Midsummer Nights Dreaming/ Men from the Ministry

midsummer nights dreaming/ men from the ministry

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Mary, Mary
2. Someone Like You
3. I'm Coming Home
4. Something Very Good
5. Goodbye to Rosalie
6. Sunday in the Park
7. Hey Girl (No Need to Push)
8. Something You've Got
9. Ooh la La
10. I Couldn't Spend Another Day
See all 17 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. White Collar Worker
2. Throw the Thing Away
3. Back Seat Driver
4. Rain Rain Rain
5. In the Sky
6. Sequin Sally
7. Laughing Man
8. Going Round and Round
9. Time Motion Man
10. Little Ray of Sunshine
See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Not to be confused with the Dance label of the same name, this 60s group was a side project of members of the Ivy League and Flowerpot Men and as such never toured or appeared on TV. This CD consists of 2 LPs (35 tracks, of which 31 have never been released) - the whimsical pop psych of Midsummer Nights Dreaming and the heavier rock soul of Men From The Ministry. 11 Bonus tracks are added and each album is housed in its own PYE Art Department-like cover with its own liner notes. RPM. 2005.

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Midsummer Nights Dreaming/ Men from the Ministry
Midsummer Nights Dreaming/Men from the Ministry
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Spotty Period Album/Good but uneven followup
 Midsummer Nights Dreaming/Men from the Ministry
Ministry of Sound
Manufacturer: RPM
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A6ABAI
Release Date: 2005-09-26

Tracks:

  1. Mary, Mary
  2. Someone Like You
  3. I'm Coming Home
  4. Something Very Good
  5. Goodbye to Rosalie
  6. Sunday in the Park
  7. Hey Girl (No Need to Push)
  8. Something You've Got
  9. Ooh la La
  10. I Couldn't Spend Another Day Without You
  11. Three in the Morning
  12. Angels Get Out of Bed
  13. Big Top Heart [*]
  14. Get Outta My Way [*]
  15. Love Equals Love [*]
  16. Memory [*]
  17. Turn Around [*]

Tracks:

  1. White Collar Worker
  2. Throw the Thing Away
  3. Back Seat Driver
  4. Rain Rain Rain
  5. In the Sky
  6. Sequin Sally
  7. Laughing Man
  8. Going Round and Round
  9. Time Motion Man
  10. Little Ray of Sunshine
  11. Magic People
  12. Midsummer Dreaming
  13. Life Is Living [*]
  14. Marjorie Morningstar [*]
  15. Roberto Billow [*]
  16. Mr. Light [*]
  17. When I Was Born [*]
  18. Rain Rain Rain [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][*]

Album Description

Not to be confused with the Dance label of the same name, this 60s group was a side project of members of the Ivy League and Flowerpot Men and as such never toured or appeared on TV. This CD consists of 2 LPs (35 tracks, of which 31 have never been released) - the whimsical pop psych of Midsummer Nights Dreaming and the heavier rock soul of Men From The Ministry. 11 Bonus tracks are added and each album is housed in its own PYE Art Department-like cover with its own liner notes. RPM. 2005.

Album Details

Two Terrific LP Any 60's Group Would have Been Proud to have Created, Charting their Progression from Pop Psych Outfit to Rock Soul During the Second Half of the Decade. So 35 Classic 60's Recordings, 90% Previously Unreleased, Given the 'what If' Treatment. Each Set of Recordings Housed in their Own Pye Art Department Like Cover, with their Own Liner Notes, Each Ordered as They Would have Been, with Bonus Tracks, Each Reflecting the Musical Backdrop Against which They were Set. 1967/67 Whimsical Pop Pysch for Midsummer Nights Dreaming, and the Heavier Rock Soul Setting for Men from the Ministry in 1968.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Spotty Period Album/Good but uneven followup.......2005-11-27

The first album of this double CD set, "Men from the Ministry", is a spotty affair at best. There are some nice splotches of background vocals and an occasional ear catching and finger snapping tune, (like the infectious "Something Very Good"), but for the most part it's throw-away 1966 pop-stuff.

The followup album, "Midsummer Nights Dreaming" is obviously the superior record of the 2 and makes this worthy of a purchase to any fans of 60's psych. While it also has some "filler" pop songs on it, even those are of decent quality. Highlights include the Lennone-esque "Laughing Man", the U.F.O.-themed craziness of "In The Sky" and "Mr. Light" and the psych-pop fun of "Going Round and Round", "White Collar Worker" and "Sequin Sally".

Finally, I'm not sure if I just got a "bad" version of the collection or not... but both discs are mislabeled as one another; the disc labeled "Men From The Ministry" is really "Midsummer Nights Dreaming", and "Midsummer Nights Dreaming" is really "Men From The Ministry". A minor annoyance at best... but someone should be looking out for such obvious mistakes at RPM; it doesn't look good when such obvious mistakes exist on these kinds of re-releases.

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