Iron Butterfly's first 3 albums (+ live) were quite psychedelic.
Iron Butterfly's first 3 albums (+ live) were quite psychedelic.
I like this one
Psychedelic havoc
Last edited by Zappathustra; 03-23-2018 at 03:58 PM.
This clip that Scissor posted sure this is rock but " truly imaginative " mmm....
I wasn't trying to imply that The Savage Resurrection were in any way imaginative - they surely weren't. One of several bands attempting to follow heel on the immense power of Blue Cheer, The Savage R. were simply an example of an average juvenile 'nobody' of an act doing "Eastern tinged jams". In essence they were more of a vintage hard rock group than a psychedelic one.Originally Posted by Udi Koomran
But off-the-hat examples of exceedingly imaginative psych songwriting from the US would be the following:
(Listen to the string arrangement):
(Harmonies):
(Force):
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
(Interplay):
(Electronics):
(Complete, utter lysergic bliss):
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
OK finally in a position to look at my collection and list my favorite not so obvious Psychedelic albums and singles, well not all favorites but worth checking out IMO. Many of these will not meet all of Udi's criteria, some of them are on the pop side esp. British Psych Pop or Pop Sike as it's sometimes called. I'm sure I left many out - quick scan...
* Favorites or more essential ones (changes every day of course).
Albums
*Aorta - Aorta
Bedlam - The Crazy People
Roland Kovac Set - The Master Said
Ben Israel, Danny - Bullshit 3¼
Churchill's - Churchill's
*Group 1850 - Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth
Okko - Sitar and Electronics
Baby Grandmothers - Baby Grandmothers
Ceyleib People - Tanyet
Cosmic Eye - Dream Sequence
Dantalion's Chariot - Chariot Rising (I think this is a compilation)
Electric Banana - Blows Your Mind (This is the Pretty Things)
The Five Day Week Straw People - The Five Day Week Straw People
Sam Gopal - Escalator
July - July
The Open Mind - The Open Mind
Quintessence - In Blissful Company
Second Hand - Reality
Twink - Think Pink / The Lost Recordings
Chocolate Watch Band - One Step Beyond
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron
Silver Apples - Silver Apples / Contact
Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies - American Metaphysical Circus (Post-United States of America)
* United States of America - United States of America
C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell
* Chrysalis - Definition (warning I may be the old person on Earth for which this one is essential)
Electric Toilet - In the Hands of Karma (qualifies for the track "Within Your State of Mind"
Golden Dawn - Power Plant
Lazy Smoke - Corridor of Faces (Beatlesque psych)
Mandrake Memorial - Mandrake Memorial
Music Emporium - Music Emporium
The Unfolding - How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freak-Out Party (Exploitation)
Animated Egg - Animated Egg (Exploitation)
The Mind Expanders - What's Happening? (Exploitation)
Zodiac - Cosmic Soun
Singles (Warning Pych Pop!)
Magic Potion / Open Mind, the
Love / Virgin Sleep
Path Through the Forest / Factory, the
Magician / Amazing Friendly Apple
Fade Away Maureen / Cherry Smash
Madman Running Through the Fields / Dantalion's Chariot
Gong With a Luminous Nose / Fluer De Lys
Someday / Head West
Vacuum Cleaner / Tintern Abbey
Encapsulated Marigold / Our Plastic Dream
Michaelangelo + Leave Me Here / 23rd Turnoff (One of the greatest 45s of the 60s bar none!)
I Lied to Auntie May / Neat Change, the
Father's Name Was Dad / Fire, the
Green Plant / Cherry Smash
Beeside / Tintern Abbey
Glasshouse Green, Splinter Red / The Kinsmen
Magic Potion / Open Mind, the
Look at Me I'm You / Blossom Toes
My White Bicycle / Tomorrow
Turqouise Tandem Cycle / Jason Crest
Sunlight Glide / Mandrake
I Can Hear the Grass Grow / Move, the
Strange Walking Man / Mandrake Paddle Steamer
Secret / Virgin Sleep
What on Earth / Blossom Toes
Grok! / Freak Scene, the
Standing on the Moon / Lothar & the Hand People
Entre Du Spectateurs / Henry, Pierre
Flower of Love / Mano, Boris & Raygisizlar
Voyage of the Trieste / Chocolate Watch Band, the
Psychedelic Senate / Allen, Dave & the Arrows
Last edited by Buddhabreath; 03-24-2018 at 11:09 AM.
This is really great - could be Morricone if I didn't know any better, no?
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
Just FYI, Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies were Post USA, not Pre. A terrible album.
Thanks, quite right, it was rec 1968 a year after USA (corrected above post). I happen to think it an interesting album, it definitely enjoys a great cult status and has had several reissues and a lasting legacy. For me "You Can't Ever Come Down" is a classic track. Originals are highly prized by collectors.
"Because The American Metaphysical Circus offered a markedly different sound in its intense horn and woodwind arrangements and even more novel content than on the earlier The United States of America release, many fans of the earlier record are not as enchanted with the latter, and vice versa."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_...hysical_Circus
Last edited by Buddhabreath; 03-23-2018 at 10:12 PM.
Frankie listen to this
Frankie this is for you
Kaleidoscope(Mexico)
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I might have posted americans but count me more on the side of whimsical british psych...
But with a twin fuzz attack to die for...
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