Lemon Tree It's So Nice To Come Home 1968 Parlophone single demonstration copy
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Here's a nice clean demo copy of a fairly rare single by the British sixties group Lemon Tree - the A side is "It's So Nice To Come Home". This catchy song surprisingly nevercharted in the UK (perhaps it was released a bit late in the decade, for such a happy sing-along song to be seen as "cool") -- but it did feature on a well-received 1993 compilation album, "The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 3".
You can hear a transcription of it (though not from this specific disc) on You Tube; I can't (thanks to eBay) post a link here, but a quick Google search should find it.
A nice addition to any sixties collection, with some interesting provenance and links to the fertile sixties music scene in Birmingham, which gave us The Move, and later Wizzard and ELO amongst many others. FOr those interested, Apple Music offers the following commentary:
Lemon Tree were one of a coterie of psychedelic pop groups who sprang up in Birmingham England in the mid to late 60s. Like The Idle Race, the Nocturnes and most of their Birmingham compatriots, the music was close in spirit to The Move, a cheerful celebratory and upbeat account of life in a world lit by a psychedelic glow. The group – Mike Hopkins (guitar), Mick Taylor (vocals), Gary Wortley (organ), Derek Arnold (bass) and Keith Smart (drums) – actually had a pretty good pedigree from the get-go. Hopkins was previously a member of Denny And The Diplomats with Denny Lane (in the latter's pre-Moody Blues days) and Smart played with Danny King and the Mayfair Set whence Roy Wood and Trevor Burton cut their teeth before forming The Move. The latter group wasn’t too far in body or spirit from Lemon Tree – the quintet was signed by Parlophone records in 1968 and made their debut with "William Chaulkers Time Machine" b/w "I Can Touch A Rainbow", the A-side of which was written by Ace Kefford who had just exited The Move, and produced by Kefford, Trevor Burton and the Amen Corner's Andy Fairweather Low. It failed to chart and only Fairweather Low was on board for the second and final single "It’s So Nice To Come Home" b/w "Come On Girl" in 1969. After the breakup in 1969m Mike Hopkins moved on to The Idle Race, whilst Smart passed through the final lineup of the Uglys who transformed themselves into Balls and also played with Roy Wood's Wizzard and the 1970s progressive rock outfit Mongrel, before disappearing.
Supplied in a plain card sleeve, this demo copy is in good cosmetic condition, with no marks to the label, and plays very well. The B-side is "Come On Girl".
Packed weight will be about 200 grams (large letter post). Buyers are welcome world-wide, but please be aware of relatively high shipping costs outside the UK. All shipping prices include a signed-for service and will be insured to the full value of the item. Subject to current guidelines on safe distancing, collection is also welcome (cash payment on pickup preferred, please) from the Boroughbridge - Knaresborough - York area of North Yorkshire.
Thanks for looking and please watch out for my other electronics and audio-related listings, especially other recording tapes and reels.
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