Sunshine Pop and Psych Pop & Rock Collections from the 60's & early 70's

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Watch out for the glare: ANOTHER SUNSHINE TRIPLE WHAMMY!!!

The Sunshine Cover-Up - Recordings from 1966 - 1972. This one is certainly heavy on the Sunshine and features a big 'Sunshine Bounce' section smack in the middle. Artists include John & Anne Ryder, Brian Hyland (an un-reissued, non-LP B-side), Michele & Jeff (with a Tony Macauley song), The Archies, The Capes Of Good Hope, The Silver Eagle, yet another fantastic version of Marks & Almer's Shadows & Reflections by The Lownly Crowde and Sort Of favorites The Joyride. Writers, arrangers and producers include Marty Wilde, Ellie Greenwich, Lou Stallman, Artie Butler, Lennon & McCartney, Mann & Weil, Vance & Pockriss, a Sedaka & Greenfield song performed by Lou Christie and produced by Biddu and even a Baroque arrangement for The Capes Of Good Hope by Chuck Mangione! A whopping 31 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
The Golden Afterthought - Recordings from 1966 - 1972. Running the gamut from Sunshine touched straight-ahead pop to psych folk rock and Sunshine Baroque soft pop it all reeks of Sunshine. Among the artists are Judy Branch with what might be the earliest version of I Think I'll Just Go And Find Me A Flower
, The Executives, The Rainy Day Friends, The Pastors, The Group (who sound just like The Groop), the amazing Silver Eagle, Sundae (who may be yet another configuration of The Tokens or The Happenings), The Wreck-A-Mended (who we're certain are another configuration of The Tokens or The Happenings), The Cuff Links, and Joanie Sommers. Writers, arrangers and producers include Jerry Keller, Cole Porter, Vance & Pockriss, Dory Previn, Al Kasha, Sandy Linzer and Bonner & Gordon. 30 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
The Sunshine That Wasn't There - Recordings from 1966 - 1975. A veritable potpourri of Sunshine, this one is at times heavy on the psych and garage inspired Sunshine or Sunshine inspired garage yet never leaves the sunny terrain. Artists include a couple of reinvented teeners in the guise of Johnny Cymbal circa 1967 (using his own name) and a rare, un-reissued garagey Del Shannon track from '66. Some of the others are Splinter, The Unspoken Word (with what may be the original version of On A Beautiful Day, United States Double Quartet (The Tokens and The Kirby Stone Four), the 1974 configuration of The Love Generation doing what might be the first version of Shoes (Johnny and Louise) and speaking of Shoes, Reparata herself. Writers, arrangers and producers include Jimmy Wisner, Perry Botkin, Jr., Vance & Pockriss, Goffin & King, Mann & Weil, Macauley, Cook & Greenaway, Rupert Holmes and George Tobin. 30 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
All of the tracks have been audio cleaned. Stereo tracks are noted on the track listing pages. Some of the records are extremely rare and there may be an occasional pfft but they are very few and far between and DEFINITELY worth the almost unnoticeable inconvenience. $20.00 for each individual CD includes shipping via USPS in the continental USA.

A Delayed SUNSHINE WHAMMY!!

Delayed Sunshine - This was supposed to be a part of the Double Whammy just below but it was delayed. Delayed or not, this is another sensational collection of sunshine and psych pop, rock and folk from the mid to late 60's and early 70's ('66 to '73) that has been long delayed in being heard. We open the set with a 3 song tribute to the word "groovy" and gradually segue into a wonderful social commentary section featuring Jimmy Curtiss' Johnny Get Your Gun, possibly one of the best anti-war songs of all time. Some of the other artists include United States Double Quartet, Brian Hyland (a non-LP, non-reissued B-side), The Split Level (another non-LP track), The Aubrey Twins, Twinn Connexion, Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch, Donafaye, The Will-O-Bees, The Original Caste (yes, we know) and The Lonesome Rhodes. Some of the writers and producers include Lambert & Potter, Rod McKuen, Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi, Hilary Lipsitz & Anne Phillips and Wes Farrell & Tony Romeo. 29 amazing tracks in all. To see full track listing, click here. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA.

