I t’s been said so often that it’s now become almost a cliché, but late-60s psychedelic pop duo Nirvana should have been massive.
The tale of Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos is undeniably one of opportunities wasted, but in their short career they released five albums full of wonderful and occasionally ambitious music – all of which are collected in this box set, limited to just 1,000 copies.
Never afraid to go out on a limb, Nirvana’s 1967 debut, The Story Of Simon Simopath, was arguably the first narrative concept album. Combining jazz, classical and folk it was insane enough to grab the attention of clued-in music fans, if not the wider public.
Second album All Of Us came out in 1968, featuring the minor hit Rainbow