Wednesday, 23 January 2008

V/A - Oddities Vol.1


V/A - Oddities Vol.1

Classic comp featuring mainly U.K. artists. Theres a lot of great tunes on this one including the awesome 'Magic Mirror' by Aphrodite's Child, 'Tea and Toast Mr Watson' by the excellent Denis Couldry & Smile, and not forgetting the twisted production of Muds ( yes thee Mud ) 'latter days'. Also there to tickle yer third eye are Pandemonium, Leviathon, Custers track, Gass Company, Exceptions, Shakespeares and more. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.......................
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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The Devils Angels - OST (1967)


The Devils Angels - OST (1967)

'Look, the Man is out there, and he's gonna bust us all'. My final post from Davie Allan & the Arrows.
Posted & Reviewed by wheniwasarobot

Posted by High all the Time at 06:31 3 comments

The Wild Angels Vol.II - OST (1966)


The Wild Angels Vol.II - OST (1966)

There was so much great music in Roger Corman's 1966 biker movie, that they HAD to release a second LP! Featuring more groovy moves & hogs from the boys.
Posted & Reviewed by wheniwasarobot

Posted by High all the Time at 06:29 2 comments

The Wild Angels - OST (1966)


The Wild Angels - OST (1966)

Classic 60's exploito biker flick soundtrack featuring the fuzz lord himself - Davie Allan.
"We wanna be free! We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. We wanna be free to ride.
We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man! ....and we wanna get loaded" ........ Damn right!!!
Posted & Reviewed by wheniwasarobot

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Monday, 21 January 2008

V/A - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - OST (1968)


V/A - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - OST (1968)

This is the soundtrack to the film featuring the ‘Spencer Davis Group’, ‘Traffic’ and ’Andy Ellison’. There is some cool organ based gear from the SDG , and also one of their top Psych cuts in 'Taking out time’. Traffic wade in with the theme tune for the film and also a couple of Psych cuts to make this a pretty groovy teen exploito soundtrack.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:15 8 comments

V/A - Psych Out - OST (1968)


V/A - Psych Out - OST (1968)

The soundtrack of this classic 60’s exploito film contains some beautiful music by the unknown outfit ‘Storybook’ and some great numbers from the Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Seeds and Boenzee Cryque. This is one to float off to...................
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 10:24 6 comments

The Fire Escape - Psychotic Reaction (1967)


The Fire Escape - Psychotic Reaction (1967)

Classic exploito Garage-Psych album featuring mainly great covers but also a few cool self written numbers. Reputedly something to do with Sky Saxon and Kim Fowley. This one will rock your socks as all the cover songs are pretty intense versions.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 10:18 7 comments

Wednesday, 16 January 2008

The Wailers - Walk Through People (1968)


The Wailers - Walk Through People (1968)

This overlooked album by these kings of the garage actually has some cool tracks on it. With a variety of styles including Soul, Pop-Psych and a couple of Acid Punkers that have a quite raw sound, this is a worth a listen.
Posted & reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:53 11 comments

Mind Expanders Vol.1

Mind Expanders Vol.1

Classic compilation of groovy instrumentals from around the world that will flip your top. All the usual exploito moves that cover a wide spectrum of music, with sitars, twangy guitars, horns and even a steel drum track, that will bring a warm glow to your day.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Sunday, 13 January 2008

Spencer Davis Group - With Their New Face On (1968)


Spencer Davis Group - With Their New Face On (1968)

Excellent Pop-Psych album from Spencer, and what a jolly fine album it is.
Contains some great music, moving about over different types of genres, but giving them a cool Psych edge with great guitar and hammond. There are 5 great pop psych numbers that are as good as any other release in the period.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 13:47 3 comments

The Attack - Complete Recordings (1967-1968)


The Attack - Complete Recordings (1967-1968)

Awesome album from this great u.k. outfit and its all in decent sound quality. Includes their singles and some tracks that were supposed to make up an album back in their day.
Do yourself a favour, if you haven't heard this band already, check em out!!!!
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 13:45 6 comments

The Tower - Steps into Space - 7" (1969)


The Tower - Steps into Space - 7" (1969)

