Title: London Social Degree Artist: Dana Gillespie Label: Rev-Ola Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 735850275000 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2018-12-07 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
An all but ubiquitous figure in the colourful and crazy backstory of the nonstop London folk/psych/glam/ theatrical demi-mondes, Dana Gillespie is forever both a challenging artiste and a legendary beauty. Her two1968-69 Decca/London Records albums, Foolish Seasons and Box of Surprises, are classics of their kind, wherein she totally masters and slightly twists the 'swinging' pop-cultural mix around her, and looks forward to her forays into theatre/glam/post rock, spiritual music, and her beloved blues... like the soundtrack to a hell of a movie which *should* have been made... had there only been talent and courage enough to make it! From Northern Soul/Freakbeat- like dancers, to swinging London anthems, to quirky, oddly theatrical story songs, to folk blues, perhaps this collection is all the movie we need! Both her marvellous 68-69 Decca/ London LPs on one CD
Tracks: 1.1 You Just Gotta Know My Mind 1.2 Tears in My Eyes 1.3 Life Is Short 1.4 Souvenirs of Stefan 1.5 Can't You See I'm Dreaming 1.6 No! No! No! 1.7 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 1.8 London Social Degree 1.9 Dead 1.10 Foolish Seasons 1.11 Where Will You Be 1.12 Hard Lovin' Loser 1.13 Box of Surprises 1.14 Like I'm a Clown 1.15 Taffy 1.16 When Darkness Fell 1.17 For David, the Next Day 1.18 If You're Dreaming 1.19 Foolish Seasons 1.20 Grecian Ode 1.21 By Chasing Dreams 1.22 I Was a Book 1.23 Describing You 1.24 I Would Cry
