TOMORROW – (1968) TOMORROW

TOMORROW – TOMORROW – 1968 (UK) psychedelic rock
Tomorrow was one of the leading psychedelic bands of the era. West, Howe and Wood had all earlier played with the In Crowd, a mid-sixties R&B group who released three singles, one of which, That's How Strong My Love Is, reached No 48 in May 1965. They changed their name to Tomorrow at the dawning of the psychedelic era in 1967. While playing with this band, West was working on the 'Teenage Opera' project with German producer Mark Wirtz. This was never actually completed, but two tracks from the projected album, Excerpt From A Teenage Opera and Sam, reached Nos 2 and 38 respectively in 1967. Meanwhile, neither of Tomorrow's singles - the fine psychedelic version of My White Bicycle and the psych-pop number Revolution broke through. Both were included on their album, composed largely of Hopkins/Burgess songs and produced by Mark Wirtz. Among the more interesting tracks on the album were The Journey Of Timothy Chase, Auntie Mary's Dress Shop, the Eastern-influenced Real Life Permanent Dream and a competent version of Lennon/McCartney's Strawberry Fields Forever. This group failed to survive the psychedelic era, but Howe went on to form Bodast and later to play with Yes. Twink, meanwhile joined Aquarian Age and then The Pretty Things. John Wood was also in Aquarian Age. He later found fortune, if not fame, working as a croupé in Mediterranean casinos. The band also appeared in 'Smashing Time', a movie which included Lynne Redgrave but don't perform any music, although they mimed to Skip Bifferty's. They once shared the stage with Jimi Hendrix at the UFO club in 1967.

TrackList:
1 My White Bicycle 3:18
2 Colonel Brown 2:53
3 Real Life Permanent Dream 3:17
4 Shy Boy 2:27
5 Revolution 3:50
6 The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase 3:18
7 Auntie Mary's Dress Shop 2:46
8 Strawberry Fields Forever 3:59
9 Three Jolly Little Dwarfs 2:28
10 Now Your Time Has Come 4:53
11 Hallucinations 2:43
12 Claramount Lake 3:02
13 Real Life Permanent Dream (Alternative Early Mono Version - Previously Unreleased) 2:24
14 Why 3:59
15 Revolution (Phased Mono Version) 3:50
16 Now Your Time Has Come 3:05
The Aquarian Age
17 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box 3:27
18 Good Wizard Meets Naughty Wizard 4:42
19 Me (Previously Unreleased) 3:12
Keith West
20 On A Saturday 3:13
21 The Kid Was A Killer 2:31
22 She 2:30
23 The Visit 4:05

Musician :
STEVE HOWE gtr
TWINK (JOHN ALDER) drms
KEITH WEST vcls A
JOHN WOOD bs

A fantastic work of very early psychedelia. Formed in the same mold of Pink Floyd, Keith West and Steve Howe make a powerful combination. "My White Bicycle" is one of the best psychedelic songs ever and the "Strawberry Fields Forever" cover is just as good as the original. A must have for British psychedelic fans.