The Smoke - It's Smoke Time - 180 Gram Green Vinyl

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released  November 27

Limited Expanded 180 gram green vinyl
Re-release of the Classic collectible Smoke album.
Bonus Track + Sleeve Notes

Formed from Yorkshire beat-era roots and reborn in London as The Smoke, Mick Rowley, Mal Luker, John “Zeke” Lund and Geoff Gill were one of the great should-have-been bands of the British psychedelic explosion.

Though their UK breakthrough was curtailed by controversy, their blistering “My Friend Jack” found a far warmer reception in Germany, where it climbed to No. 2 and briefly made them genuine continental stars.

Rushed out for the German market in 1967, It’s Smoke Time caught the band at their peak: a vivid collision of tough mod-pop, garage bite and emerging psychedelia. From the fuzz-driven attack of “My Friend Jack”, “High In A Room” and “We Can Take It” to the melodic charm of “Waterfall” and “Wake Up Cherylina”, it remains a prized snapshot of mid-Sixties freakbeat invention.

This expanded Morgan Blue Town edition brings that cult classic back on premium green 180gm vinyl, adding the previously unreleased original version of “My Friend Jack” and a detailed insert essay. For collectors, psych devotees and curious newcomers alike, it is the definitive way to rediscover The Smoke’s rare, radiant and still-potent sole LP.

Tracklisting:

Side 1
1. My Friend Jack
2. Waterfall
3. You Can’t Catch Me
4. High In A Room
5. Wake Up Cherylina
6. Don’t Lead Me On

Side 2
1. We Can Take It
2. If The Weather’s Sunny
3. I Wanna Make It With You
4. It’s Getting Closer
5. It’s Just Your Way Of Lovin’
6. I Would If I Could But I Can’t

Bonus track:
7. My Friend Jack (original unreleased version)