Treacle Toffee World (RPM CD)

This is volume 3 in RPM's retrospective series (it says it is the final volume but in fact there is a 4th volume now) on the output of the Beatles' Apple Records which between 1967 and 1969 was a showcase for promising new talent which never really went anywhere.

The songs here are another eclectic mixture of psychedelia and 60s pop. Most of the bands and artists are forgotten (and in some cases you can see why) but there is also some truly nice songs on here and some good bands like The Iveys who later became Badfinger.

Highlights are the opener by Fire "Father's name is Dad" which is a good solid pop song, Grapefruit's "fall of the castle" which has a bit of soul and an epic feel. Legay's "Fantastic story of the steam driven banana" is a lovely slice of British psychedelic nonsense.