The Sunshine Pop Saga Continues With A New SUNSHINE DOUBLE WHAMMY
Featuring Even MORE Of The Most Obscure Sunshine Recordings You've Never Heard Of!!!

All of the collections on this page have our highest rating:


Undiscovered Sunshine - Undiscovered, until now that is, here is another collection of sunshine and psych pop from the late 60's and a few early 70's (our broadest ranged package, '65 to '74). Some of the artists: The Fountain of Youth (Monkees label mates), Four Jacks & A Jill, The Jackals, Wichita Fall (a non-LP track), The Gross National Product and The Beau Gentry. Some of the writers and producers include Al Kooper, Jeff Barry, Cook & Greenaway (of My Baby Loves Lovin' fame), Ray Davies, Ted Glasser, Jerry Keller and Trade Martin. A Whopping 32 tracks! To see full track listing, click here. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA.
Mislaid Sunshine - The stuff on this one is so obscure that we had trouble gathering imagery for the package design...just lucky we have a couple of album tracks on there that are featured in the catalog. This one fits tightly into the years '65 to '70. Some of the artists include The Gentle Touch, The Sugar Shoppe, Copper Penny, The Berkeley Kites, The Playhouse, Ginny Tiu & The Few, Candlewick Green (Lally Stott), The Robbs, The Joyride and yes, Donafaye! The writers & producers list includes Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch, Jeff Barry, Lee Pockriss, Anne Phillips, Gary Loizzo, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Bob Lind, Ray Whitley and the fabulous and under-rated Roger Nichols! 29 tracks. To see complete track listing, click here. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA. These collections are FANTASTIC! Don't miss our original Sunshine and Golden compilations a bit further down the page.

The Third Wave: THE SUNSHINE TRIPLE WHAMMY!!!

The Sunshine Revelation - Recordings from 1967 - 1970. The cheeriest of this triple play of Sunshine, our shall we say, glazed donut of Sunshine Pop? Okay, here we go: Artists include The Pufnstuf, The Spectrum, The Gibsons, Phluph, Ginny Tiu & The Few, The Yellow Payges, Gingerbread, The Bubblegum Machine, John, Jeffrey & Brother Tom (sounding remarkably like label-mates The Cowsills) and yes indeedy, some sunshine from Sally Field and even more from Merv Griffin & The Griffin Family Singers!!!! Writers, arrangers and producers include Brian Lane & Don Gould, Michael Gore & Carole Bayer, Kornfeld & Duboff, Tony Romeo, Felton Jarvis, Roger Nichols & Paul Williams, Bo Gentry & Ritchie Cordell, Jimmy "The Wiz" Wisner and Charles Koppelman. 29 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
The Golden Gone - Recordings from 1967 - 1974. Possibly our prettiest and most melodious collection to date. Just delicious. Artists include Mome Rath, Chris & Peter Allen, Austin Roberts, Capes of Good Hope, Tim Hollier, The Fortunes, Wind, The Sweet Tymes (with the original female version of Twinn Connexion's "I Think I Know Him"), Twinn Connexion, Dino, Desi & Billy, and The Jay Five. Purists may object to the inclusion of Primo People's "Better Late Than Never" from '74 deeming it too late to be real Sunshine Pop but it was behind the times and fits snugly into the package (trust us). Purists may also not find the more mainstream pop "Patterns" by Barbara Cooper appropriate but when you hear the segues, you'll get it. Writers, arrangers and producers include Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Paul Simon, Kasha & Hirschhorn, Cashman, Pistilli & West, Joan (Joni) Mitchell, Hillary Lipsitz & Anne Phillips, Bo Gentry & Joey Levine, Roger Nichols & Paul Williams, David Gates and John Phillips. 27 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
Buried Sunshine - Recordings from 1966 - 1971. Definitely our most Psych and Folk Sunshine collection...and of course the Sunshine Pop is not overlooked. We've made this a Wichita Fall/Five Americans sandwich beginning and ending with a track by each. Other artists include The Lewis & Clarke Expedition, The Gross National Product, Bristol Boxkite, Phluph, Chapter V, The Hobbits, The Split Level, Four Jacks & A Jill, The Lonesome Rhodes, The Giant Jellybean Copout (featuring the elusive Bob Dileo) and three super psych re-invented teeners Tommy Roe, Eddie Hodges and Tommy Sands - you will be amazed! Writers, arrangers and producers include Jack Keller, Dennis Lambert, Shelly Pinz & Paul Leka, Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss, Jim Ryan (of the Critters), Lesley Duncan and Larry Marks & Tandyn Almer. 29 tracks. For complete listing, click here.
All of the tracks have been audio cleaned. Stereo tracks are noted on the track listing pages. Some of the records are extremely rare and there are occasional pffts but they are few and far between and DEFINITELY worth the minor inconvenience. $20.00 for each individual CD includes shipping via USPS in the continental USA.
Sunshine Compiler's Note: Recordings by Mome Rath, The Pufnstuf and Punch while rooted firmly in the late 60's Sunshine vibe all foretell the coming of ABBA and through these recordings, ABBA can proudly trace it's lineage directly to groups like The Mamas & Papas and The 5th Dimension. The Pufnstuf sound remarkably like Olivia Newton John (at times backed by ABBA themselves). So much so that we spent exhaustive hours of research trying to find out who the singer of these tracks is so if anyone knows, please tell us!