Second single by this legendary Dutch outfit that released the classic ‘Slow Motion Mind’ 45. Here we have 'Steps into Space', which is a melancholic folky number that gets into your mind. Followed by ‘Captain Decker’ which is a more electrified Pop-Psych number, which in places is reminiscent of the U.K’s Kaleidoscope.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 13:28 3 comments

The Dream - Get Dreamy (1967)


The Dream - Get Dreamy (1967)

Fantastic album from this Norwegian band who apparently split up because they could not agree
on their musical direction. It's a shame as this shows what a cool bunch they were, mixing Soul, Jazz, Blues and the slight influence of english psych into the mix, creating a real twisted album with great guitar and screaming hammond in places.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 10:48 8 comments

Saturday, 5 January 2008

The Third Bardo - E.P (1967)


The Third Bardo - E.P (1967)

This features the famous pebbles number ‘im five years ahead of my time’ and 3 unreleased gems that show that this was a quality Psych band. The sound of these cuts is a bit poor, sounding like they are from acetates or a worn tape, but don’t let it put you off as the music more than makes up for it.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 10:44 3 comments

V/A - Artifacts From The Psychedelic Dungeon


V/A - Artifacts From The Psychedelic Dungeon

Cool old school comp that suffers from a little poor sound quality in places. The music is from radio sessions and acetates and contains some real U.K. gems like the 'IDLE RACE' doing ‘Imposters of Lifes Magazine’, this cut shows how intense the ‘RACE’ could get, and what about ‘turn my head’ by the PRETTY THINGS?, awesome cut !!. I haven’t seen these cuts available for a while so i thought i’d post them.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 10:42 9 comments

Mourning Reign - E.P (1966-1967)


Mourning Reign - E.P (1966-1967)

Four classic songs from this bay area band featuring some tasty Garage and Folk-Rock music with nice acid twinges to them and some tasty fuzz in places.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Thursday, 3 January 2008

Bobak, Jons, Malone - Motherlight (1970)


Bobak, Jons, Malone - Motherlight (1970)

Trippy U.K. Psych album that has some great psych cuts like 'On a Meadow Lea’ and ‘the Lens’. Can be compared to the ‘Pussy Plays’ album, indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same bunch of heads.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 21:26 5 comments

Wednesday, 2 January 2008

The Fugs - First Album with Sizzling Additional Tracks from the Early Years (1965)


The Fugs - First Album with Sizzling Additional Tracks from the Early Years (1965)

This album was originally released in 1965 as 'The Village Fugs—Ballads and Songs of Contemporary Protest, Points of View and General Dissatisfaction' on Folkways Records. This 1993 reissue contains the original album + 11 extra tasty cuts from the day, check out the anthemic 'Nothing' .......................................Fugging great !!!!
Posted & Reviewed by wheniwasarobot

Posted by High all the Time at 11:59 3 comments

Dragonfly - 4 Celestial Songs - EP (1968)



Dragonfly - 4 Celestial Songs - EP (1968)

Quality dutch bands, 2x45’s on this 4 track e.p. These tracks will blow your mind if you don’t already know them, BE WARNED !!!
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:25 6 comments

V/A - Fifth Pipe Dream


V/A - Fifth Pipe Dream

Classic compilation of Matthew Katz controlled bands from S.F. in the sixties, cool psych from ‘It's a Beautiful Day’, ‘Indian Pudding & Pipe’, ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Tripsichord Musicbox’.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:20 3 comments

Tuesday, 1 January 2008

V/A - A Forest of Gold Tops in the Land of Oz


V/A - A Forest of Gold Tops in the Land of Oz

Superb compilation of Australian psych 45’s from the sixties. This collection of Psych and Pop Psych will leave you floating around in the Stratosphere of your skull.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 19:36 5 comments

V/A - A Fistful of Fuzz


V/A - A Fistful of Fuzz

Quality Acid Punk/Garage Psych compilation with enough fuzz to tear your earlobes.
There is many highlights here so individual tracks are hard to single out, but songs like the Journey Back's ‘Synthetic People’ and Loos Foos & The Fibreglass Cornflake's ‘Bless Me Father’ are good examples of the mind rotting gear contained on this disc.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 19:30 10 comments

