Level up your game
See All Buying Options

Treacle Toffee World: Further Adventures Into The Pop-Psych Sounds From The Apple Era 1967-1969

Various Artists (Artist) Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions
Listen Now with Amazon Music
Treacle Toffee World: Further Pop Psych Sounds from the Apple Era 1967-1969 Amazon Music Unlimited
Amazon Price
New from Used from
MP3 Download, 5 Nov 2007
£8.69
£8.69 —
Audio CD, 27 Oct. 2008
—
£24.24 —
Amazon%20Music
Buy a CD or Vinyl record and get 90 days free Amazon Music Unlimited
With the purchase of a CD or Vinyl record dispatched from and sold by Amazon, you get 90 days free access to the Amazon Music Unlimited Individual plan. After your purchase, you will receive an email with further information. Terms and Conditions apply. Learn more.

Track Listings

1 Father's Name Is Dad - Fire
2 Listen To The Sky - Sands
3 Trying To Make It To Monday - Grapefruit
4 Forgive And Forget - Rawlings And Huckstep
5 Goodbye Mozart - Gallagher & Lyle
6 Spare A Copper - Fire
7 Even The Sun Shines Cold - Rawlings And Huckstep
8 Bittersweet Adeiu - Iveys
9 Tea And Toast Mr Watson - Denis Couldry
10 Treacle Toffee World - Fire
11 Fall Of The Castle - Grapefruit
12 Penny For The Wind - Denis Couldry
13 Another Vincent Van Gough (Alt Version) - 23rd Turnoff
14 Thinking Pictures - Rawlings And Huckstep
15 How Does It Feel - Iveys
16 Will I Find Love - Fire
17 Fantastic Story Of The Steam Driven Banana - Legay
18 This Little Man (Alt Version) - Grapefruit

Product description

Eighteen new and very rare tracks appear on Treacle Toffee World. George Alexander of Grapefruit, Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Ron Griffiths of Iveys/Badfinger, Dave Lambert of Fire/Strawbs and Gallagher & Lyle were but a few of the impressive stable of song writers under contract to Apple Music, and these are all represented here. Rare and previously unreleased recordings. Features well known writers. Third in very successful series of compilations. Essential for pop psych and Apple collectors.

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.5 x 12.8 x 0.99 cm; 100.07 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ RPM
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ CDRPM843
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
  • Label ‏ : ‎ RPM
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001FNMVM6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
13 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top reviews from United Kingdom

  • Mr. Ken Reid
    5.0 out of 5 stars Insight
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2013
    Verified Purchase
    This is a great insight to the material that was knocking around within the walls of Apple records.
    While NOT all great tunes, the history in these CD's are beyond doubt essential in what was 'Apple' and what might have been
    This has some great little gems on it, catchy tunes from bands that could have made it but unfortunately never did.
    3 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • John Bezzini
    5.0 out of 5 stars Add it to your Apple publishing catalog
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2014
    Verified Purchase
    Great disk to fill in your collection of Apple publishing songs. Recommended for the details provided about the tracks as well
    3 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Morten Vindberg
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Material from Grapefruit and Fire
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2008
    This third and final volume of Apple Music Publishing company recordings contains some real gems bound to please fans of the pop-psych era. Especially two bands on the sampler stand out, Grapefruit and Fire.

    Grapefruit , led by talented songwriter Alex Young who is the elder brother of George, Angus and Malcolm, did release two fine albums on RCA, but the band only obtained modest success. Here the band is represented with three songs that easily stand up with the songs on their albums. "Trying to Make it to Monday" was an early contender for their debut single, but eventually "Dear Delilah" was considered a better choice, A lot of Easybeats sound in this one. "Castle in the Sky" is just as strong, though quite different. It's a demo of a fine ballad, recorded by the band to present to other artists - never inted fro a Grapfruit record. Third Grapfruit track is an alternate version of "This Little Man" form their first album. This version is simpler arranged and much better than the album version. Great song.