Our second wave of Sunshine Pop / Psych Pop collections



Abandoned Sunshine - Not only did we abandon the sunshine but we abandoned the hope and vision it stood for. I could easily say why but this isn't a sociology lesson. But though the sunshine was abandoned you can recapture it for a while in a big way with the fantastic motherlode in this collection of sunshine and psych pop from the late 60's ('67 - '69 to be exact - with one rare Cowsills track from '71). Some of the artists: Celebration, The Sugar Shoppe, The New Establishment, Picardy, The Gibsons, Moonstone, The Good Earth (the original duo) and The Crystal Mansion. We've included some 45 tracks by The Parade if you don't feel like plunking down over 150 clams for their out of print import CD (we can't afford it either). Some of the writers and producers include Jim Dawson, Jimmy Webb, Cashman Pistilli & West, The Doors, Jerry Keller & Dave Blume, Donovan, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector and Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss. 29 tracks. To see full track listing, click here. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA.
Hidden Sunshine - This one will take you through the gamut of sunshine & psych emotions circa '67 - '70. It has two rare early Peppermint Trolley Company tracks and some more of the sensational Parade tracks. We open the festivities with the rare stereo version of The Hollies' Everything Is Sunshine - only we removed the tape hiss that previous CD producers must've deemed an unnecessary task. You'll get to hear The Will-o-bees version of Make Your Own Kind Of Music (seems Mama Cass was not the only perfect match for Mann & Weil in 1969). Other artists include The Tuneful Trolley, The Rich Kids, Mortimer (yeah, we know), The Robbs, Mercy, The Gibsons, Rain, The Young Ideas (another face of The Happenings??? - sounds just like them) and in our little tribute to The Hollies, Cathy Rich's delicious version of Wishyouawish. Indeed, there are many 'other versions' of songs on this one that we hesitate to call covers. The writers & producers list includes Kenny Laguna, Clint Ballard Jr., Jeff Barry, Paul Simon, Willie Hutch and of course, Barry & Cynthia the GREAT! 28 tracks. To see complete track listing, click here. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA. These collections are FANTASTIC! Don't miss our original Sunshine and Golden compilations a bit further down the page.