The Bedlam 4 - No One Left To Love - 7’’single (1967)


The Bedlam 4 - No One Left To Love - 7’’single (1967)

Unreleased at the time, These tracks show how savage 'the Bedlam 4' could get. This band were famed for their ‘hydrogen atom’ song on the ‘mayhem & psychosis’ compilations from the 80's. No one left to love is a great acid influenced fuzz monster and the b-side ‘psychedelic mantra’ has a noodle about with fuzz and organ and plenty of trem to keep you going.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Manfred Mann - Up the junction - 7’’single +2 OST (1967-1968)


Manfred Mann - Up the junction - 7’’single +2 OST (1967-1968)

Here are four really trippy Manfred mann songs, 2 are taken from the ‘Up the Junction’ 7" and also two other B-sides from the same period.
These tracks prove that the ‘Mann’ were capable of giving it maximum Flower power when they wanted, and sound like they were turned on to the good life.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 00:23 3 comments

Jarvis Street Revue – Mr. Oilman (1970)


Jarvis Street Revue – Mr. Oilman (1970)

Awesome Psych album from this Canadian bunch. It has a couple of heavy tracks that get pretty twisted in places, as well as a few mellow floaters. They have a pretty heavy Ecology stance running through the lyrics that is pretty relevant today.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Happy Xmas
and remember to stay HIGH ALL THE TIME !!!!!!!!!
Posted by High all the Time at 11:29 3 comments

Blackburn & Snow - Something Good For Your Head (1966-1967)


Blackburn & Snow - Something Good For Your Head (1966-1967)

Classic S.F. folk duo that only had a couple of singles released at the time. This c.d. compiles the singles plus the tracks from their unreleased album, which is good folk rock mixed with psych touches and cool male-female vocal harmonies.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:25 7 comments

My Indole Ring (1966-1969)


My Indole Ring (1966-1969)

Excellent album from this Canadian (Vancouver) band that had nothing released at the time.
This sets the record straight and shows what a great west coast influenced band they were.
Lots of great distorted guitar and organ mixed with some deep acid touches make this an absolute winner. This band played regularly at the 'retinal circus'.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:21 1 comments

Circus 2000 (1970)


Circus 2000 (1970)

Really cool Italian hippy psych album with some folk edges, fuzz guitar and female vocals. This album contains the monster number ' I Am The Witch' and it all adds up to a good trip, maaan.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Saturday, 22 December 2007

More Psychedelic Guitars (1967)


More Psychedelic Guitars (1967)

Exploito Psych album with real flashy titles like 'Another Trip', 'Really Got It Bad' and
Flower Power, that give the impression its quite a decent album. Its actually a pretty square
sounding 'twangy' instrumental record that won't even touch the sides of any lightweight tripper, but for a laugh with your friends, its O.K. These same session hacks have been linked with various other Exploito records like 'Animated Egg' and 'T. swift & The Electric Bag'.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 15:42 7 comments

Los Speakers - En El Maravilloso Mundo De Ingeson (1968)


Los Speakers - En el Maravilloso Mundo de Ingeson (1968)

Fantastic psych album by this band from Colombia that mixes Folk, Garage, Blues and Psych with lashings of that 'wasp in a jam jar' fuzz guitar. This is a real twisted album. Hats off to these Colombians who knew how to handle their magic plants by the sound of it.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 15:38 5 comments

Blues Project - Projections (1966)


Blues Project - Projections (1966)

Super record by these New York cats. It contains some great guitar and organ, and some tracks that wouldn't have been out of place at one of the S.F. ballrooms. They have an obvious blues influence, but the album has a lovely garage/Psych vibe running throughout it.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 15:37 3 comments

The Leaves - All The Good Thats Happening (1967)


The Leaves - All The Good Thats Happening (1967)

Overlooked & excellent 2nd album by 'The Leaves'. Has it's influence in folk-rock, R&B and psychedelia, with some Cool harmonies, guitar and good acid touches. Check out 'Lemon Princess'........ It will take you there !!
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 15:34 4 comments

The Ventures - Super Psychedelics (1967)


The Ventures - Super Psychedelics (1967)

