The Rock Machine Turns You On was the first bargain priced sampler album. It was released in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany and a number of other European countries in 1968 as part of an international marketing campaign by CBS, the Columbia label then active in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Side 1
1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan - from the LP John Wesley Harding'
2. Can't Be So Bad - Moby Grape - from the LP Wow.
3. Fresh Garbage - Spirit - from the LP Spirit.
4. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar - The United States of America - from the LP The United States of America.
5. Time of the Season - The Zombies – from the LP Odessey and Oracle.
6. Turn on a Friend – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy – from the LP The Great Conspiracy.
7. Sisters of Mercy – Leonard Cohen – from the LP The Songs of Leonard Cohen.
Side 2
1. My Days Are Numbered. Blood, Sweat and Tears – from the LP Child Is Father to the Man.
2. Dolphins Smile – The Byrds – from the LP The Notorious Byrd Brothers.
3. Scarborough Fair / Canticle – Simon and Garfunkel – from the LP Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
4. Statesboro Blues – Taj Mahal – from the LP Taj Mahal.
5. Killing Floor – The Electric Flag – from the LP A Long Time Comin'.
6. Nobody’s Got Any Money In The Summer – Roy Harper – from the LP Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith.
7. Come Away Melinda – Tim Rose – from the LP Tim Rose
8. Flames – Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera – from the LP Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
11. Statesboro Blues
13. Nobody's Got Any Money In The Summer