We are honoured to have participated in a special vinyl only project "Yesterday's Sunshine Today" - New magical covers of a legendary British psychedelic pop rock band "Nirvana" from the 1960s (songs from 1967-1969) by bands from all over the world including a previously unreleased song "Flowers For Friday" (written by Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos) covered by Clockwork Flowers…! The album is available as a limited edition of 500 copies...however, due to public demand (or whatever), now an unedited digital version is also available from Timemachine Productions.
Side A:
1. Tiny Goddess – Constantine (Chicago/USA)
2. Wings Of Love – Echo Train (Athens/Greece)
3. In The Courtyard Of The Stars – The Watch Brigade (L.A./USA)
4. You Can Try It – 8×8 (Alexander Kodchenko/Lane Steinberg) (Ukraine/USA)
5. All Of Us – Costas Stergiou (Athens/Greece)
6. Flowers For Friday – Clockwork Flowers (London/UK)
7. St John's Wood Affair – St John's Wood Affair (Bridport/UK)
8. Rainbow Chaser – Mikah Wilson & Peaches In Honey (L.A./USA)
9. Pentecost Hotel – Olaf Putker (Zutphen/Holland)
Side B:
1. Black Flower – Talk (Andrew Pitrone with members of Mystic Braves,
Creation Factory, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Jeffertitti's Nile) (L.A./USA)
2. Aline Cherie – Ben Reed (London/UK)
3. Busy Man – Nick Capaldi (Dorchester/UK)
4. Lonely Boy – Wyatt Starr (L.A./USA)
5. Trapeze/Requiem JC – Pisces People (L.A./USA)
6. All I Do Is For You – The Absorbus Machine (Athens/Greece)
7. Pentecost Hotel – Henry Priestman (Hull/UK)
8. The Show Must Go On/Frankie The Great/I Believe In Magic (Medley)
– Dor Koren (Green Valley/ISRAEL)
9. Rainbow Chaser – Jacco Gardner (Lisbon/Portugal)
10. 1999 – John Cavanagh (Glasgow/Scotland)
"NIRVANA"
They released "Rainbow Chaser: The 60's Recordings (Island Years)" and "Songlife 1967-1972" which is a 6 LP deluxe boxset containing all 5 of Nirvana's pioneering studio albums, alongside the never before released 1972 recording "Secret" in 2021.
This unique album was recorded in 2019 in 19 different studio locations by 'bands who are fans' from around the world rebirthing the classic Nirvana songs (a legendary British psychedelic pop rock band "Nirvana" from the 1960s) in a magical way for a 2020 release! The songs written by Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos in the sixties (1967- 1969) have a timeless quality that has been acknowledged by their fans around the world, now "Yesterday's Sunshine Today" conceived and compiled by Patrick takes us on a new musical journey of love and vision. A limited-edition vinyl-only release (500 copies). Orders available from Timemachine-Productions (Greece).
From Patrick's note...
"I came up with the original idea of Yesterdays Sunshine Today one year ago after a show in Los Angeles in the company of some young bands who knew and played the Nirvana songs in a new magical way. I then project managed 19 tracks from around the world + mastering and manufacture with the help of Michalis Timemachine in Greece over the past year... my main focus was the exclusivity to the Vinyl only spirit of the journey, as we and the bands/artists are Vinyl lovers... so just to let you know the Album is a Vinyl only release into next year... 500 limited edition only."
It's been 4 years since the launch of vinyl version of "Yesterday's Sunshine Today" from Timemachine Production in Greece in 2020, now we're happy to announce that Think Like A Key Music in the US releases the CD version of "Yesterday's Sunshine Today: New Magical Covers of Nirvana (1967-1969)" on Friday the 13th September 2024. The new CD version includes 4 exclusive bonus tracks, including a special track "Hello God" - Nirvana reborn! A brand-new 2024 recording by Patrick Campbell-Lyons & Alex Spyropoulos!
To celebrate the release of the CD, we updated this page to make a complete archive of the project from our perspective. We added stories behind the scene, rare demos and so on...
