Mandrake Paddle Steamer
Singles
Strange Walking Man (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Steam (Martin Briley)
(Parlophone R 5780) May 1969
Strange Walking Man (Martin Briley / Brian Engel) /
Steam (Martin Briley)
(re-release - Bam-Caruso Records PABL 033) 1985
Strange Walking Man EP
(Bam-Caruso Records NRIC 033)
Sunlight Glide (Calvin Floyd / Claes Fellbom) /
Len (Claes Fellbom)
(Parlophone SD 6072) 1969
Albums / CDs
Mandrake Paddle Steamer
(Kiffmann's Orthodoxe Schallfolien K-0S 008)
A bootleg album containing recordings by Mandrake Paddle Steamer plus tracks by Brian Engel and Martin Briley recorded under other band names.
Side 1: In My Padded Cell (The East Wing) | Senlak Lament | Pandemonium Shadow Show | Janus Suite | The Ivory Castle Of Solitaire Huske | Pale Green 'Hmmmm' Driving Man | Steam | Jaywick Cowboy
Side 2: Nobody Flies So High | Goodbye Uncle Freddy (Only The Seagulls Cry) | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man | Strange Walking Man
This compilation also includes the following tracks on Side 2, none of which were recorded by Mandrake Paddle Steamer or by Brian Engel and Martin Briley under other band names: Mirage | Lights Camera Action | Don't Let Me Fall | The Best Years Of Our Lives
Mandrake Paddle Steamer
(Forgotten Jewels FJ 001) 1991
Overspill
(LP, Scanner Jots BD 2002)
The tracks on Side 2 of this album were recorded for John Peel's Top Gear, 6th April, 1969.
Side 1: Overspill [Emidisc Acetate] | Carmen [Emidisc Acetate] | Cooger And Dark [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate] | Steam [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate] | Slo Blo [Shapiro Bernstein Acetate]
Side 2: Senlac Lament | Cooger And Dark | Janus Suite | Ivory Castle Of Solitaire Husk | East Wing
Strange Walking Man
(CD, Hyacinth 128)
Another bootleg album containing recordings by Mandrake Paddle Steamer plus tracks by Brian Engel and Martin Briley recorded under other band names.
Tracks: Strange Walking Man | Steam | Sunlight Glide | Len | Pale Green ‘Hmmmm’ Driving Man | Jaywick Cowboy | Overspill | Carmen | Senlac Lament | Coogar and Dark | Janis Suite [which should read ‘Janus Suite’] | The Ivory Castle Of Solikane Itsuk [which should be ‘The Ivory Castle of Solitaire Huske] | East Wing | Mirage | Lights Camera Action | Don't Let Me Fall | Nobody Flies So High [which should read ‘I Am The Sky (Nobody Flies No Higher than Me’)] | Only Seagulls Fligh (Goodbye Uncle Bradie) [which should read ‘Only The Seagulls Cry (Goodbye Uncle Freddy)’] | The Best Years Of Our Lives | Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man
This CD also contains four tracks that were not recorded by Mandrake Paddle Steamer or by Brian Engel and Martin Briley under other band names: Mirage | Lights Camera Action | Don't Let Me Fall | The Best Years Of Our Lives.
Pandemonium Shadow Show
(Sommer SOMMCD045) 2018
An album of previously unreleased material from 1968 and 1970 discovered on tapes stored by the band's late manager. Brian Engel co-wrote and sings the lead vocal on the album's title track and on four of the other tracks: Solitair Husk, The World Whistles By, Upminster Windows and The October Country, the very first recording made by the band.
Tracks: Pandemonium Shadow Show | Solitair Husk | Stella Mermaid | The World Whistles By | Upminster Windows | Doris The Piper | The Doorway To January | Simple Song | The October Country
Compilation Albums / CDs (Various Artists)
Several compilations have been released featuring tracks by Mandrake Paddle Steamer.
