Come join my orchestra : the British baroque pop sound 1967-73

"Baroque Pop was born, basically meaning 60s Pop being married to Classical pretentions, with string sections and an often melancholic lyrical mindset being two of its more prominent characteristics. Lush sounding melodramas for Autumnal days, the format was remarkably durable, outlasting Psychedelia and scoring hits well into the 70s ... Come Join My Orchestra looks at this particularly ornate musical style and encompasses tough Psych and Soul bands on a day off (The Move, The Alan Bown!), soon to be Prog-Behemoths (Curved Air, Barclay James Harvest, gulp, Genesis), Folkies taking a trip (Bert Jansch, Ian Campbell Group) and acts like the Zombies ... As always part of the joy of these boxsets are the stories of the acts which are detailed in the sleeve notes ... Though not really for fans of the less commercial, more trippy end of Psychedelia, Come Join My Orchestra has plenty of plaintive Pop goodness to go round, warm storytelling music mixed with a Classical bent to everyone's benefit".

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