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The Original Essential First Wave Quadrangle of Sunshine From Sort Of
The Golden Lost - REDONE! - Lost treasures - each one a gem! The Grand Daddy of our Sunshine collections, we've removed 12 of the now available tracks from the original 2 disc version and added five new tracks to make a single disc of obscure soft-pop, bubblegum and psych-sunshine pop songs from the late 60's (1966 - 1970 to be exact) many of which have never appeared on CD or even a vinyl LP. Includes songs by The New Establishment, The Groop, Bobby Skel, December's Children, Twinn Connexion, The Sherry Sisters, Bob Dileo, Pat Shannon, The Peppermint Rainbow and many more. It will bring sugar coated tears to your eyes. 30 tracks total. Condition of vinyl before transfer: VG+ to NM. Audio cleaned. $20.00 includes shipping USPS in continental USA. To see the complete new playlist, click here.

The Golden Unknown - Not just golden lost, many of these treasures are virtually unknown. A collection of obscure soft sunshine pop and psych pop and rock tracks from the late 60's (1967 - 1970 to be exact) many of which have never appeared on CD or even a vinyl LP. There are a bunch of candy coated story songs on this set as well. Includes songs by The Candymen, The Sugar Shoppe, Jon & Robin, 2 Of Clubs, Jim & Dale, The Aliis and many more. Songwriters include Laura Nyro, Mann & Weil, Johnny Cymbal, The Addrisi Brothers, Linzer & Randell, Rupert Holmes and Delaney Bramlett. Some of the producers include Delaney Bramlett, Steve Barri and Mama Cass. Rupert Holmes does lead vocals for Street People while Johnny Cymbal aka Derek is the voice of Brother John. The Golden Unknown will bring as many sugar coated tears to your eyes as The Golden Lost. 27 tracks. Condition of vinyl before transfer: VG+ to NM. Beautifully audio cleaned. To see a complete track listing click here. $20.00 includes shipping in the lower 48.
Secret Sunshine - A-one more time - not just golden lost or unknown, many of these treasures are virtually unknown. Another collection of obscure soft sunshine pop, bubblegum and psych pop, folk and rock tracks from the late 60's & early 70's (1967 - 1971 to be exact) many of which have never appeared on CD or even a vinyl LP. Includes songs by Jon & Robin, Nilsson (a rare one), Creme Caramel, Morning Mist, Misty Morn, The Cufflinks, The Five Americans, Jackie DeShannon, and many more. Songwriters include Nilsson, Cashman, Pistilli & West, Kenny Young, Vance & Pockriss, Bonner & Gordon (of Happy Together fame) and Linzer & Randell. Producers include among others, Kenny Young and Teddy Randazzo. Secret Sunshine will bring as many sugar coated tears to your eyes as The Golden Unknown & Golden Lost. 27 tracks. Condition of vinyl before transfer: VG+ to NM. Beautifully audio cleaned. To see a complete track listing click here. $20.00 includes shipping in the lower 48.

Leftover Sunshine - A-one more time - and a once more - not just golden lost, unknown or secret, many of these treasures are virtually unknown. Yet another collection of obscure soft sunshine pop, bubblegum and psych pop, folk and rock tracks from the late 60's & early 70's (1967 - 1970 to be exact) many of which have never appeared on CD or even a vinyl LP. Includes songs by Jon & Robin, Tiny Tim, Every Mother's Son, The Critters, The Jackals, The Hobbits, Colours, The Five Americans, Brian Hyland and many more. Rupert Holmes makes another appearance as the voice of The Street People on another rare track and famed game show host Chuck Woolery makes an appearance as a co-songwriter of Avant-Garde's awesome "Yellow Beads"! Leftover Sunshine will bring as many sugar coated tears to your eyes as Secret Sunshine, The Golden Unknown and The Golden Lost. 27 tracks. Condition of vinyl before transfer: VG+ to NM. Beautifully audio cleaned. To see a complete track listing click here. $20.00 includes shipping in the lower 48.

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