POP HISTORY VOL 25 (1973)

Volume 25 in Polydor's popular 'Pop History' series has two complete Medicine Head albums. Disc 1 (tracks 1 to 11) has their second album "Heavy On The Drum" from 1971, while disc 2 (tracks 12 to 25) has the 1970 debut "New Bottles And Old Medicine". All albums in this series had colourful laminated gatefold sleeves and top quality mastering.

- Germany 2LP: Polydor 2625 026

Tracklisting: There's Always A Light / Any Day Now / Medicine Pony / Thou Shalt Not Pass / Expectation Blues / To Train Time / Call On Your Saviour (And Sing with the Drum) / Have No Fear / You Got Me Rockin' And Rollin' / Once There Was A Day / (Sometimes) Even The Moon Has No Face / When Night Falls / Ooee Baby / Next Time The Sun Comes Round / This Love Of Old / Home's Odyssey / Oh My Heart To Peace / Do It Now / Be It As We Are / Fire Under Mountain / Two Men Now / Crazy 'Bout You Baby / Goin' Home / His Guiding Hand / Walkin' Blues

MEDICINE HEAD (1975)

Tracklisting: Rising Sun / How Does It Feel / Kum On / Out On The Street / The Seasons & The Signs / Indian Queen / Cajun Kick / Slip And Slide / All The Fallen Teenangles / Only To Do What Is True / White Dove / Another Lay / Sittin' In The Sun / One & One Is One

- UK LP: Polydor 2384 069
- UK CD (1990): Polydor 843901-2

This compilation has a good selection of songs from the "Dark Side Of The Moon", "One & One Is One" and "Thru' A Five" albums. The CD re-issue adds "Pictures In The Sky".

POP POWER - THE FANTASTIC MEDICINE HEAD (1975)

Tracklisting: One And One Is One / I Know Why / Out On The Street / Instant Karma Kid / Blue Suede Shoes - To Train Time / Slip And Slide / Rising Sun / How Does It Feel / Morning Light / Another Lay / All The Fallen Teenangels

- Germany LP: Polydor 2459 310

This German only compilation has the complete "One & One Is One" album from 1973, plus "Rising Sun" and "Slip And Slide", the first two singles from the 1974 "Thru' A Five" album.

THE BEST OF MEDICINE HEAD (1981)

Tracklisting: One & One Is One / Back To The Wall / Only To Do What Is True / Be It As We Are / Do It Now / Once There Was A Day / Kum On / How Does It Feel / Call On Your Saviour / Sittin' In The Sun / Next Time The Sun Comes Round / Fire Under Mountain

- Germany LP: Karusell 2499 066

Yet another German only compilation. 'The Best Of' title is quite accurate this time around, since it has a good selection from the first four albums: "New Bottles, Old Medicine" (4 tracks), "Heavy On The Drum" (2 tracks), "Dark Side Of The Moon" (4 tracks) and "One And One Is One" (2 tracks).

THE BEST OF MEDICINE HEAD (2001)

Tracklisting: One And One Is One / Rising Sun / Slip And Slide / Out On The Street / I know Why / Changin' Man / Instant Karma Kid / Morning Light / White Dove / All The Fallen Teenangels / The Season And The Sign / Indian Queen / Another Lay / In The Palm Of Your Hand / Epitaph Blues / Rain / How Does It Feel

- UK CD: Music Club MCCD464

This budget release offers value for money as it has eight songs from the "One And One Is One" album and nine songs from "Thru' A Five", but to call it "The Best Of Medicine Head" is stretching it!

ONE AND ONE IS ONE - THE VERY BEST OF MEDICINE HEAD (2009)

Tracklisting: His Guiding Hand / Fire Under Mountain / Walking Blues / Coast To Coast (And Shore To Shore) / (And The) Pictures In The Sky / There's Always A Light / Thou Shalt Not Pass / Kum On / Sittin’ In The Sun / Back To The Wall / How Does It Feel / One And One Is One / I Know Why / Morning Light / Rising Sun / Cajun Kick / Slip And Slide

- UK CD: Cherry Red CDMRED376

With 11 tracks from their Dandelion period, plus 3 tracks apiece from the "One And One Is One" and "Thru' A Five" hit albums, this compilation truly represent "The Very Best Of Medicine Head"!