The Smoke

Artist:  The Smoke
Origin:  York, England
Genre:  Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Mick Rowley:  Lead Vocals
Mal Luker:  Lead Guitar
John "Zeke" Lund:  Bass
Geoff Gill:  Drums

The Smoke was an English Pop Group from York, formed in 1965 by Mick Rowley (Lead Vocals), Mal Luker (Lead Guitar), John "Zeke" Lund (Bass), and Geoff Gill (Drums).  Their biggest hit was "My Friend Jack"(No. 2 in German Charts and No. 45 in UK Charts).

Title:  My Friend Jack Eats Sugar Lumps-An Anthology (Box Set) (2015)
Genre:  Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, Contemporary Pop
Label:  Secret Records
Label:   ****

Tracks:

Disc 1.  The Singles:

 1.  My Friend Jack (Original Proposed 7 Inch Version) (3:11)
 2.  We Can Take It  (2:46)
 3.  High In A Room  (3:02)
 4.  If The Weather's Sunny  (2:52)
 5.  I Would If I Could, But I Can't  (2:16)
 6.  Have Some More Tea  (2:14)
 7.  Victor Henry's Cool Book  (2:29)
 8.  If I Could Be Wonderful  (2:19)
 9.  Utterly Simple  (2:36)
10. Sydney Gil  (3:32)
11. Dreams Of Dreams  (2:30)
12. My Birth  (2:41)
13. Ride Ride Ride (Dick Turpin)  (2:36)
14. Guy Fawkes  (2:03)
15. Sugan Man  (3:12)
16. That's What I Want  (3:17)
17. Jack Is Back  (2:24)
18. Shagalagalu  (3:23)
19. My Lullaby  (2:51)

Disc 2:  Album Tracks And...

 1.  My Friend Jack (Single Version)  (3:05)
 2.  Gimme Good Loving  (2:40)
 3.  Looking High  (2:58)
 4.  Waterfall  (2:42)
 5.  You Can't Catch Me  (3:19)
 6.  Wake Up Cherylina  (2:20)
 7.  Don't Lead Me On  (2:19)
 8.  I Wanna Make It With You  (3:11)
 9.  It's getting Closer  (2:34)
10. It's Just Your Way Of Lovin'  (2:27)
11. Keep A Hold Of What You Got (The Shots) (2:07)
12. She's A Liar (The Shots) (2:23)
13. I Am Only Dreaming (Chords Five)  (2:52)
14. Universal Vagrant (Chords Five)  (2:52)
15. Some People (Chords Five)  (2:14)
16. Battersea Fair  (Chords Five)  (2:43)
17. Same Old Fat Man  (Chords Five)  (3:06)
18. Hold On To Everything You've Got (Chords Five) (2:52)

Disc 3:  B-Sides, Alt. Versions & Live

 1.  My Friend Jack (1976 Version)
 2.  She Put The Hurt On Me  (1:45)
 3.  Like A Good Man Should  (3:28)
 4.  Playing With Magic  (3:06)
 5.  Lady  (3:39)
 6.  Thus Spake Alice (Aka Utterly Simple)  (2:25)
 7.  Sydney Gil (Alternative Version)  (2:53)
 8.  Bring It All Back Home  ((2:21)
 9.  Time To Go #1  (3:10)
10. Time To Go #2 (Alternative Version)  (4:11)
11. The Man With One Leg  (2:22)
12. Old Feet New Socks  (3:43)
13. Poor Little Frogs  (2:38)
14. Sweet Wilfred-A Rodent Of Note  (2:59)
15. Blown Away  (3:17)
16. Holiday Farm  (3:17)
17. Ring Me  (2:40)
18. She Put The Hurt On Me (Live 1967)  (1:56)
19. High In A Room (Live 1967)  (2:48)
20. My Friend Jack (Live 1967)  (2:07)

Personnel:

Mick Rowley:  Lead Vocals
Mal Luker:  Lead Guitar
John "Zeke" Lund:  Bass
Geoff Gill:  Drums

My Friend Jack Eats Sugar Lumps-An Anthology is a superb triple CD Anthology of the Classic Psychedelic Pop Band The Smoke, was released on May 4, 2015 by Secret Records, features the Original Album, plus All The Singles and Pre-Smoke Tracks from The Spots and The Chords Five.