The Troggs - Cellophane (1967) & Mixed Bag (1968) [Reissue 1997]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 345 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 152 MB | Covers - 208 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: BGO Records (BGOCD343)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 345 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 152 MB | Covers - 208 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: BGO Records (BGOCD343)
Remembered chiefly as proto-punkers who reached the top of the charts with the "caveman rock" of "Wild Thing" (1966), the Troggs were also adept at crafting power pop and ballads. Hearkening back to a somewhat simpler, more basic British Invasion approach as psychedelia began to explode in the late '60s, the group also reached the Top Five with their flower-power ballad "Love Is All Around" in 1968. While more popular in their native England than the U.S., the band also fashioned memorable, insistently riffing hit singles like "With a Girl Like You," "Night of the Long Grass," and the notoriously salacious "I Can't Control Myself" between 1966 and 1968. Paced by Reg Presley's lusting vocals, the group - which composed most of their own material - could crunch with the best of them, but were also capable of quite a bit more range and melodic invention than they've been given credit for.