Drawing from seven 1967-1973 albums by the Free Design, this 20-song compilation overlaps some with the other Free Design best-of (Varese Sarabande's Kites Are Fun), but each of those anthologies has a good number of songs not on the other. Each one is a reasonable intro to this soft pop/rock band, though, and this does include, naturally, the one song that would be considered essential to any best-of, "Kites Are Fun." The Free Design's world is a never-never land of fluffy good times,...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Fans of the Beach Boys, the 5th Dimension, and other seminal pop artists have a gaping hole in their music collections if it doesn't contain "Kites Are Fun," the 1967 soft-psych-pop masterpiece from The Free Design. Never heard of the band? You're not alone. Although now admired by audiophiles such as Beck, Stereolab, and The Polyphonic Spree, The Free Design never achieved mainstream fame -- an injustice that still puzzles many critics. In 1966, the family act was filling New York City coffe...   [ read more ]

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Fans of the Beach Boys, the 5th Dimension, and other seminal pop artists have a gaping hole in their music collections if it doesn't contain "Kites Are Fun," the 1967 soft-psych-pop masterpiece from The Free Design. Never heard of the band? You're not alone. Although now admired by audiophiles such as Beck, Stereolab, and The Polyphonic Spree, The Free Design never achieved mainstream fame -- an injustice that still puzzles many critics. In 1966, the family act was filling New York City coffee houses with ...   [ read more ]

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