Begin Here - Various Artists

Elektra EUKS 262 (Stereo)

Possibly the most boring Elektra sleeve design ever This was another Elektra UK attempt to show how good the catalogue was - the sleeve notes are brim full with praise of the artists from the music and other press. However, I'm not sure that describing David Peel & Co as being "like the Fugs only without their literary qualities" was a compliment or not.

Love had a cult following in the UK, hence the inclusion of both sides of the final 'original line-up' single on this compilation.

(Source - The Elektra 'Master' Discography)

Side 1
David Peel and the Lower East Side - The Alphabet Song
Nico - Lawns of Dawn
David Ackles - Be My Friend
The Incredible String Band - Mercy, I Cry, City
Love - Your Mind and we Belong Together
Tom Paxton - Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues

Side 2
Love - Laughing Stock
Tim Buckley - Phantasmagoria in Two
Eclection - Confusion
Fred Neil - Handful of Gimme
The Holy Modal Rounders - Dame Fortune