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The Rock Machine Turns You On

Various Artists

Initial release : 1969

Columbia SPR-22

This Columbia sampler includes tracks by Moby Grape, Electric Flag, Peanut Butter Conspiracy and The United States Of America. This was the first rock sampler released by Columbia.

Tracks / Musicians

The tracks and performers on this compilation are;

  • I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan
  • Can't Be So Bad - Moby Grape
  • Fresh Garbage - Spirit
  • I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar - The United States of America
  • Time of The Season - The Zombies
  • Turn on a Friend - Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  • Sisters of Mercy - Leonard Cohen
  • My Days are Numbered - Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • Dolphins Smile - Byrds
  • Scarborough Fair / Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel
  • Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal
  • Killing Floor - The Electric Flag
  • Nobody's Got Any Money in the Summer - Roy Harper
  • Come Away Melinda - Tim Rose
  • Flames - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
Scarborough Fair / Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel was not included on the CD release of this compilation due to contractual reasons.

Related releases

This compilation has been released on CD.

The Moby Grape track was originally released on;

The Peanut Butter Conspiracy track was originally on a single and then on an LP;
  • Turn On A Friend / Captain Sandwich, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, 1967, Columbia 44356
  • The Great Conspiracy, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, 1968
Killing Floor was originally released on; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight was originally released on; I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar was originally released on; The other tracks on this compilation are from the following albums;
  • I'll Be Your Baby Tonight -
  • Fresh Garbage - Spirit, Spirit
  • I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar - The United States of America, The United States of America
  • Time of The Season - Odessey & Oracle, The Zombies
  • Sisters of Mercy - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen
  • My Days are Numbered - Child Is Father To The Man, Blood, Sweat & Tears
  • Dolphins Smile - The Notorious Byrds Brothers, Byrds
  • Scarborough Fair / Canticle - Parslet, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Simon & Garfunkel
  • Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal
  • Nobody's Got Any Money in the Summer - Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith, Roy Harper
  • Come Away Melinda - Tim Rose, Tim Rose
  • Flames - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
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