Very Best of [Import]

Elmer Gantry & the Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: See for Miles UK
• ASIN: B0000011BE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,929 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Mother Writes

3. Long Nights of Summer

4. Mary Jane

5. Air

6. Lookin' for a Happy Life

7. Reactions of a Young Man

8. Flames [Single Version]

9. Dreamy

10. Talk of the Devil [From the Film]

11. And I Remember

12. To Be With You

13. The Painter

14. Volcano

15. Raga

16. Eleanor Rigby

17. Money By

18. Raise the Light

19. Warm Day in July

20. Black Jack Davey

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars UK Psych Classic - Late 60s, April 24, 2010

By 

T. Pettit (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Velvet Opera hit the UK charts just once with their blazing "Flames" and released two LPs, the best of which are compiled here with four unreleased bonus tracks (eg. title track from an obscure film). What makes the band so interesting are the individual members - the rhythm section (Hudson & Ford) went on to the Strawbs, penning their highest charting hit, Part of the Union, and a four LP solo career (two singles hit the charts - Pick Up The Pieces and Floating On The Wind). Elmer regrouped and fronted Stretch, a progressive hard rock band that did better in Europe than in the UK. This same band was the unfortunate choice to go onto the road in the US, headlining as "Fleetwood Mac" - the result of band and management conflicts. There are several excellent songs on this collection, well worth exploring.