The kings of the instrumental go full out to create an excellent Exploito album with titles like 'Endless Dream', 'Vibrations' and 'Psyched-Out' to wet your appetite. Its up there with the best of the Exploito/Psych stuff like 'The Undergrounds - Psychedelic Visions' and the 'Animated Egg' etc. Containing fuzz guitar, Sitar And Theremin, and a few flower power cover versions to fill it out, it's well worth a listen.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Sunday, 16 December 2007

The Red Krayola - Coconut Hotel (1967)


The Red Krayola - Coconut Hotel (1967)

1. Boards
2. Water pour
3-38. One - Second Pieces
40. Vocal
41. Free guitar
42. One - minute imposition
43. Piano
44. Guitar

Full of atmospheric meanderings and abstract delights, rejected in '67 by International Artists for its lack of commercial (?) potential, the album didn't get released until 1995 through Drag City Records. Similar work to free-noise ensembles like Derek Bailey and the Music Improvisation Company, Nihilist Spasm Band and Intersystems. Not to everyones taste but an important piece of the Krayola History nevertheless.........
Posted & Reviewed by when i was a robot

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Les Alexandrins - Double Jeu (1969)


Les Alexandrins - Double Jeu (1969)
1. Straight 4/4
2. Me Revoici
3. Chanson a Chanter en Auto Quand Il Pleu
4. L'amour Ressemble a L'amour
5. Djakarta
6. Straight 4/4
7. Chant du Ministere de L'education
8. Chant de la Jeune Fille
9. Chant du Solitaire
10. Chant du Passeur
11. Chant de L'Arpenteur
12. Chant du Jeune Homme
LES ALEXANDRINS (Les Alexandrins..et / Les Alexandrins dans Double Jeu)
Quebec Coffee-house chansonnier/ pop duo Luc Cousineau and Lise Vachon were getting decidedly '"groovy" in 1969 when they released this platter for the local Quebec arm of Polydor. Its a disc of two halves literally. The first "Les Alexandrins et.. "is a collaboration with wordsmith Louis Gauthier. The second side "Double Jeu" is a collaboration with female writer/broadcaster Francoise Loranger. "Double Jeu" was an experimental theatre piece created by Loranger. Hip n' happenin' musical backing is provided by the cream of Quebec's thriving 'underground' music scene of the time Jacques Perron, Maurice Richard, Guy Thouin. All had also worked on the the seminal Robert Charlebois discs of the late 60's which revolutionised Quebec pop music.
Posted & Reviewed by Inner Beard

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Electric Flag - The Trip (1967)


Electric Flag - The Trip (1967)

One of the greatest film soundtracks ever! this moves through some light and dark psych moves with a jazz edge in places. The second side contains some really cool strip joint Psych. With moog work from Paul Beaver, it shows the Flag did have at least one foot in the psych pool,
and they didn't even need a fuzzbox to fry your skull.........
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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The Animated Egg (1967)


The Animated Egg (1967)

A trippy exploito album that will have you grooving along while tidying up your crash pad. Contains some great guitar with a twangy edge, and cool organ work. This is the original version of the album that was squeezed down to form the 'Astro sounds From The Year 2000' l.p. (another classic, also on our blog). This collection of instrumentals will keep you entertained.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:43 5 comments

Wilkinson Tri-Cycle - S/T (1969)


Wilkinson Tri-Cycle - S/T (1969)

An overlooked album that seems to be lumped in with late 60's hard rock/power trio gear (maybe because of it's boxy sound) but it's not like that type of sound at all. It contains some nice psych cuts, and is well worth a listen.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:16 8 comments

Christopher - What'cha Gonna Do (1970)


Christopher - What'cha Gonna Do (1970)

It's the other Christopher, with some nice songs that do the trick There is one lengthy pedestrian blues track, on side one that probably holds the album back from being called a classic.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:13 4 comments

Freedom - Nerosubianco (1968)


Freedom - Nerosubianco (1968)

Classic U.K. psych album recorded for the Italian film of the same name. This a Procol Harum/Traffic style album, Indeed, Ray Royer & Bobby Harrison were reputedly in an early Procol line up. If you like those bands then you will probably like this. It has some interesting stuff on it, but the sound is a little flat (budget studio job ???)
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:09 5 comments