Acid Drops, Spacedust and Flying Saucers • Psychedelic Confectionery From the UK Underground 1965-1969
(4 CD Box Set with a 16 page booklet, Mojo / EMI 5350782) 2001
Disc One: Down To Middle Earth
McGough And McGear, So Much Love | Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | The Nice, Flower Ring Of Flies | Rupert's People, Dream On My Mind | Shy Limbs, Reputation | Tintern Abbey, Vacuum Cleaner | The David, Light Of Your Mind | The Misunderstood, I Can Take You To The Sun | Grapefruit, Dear Delilah | Procol Harum, Shine On Brightly | Bamboo Shoot, The Fox Has Gone To Ground | The Who, Armenia City In The Sky | Focus Three, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind | Timebox, Gone Is The Sad Man | World Of Oz, Peter's Birthday | The Tickle, Subway (Smokey Pokey World) | Felius Andromeda, Meditations | Warm Sounds, Note Is A-Comin'
Disc Two: Gandalf's Garden
Kaleidoscope, Flight From Ashiya | July, The Way | Incredible String Band, Witches Hat | Donovan, Celeste | Ramases & Selket, Mind's Eye | The End, Shades Of Orange | The Virgin Sleep, Love | Barclay James Harvest, Pool Of Blue | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | Bully Nicholls, Girl From New York | The Accent, Red Sky At Night | Mick Softley, Am I The Red One | Orange Bicycle, Laura's Garden | Caleb, Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad | Amazing Friendly Apple, Magician | The Moles, We Are The Moles | 23rd Turnoff, Michael Angelo | Bill Fay, Screams In The Ears
Disc Three: Mushroom Soup
The Purple Gang, Granny Takes A Trip | The Smoke, My Friend Jack | The Idlerace, Imposters Of Life's Magazine | The Pretty Things, Talkin' About The Good Times | Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man | The Spencer Davis Group, Time Seller | Denny Laine, Say You Don't Mind | The Move, I Can Hear The Grass Grow | The Kinks, See My Friends | Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, The L.S. Bumble Bee | The Yardbirds, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago | The Small Faces, Green Circles | The Hollies, King Midas In Reverse | David McWilliams, The Days Of Pearly Spencer | The Herd, From The Underworld | Eric Burdon And The Animals, Sky Pilot | Traffic, Paper Sun | Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, Kites
Disc Four: Roundhouse Ghosts
The Attack, Colour Of My Mind | Allen Pound's Get Rich, Searchin' In The Wilderness | Fire, Father's Name Is Dad | The Orange Machine, Dr. Crippen's Waiting Room | Penny Peeps, Model Village | The Fairytale, Run And Hide | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Status Quo, When My Mind Is Not Live | The Poets, In Your Tower | Sands, Listen To The Sky | Syd Barrett, Octopus | The Apple, The Otherside | The Flies, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone | Herbal Mixture, Machines | Tomorrow, Revolution (phased version) | The Sorrows, You've Got What I Want | The Koobas, Royston Rose | Sam Gopal, Escalator
Hen's Teeth Volume 1
(CD, HEN01CD)
A 26 track compilation CD featuring Svensk, State of Micky & Tommy, Gibsons, Kinetic, Wheels of Time, Virgin Sleep, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Carter & Alquist, Favourite Sons, Tangerine Peel, Tickle, Kirkbys, Alan Avon & The Toyshop.
