Title: The 60's Soundtrack - More Mass Marketing Schlock
Product review: The real soundtrack of the 1960's, the backdrop to all the social, political, and technological eruptions of that era, is an intoxicating brew of mixed musical styles and creative inspiration. As usual, this richness is lost on the mass marketeers who continually underestimate and pander to the so-called "average" listener. Most of the selected tracks on this collection are cliched in the most Disneyesque sense of the word. What really kills me is that the TV series soundtrack does include some 60's musical gems which never made it to the final CD cut. Two faves they snipped right out: "Embryonic Journey" by Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Still evocative after all these years - capturing mood, time and place - but not market share. BB
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