Colours - S/T (1968)


Colours - S/T (1968)

An excellent Beatles Revolver influenced pop psych album, with some eastern influences and some really cool acid moves. A couple of sappy 'McCartney' style ballads spoil the ride a bit, but, overall its quite a fun, breezy album.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 16:06 1 comments

The Godz - Godz 2 (1967)


The Godz - Godz 2 (1967)

Second outing for NYC experimental Garage rockers 'the Godz'....... This record is a trip! from the hypnotic opener 'Radar Eyes', to the killer droning closer 'Permanent Green Light' the group manage to incorporate avant-garde freakouts, insane ramblings, Noise and Psych rock. They even manage to throw in a Beatles cover along the way. Similar vibe to 'Red Crayola', 'The Fugs' and 'The Shaggs'.
Posted & Reviewed by when i was a robot

Posted by High all the Time at 16:02 3 comments

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

The Berkeley E.P's (1966-1967)


The Berkeley E.P's (1966-1967)

A massive face off between Country Joe & The fish, Frumious Bandersnatch, Mad River and Notes From The Underground. Very rare early e.ps from these Berkeley based outfits that prove that the action wasn't confined to the Haight. Dipped in high grade Owsley, these e.ps will leave a hole in the top of your brain.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Birmingham Sunday - A Message from Birmingham Sunday (1968)


Birmingham Sunday - A Message from Birmingham Sunday (1968)

Excellent album in the same sort of vein as Sapphire Thinkers, yankee Dollar, Neighbrhood Childrn etc. Some great organ and vocals combined with some good tunes WILL TAKE YOU THERE. I find one track a bit lame (you make your own mind up), but the rest are killer.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 23:34 4 comments

Les Fleurs de Pavot - S/T (1968)


Les Fleurs de Pavot - S/T (1968)

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Way cool French pop psych album with some great songs. This band spent some time in the Hashbury, and the c.d. reissue contains a few good photos of them actually there, so you know they are not messing about!!!
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 23:30 4 comments

Monday, 10 December 2007

101 Strings - Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000


101 Strings - Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000

This is the animated egg exploito album taken a whole step further. They have taken the master tapes of the animted egg album and added strings and a whole bunch of tape phasing to most of the tracks, creating a totally tripped out feel. Loads of great guitar by session hacks to take you to the hilt, and feel the phasing take your head for a ride beyond....
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds (1967)


Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds (1967)

Featuring involvement from Mort Garson, Paul Beaver and Jaques Wilson, this is another one of those great exploito albums that slid out of the dark in '67 to scare us. Trips through various moods that they think correspond with the given starsigns relevent to the listener, and some chat that supposedly relates to your sign. In a perverse experiment, i played this album to a few friends and they all said that their favourite track was their own starsign !!! Give it a shot and see what you think, the people on the record might just be talking to you.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Saturday, 8 December 2007

The Head Shop - S/T (1968)


The Head Shop - S/T (1968)

Very good production by our man 'Milan' (aka leather boy), this a really cool exploito type album a couple of tracks are a bit duff, but overall there is some great stuff to wig you out. Their own songs are good, but check out the fuzz lead on their version of the Beatles 'Revolution.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 23:31 2 comments

Masters Apprentice - EP (1967)


Masters Apprentice - EP (1967)

A really great e.p. by this legendary Australian outfit. Contains four songs from their psych period that will melt in your mind, and not in your hands.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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The Deviants - Ptoof (1967)


The Deviants - Ptoof (1967)

1st album from the (social) deviants contains r&b, folk and psych. These guys are pretty twisted and have come for your flower children. You can hear the influence of 'the Fugs' bleeding through.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 22:23 3 comments

Bokaj Retsiem - Psychedelic Underground (1969)


Bokaj Retsiem - Psychedelic Underground (1969)

Classic exploito record from Germany. This one has a spacey production and great acid guitar, especially 'I'm so afraid' with its twisted backward distorted guitar. Also contains the anti drug song 'pill', that warns 'just a little pill is all you need to kill your life'. These cats sound like they mean it.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 22:18 1 comments

