Wow, how come I've not discovered The Revolving Paint Dream until now? Perfect 60s psychedelic pop, reinterpreted in inimitable early Creation records style. It seems like the Creation back catalogue just wants to keep on delivering a car boot full of new discoveries for me, and the collector in me wants to have them all.
Have a read of The Beautiful Music's introduction to Revolving Paint Dream, and download the two tracks they have available - I want to don some paisley and grow my fringe even longer as a result of listening to "Flowers In The Sky" and "Green Sea Blue". What a great blog, too - I think I'll be reading it quite often now!
Buy Flowers In The Sky: The Enigma of The Revolving Paint Dream at Cherry Red.
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As ever, you're on the button! I first heard Revolving Paint Dream when I bought Wild Summer Wow for a quid and was floored by 'In The Afternoon'. It was around the same time I was discovering Pam Berry and that song seemed like on that Pam could've done beautifully. The cd is well worth snaffling!
Thought you might appreciate the review I wrote of this compilation a while back in Plan B...
Mystery surrounds the identity of this most enigmatic of early Creation Records bands. Rumours abounded of burnt studio tapes, drunken naked airport liaisons. Phones are slammed down, leaving unanswered questions: pink swastikas daubed on walls...
Hell. I was there. Creation Records started for this group, a spin-off from fiery post-Scars Scots combo The Laughing Apple (its first release was supposed to be a Legend!/Revolving Paint Dream split seven-inch). Then The Legend! showed his true colours. But...wait. I was in The Revolving Paint Dream for a short while, sharing vocals with future Blair buddy Alan McGee, before egos clashed and McGee formed the equally psychedelic and late Sixties beat-influenced Biff! Bang! Pow! and passed along the moniker to fellow ex-Apple Andrew Innes. Innes, meanwhile, had been creating insurrectionary trails in The Formica Tops with the mysterious ‘Ken’, shared a couple of shows with Fixed Grin (featuring The Legend!) and...a chorus as well, to judge from this compilation of scarce RPD moments, on ‘Stop The World’ (RPD)/‘Got The Wrong Idea’ (TL!). I have no idea whose version came first. Paper sleeves got folded; colours got splattered across screens: paisley and pastel shirts were worn; ‘Slaughter’ Joe Foster was involved somewhere, and one, maybe two, albums and a handful of singles were released and then...nothing.
A tight-lipped Innes later resurfaced in Primal Scream alongside ex-Wake member Bobby Gillespie, Foster went on to found the excellent Rev-Ola imprint, McGee is currently DJ-ing at punk revivalist club Death Disco, while The Legend! has disappeared into rightful obscurity. The legacy is collected here with suitably out-of-register artwork, redolent, evocative of far more innocent times when aspiring to be Arthur Lee mattered, chock-full of tunes and attitude. Recommended.
Excellent review, ET. I haven't bought the compilation yet but it is now high on the agenda.
Alex, thank you for mentioning my blog and and you have quite impressive readers like Brogues and Jerry who added some very interesting insight to the story. Ken Popple from the RPD was also in a band called The Midget Submarines who were supposed to record a TVP cover for us but has seemed to vanish. If you would like copies of the TVP tributes please let me know (they feature E.T.) and I will be happy to send them your way.
hey, that comp was actually the first our dear brogues recommended to me. it came out during the time i was in glasgow, and i remember walking the streets to the sound of "burn this house down to the ground" and "mother wash my tears away". so great. the liner notes by j.c. brouchard are pretty ace as well.
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