Music Machine - Ultimate Turn (2 CD`s)

UK 2 CD set. Famed for the two-minute heart-stopping avant-rock hit Talk Talk, the Music Machine are revered amongst aficionados of 1960s rocknroll. An intelligent, hard-edged group with a sound and image to match, fuelled by the quirky songwriting genius of Sean Bonniwell, `The Ultimate Turn On` collects together the complete recordings of the original, definitive line-up of the band.

Disc 1 of the set includes the differing mono and stereo versions of `Turn On`, along with the four non-LP singles issued on the bands first label Original Sound. Disc 2 consists wholly of superlative unissued material, including rehearsals, demos and alternate versions of tracks, all originally intended for the second album that the band would have released on Original Sound, had they not broken up in the spring of 1967. As an even more enticing bonus, Disc 2 ends with footage of the bands riveting performance on a local Los Angeles TV show. To top it all off the booklet features tons of photos and memorabilia plus an in-depth career retrospective based on fresh interviews with all the members of the band plus producer Brian Ross, making `The Ultimate Turn On` a consummate and unmissable package.

"4 1/2 stars.. This is the group`s entire output for Original Sound Records; they switched to Warner Bros. in 1967 and changed their personnel and their name to Bonniwell`s Music Machine. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Sean Bonniwell dominates the proceedings with his sonorous voice, whether the band is playing originals like the unforgettable garage rock classic "Talk Talk" or such covers as the Beatles` "Taxman" and fellow garage dwellers ? & the Mysterians` "96 Tears." The playing is rudimentary, but more disciplined than that of many of the rock bands that came into existence in the mid-`60s, and Bonniwell`s songwriting is sufficiently varied that it is regrettable the group didn`t get much of a chance beyond its initial hit."-AMG.

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