K was my jam Summer 2000, bopping around London working reprographics oddjobs. There's nothing particularly special about the 5 non-album tracks that head off this collection: mostly verse-chorus meanderers with none of the monster riffs that make their best stuff fly. The highlight is actually a murkier demo version of Magic Theater.
The remaining 12 tracks are an underwhelming live performance, pulling songs almost entirely off their debut. Crispian strains to keep up with his own vocals, the band mostly sounds sloppy, and the mix is awkwardly separated.
The only reason to recommend this, even to the hardcore Kula Shaker fan, is the set of little glimses of frontman's attempts at frontmanning. Crispian came up in the age of Oasis; he seems detached, dully contemptuous of the crowd and generally like he'd rather be anywhere else.
Finally, the rejiggering of K's tracklist draws attention to how overdone the band's obsession with Grateful Dead and Indian mysticism was, something good sequencing had managed to squirrel away.
A testament to what an overachievement K really was 2.5/5
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