"Octopus's sole 1969 long-player Restless Night is something of a treasure among '60s Brit-psych fans due to its mixture of proto-progressive riffs, accomplished pop tunes and sparkling Beatlesque flourishes. The band evolved out of the thriving Hertfordshire beat scene that also gave us The Zombies, The Gods and those other cult pop-psych heroes Forever Amber. Octopus' music was coloured by the use of keyboards and layered vocal harmonies in much the same way....this 2006 compilation offers for the first time the original version of the Octopus album as the band intended... containing two previously unheard (and uniformly excellent) tunes plus the usual plethora of previously unreleased bonus tracks, single sides, demos and even a mind-blowing contemporary live recording of Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite!"
- 1 The River
- 2 I Was So Young
- 3 Summer
- 4 Council Plans
- 5 Restless Night
- 6 Orchard Bloom
- 7 Thief
- 8 Queen And The Pauper
- 9 I Say
- 10 John's Rock
- 11 Rainchild
- 12 Tide
- 13 Girlfriend
- 14 Laugh At The Poor Man
- 15 Sagittarius
- 16 In The Park
- 17 Phoebe's Flower Shop
- 18 Too Much In Love
- 19 Call Me A Fool
- 20 Turning Night Into Day
- 21 I Am The Walrus
- 22 Peer Gynt Suite