Illusions From The Crackling Void
(LP, Bam-Caruso Records MARX 085)
Side 1: The Poets, That's The Way It's Gotta Be | The Koobas, Here's A Day | The Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | Nirvana, Excerpt From The Blind & The Beautiful | Wimple Winch, Rumble On Mersey Square South | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Eyes, When The Night Falls | The Pretty Things, Come See Me
Side 2:
Kaleidoscope, A Dream For Julie | The Fairytale, Guess I Was Dreaming | Timebox, Gone Is The Sad Man | The Accent, Red Sky At Night | Montage, Tinsel & Ivy | Hearts & Flowers, Road To Nowhere | SRC, Marionette | The Left Banke, Pretty Ballerina
Insane Times • 25 British Psychedelic Artyfacts From The EMI Vaults
(CD, Zonophone ZONO 20072 / 0946 396921 2 5) 2007
Tracks: Kevin Ayers, Song For Insane Times | July, Dandelion Seeds (Single Version) | Tomorrow, Real Life Permanent Dream | Ipsissimus, Hold On | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | The Gods, Towards The Skies | The Penny Peeps, Model Village | Paul Jones, The Dog Presides | The Idle Race, Hurry Up John | The Orange Bicycle, Last Cloud Home | Jon, Is It Love? | The Brain, Nightmares In Red | Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Equestrian Statue | Rainbow Ffolly, Sun Sing | Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Castle In The Sky | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | Mike Proctor, Mr. Commuter | The Hollies, All The World Is Love | The Aerovons, World Of You | The Lemon Tree, William Chalker's Time Machine | The Parking Lot, World Spinning Sadly | Herbal Mixture, Please Leave My Mind | The Koobas, Barricades | The Yardbirds, Think About It | Syd Barrett, No Good Trying
It's Only A Passing Phase
(LP, Bam-Caruso Records USOMARX 100) 1989
A compilation LP featuring tracks by John's Children, Nirvana, Orange Seaweed, The Ghost, The Seeds, The Riot Squad, The Onyx, Esprit De Corps, The Sorrows, July, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, The Answers, The Kings of Oblivion, The Attack, The Giants
Perfumed Garden Volume 1
(LP, Psycho 06) 1984
Tracks: Factory, Try A Little Sunshine | Eyes, You're Too Much | Grounded, Syn | Nimrod, The Bird | Smoke, Sydney Gill | Birds, No Good Without You Baby | Shy Limbs, Reputation | Game, It's Shocking What They Call Me | Frame, Doctor, Doctor | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | French Revolution, Nine Till Five | Vamp, Floatin' | Syndicates, Crawdaddy Simone | Sands, Listen To The Sky
Psychedelia at Abbey Road 1965-1969
(CD, EMI International 96912) 1999
Tracks: Donovan, Sunshine Superman | Tomorrow, My White Bicycle | The 'N Betweens, Delighted To See You | Donovan, Sunny South Kensington | The Fingers, Circus With A Female Clown | Tomorrow, Why | The Hollies, King Midas In Reverse | Focus Three, 10,000 Years Behind My Mind | Tales Of Justine, Monday Morning | The Hollies, Maker | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, Kites | The Pretty Things, Talkin' About The Good Times | The Pretty Things, Walking Through My Dreams | Mark Wirtz, (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman | The Aquarian Age, 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box | The Nocturnes, Carpet Man | The Koobas, Barricades | The Moles, We Are The Moles (Part 1) | The Locomotive, Mr. Armageddon | The Gods, Hey Bulldog | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Strange Walking Man | Syd Barrett, Golden Hair
Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 6
(CD, Gone Beat BT-CD 77015) 1995
Tracks: Tommy Scott, I Can Only Give You Everything | Whichwhat, Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' | The Darwin's Theory, A Long Long Long Long Way | The Klan, Already Mine | The Gibsons, The Magic Book | Kansas Hook, Mr. Universe | Windmill, Big Bertha | The Mirror, Gingerbread Man | Songbird, Sweet Elaine | Ning, Machine | Ransome Head, Sing | Big Boy Pete, Cold Turkey | Mayfield's Mule, Double Dealing Woman | The Fruit Machine, I'm Alone Today | Mike Proctor, Mr. Commuter | Matchbox, Run Much Faster | Mandrake Paddle Steamer, Steam | Izzy Pound, Na, Na, Na, Na | Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs, Everybody Knows | The Shake Spears, Summertime | The Universals, Hey You | Sean Buckley Set, Hold Tight | Izzy Pound, Pumpkin Mini | Sean Buckley Set, Baby Please Do Something | The Spencer Davis Group, Short Change | Tommy Scott, Boys Cry | The Shepperton Flames, Take Me For What I Am
