Tomorrow - 1968 - Tomorrow

Tomorrow

1968

Tomorrow

01. My White Bicycle (3:17)

02. Colonel Brown (2:51)

03. Claremont Lake (3:01)

04. Real Life Permanent Dream (3:15)

05. Shy Boy (2:26)

06. Revolution (3:48) 

07. The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase (3:17)

08. Auntie Mary's Dress Shop (2:44)

09. Strawberry Fields Forever (3:58)

10. Three Jolly Little Dwarfs (2:26)

11. Now Your Time Has Come (4:51)

12. Hallucinations (2:37)

- Keith West / lead vocals

- Steve Howe / guitars

- John "Junior" Wood / bass

- John "Twink" Adler / drums, percussion

With:

- Mark P. Wirtz / keyboards

Tomorrow is a 1968 album by the English psychedelic rock band Tomorrow. It was originally released by EMI Parlophone in the U.K. in a black and white sleeve. A slightly different version of the album was also released in the U.S. in 1968 as Sire Records SES 97012, one of the first releases on that label. Although it was not a success when first released it is now widely regarded as one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever made.

The lack of commercial success can be explained by the long delay between initial recording sessions in spring 1967 and final release in February 1968. By the time the album arrived in record stores the psychedelic trend had already started to die out. EMI provided a very small recording budget and would not allow prints of a colour album cover to be made, although some later re-issues were printed with a modified colour cover.

In the early days of British psychedelia, three bands were consistently cited as first-generation figureheads of the London-based underground sound: PINK FLOYD, the SOFT MACHINE, and TOMORROW. PINK FLOYD became superstars and the SOFT MACHINE influential cult legends, but TOMORROW is mostly remembered (if at all) for featuring Steve HOWE as their lead guitarist in his pre-YES days.

Actually, TOMORROW was nearly the equal of the two more celebrated outfits. Along with the early FLOYD and SOFT MACHINE, they shared a propensity for flower-power whimsy. Though they were less recklessly innovative and imaginative, their songwriting was accomplished, with adroit harmonies, psychedelic guitar work, and adventurous structures and tempo changes. They never succumbed to mindless indulgence or jamming; indeed, their tracks were rather short and tightly woven in comparison with most psychedelic bands. A couple singles (especially "My White Bicycle") were underground favorites, but the group only managed to record one album before breaking up in 1968. Lead singer Keith West, even before the breakup, had a number two British hit with "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera," which helped inspire Pete Townshend's + Tommy. Drummer Twink joined the PRETTY THINGS and, later, the PINK FAIRIES.

When I first heard this album I thought I had heard all songs before and just started to sing-a-long. I love the production of this album. It reminds of kinks, beatles, pink floyd, soft machine, the who and bands from that time. Steve Howe does some amazing guitar, Keith West has a nice tender strong voice, John Wood plays magical on bass and John Alder is wild on drums.

And I just wanted to say I like their version of Strawberry fields forever even more than the original.