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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Happy Xmas
and remember to stay
HIGH ALL THE TIME !!!!!!!!!

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