Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Andy Ellison - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (United Artists 1968) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Although not a proper Spencer Davis Group album, eight of the fourteen songs on the soundtrack to this British teen-sex comedy, based on an early novel by official Beatles biographer Hunter Davies, were by the group (most done just after the departure of Stevie Winwood). There were also three tunes from Traffic, and a superb orchestral-psychedelic oddity from Andy Ellison (lead singer of John's Children). Heard in isolation from the movie, the album tends to highlight just how important Winwood was to the Spencer Davis Group, whose numbers, though pleasant and listenable, are average stereotypical late-'60s London pop. "Waltz for Caroline," which does feature Winwood, is an organ-dominated instrumental that is identical to the cut titled "Waltz for Lumumba" on other SDG releases; "Picture of Her" is a ringer for the kind of songs Jack Bruce and Peter Brown wrote for Cream. Better are Traffic's more soulful contributions, especially the title track.

Do catch the film (recently released on Blu-ray in the UK) if you get the opportunity, it's captures the late 60s UK Zeitgeist quite well.

Track listing:

A1. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - Traffic

A2. Taking Out Time - Spencer Davis Group

A3. Every Little Thing - Spencer Davis Group

A4. Virginals Dream - Spencer Davis Group

A5. Utterly Simple - Traffic

A6. It's Been A Long Time - Andy Ellison

B1. Looking Back - Spencer Davis Group

B2. Picture Of Her - Spencer Davis Group

B3. Just Like Me - Spencer Davis Group

B4. Waltz For Caroline - Spencer Davis Group

B5. Possession - Spencer Davis Group

B6. Am I What I Was Or Was I What I Am - Traffic