5 Gentlemen - EP (1967)


5 Gentlemen - EP (1967)

Cool e.p. of this excellent obscure French band. Some good garage songs and the killer psych cut 'L.S.D.25' that will sting your ears.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 22:13 4 comments

House of Nimrod - EP (1967-68)


House of Nimrod - EP (1967-68)

These Kiwis had other ideas when it came to writing a pop song, these four songs show just how far out australasians could go. This record blows a lot of records with ledgendary status away.
You will float away to this one!
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 22:06 6 comments

Los Ovnis - Hippies (1967)


Los Ovnis - Hippies (1967)


Excellent garage psych album from Mexico, with stinging fuzz guitar breaks.
Stands high and mighty against a lot of other 'so called' gems.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 21:41 1 comments

The New Mix - S/T (1968)


The New Mix - S/T (1968)

From the u.s.a. this is a great psych pop collection with a slightly anglo-phile vocals in places
these guys had obviously tuned in to their third mind to produce this winner.
Criminally underrated.....
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 21:31 4 comments

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Grail - S/T (1971)


Grail - S/T (1971)

Just ignore the Rod Stewart production credit and you will find a crazy Prog/Psych album.
Connected to the great 60's freakbeatsters 'the Game'.
Released in 1971 but recorded in 1970 and released in germany only, you can tell the
quality of the acid was still good then. This contains classical and eastern moves mixed with Psych and Prog elements.
Posted and Reviewed by Oak Acetator

Posted by High all the Time at 11:11 7 comments

Wednesday, 5 December 2007

George Harrison - Electronic Sound (1969)


George Harrison - Electronic Sound (1969)

George Harrison's second solo album see's the ex-beatle cover some new ground.
Similar to works by electronic giants Pierre Henry and Morton Subotnik, the album is full of bleeps, pulses and abstract noise. Dismissed by both serious Electronic artists and Beatles fans this album should still not be overlooked as it has it's own naive charm.
Elektronische masterpiece or just Harrison stoned on his new moog synth.............you work it out.
Posted & Reviewed by when i was a robot

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Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1968)


Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1968)

Frank's favourite album and one of mine, full of tape collages, avant-garde orchestration, and hilarious orations. Lumpy Gravy is a trip you need to take...
Posted & Reviewed by when i was a robot

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Country Joe & the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (1967)


Country Joe & the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (1967)

Often seen as a poor brother to the 'electric music for the mind and body' album, this album has some great acid tracks that will trip you out, particularly 'magoo', 'thought dream' and 'thursday'. A lot of people dont rate this album, but i love all the songs except 'who am i' that sounds a little boring.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Tuesday, 4 December 2007

The Underground - Psychedelic Visions (1967)


The Underground - Psychedelic Visions (1967)

Great exploito album by a faceless bunch of session hacks. Contains a few songs like garage rave up versions of lulu's shout and the count fives psychotic reaction, along with some of their own fuzztone instrumentals. Psych for ageing surf heads that couldn't come to terms with the acid era.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator


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The Collectors - Grass and Wild Strawberries (1969)


The Collectors - Grass and Wild Strawberries (1969)

Classic Canadian psych album from 1969, great production with a crystalline sound and some songs that will lift the roof of your mind by a clear few feet. Eventually metamorphosed into Chilliwack.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator
Posted by High all the Time at 22:48 1 comments

Le Stelle Di Mario Schifano - "Dedicato A" (1967)


Le Stelle Di Mario Schifano - "Dedicato A" (1967)

Awesome exploito type album from italy in 67 not sure what part mario schifano played in this album but there are some clear winners on this album. It starts with a long improvised trip and then moves into some great shorter psych cuts.
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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Crazy People - Bedlam (1968)


The Crazy People - Bedlam (1968)

Mad exploito album put together possibly by a bloke called johnny kitchen, this contains various exploito psych moods and ends up being a really good fun album to listen to. Tracks like parade at the funny farm, freaks, and lets split will ensure your mind is taken for a little ride. Although a couple of tracks are a bit dubious, like a piano jazz track with a dude talking on a phone complaining that he has the flu (sounds like he needs a good hit!!).
Posted & Reviewed by Oak Acetator

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