Autumn '67 – Spring '68

Autumn '67 - Spring '68
Compilation album by The Nice
Released	1972 (UK) 1973 (US)
Recorded	Autumn '67 - Spring '68
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length	36:46 (original LP) 44:36 (with bonus tracks)
Label	EMI Music (UK) Charisma/Buddah (North America)
The Nice chronology
Elegy (1971)Elegy1971 Autumn '67 - Spring '68 (1972) Vivacitas (2003)Vivacitas2003
American cover
American Cover

Autumn '67 – Spring '68 is a 1972 compilation by the English psychedelic rock and progressive rock group the Nice. It was released in 1973 in US as Autumn to Spring. The album consists of outtakes and alternate versions recorded in Autumn '67 – Spring '68. The album has been reissued on vinyl as The Nice Featuring America. The album was remastered and reissued on Japanese SHM-CD in 2009. All of these tracks were also included as bonus tracks on 1990 reissues of the Nice's Five Bridges and Elegy albums.

The cover for the UK issue was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" (Keith Emerson, David O'List) – 4:14
2. "Flower King of Flies" (Emerson, Lee Jackson) – 3:37
3. "Bonnie K" (Jackson, O'List) – 3:20
4. "America" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Brian Davison, Jackson) – 6:07

Side two

5. "Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon" (Emerson, Jackson) – 2:45
6. "Dawn" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson) – 5:06
7. "Tantalising Maggie" (O'List, Jackson) – 4:21
8. "Cry of Eugene" (O'List, Emerson, Jackson) – 4:31
9. "Daddy, Where Did I Come From?" (Emerson, Jackson) – 2:48

2009 bonus tracks

10. "Azrael" (Emerson, Jackson) – 3:47
11. "Diary of an Empty Day" (Emerson, Jackson) – 3:58

Personnel

The Nice

• Keith Emerson – keyboards, vocals
• Lee Jackson – bass guitar, vocals
• Brian Davison – drums
• Davy O'List - guitar, trumpet, flute, vocals

References