Track Records: Backtrack

11-21-08 Backtrack

Track Records U.K. low-priced sampler LP’s from approx. ’69 / ’70:

LP BACKTRACK 1 POLYDOR NZ SP 137

1970 12 TRKS Arthur Brown etc. – Jimi Hendrix cover

LP BACKTRACK 1 TRACK UK 2407 001

1970 12 TRKS Arthur Brown etc.

LP BACKTRACK 2 POLYDOR NZ SP 167

1970 12 TRKS Arthur Brown etc. – Jimi Hendrix cover

LP BACKTRACK 2 TRACK UK 2407 002

1970 12 TRKS Arthur Brown etc.

LP BACKTRACK 3 TRACK UK 2407 003

1970 13 TRKS The Who & Jimi Hendrix

LP BACKTRACK 4 TRACK UK 2407 004

1970 13 TRKS The Who & Jimi Hendrix

LP BACKTRACK 5 TRACK UK 2407 005

1970 13 TRKS The Who & Jimi Hendrix

LP BACKTRACK 6 (Mixed Bag) TRACK UK 2407 006

1970 12 TRKS U.S. R&B material, licensed to Track

LP BACKTRACK 7 (Mixed Bag) TRACK UK 2407 007

1970 12 TRKS

LP HOUSE THAT TRACK BUILT, THE TRACK UK 613 016

1969 13 TRKS

I recently completed this set of sampler records, finally finding a UK copy of Volume 1. It only took me about 27 years! These samplers feature all of the great acts of Track Records – The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Marsha Hunt, Thunderclap Newman etc.

For volumes 1 and 2, in New Zealand, the photo of the child smoking a cigarette apparently didn’t cut it, so they substituted a nice color photo of Jimi Hendrix, usually found in the interior of his “Electric Ladyland”.

“The House That Track Built” is the most desirable LP of the batch, having a Who cut not available otherwise (the true original stereo studio version of “Young Man Blues”).

I have only recently embarked upon the Track Records UK “Allsorts” series. They are only slightly different from the Backtracks – only a few years later (’72 or so?), but it’s the same idea.

I know I’ve written often about Track Records UK – but I find them a fascinating set of folks – one label having all that talent (that specifically appealed to me and many others). All of these Track Record UK “Backtrack” sampler LP’s are very easy to listen to – as the material is nearly all fabulous. Listen and believe!