Esoteric Recordings’ next release in their series of compilations celebrating the so-called “underground” rock music. 1971 was a momentous year in rock and one which would continue to see Progressive music in all its forms become a dominating force with the album buying public. Much of this music appeared on the “progressive” imprints of major record labels such as EMI’s Harvest, Decca’s Deram and Philips Records’ Vertigo and emerging independent labels such as Charisma, United Artists and Island and led to an increasing presence of underground album music on BBC Radio 1 on its Sounds Of The Seventies and Top Gear programmes.

‘Breakthrough – Underground Sounds Of 1971’ is a lovingly compiled collection from this pivotal year in music, featuring a host of key artists plus a host of lesser-known acts who failed to reach a wider audience but produced a wide breadth of music, such as BB BLUNDER, BIG SLEEP, CRESSIDA, HELP YOURSELF, MIGHTY BABY, PATTO, PINK FAIRIES, SAMURAI, COLIN SCOT, SPRING and STRAY. Turn on and tune in to the gloriously diverse underground sounds of 1971.

• - 1 -

  • 1. Evening Over Rooftops - Edgar Broughton Band
  • 2. Spanish Tide - Family
  • 3. Simple Sister - Procol Harum
  • 4. She Said - Barclay James Harvest
  • 5. Late November - Sandy Denny
  • 6. Mother Goose - Jethro Tull
  • 7. The House On the Hill - Audience
  • 8. Master of the Universe - Hawkwind
  • 9. Bitches Crystal -Emerson Lake & Palmer
  • 10. I've Seen All Good People - Yes
  • 11. Golden Fleece - Spring
  • 12. City Song - Lindisfarne
  • 13. Summer Time - Pretty Things
  • 14. Time Machine - Beggars Opera

• - 2 -

  • 1. Do It (Single Version) - Pink Fairies
  • 2. Eternal Messenger - Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
  • 3. Lady In Black - Uriah Heep
  • 4. Eire - Think Lizzy
  • 5. Winter Wine - Caravan
  • 6. Virgin Spring (Single Version) - Mighty Baby
  • 7. Blue John's Blues - Barclay James Harvest
  • 8. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
  • 9. Saving It Up For So Long - Samurai
  • 10. Munich - Cressida
  • 11. Folk Song - Jack Bruce
  • 12. Life is a Long Song - Jethro Tull
  • 13. Burning Bridges - Family
  • 14. The Seed - Bb Blunder

• - 3 -

  • 1. Breakthrough - Atomic Rooster
  • 2. Love To Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - Caravan
  • 3. You, You Point Your Finger - Patto
  • 4. Nite People - Colin Scot
  • 5. Pantagruel's Nativity - Gentle Giant
  • 6. Glistening Glyndebourne - John Martyn
  • 7. Solitude - Peter Hammill
  • 8. Young Mother - Curved Air
  • 9. The Fakir - Paladin
  • 10. Pieces of Me - Linda Hoyle
  • 11. Call Me a Liar - Edgar Broughton Band
  • 12. Son of the Father - Stray
  • 13. Someone's Learning - Status Quo
  • 14. July Morning - Uriah Heep

• - 4 -

  • 1. A Spoonful of Bromide (Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down) - Atomi
  • 2. Running Down Deep - Help Yourself
  • 3. Theme Song / En Route / Theme Song (Reprise) - Keef Hartley
  • 4. Windweaver - Jade Warrior
  • 5. Many Are Called, But Few Get Up - Man
  • 6. Bluebell Wood - Big Sleep
  • 7. Black Cat - Gentle Giant
  • 8. Man-Erg - Van Der Graaf Generator
  • 9. Circus Mind - Pretty Things
  • 10. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  • 11. Song For the Bearded Lady - Nucleus
  • 12. Heart of the Sunrise - Yes