LAVENDER GROVE

The mod-psychedelic outfit the Game served as the foundation for Lavender Grove. Several solid tracks by the Game, echoing the Who, found their way onto rare British singles later featured across multiple U.K. "freakbeat" compilations. In 1968, Lavender Grove laid down two previously unreleased numbers, "Lavender Grove" and "When I Was Young," both penned by the Game's founder Terry Spencer; these surfaced on the 1995 Game CD compilation It's Shocking What They Call Us. Crunchy guitars and poppy melodies define both tracks, aligning them closely with the Game's output, albeit falling short of the strongest Game singles.