''All Good Clean Fun'' was originally a promotional sampler issued by

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(UDX 201/2) in 1971. This original release was a double album containing 23 tracks by 20 different artists, with three artists (Morning,

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and

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) having two tracks each.Sleeve notes to 1971 LP release Most of the artists had been signed by Andrew Lauder at Liberty Records,Independent Newspaper article by Max Bell, 19 September 2004
retrieved 17 November 2008 which was rebranded as United Artists in 1971, the year this sampler was issued. Both labels had been part of

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since 1968. To promote the album, 'The All Good Clean Fun Tour' was undertaken to Switzerland by

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and Gypsy. This gave rise to the song "All Good Clean Fun" on Man's '' Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?'' album. ''All Good Clean Fun – A Journey through the Underground of Liberty United Artists Records 1969–1975'' was released by EMI (Liberty 8660902) in 2004. This release is a triple CD with 39 tracks from 25 artists, although many of the solo artists are also represented by work made within groups.Sleeve notes to 2004 CD re-release As with other EMI sampler re-issues, such as '' A Breath of Fresh Air'', the CD release borrows the original title, albeit adding a long subtitle, and uses a variation on the cover art, but incorporates fewer than half the tracks included on the original album. These tracks are augmented by other artists and additional tracks from some of the original artists, so this is a retrospective

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, rather than a re-issue of the original promotional sampler.

Original 1971 release

: Side 1 # "Spill the Wine" – Eric Burdon & War (4:53) # "Street Songs" –

(5:35) # "Chicken Reel" –

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(0:59) # "Take Me Away" – Colin Scot (3:15) # "Here Comes Mr Time" – If (4:47) # "Daughter of the Fireplace" –

(5:11) Side 2 # "Home Again" –

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(3:41) # "Dirt Roads" – Morning (1:30) # "Let Me Take You Home" – Gypsy (4:10) # "Song for Kathy" – Allan Taylor (3:32) # "Don't Want Me Round You" – Ernie Graham (4:30) # "Boogie Chillen No.2" (Excerpt) –

& John Lee Hooker (6:10) Side 3 # "Cherry Red" –

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(5:40) # "Hot Water" –

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(4:10) # "Be Yourself" (Excerpt) –

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(5:45) # "Race from Here to Your Ears" –

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(5:18) # "Roll Em Down" – Morning (3:05) Side 4 # "That's All Right Mama" – Canned Heat (4:18) # "Funk Angel" – Brinsley Schwarz (4:16) # "Gone Away" – Reg King (2:35) # "Yukon Railroad" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2:20) # "Joy" (excerpt) – Sweet Pain (4:25) # "The Seed" – B. B. Blunder (5:35)

2004 CD re-release

Disc 1 # "The Intro and the Outro" –

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# "The Birthday" –

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# "Blue Narcissus" –

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# "Father Cannot Yell" – Can # "Mistreated" –

# "Futilist's Lament" –

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# "Hurry Up John" – The Idle Race # "Be Yourself" (Excerpt) –

# "Country Girl" – Brinsley Schwarz # "Daughter of the Fireplace" –

# "Street Songs" –

# "Blankman Cries Again" – High Tide # "Velvet Mountain" –

# "Strange Town" – Groundhogs # "Take Me Away" – Colin Scot Disc 2 # "The Seed" – B. B. Blunder # "Here Comes Mr Time" – If # "You Shouldn't Do That" – Hawkwind # "Let Me Take You Home" – Gypsy # "Our Captain Cried All Hands" – Allan Taylor # "Little Boy" – Reg King # "Manillo" – Man # "Paperhouse" – Can # "Cherry Red" – The Groundhogs # "Eddie Waring" – Help Yourself, with

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# "The Strain" – The Bonzo Dog Band Disc 3 # "Bananas" – Man # "You Had a Lesson" – The Groundhogs # "Home Again" – Cochise # "Reaffirmation" – Help Yourself # "How Sweet to Be an Idiot" –

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# "Razor Blade and Rattlesnake" – Deke Leonard # "Ejection (Single Version)" – Robert Calvert # "Living in the World Today" – Neutrons # "Iron Horse / Born to Lose" –

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# "(What's so Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" – Brinsley Schwarz # "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)" – Hawkwind # "Out of My Tree" – Clive John # "Unusual" –

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