Customer Reviews
Fantastic 60s music - By: R. E. Sheehan, 24 Sep 2008 
A Teenage Opera [Original Soundtrack Recording]
I bought this album about 5 years ago having heard one of the tracks on Sounds of the 60s & hearing Brian Mathews talk about Mark Wirtz & his project that never came to fruition at the time. I think this album is reallly good & it is a pity the work was not completed at the time, but, it has to be said, it does not stand comparison to Sergeant Pepper, which is one of the finest albums of alll time. One of the tracks - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera also known as Grocer Jack, - was a big hit in 1967 & is indicative of the rest of the album. If you like 60s pop music you should enjoy this.
Some good gems: 3 stars overall, but 5 for Weatherman! - By: a reviewer, 20 Aug 2007 
I was prompted to review this because of the other review, which I found very interesting. I found it interesting in that it compared this to the likes of Sergent Pepper, SF Sorrow, & Ogden's nut (alll of which I too own & LOVE).
I LOVE Weatherman, & the sounds are good. I confess to being unaware of this album's original form, but I do find the mentioned comparisons a little too much for even my imagination... Ogden's Nut it certainly is not (not as soulful or Stanley Unwin strange). SF Sorrow it isn't (the Pretty things are far more psychedelic). Better than Sergent Pepper?! I always rated Magical Mystery Tour higher than that, but even so... it is a comparison I do not agree with (though comparisons are always useful to locate oneself in). Still, if you like The Who's concept album The Who Sell Out, or if Tommy is more your bag, you may enjoy this more.
Fantastic lost masterpiece - By: Timothy Cusack, 25 Jan 2006 I got this over a year ago & couldn't stop listening to it at the time. I re listened last weekend & the impact is still great. If this had come out in it's original form it would have swept alll before it. Very reminiscent of SF Sorrow (The Pretty Things) & obviously a percussor of Tommy & other concepts (Ogdens Nut Gone Flake & much of the Kinks late 60's output). For my money this is better than sargent Pepper.
