British Beat Collection Vol 2 CD

This epic three-disc set celebrates the 'Beat music' of era of British music in the mid-to-late 1960s by drawing on an epic archive of in-studio live performances recorded for broadcast on British and commonwealth radio stations. It offers a snapshot of the blues and soul-influenced pop-rock sound that dominated the charts in the UK and elsewhere in the years after the Beatles broke through in 1863. It contains almost complete sets from a handful of well-known bands - think the Troggs, Eric Burden & The New Animals, Dave Berry & The Cruisers and the Nashville Teens - as well as recordings from such lesser-celebrated acts as the Gnomes of Zurich, the Lemon Tree (whose 'Hush' was later re-made in the 1990s by Kula Shaker) and the Pirates.