01. The World Is Cold Without You - 3:44 	
02. Excerpt From "The Blind & The Beautiful" - 2:38 	
03. I Talk To My Room - 3:38 	
04. Christopher Lucifer - 4:05	
05. Aline Cherie - 3:03 	
06. Tres, Tres Bien - 2:53 	
07. It Happened Two Sundays Ago - 3:07 	
08. Black Flower - 4:31 	
09. Love Suite - 6:03 	
10. Illinois - 3:33 	

Personnel:
- Alex Spyropoulos - guitar,vocals
- Patrick Campbell-Lyons - vocals
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- Roger Cook - backing vocals (02)
- Billy Bremner - guitar (02)
- Lesley Duncan - vocals (09)
Arranged By - Johnny Scott, Mike Vickers, Tony Visconti
Producer - Chris Thomas

Nirvana's third and final album for Island (sometimes titled Dedicated to Markos III in discographies) was extremely rare in its first 1969 LP issue, the U.K. release limited to a few hundred promo copies. The group's cutesiness was toned down considerably for this LP, though they were still offering the kind of light orchestrated pop-rock that they had on their previous Island records, with some jazz and classical influences. It's a more mature product than their first two albums, but a little tired-sounding, and lacking in the more psychedelic ambition that produced some of their best songs, like "Rainbow Chaser" and "I Believe in Magic." In fact they sometimes sound rather like film composers or pop-jazz-vocals singer/songwriters caught in a different era, what with the rather grandiose (and certainly grandiosely arranged) Euro-romantic sweep of most of their songs. Although the orchestration, often combining strings with harpsichord, is often sumptuous (if just short of cloying) and the melodies pleasant, not much of this sticks to the bones. The somewhat more soulful, straightforward rock of "Christopher Lucifer" and "It Happened Two Sundays Ago" provides some nice relief, if only because it's different from the wistful fantasy aura that predominated in Nirvana's world. This rarity gained easy availability with its 2003 CD release on Universal/Island, which despite remastering still has some noises that sound suspiciously like tiny vinyl bumps at the beginning of "Black Flower," one of the more dramatic and better numbers. Also in the package are extensive liner notes, though these (like those on all the 2003 Universal/Island reissues of Nirvana's first three LPs) contain annoying undue repetition of the text that appears on the liners to the other Universal/Island Nirvana re-releases. ---Richie Unterberger, AllMusic Review

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01. Modus Operandi (Method Of Work) (Patrick Campbell-Lyons, Patrick Joseph Kelly) - 16:11
02. Home (Patrick Campbell-Lyons) - 19:11 including: 
a). Salutation
b). Construction
c). Destruction
d). Reconstruction
e). Fanfare

Personnel:
- Patrick Campbell-Lyons - vocals
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- Mel Collins (King Crimson) - saxophone
- Tony Duhig (Jade Warrior) - guitar
- Jon Field (Jade Warrior) - keyboards
and others

For me this is maybe the most interesting album of the four first major releases done by this cute little band. But I admit I still don't see it as a really essential record. If compared to the carefully constructed pop songs from their late 60's releases, "Local Anaesthetic" has much more improvisational playing in it, and there are more jazz elements included in the sound. Keyboards are mainly represented by a piano, which makes the music's tone quite pleasant to my ears. Tony Duhig's presence can be heard in some passages which therefore sound very much like Jade Warrior, these elements being some African sounding drumming and wind sections. The first song (or collection of songs) is musically more compact, as the music flows continuously onward. The second side is thematically more united, but the tracks have clear pauses between them so I'm not sure it's right to claim it being a one compact song. Also I don't understand the meaning of few seconds of piano playing, where the whole album ends. There was also a one single being cut from this side, which's theme is focused in serious homesickness. Musically the album isn't still very tight or unique, though it's a fun record to listen through from time to time. I would recommend it for the serious fans of Jade Warrior and for those who are returning home from a long journey. ---Eetu Pellonpaa, progarchives.com

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01. Wings Of Love – 3:17
02. Lonely Boy – 2:28
03. We Can Help You – 1:54
04. Satellite Jockey – 2:32
05. In The Courtyard Of The Stars – 2:31
06. You're Just The One – 2:03
07. Pentecost Hotel – 3:02
08. I Never Found A Love Like This – 2:47
09. Take This Hand – 2:15
10. 1999 – 2:08

Personnel:
- Patrick Campbell-Lyons – guitar, vocals
- Alex Spyropoulos – keyboards
- Brian Henderson - bass
- Michael Coe - french horn
- Sylvia Schuster – cello
- David Preston – drums
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- Syd Dale - arranged and conducted
- Chris Blackwell – executive producer

One of the most entertaining things to do on websites that allow customer reviews of CDs is read the apoplectic fury Kurt Cobain's fans have for the original Nirvana, the cultily-adored British psych-pop group from the late '60s. Much of that misguided and ill-informed venom seems to be directed toward this album, Nirvana's 1967 debut. An unashamedly twee early concept album, The Story of Simon Simopath (subtitled "A Science Fiction Pantomime," suitably expressing the deliberately childlike tone of the album) sounds, like most rock concept albums, like a collection of unconnected songs forced together by the story written in the liner notes. Ignoring the rather silly story (something about a boy who wishes he could fly), what's left is a regrettably brief but uniformly solid set of well-constructed psych-pop tunes with attractive melodies and rich, semi-orchestrated arrangements. Although the core of Nirvana was the duo of singer-guitarist Patrick Campbell-Lyons and keyboardist Alex Spyropoulos, the group is here expanded to a sextet including full-time French horn and cello players, and the semi-Baroque arrangements are particularly memorable on the singles "Pentecost Hotel" and "Wings of Love." Although The Story of Simon Simopath has no individual songs as instantly delightful as "Rainbow Chaser," the hit single and key track from their next album All of Us, it's a much more consistent record than that somewhat patchy follow-up. ---Stewart Mason, AllMusic Review

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