We Are Ever So Clean

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We Are Ever So Clean
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Studio album by
Released24 November 1967
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Length39:56
Label Marmalade
Producer Giorgio Gomelsky
Blossom Toes chronology
We Are Ever So Clean
(1967)
If Only for a Moment
(1969)
Singles from We Are Ever So Clean
  1. "What on Earth / Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar / Look at Me I'm You"
    Released: October 1967
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We Are Ever So Clean is the debut album by Blossom Toes, released in 1967 on Marmalade Records. The album was reissued in 2007 by Sunbeam Records along with bonus tracks. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

It is listed in Record Collector’s "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records". [6] Richie Unterberger calls the album "One of the happiest, most underappreciated relics of British psychedelia."

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look at Me I'm You"Godding, Gomelsky3:55
2."I'll Be Late for Tea"Godding2:42
3."The Remarkable Saga of the Frozen Dog"Westlake3:02
4."Telegram Tuesday"Godding2:38
5."Love Is"Godding2:41
6."What's It For"Cregan3:03
7."People of the Royal Parks"Westlake2:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."What on Earth"Godding2:53
9."Mrs. Murphy's Budgerigar"Cregan, Westlake2:38
10."I Will Bring You This and That"Godding2:55
11."Mister Watchmaker"Godding2:22
12."When the Alarm Clock Rings"Cregan2:26
13."The Intrepid Balloonist's Handbook, Volume One"Cregan2:12
14."You"Godding2:45
15."Track for Speedy Freaks (or Instant LP Digest)"Godding, Gomelsky, Cregan, Westlake1:25
Bonus tracks (2007 reissue)
No.TitleLength
16."Everybody’s Talking" (Outtake)2:32
17."Look At Me I’m You" (Instrumental)3:47
18."I’ll Be Late for Tea" (Mono Mix without Overdubs)2:28
19."Mister Watchmaker" (Live)3:08
20."I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight"3:23
21."Jim Cregan interview"0:57
22."Love Is" (Live)3:01
23."Collects Little Girls" (Demo)4:03
24."Hometime" (Demo)3:44
25."Looking Up I'm Looking Back" (Demo)3:03

Personnel

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