1. Tiny Goddess – Constantine
2. Wings Of Love – Echo Train
3. In The Courtyard Of The Stars – The Watch Brigade
4. You Can Try It – 8×8 (Alexander Kodchenko/Lane Steinberg)
5. All Of Us – Costas Stergiou
6. Flowers For Friday – Clockwork Flowers
7. St John's Wood Affair – St John's Wood Affair
8. Rainbow Chaser – Mikah Wilson & Peaches In Honey
9. Pentecost Hotel – Olaf Putker
10. Black Flower – Talk
11. Aline Cherie – Ben Reed
12. Busy Man – Nick Capaldi
13. Lonely Boy – Wyatt Starr
14. Trapeze/Requiem JC – Pisces People
15. All I Do Is For You – The Absorbus Machine
16. Pentecost Hotel – Henry Priestman
17. The Show Must Go On/Frankie The Great/I Believe In Magic
(Medley) – Dor Koren
18. Rainbow Chaser – Jacco Gardner
19. 1999 – John Cavanagh
20. Flashbulb - Ex Norwegian
21. Darling Darlane - Super 8
22. The World Is Cold Without You - John Howard
23. Hello God - Nirvana
Here's a story...
In July 2019, Patrick asked us to participate in this special vinyl only Nirvana (UK) tribute project. The timing Patrick contacted us was perfect...as a cool photograph of 1960's Nirvana just appeared on our Tumblr timeline unexpectedly (we don't often see Nirvana (UK) photos especially on Tumblr), so we shared the photo on Tumblr and Facebook then he suddenly contacted us about the project.
To look back, we must have been one of the last bands Patrick asked to take part, as songs we wanted to cover were already taken by other bands. Then he suggested us that he's got this previously unreleased song called 'Flowers For Friday' which he recorded a demo and sent it to us along with chords and lyrics. We immediately loved the song and started learning/arranging the song. Then, Anthea had an accident and got 6 stitches on her finger...obviously she couldn't play the drums, so John started recording a demo including newly composed intro/outro parts and completed this demo version of 'Flowers For Friday'.
Compare to the original demo we received from Patrick, our version of 'Flowers For Friday' was much slower tempo and we also added intro, outro, solo parts and so on, so the length of the song became nearly 5 minutes (original demo version was a bit more than 4 minutes long). Then, Patrick contacted us and saying that the track must not be longer than 2:30 minutes! We thought BOLLOCKS! we really wanted to hear this earlier...but sent our 5 minutes long demo to Patrick anyway and told him that we have to re-arrange the song to fit to 2:30 minutes. Patrick really loved our demo we sent and suggested us to keep the vibe (he even suggested us to use this demo as the final mix...!) as he loved this much slower version of the song including instrumental tracks such as Mellotron, harpsichord, Hammond organ and so on. We decided not to re-arrange the song but have to shorten the length of the song somehow in order to keep the vibe!
So, we re-structured the song by cutting solo and ending parts and then shortened intro parts. But it was still too long! Then, we sped up the song a bit and cut whatever we can but the song was still too long. We drew a conclusion that in order to keep the vibe, we cannot make it faster and decided to go on. So we finally recorded the song and created 3 different versions of the song. Version 1. - Fade in and shorter fade out (2:30 minutes), Version 2 - Shorter fade out (2:52 minutes), Version 3 - Longer fade out (3:18 minutes). We then sent him all the 3 versions of the song and asked him to pick one for the project. Patrick chose Version 2 (2:52 minutes) which was a bit more than 2:30 minutes but he told us that he'll sort it out. And he magically sorted it out...! WICKED!!
We documented the recording sessions. You can visit VIDEO DIARIES, PHOTOS and NEWS ARCHIVES 2020 and 2024. ENJOY!!
Lastly, we'd like to thank Patrick Campbell-Lyons & Alex Spyropoulos again for their wonderful and beautiful music. Also special thanks to Michalis Lagopatis from Timemachine Productions in Greece and Roger Houdaille from Think Like A Key Music in the US.
Special Vinyl Project 2020
CD Project 2024