    Fire, led by Dave Lambert, later of the Strawbs, are given the honour to open the CD and to supply the title track "Treacle Toffee World" This is very well deserved. "Father's Name is Dad" is probably the strongest recording on the whole sampler. The song really deserved to be a hit, and with the great title track on the B-side it's big wonder it didn't happen. Great production and a great Easybeats-inspired guitar riff - I wonder if Black Sabbath knew this song.

    The other two Fire tracks are also good, though not quite as memorable.

    From the other artists there is good material too, though none really stand up with the two already mentioned. Rawlings and Huckstep's two contributions are both very good, and The Iveys' "Bittersweet Adieu" will please fans of Iveys and Badfinger - The other Iveys song is not very good - pretty lightweight.

    Recommended for fans of the late 60's pop-pscyh sounds.
    13 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Morten Vindberg
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Material from Grapefruit and Fire
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 November 2008
    This third and final volume of Apple Music Publishing company recordings contains some real gems bound to please fans of the pop-psych era. Especially two bands on the sampler stand out, Grapefruit and Fire.

    Grapefruit , led by talented songwriter Alex Young who is the elder brother of George, Angus and Malcolm, did release two fine albums on RCA, but the band only obtained modest success. Here the band is represented with three songs that easily stand up with the songs on their albums. "Trying to Make it to Monday" was an early contender for their debut single, but eventually "Dear Delilah" was considered a better choice, A lot of Easybeats sound in this one. "Castle in the Sky" is just as strong, though quite different. It's a demo of a fine ballad, recorded by the band to present to other artists - never inted fro a Grapfruit record. Third Grapfruit track is an alternate version of "This Little Man" form their first album. This version is simpler arranged and much better than the album version. Great song.

    Fire, led by Dave Lambert, later of the Strawbs, are given the honour to open the CD and to supply the title track "Treacle Toffee World" This is very well deserved. "Father's Name is Dad" is probably the strongest recording on the whole sampler. The song really deserved to be a hit, and with the great title track on the B-side it's big wonder it didn't happen. Great production and a great Easybeats-inspired guitar riff - I wonder if Black Sabbath knew this song.

    The other two Fire tracks are also good, though not quite as memorable.

    From the other artists there is good material too, though none really stand up with the two already mentioned. Rawlings and Huckstep's two contributions are both very good, and The Iveys' "Bittersweet Adieu" will please fans of Iveys and Badfinger - The other Iveys song is not very good - pretty lightweight.

    Recommended for fans of the late 60's pop-pscyh sounds.
    4 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on 28 February 2016
    Verified Purchase
    I expected it to be better
    Report
  • prairie
    5.0 out of 5 stars We need the Whole APPLE Records catalog released
    Reviewed in the United States on 19 November 2013
    Verified Purchase
    Anything Apple Corps. I think is worth the time for anything apple records produced to be out there for us all to enjoy
    Report
  • area code 44
    4.0 out of 5 stars appleの幻想
    Reviewed in Japan on 7 March 2010
    Verified Purchase
    １８曲中１２曲が未発表曲、聴き所はIveys（２曲）とGrapeFruit（３曲）のデモ、バージョン違いでしょうが、それ以外にもタイトル曲を唄っているFire、Rawlings and HuckstepやGallagher＆Lyleなどの素敵な歌が入っています。デモ音源にはサーッというノイズやスクラッチ音（アセテート盤からのトランス？）などが入るものもありますが、それも時代の空気を閉じ込めた音ということで（デジタルリマスターのクリアーな音を期待する方にはお勧めできませんが）インナーに載っているAppleBoutiqueの写真を見ながら当時の雰囲気を想像して聴くのも楽しいと思います。
    Report
  • Wolfgang Brenner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beatles / Apple
    Reviewed in Germany on 14 April 2015
    Verified Purchase
    einfach krass, tolle Musik diese entdeckten Talente, schade, dass die Beatles sich bald getrennt haben, Apple nicht mehr pflegen wollten und damit leider viele tolle Künstler nicht mehr zum Zug kamen, da hätten einige davon noch durchstarten können.
    Report
  • James R. Hill
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Service, great item.....
    Reviewed in the United States on 21 May 2010
    Verified Purchase
    The item is wonderful and the service was super ! I recommend the seller wholeheartedly.

    Jim
    Report