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The cerebral productions and orchestrated arrangements of baroque pop exploded in the UK after the Beatles and Beach Boys turned pop into a place for the auteur. Melancholy moods and flourishes of strings, woodwinds, harpsichords and horns abound across these 80 tracks (classics, rarities new to CD and a couple unissued gems): "Poor Jimmy Wilson" Strawbs, "Am I Very Wrong?" Genesis, "Everyman" Stackridge, "You’re Not in My Class" the Alan Bown!, "Melinda (More or Less)" Curved Air, "Woe Is Love, My Dear" Bert Jansch, "Popcorn, Double Feature" Searchers, "Mother Dear" Barclay James Harvest, "Yep" Bridget St. John, "Illinois" Nirvana, "Luskus Delph" Procol Harum (live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra), "Time Seller" Spencer Davis Group, "Mist on a Monday Morning" the Move, "Writer in the Sun" Donovan, "A Rose for Emily" Zombies and more plus a 40-page booklet! Grapefruit.