Original released on LP Fontana STL 5491
(UK 1969, April 11)
For their second and last album, Kaleidoscope delivered something an awful lot like their debut, a body of pleasant, trippy, spacy raga-rock, with the main difference that they pushed the wattage a little harder on their instruments - they'd also been performing pretty extensively by the time of their second long-player, and a lot of the music here was material that they'd worked out on-stage in very solid versions. The result is a record just as pretty as their debut but a little punchier and more exciting within each song than their first album. The title track is also one of the more beautiful psychedelic effects pieces of its period, while "A Story from Tom Bitz" is crunchy folk-rock, "(Love Song) For Annie" represents a more lyrical brand of druggy folk-rock, and "If You So Wish" shifts over to Moody Blues-style ballad territory circa late 1968 and early 1969. (Bruce Eder in AllMusic)
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Hi!
Thanx for the 2 Kaleidoscope albums. Had these D/L'ed years ago (& made a CD of "Tangerine Dream" (LUV cover art) but not sure where it is presently, so good to have these again. Presently listening to YT tracks @ Discogs here:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/407727-Kaleidoscope-2
Cheers!
Ciao! For now.
rntcj
I thought before listening that two years later, this album would have been much inferior to the first one, but it is very good. Some top songs, like the title song, and Music, for instance. Some other acoustic tracks that I like less, but they fit well in the album.
Thank you very much
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