VA — The First Summer of Love: 45 Classic Hits from the Sixties (1997) MP3

MP3 320 kbps | 2h 24 min | Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk Rock, Prog Rock | 359 MB

This is a truly great 60\’s compilation album. All the tracks are original studio recordings as released at the . Unlike many 60\’s compilations it includes US tracks as well as UK. The key to the style of music is in the title — The first summer of love. It represents much of the best music from that era with true Flower Power style (early psycedelia mixed with the developed 60\’s beat style delivered in 3 to 4 minutes each).

Although the brits are well represented, it is the addition of many of the absolute classic Flower Power US artists hits that make this such a great representation of the era. With 45 tracks on two discs it delivers a fantastic sweep of some of the best recordings you could ask for.

This compilation was not released through the high street record chains, it came via supermarkets in the 90\’s, which is why it\’s not so often seen.

Disc 1

1 Scott McKenzie — San Francisco

2 The Byrds — Eight Miles High

3 Canned Heat — Going Up The Country

4 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe

5 Move — Flowers In The Rain

6 The Hollies — Carrie Anne

7 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera

8 Thunderclap Newman — Something In The Air

9 The Association — Windy

10 The Turtles — Happy Together

11 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset

12 The Band — The Weight

13 Donovan — Sunshine Superman

14 The Easybeats — Friday On My Mind

15 The Beach Boys — Good Vibrations

16 Keith — 98.6

17 Harpers Bizarre — 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin\’ Groovy)

18 The Rascals — Groovin\’

19 The Mamas And The Papas — California Dreamin\’

20 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity — This Wheel\’s On Fire

21 The Troggs — Love Is All Around

22 Bob Dylan — Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 And 35

Disc 2

1 Eric Burdon & The Animals — San Franciscan Nights

2 Buffalo Springfield — For What It\’s Worth

3 Traffic — Paper Sun

4 Cream — Strange Brew

5 Jefferson Airplane — Somebody To Love

6 Jethro Tull — Living In The Past

7 Simon Dupree And The Big Sound — Kites

8 Bee Gees — Massachusettes

9 Flower Pot Men — Let\’s Go To San Francisco

10 The Byrds — Mr Tambourine Man

11 Manfred Mann — The Mighty Quinn

12 The Moody Blues — Ride My See

13 Love — Alone Again Or

14 Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale

15 Small Faces, The — Itchycoo Park

16 Three Dog Night — Mama Told Me Not To Come

17 The Troggs — With A Girl Like You

18 Spirit — Fresh Garbage

19 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown — Fire

20 Barry McGuire — Eve Of Destruction

21 Matthews Southern Comfort — Woodstock

22 Gary Puckett And The Union Jack — Young Girl

23 Jimi Hendrix — Purple Haze