Fill Your Head With Rock – CBS Sampler – 1970

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Anyone remember this classic sampler album from CBS? Which introduced you to a whole host of great acts.

Tony May…..Simon Griffiths/Karl had this album and was always keen to introduce me to it. Sadly, I never let him (selfish git I was back then but did not realise it) but I recall him raving about the Black Widow track and asking me if I believed in Magic. I have subsequently bought the ‘Sacrifice’ album and explored a load of Simons fav music. Some of it makes me sad but the majority I have taken to and really got into. Great memories from the 80’s – just wish it could all have turned out differently…

John Wilde….Great Lp.

Peter Howard…..Awesome album. Spirit, Black Widow, Flock, Byrds and Laura Nyro were the tracks we listened to most often. Is it available on CD anyone know?

Mick O’Dowd…..What about those other great rock samplers: “The Rock Machine Turns You On” &”The Rock Machine Loves You” & of course the double album “El Pea”.

Phil Thornton…..Nice enough to eat ?

Peter Howard…..There was one with a spider on the cover..had Steppenwolf- Snow Blind? on it

Alan Esdaile…..Walter, the compilation with the spider on was called Handle with Care.

Kev Towner…..I’ve got this (Fill Your Head With Rock) on vinyl.

Claudio Heathen……I used to have this LP.

Angela Frances Gardner….Mine is with all my other albums!

John Storer…..One of the great things about the internet is that these albums are all about out there somewhere. I have this, “Handle With Care” (Funk 49 by James Gang still one of my favourite all-time tracks), “Nice Enough To Eat” .My two favourites were/are “All Good Clean Fun” – a Liberty / United Artists sampler with Brinsley Schwarz, If, Amon Duul II, Groundhogs, John Lee Hooker, etc and “Age of Atlantic” with Zeppelin, Delaney & Bonnie, Graham Central Station and Little Feat

Chris Meachen… I  still have some of these;- Nice enough to eat, Bumpers, & fill your head with rock, & possibly some others…

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The Rock Machine Turns You On – CBS Sampler 1968

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Side 1 – I’ll Be Your BabyTonight – Bob Dylan, Can’t Be So Bad – Moby Grape, Fresh Garbage – Spirit, I Won’t Leave My Wooden Wife For You Sugar – The United States Of America, Time Of The Season – The Zombies, Turn On A Friend – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Sisters Of Mercy – Leonard Cohen.

Side 2 – My Days Are Numbered – Blood Sweat & Tears, Dolphins Smile – The Byrds, Scarborough Fair/Canticle – Simon & Garfunkel, Statesboro Blues – Taj Mahal, Killing Floor – The Electric Flag, Nobody’s Got Any Money In The Summer – Roy Harper, Come Away Melinda – Tim Rose, Flames – Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera.

Anne Wells… I had this LP – haven’t seen it since the 70’s.

Mike Curtis… Yup. On vinyl and Cd.

Colin Norton… Tim Rose was really a great artist.

Mick O’Dowd… My faves were the “Tighten Up” ska/reggae samplers for 14/6d(not even 75p to you young things) favorite track was the “Soul Sisters- Wreck-a-Buddy which contained suggestive lyrics(No not suggestive lyrics in a ska song surely!!!)

Jim Breeds… I always meant to get around to buying that but never quite got there …

Tony Davis… Got to agree with Colin about Tim Rose. I reckon his version of Morning Dew is still the best.

Jan Warren… Yep, I still got this album!!

Paul Huggett… Yep, in digital form, great stuff on there.