Essential Psych lp’s
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more like physc-folk but one record i've been listening to lately is John Martyn - "Solid Air"
as far as physc goes i recently picked up 13th floor elevators - bull of the woods and this baroques record both of which are pretty good.
as for essential, i wouldnt have a clue...
as far as physc goes i recently picked up 13th floor elevators - bull of the woods and this baroques record both of which are pretty good.
as for essential, i wouldnt have a clue...
Gong-You is a pretty good one for cheap. All the International Artists stuff is worth at least checking out on reish. Easter Everywhere is the shit. C.A. Quintet-Trip Thru Hell is a tough motherfucking record, and you don't have to spend 3,000
dollars if you can stomach a reish on it. I don't know that much. I'm just shooting off a few random things. I know that I like psychedelics. Almost any music is psychedelic in my opinion, in that other aspects become apparent under the influence. It just made me more aware of patterns in music. Listening to the JBs on mushrooms during the daytime in the summer is perfect. Layers upon layers.
dollars if you can stomach a reish on it. I don't know that much. I'm just shooting off a few random things. I know that I like psychedelics. Almost any music is psychedelic in my opinion, in that other aspects become apparent under the influence. It just made me more aware of patterns in music. Listening to the JBs on mushrooms during the daytime in the summer is perfect. Layers upon layers.
parliament- "osmium"
count five- "psycotic reaction"
zoo- "zoo"
the cool- "pop sounds"
arzachel- "arzachel"
electric prunes-"release of an oath"
kim fowley- "outrageous"
lothar & the hand people- "presenting"
the stooges- "the stooges"
the lemon dips- "whos gonna buy"
beat group- "beat group"
tages- "2"
um m m . . . i could go on forever. . stein. . .
count five- "psycotic reaction"
zoo- "zoo"
the cool- "pop sounds"
arzachel- "arzachel"
electric prunes-"release of an oath"
kim fowley- "outrageous"
lothar & the hand people- "presenting"
the stooges- "the stooges"
the lemon dips- "whos gonna buy"
beat group- "beat group"
tages- "2"
um m m . . . i could go on forever. . stein. . .
It's been said before, the last time we had an essential psych thread, but don't sleep on Hard Ride by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. They were known as a bubblegum band, but this LP (their last) was a conscious effort to go all-out psych, and it worked. Maybe two of these songs are straight-ahead pop ("Don't Have To Run & Hide" and "The Train"); the rest is pretty much what you're looking for. They almost got booked into the Fillmore East on the strength of this album, until the producers told the bookers who it was.
I'd also keep an eye out for Portraits by the Buckinghams. Like the Fruitgums, they were also known for poppish AM radio singles, but if you remove "Susan" and "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song," the rest of it is pretty experimental. By ANYBODY'S standards.
I'm recommending these two in particular because they're usually cheap. (And if you ever run across the Buckinghams' Made In Chicago compilation, know that sides three and four are the entire Portraits album.)
Edit: Mandrake Memorial and Puzzle by the Mandrake Memorial are on key...we were just mentioning them in the Poppy Records thread. Clear Light's album on Elektra (reissued on Sundazed) is a goodie as well.
I'd also keep an eye out for Portraits by the Buckinghams. Like the Fruitgums, they were also known for poppish AM radio singles, but if you remove "Susan" and "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song," the rest of it is pretty experimental. By ANYBODY'S standards.
I'm recommending these two in particular because they're usually cheap. (And if you ever run across the Buckinghams' Made In Chicago compilation, know that sides three and four are the entire Portraits album.)
Edit: Mandrake Memorial and Puzzle by the Mandrake Memorial are on key...we were just mentioning them in the Poppy Records thread. Clear Light's album on Elektra (reissued on Sundazed) is a goodie as well.
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off the top of the dome these are all totally essential:
Pink Floyd - Piper
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
Bee Gees - First
Idle Race - The Birthday Party
Maitreya Sai Satya Kali - Apache / Inca
Os Mutantes - 2nd LP
Love - Forevor Changes
Beach Boys - Smile
Byrds - Notorious Byrds Bros
Silver Apples - Contact
Gandalf - ST
and my personal vote for GOAT:
West Coast Pop Art EXperimental Band - A Childs Guide To Good And Evil
off the top of the dome these are all totally essential:
Pink Floyd - Piper
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
Bee Gees - First
Idle Race - The Birthday Party
Maitreya Sai Satya Kali - Apache / Inca
Os Mutantes - 2nd LP
Love - Forevor Changes
Beach Boys - Smile
Byrds - Notorious Byrds Bros
Silver Apples - Contact
Gandalf - ST
and my personal vote for GOAT:
West Coast Pop Art EXperimental Band - A Childs Guide To Good And Evil
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the Floyd brought some shit of course but one of my faves NEVER gets their proper dap: the MISUNDERSTOOD, the earliest psych band that I'm aware of... after they moved to the UK they influenced a lot of the dudes who went on to start Floyd and the other early UK psych outfits... they were plagued with problems throughout their existance and I believe a couple 45s on Fontana is all that ever surfaced, but there are CDs available now with everything they ever recorded... BEFORE THE DREAM FADED is *highly* recommended...
