Repress. Latest instalment of Grapefruit's popular year-by-year overviews of the more melodic end of the early 70s UK progressive rock scene. A four-hour compilation featuring big hits, key album tracks, cult classics and rarities from 1973.

1973 was another significant year in British pop, with the recent arrival of glam – including the Bryan Ferry-led Roxy Music, who proved that “avant rock” could be a commercial proposition – inspiring many underground bands to adopt a more streamlined sound.

That more song-based approach helped give the 1973 singles chart a new energy, with memorable 45s from Mott The Hoople, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Faces, Status Quo, Medicine Head and Nazareth.

Though they fell short of the charts, some of the era's more idiosyncratic singer-songwriter talents – Kevin Ayers, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne – also issued much-loved, radio-friendly singles.

On the live circuit, the UK free festival scene was dominated by a new hippie/glam/space rock convergence, with brand leaders Hawkwind joined by the likes of The Pink Fairies and Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come.

Featuring all of the above names as well as Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Caravan, Procol Harum, Stealers Wheel, Roy Wood, Rare Bird, Badfinger, Free, Family and many others, ‘High In The Morning’ is a fascinating three-CD, four-hour appraisal of the 1973 British rock and pop scene.

Housed in a clamshell box that features a classic crowd shot from that year's Windsor free festival, ‘High In The Morning’ includes a 48-page booklet that's packed with rare photos, quotes and biographical information.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1 ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS (album version) - Mott The Hoople

2  JOYBRINGER – Manfred Mann's Earthband

3  SURPRISE, SURPRISE - Caravan

4  MARLENE – Kevin Coyne

5 THE SERGEANT SAYS - Spirogyra

6  WILDFIRE - Rococo

7  MEDUSA – Dr. Marigold's

8  RANDOLPH'S TANGO – Thin Lizzy

9 A RUM TALE – Procol Harum

10  TERMINAL EYES- Al Stewart

11  AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MASTER (single version) - Bachdenkel

12  STAR – Stealers Wheel

13  RAGGED RAIN LIFE – Duncan Browne

14  HIGH IN THE MORNING – Rare Bird

15  BIRDMAN – Joe Soap

16  URBAN GUERRILLA - Hawkwind

17  LOVE IS EASY - Badfinger

18  MR CUSTER – Paul Brett

19  ALL THE FALLEN TEEN ANGELS - Mouse

20  TOWERS – Mick Audsley

21  TOO HOT TO HANDLE (alternative early mix) – Ducks Deluxe

22 PICK UP THE PHONE - Patto

DISC TWO

1  DO THE STRAND – Roxy Music

2  CARIBBEAN MOON – Kevin Ayers

3  (I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU) BUT YOU GOT ME ANYWAY – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

4  TRAVELLIN' IN STYLE - Free

5  PALE GREEN VAUXHALL DRIVING MAN - Prowler

6  RUNNING AWAY - Duffy

7  SHOWDOWN – England's Glory

8  ON THE FRONTIER - Shoot

9  CAROLINE (album version) – Status Quo

10  THE AWARD - Fantasy

11  TEMPLE SONG - Greenslade

12  ORANGE SONG – Rupert Hine

13  RISING SUN – Medicine Head

14  DREAMS (STORY OF OUR TIME/BENEATH THIS SKY) - Ithaca

15  HOLD ON TO YOUR FIRE - Libido

16  SWEET DESIREE - Family

17  LEGAL EAGLE SHUFFLE – The Spencer Davis Group

18 COME ALIVE (aka SLOW ROCK) – Kingdom Come

19  CITY KIDS – Pink Fairies

20  DIRTY DICK* - Streak

21  BUFFALO (full-length version) – Writing On The Wall

DISC THREE

1  SWAMPSNAKE – Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2  BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth

3  16 AND SAVAGED - Silverhead

4  MAN FROM GALILEE – Fairfield Ski

5  GIRL SAID TO ME – Liverpool Echo

6 ALWAYS – The Big Three

7  FOOL'S GOLD - Hemlock

8  POOL HALL RICHARD - Faces

9  GOLD MEDALLIONS – Tucky Buzzard

10  WORLD – Curved Air

11  MOVING MOOR - Complex

12  ENGLISH MORNING – Jade Warrior

13  I DON'T NEED NOBODY – Shape Of The Rain

14  NOT FADE AWAY – Frank White

15  FOREVER – Roy Wood

16  I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND - Byzantium

17  OUT ON THE ROAD – Patrick Campbell-Lyons

8 BANK HOLIDAY – Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts

19 SITTING IN THE MIDDAY SUN – The Kinks

20  I'M GONNA GET YOU - Reform

21  A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL (album version) – Bryan Ferry

22  DO THE STANLEY - Stackridge

*previously unreleased