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Across three discs and four hours of music, I'm A Freak, Baby: A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 investigates that largely under-documented period, incorporating everything from some of the biggest names in the burgeoning hard rock\/proto-metal firmament (Deep Purple, Uriah Heep) all the way down to a significant number of provincial semi-pro bands who gigged extensively but were unable to land a recording contract during their lifetime. We feature some of British rock's pioneering acts (The Yardbirds, The Move), a handful of bands who travelled far beyond their blues boom roots (Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, The Groundhogs), the infamous Ladbroke Grove scene (The Deviants, The Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, The Edgar Broughton Band), a smattering of inspired, where-the-hell-did-that-come-from one-shots like The Velvet Frogs and the mighty Egor, and a clutch of previously-unreleased recordings (The Kult, Hellmet, The Phoenix) that have even eluded the specialist reissue companies and bootleggers. Housed in a clambox featuring a lavishly illustrated and annotated 36-page booklet, I'm A Freak, Baby is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging anthology to appear thus far of an underground scene that, in addition to being responsible for some magnificent music, also acted as a signpost to the subsequent emergence of British punk and heavy metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStray - All in Your Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Open Mind - Cast a Spell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Mooche - Hot Smoke and Sassafras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crushed Butler - My Son's Alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chicken Shack - Going Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cycle - Father of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Deviants - I'm Coming Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Pink Fairies - Do It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Factory - Time Machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Groundhogs - Cherry Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wicked Lady - I'm a Freak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Charge - Rock My Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hawkwind Zoo - Sweet Mistress of Pain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stonehouse - Nightmare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Iron Maiden - Falling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Barnabus - Apocalypse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Writing on the Wall -Bogeyman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Deep Purple - Fireball\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jerusalem - Primitive Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Edgar Broughton Band -Love in the Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hellmet - Trust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Hand - Rhubarb!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Little Free Rock - Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Iron Claw - Skullcrusher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dark - Zero Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Velvet Frogs - Jehovah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Move - Brontosaurus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stack Waddy - Bring It to Jerome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Samuel Prody - Mr Make Believe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bare Sole - Flash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Phoenix - Street Walking Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Skid Row - Go I'm Never Gonna Let You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Gun - Race with the Devil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blonde on Blonde - Heart Without a Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Third World War - Ascension Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Egor - Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sam Gopal - Escalator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Uriah Heep - Gypsy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Mickey Finn - Garden of My Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Yardbirds - Think About It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Morning After - Trying to Find My Way Back Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Velvett Fogg - Yellow Cave Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Andromeda - Too Old\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fleetwood Mac - the Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sweet Slag - Twisted Trip Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Kult - Occult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Taste - Born on the Wrong Side of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fusion Farm - Hollis Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522317848850,"sku":"5013929183209","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/im-a-freak-baby-journey-through-british-heavy-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}