Pop Party!

Pop Party (1968)

Polydor Special UK 236 517/8/9

Record No. 1

Side One
BEE GEES – Massachusetts
AMBOY DUKES – Simon Says
CREAM – Cat’s Squirrel (“Trad. arr. Splurge”)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Purple Haze
FAIRPORT CONVENTION – If I Had A Ribbon Bow
THE WHO – Substitute

Side Two
THE WHO – Circles
BEE GEES – New York Mining Disaster 1941
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – 51^st Anniversary (B-Side)
JOHNNIE YOUNG – Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Man Will Show You (written by the Bee Gees)
NORMIE ROWE – But I Know (written by Paul Korda)
JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY – A Kind Of Love In (B-Side)

Record No. 2

Side One
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Hey Joe
CREAM – N.S.U. (Mr. Brown, what does “N.S.U.” stand for?)
BEE GEES – To Love Somebody
CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – Give Him A Flower (B-Side)
NORMIE ROWE – Ooh La La (written by “Shaw/Keen”?)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION – If (Stomp) (B-Side)

Side Two
THE WHO – I’m A Boy
CREAM – I Feel Free
AMBOY DUKES – Judy In Disguise
THE SHEVELLS – Big City Lights (And Country Boy Bill)
BLOSSOM TOES – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (written by Bob Dylan)
THE BEATLES – Ain’t She Sweet (sung by John Lennon)

Record No. 3

Side One
JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY – This Wheel’s On Fire (written by Bob Dylan)
TONY RIVERS & THE CASTAWAYS – I Can Guarantee You Love
SOUNDS INCORPORATED – How Do You Feel
THE WHO – In The City (B-Side)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Stone Free
BEE GEES – I Can’t See Nobody

Side Two
CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – Devil’s Grip (pre-“Fire!” A-Side)
CREAM – Wrapping Paper
JOHNNIE YOUNG – Craise Finton Kirk (written by the Bee Gees)
WILLIAM E. – Lazy Life
THE MONOPOLY – House Of Lords (on the label of the record, this is listed as being performed by “Raymond Froggatt”) (written by the Bee Gees)
THE BEATLES – Cry For A Shadow (fabulous instrumental)

Certainly a curious period piece! Many fine B-sides and ‘rarities’ by well-known (and loved) artists – as well as some artists that many of us have not heard of! The Amboy Dukes is, of course, Ted Nugent. I believe both Johnnie Young and Normie Rowe are Australian performers (hence the Bee Gees songs?). Who are The Shevelles? Blossom Toes featured guitarist Brian Godding (who was later in Magma). Who are Tony Rivers & The Castaways? I believe Sounds Incorporated worked with Joe Meek (very likely before this performance). Who is William E.? Is The Monopoly and Raymond Froggatt one in the same? Probably the coolest songs here that aren’t by the obvious artists are the tunes by Sounds Incorporated and The Monopoly / Raymond Froggatt. Interesting choice of Bee Gees’ cover versions, eh? “House of Lords” is just great!