If Only for a Moment
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{{Infobox album
| name = If Only for a Moment
| type = studio
| artist = Blossom Toes
| cover = If Only for a Moment.jpeg
| alt =
| released = July 1969
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Psychedelic rock|freakbeat|hard rock|acid rock}}
| length = 43:51
| label = Marmalade
| producer = {{ubl|Blossom Toes|Giorgio Gomelsky}}
| prev_title = We Are Ever So Clean
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = If Only For A Moment
| type = studio
| single1 = Peace Loving Man"/"Above My Hobby Horses Head
| single1date = April 1969
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-only-for-a-moment-mw0000463369|last=Thomas|first=Fred|title=Album Review|website=AllMusic|accessdate=April 17, 2022}}
}}
If Only for a Moment is the second and final album by Blossom Toes, released in 1969 on Marmalade Records. The album was reissued in 2007 by Sunbeam Records along with bonus tracks.{{cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/blossom-toes-we-are-ever-so-clean-if-only-for-a-moment-137275/|last=Wirth|first=Jim|title=Blossom Toes – We Are Ever So Clean/If Only For A Moment|website=Uncut|date=February 25, 2022|accessdate=April 17, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/blossom-toes-if-only-for-a-moment-was-prog-just-maybe-not-as-we-know-it|last=Bensley|first=Lin|title=Blossom Toes' If Only For A Moment was prog - just maybe not as we know it|website=Prog|date=July 18, 2016|accessdate=April 17, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://spiralearth.co.uk/blossom-toes-if-only-for-a-moment/|last=Noon|first=Lyndon|title=Blossom Toes - If Only For A Moment|website=Spiral Earth|date=February 16, 2022|accessdate=April 17, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/blossom-toes-if-only-for-a-moment-album-review/|last=Canty|first=Ian|title=Blossom Toes: If Only For A Moment – album review|website=Louder Than War|date=March 4, 2022|accessdate=April 17, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Peace Loving Man
| writer1 = Godding
| length1 = 4:52
| title2 = Kiss of Confusion
| writer2 = Godding
| length2 = 4:45
| title3 = Listen to the Silence
| writer3 = Cregan
| length3 = 4:50
| title4 = Love Bomb
| writer4 = Godding
| length4 = 7:39
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title5 = Billy Boo the Gunman
| writer5 = Godding
| length5 = 7:08
| title6 = Indian Summer
| writer6 = Cregan
| length6 = 5:55
| title7 = Just Above My Hobby Horse’s Head
| writer7 = Havens
| length7 = 2:53
| title8 = Wait A Minute
| writer8 = Cregan
| length8 = 5:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks (2007 reissue)
| title9 = Postcard
| length9 = 2:55
| title10 = Everyone’s Leaving Me Now
| length10 = 4:45
| title11 = Ever Since a Memory
| note11 = Demo
| length11 = 4:25
| title12 = Nobody But
| note12 = Demo
| length12 = 4:03
| title13 = Peace Loving Man
| note13 = Demo
| length13 = 6:29
| title14 = Listen to the Silence
| note14 = Live
| length14 = 3:58
| title15 = New Day
| note15 = Demo
| length15 = 5:16
}}
Personnel
- Jim Cregan – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (3, 6, 8)
- Brian Godding – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (2, 4, 5), organ, piano
- "Big" Brian Belshaw – bass, lead vocals (1, 7)
- Barry Reeves – drums (all but 1), percussion, congas (1)
- John "Poli" Palmer – drums (1)
- Shawn Phillips – 12-string acoustic guitar (7), sitar (7)
- Giorgio Gomelsky – backing vocals (4)
- Paragon Publicity – design (sleeve design)
- Blossom Toes, Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
- Reggie King – producer (assistant)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094516/http://www.sunbeamrecords.com/blossom_toes.html Sunbeam Records info]
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Category:Marmalade Records albums