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John's Children - The Complete John's Children

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Smashed Blocked 3:02
  2. Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get 3:04
  3. Strange Affair 2:06
  4. But She's Mine 1:59
  5. Hippy Gumbo 2:37
  6. Jagged Time Lapse 2:49
  7. Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternate Version) 2:37
  8. Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed 2:28
  9. Mustang Ford 2:22
  10. The Love I Thought I'd Found 3:04
  11. Remember Thomas A'beckett 2:37
  12. Come And Play With Me In The Garden (Inst) 2:11
  13. Daddy Rolling Stone (Bbc) 2:13
  14. Hot Rod Mama (Bbc) 3:11
  15. Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (Bbc) 3:34
  16. Jagged Time Lapse (Bbc) 2:42
  17. Sally Was An Angel (Inst) 3:10
Volume 2
  1. Desdemona 2:27
  2. Remember Thomas A'beckett 2:22
  3. It's Been A Long Time 3:21
  4. Arthur Green 3:44
  5. Midsummer Night's Scene 2:35
  6. Sarah Crazy Child 2:28
  7. Jagged Time Lapse 2:50
  8. Go-Go Girl 2:10
  9. Come And Play With Me In The Garden 2:20
  10. Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith - Instrumental 2:42
  11. Midsummer Night's Scene - Alternate Version 2:38
  12. Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed - Alternate Version 2:41
  13. Help 2:28
  14. Casbah Candy 2:01

Notes

from 2005 Voiceprint silvers

A bit of a misnomer, this title, in that it's not a truly complete overview (though there could have been room for it -- it's 80 minutes over two discs, not the most efficient use of space). Actually, it's a double-disc re-release of the two 1997 collections of various tracks and rarities, Smashed Blocked! and Jagged Time Lapse, in one place. There's nothing more done to either the discs or the accompanying booklet beyond that, though the lack of any acknowledgement that this is the case makes this yet another repackaged potential rip-off to the unwary consumer (perhaps appropriate enough for something with Marc Bolan associations, alas). The ham-handedness can be seen in the liner notes, which reproduce the track-by-track comments for Jagged Time Lapse (under the heading "Disc Two") but don't get around to doing something similar for the Smashed Blocked! selections. These problems aside, it's still a good listen for those who don't have either of those compilations, and regardless of the lack of the Orgasm album, as it stands or without the fake crowd noise, for most this will be all the weird, quirky, and sometimes-thrilling John's Children they'll need.