Kaleidoscope - Pulsating Dream

Title: Pulsating Dream Artist: Kaleidoscope Release Date: 4/13/2004 Re-Released On: 12/20/2004 Label: Acadia Records (UK), Acadia Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 805772805927, 8057722805927, 766486784444 Genre: Rock Styles: Blues-Rock, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock Moods: Playful, Quirky, Freewheeling, Organic, Trippy, Atmospheric, Complex, Enigmatic, Fun, Gleeful, Humorous, Hypnotic, Ironic, Irreverent, Literate, Whimsical, Silly Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Egyptian Gardens
2. If the Night
3. Hesitation Blues
4. Please
5. Keep Your Mind Open
6. Pulsating Dream
7. Oh Death
8. Come on In
9. Why Try
10. Minnie the Moocher
11. Elevator Man
12. Little Orphan Nannie
13. I Found Out
14. Greenwood Sidee
15. Life Will Pass You By
16. Taxim
17. Baldhead End of a Broom
18. Louisiana Man
19. You Don't Love Me

1. Beacon from Mars
2. Rampé, Rampé
3. Nobody
4. Love Games
5. Egyptian Candy
6. Hello, Trouble
7. Just a Taste
8. Lie to Me
9. Let the Good Love Flow
10. Killing Floor (AKA Tempe Arizona)
11. Petit Fleur
12. Banjo
13. Cuckoo
14. Seven-Ate Sweet

1. Sefan
2. Chocolate Whale
3. Another Lover
4. Sneakin' Thru the Ghetto
5. To Know Is Not to Be
6. Lulu Arfin Nanny
7. Lie and Hide
8. Ballad of Tommy Udo
9. Bernice
10. Soft and Easy
11. New Blue Ooze
12. Why Try [Single Version]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Acadia Records (UK) ACAD-8059 2004 CD Acadia 8059 2004 CD Acadia 8059

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It's a little surprising that a cult band like Kaleidoscope would get honored with an all-out three-CD set, considering the limited market. But here it is, and it certainly leaves no stone unturned, including the entire recorded output of the band while they were on Epic. That essentially covers the entire period of interest to most fans, spanning the band's formation to their breakup in the early '70s (though they subsequently reunited for some albums that aren't represented here). In addition to everything from their albums Side Trips, A Beacon from Mars, Incredible, and Bernice, it has quite a few tracks that only showed up on non-LP singles or as outtakes on posthumous compilations. And some of those extras aren't even easily found on Kaleidoscope compilations, namely the old-timey psychedelia of the early B-side "Little Orphan Nannie" and the less impressive, heavily bluesy 1968 B-side "Just a Taste." The problem with this compilation is not so much to do with the music as whether it might be suitable for either the completist or neophyte. The completist might well already have virtually all of this on the albums and scattered comps, and resent having to fork out for a three-CD set just to get those two B-sides; the neophyte might find it way too much to start (and end) with, both in length and expense. But -- if you want the complete works of Kaleidoscope in their first and best incarnation, it's all here, down to the crazy psychedelic soul single they did with Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, "Nobody." It's also well annotated, and contains plenty of exhilarating psychedelic world fusion highs, though the band's incredibly eclectic scope means there are some turkeys as well. Plus, some of those non-LP items aren't mere frivolities -- the B-side "Rampe, Rampe," for instance, is a superb Greek-like instrumental that winds itself up into a frenzy. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barry Friedman Producer Chris Darrow Mandolin, Group Member, Guitar, Vocals, Bass Connie Crill ?, Keyboards, Group Member David Lindley Harp, Group Member, Guitar, Arranger, 7-String Banjo, Banjo, Mandolin Jackie Mills Producer John Platt Contribution John Vidican Percussion, Tympani [Timpani], Drums, Group Member Johnny "Guitar" Watson Producer Kaleidoscope Arranger Larry E. Williams Producer Max Buda Guest Appearance, Harmonica Paul Lagos Percussion, Vocals, Group Member, Drums, Rap Pete Frame Contribution Pete Tytler Package Design Peter Madlem Dobro, Guest Appearance Solomon Feldthouse Oud, Jumbus, Guitar, Vocals, Stomping, Clarinet, Group Member, Saz Stuart Brotman Vocals, Bass, Group Member Templeton Parcely Violin, Group Member, Organ, Vocals