This collection celebrates the vision of Olav Wyper and his A&R team during Vertigo's early years, (notably Patrick Campbell-Lyons of UK band Nirvana who produced many of the early Vertigo albums), and celebrates an age when musical creativity was the watch word. Although sometimes the resulting recordings were less than satisfactory, the musicians behind them were brave and hardy souls. Due to the vagaries of the rights reversion of some of the music released on the Vertigo label in its first three years of operation, it has not been possible to include some material by artists whose contributions were of equal merit to those artists featured here. Musicians such as Mike Absalom, Assagai, Graham Bond, Fairfield Parlour et al all deserve attention from aficionados of the "progressive" era. It is to them and the artists featured that this set is dedicated.
Disc 1
1. Colosseum - The Kettle (Dick Heckstall Smith, John Phillip Hiseman) - 4:28
2. Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love? (Ellis McDaniels) - 3:02
3. Clear Blue Sky - My Heaven (Patrick Campbell Lyons, John Simms) - 5:00
4. Manfred Mann Chapter Three - Travelling Lady (Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann) - 5:48
5. Black Sabbath - Behind The Wall Of Sleep (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) - 3:37
6. Cressida - To Play Your Little Games (John Heyworth) - 3:17
7. Gracious! - Introduction (Raymond Davis) - 5:51
8. Affinity - Three Sisters (Linda Hoyle, Lynton Naiff) - 4:57
9. Bob Downes - Walking On (Bob Downes) - 4:58
10.May Blitz - I Don't Know (Richard Newman) - 4:45
11.Nucleus - Torrid Zone (Karl Jenkins) - 8:33
12.Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags (Michael d'Abo) - 3:55
13.Gentle Giant - Nothing At All (Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman) - 9:08
14.Ben - The Influence (Reid, Davey) - 10:05
Disc 2
1. Dr. Z - Evil Woman's Manly Child (Keith Morris) - 4:47
2. Jade Warrior - Borne On The Solar Wind (Glyn Harvard, Tony Duhig, Jon Field) - 3:01
3. Patto - The Man (Clive Griffiths, Ollie Halsall, John Halsey, Mike Patto) - 6:14
4. Juicy Lucy - Thinking Of My Life (Parch W. Nantlais Williams) - 4:24
5. Jimmy Campbell - Half Baked (Jimmy Campbell) - 4:40
6. May Blitz - For Madmen Only (James W. Black, Richard Newman, William Hudson) - 4:11
7. Tudor Lodge - The Lady's Changing Home (Lyndon Green, John Stannard) - 4:36
8. Beggars Opera - Time Machine (Denis Roderick, Martin Griffiths, Alan James Park) - 8:06
9. Colosseum - Bring Out Your Dead (Dave "Clem" Clempson, Dave Greenslade) - 4:19
10.Warhorse - Mouthpiece (Peter Parks, Mac Poole, Ashley Holt, Nick Simper) - 8:49
11.Uriah Heep - Lady In Black (Ken Hensley) - 4:46
12.Freedom - Through The Years (Roger Saunders) - 4:25
13.Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Midnight Moses (Alex Harvey) - 4:22
14.Magna Carta - Lord Of The Ages (John Chris Simpson) - 10:02
Disc 3
1. Atlantis - Living At The End Of Time (Frank Diez) - 9:05
2. Ramases - Life Child (Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman, Martin Raphael) - 6:37
3. Beggars Opera - McArthur Park (Jimmy Webb) - 8:20
4. Nucleus - Song For The Bearded Lady (Karl Jenkins) - 7:22
5. Gentle Giant - Pantagruel's Nativity (Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman) - 6:49
6. Gravy Train - (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man (Norman Barrett, Barry Davenport, J.D. Hughes, Lester Williams) - 7:05
7. Ronno - Powers Of Darkness (Harker Marshall Ronson) - 3:31
8. Status Quo - Paper Plane (Franxcis Rossi, Robert Young) - 2:52
9. Ian Matthews - Little Known (Ian Matthews) - 2:55
10.Vangelis Papathanassiou - Let It Happen (Ricky Dassin, Vangelis Papathanassiou) - 4:12
11.Jade Warrior - Mwenga Sketch (Tony Duhig, John Field) - 8:33
12.Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen (Costas Ferris, Vangelis Papathanassiou) - 5:54
13.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) - 5:29
