) project a sunnier air.

All in all, a soft-psych classic that is a must for any self-respecting Sixties fan.BySean Gilligan.~. Kaleidoscope’s Tangerine Dream is just about the most perfect example of fairy tale psychedelia. A technicolor gem produced at the exact moment British psychedelia went for a full on overkill of whimsy. Silly tweeness abounds, in fact the childlike lyricism is exclusively of the strawberry monkeys / candy forests variety. It’s up to you to decide if that’s a realm you’d be interested in visiting. If you are, you’ll stumble upon one of the prettiest records of the 60′s, one filled with exceedingly well written pop songs and some mildly medieval-esque balladry.