I first want to apologize. I had asked you if you were from the City after you made references to a few classic venues around the City. I should have watched some more of your videos. Being from the City myself (70s/80s) kid, I really appreciate all your stories because it reminds me of going to record stores in the City, The Used Record Shop on 9th and Irving and Recycled Records in the Haight. Love your videos! Keep bringing on the memories. I’m starting my SF psych rock collection now and your videos are gold. Thank you!
Country Joe & The Fish, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, such a glaring omission. This is the psychedelic masterpiece/debut of Frisco bands especially when compared to the Dead's debut which the UK counterculture audience found disappointing, dull and underwhelming . To the London UFO Underground the Dead's debut sounded like a poor copy of Pretty Things style club r'n'b rock from 1965. Whereas Electric Music was immediately embraced as the finest example of San Franciscan psychedelia. Section 43 is at the centre of a sublime, flawless album, that's arguably the greatest psychedelic instrumental to come out of San Francisco. Like 'Eight Miles High,' but structurally looser, Section 43 becomes both a literal and metaphorical statement of chemically assisted boundless freedom, tinged with an edge of melancholy and regret. With its wheezy, acid drenched, fairground, farfisa organ - "Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind" - and its multi tracked raga rock guitars; Section 43 charts the peaks, the longueurs, the dissolving ego into a collapsing universe of lysergic ecstasy. All luminous fog, shimmering space, time shifts and possibilities. It carries the moment like nothing else. Spaced out wonder in the everlasting moment!!!!
Right on. I mean how many albums had "LSD" whispered in the middle of the song? I saw them in Spring of 1967 (at San Jose State for a "Peace Mobilization Dance" and seeing Barry Melton do "Love" live was a real treat.
Nice overview, I don’t think anyone else other than our generation knows what it was like to have lived through this era. Your video gives a little of passion and excitement of what it was like. To bring home any of those albums and put it on the turntable was such a thrilling experience. Being from Southern California we had a whole different take of those stellar albums, always jealous of our San Franciscan brethren who got got to experience it first hand. Cheers!
Fantastic Mazzy. What sets you apart from others in the VC is that you're a great raconteur, and I appreciate your self-deprecating humour and refusal to edit the occasional flubs out of your videos. You're less than a year older than me, so your stories resonate more often than not. Cheers...
Wonderful stuff. Over in England In 67/68 I bought most of these fantastic albums. We only had John Peel on radio playing this stuff - along with Spirit, Love and Buffalo Springfield. But these albums changed my life. Thanks so much for this - oh and the fantastic artist for GLOBE was the great GEORGE HUNTER - another fantastic cover was Canned Heat - Hallelujah in 68 I think.
@@JustFortheRecord66 yes, most definitely- he along with many others were signed up - in fact a few others were signed before London closed down in 1967
Thanks Mazzy, I thought that choice was varied and fair. Having been born and raised in Liverpool in the fifties/sixties I understand how one city can somehow produce a sound that defines an era. The Beatles developed the Merseyside pop sound into album based psychedelia in the mid-sixties and passed the baton to San Francisco. (My favourite SF album is Quicksilver's 'Happy Trails' by the way).
I saw CCR at the K-SAN strike outside of 50 Green St. The Greatful Dead were supposed to play but the gig got closed a guy grabbed the mike and invited everyone to his place to continue the party , the address was a pier # and his place was a large ship ! I also saw The Steve Miller Blues Band right after they came back from making that album I remember Steve put a little cassette player on which were the foghorn and seagull sounds that he used on the reacord he also had a Leslie speaker on stage . It was at The Northern California Folk rock Festival at Santa Clara Fairgrounds ,great lineup I have pictures Chet Helms was on stage with them. Janus played last and members of the dead and the Airplane passed joints behind the anps while they watched.
I was also at the NorCal Folk Rock Festival. Some great stuff and some mixed stuff, but I was near the stage with Janis played and she was super good. She was taking swigs of Southern Comfort from the audience. Geez, I wouldn't do that -- you could get super dosed. But, those were the days eh?
Of all the albums you showed, I love It’s a Beautiful Day the most. Besides the stunning White Bird, Girl With No Eyes is beautiful as well. Really not a bad song on the album. One of my treasures.
When CDs came out, Steve Miller bought a CD manufacturing plant and in renegotiating his deal with (I think) Capital he had in his contract that all his CDs would be manufactured in his own CD plant. Smart dude.
Mom love. In 1993 i knew i was moving to Alaska in a years time and the Dead were playing in Phoenix in march 94. I thought it might be my last chance to see the the Grateful Dead. (I had never seen them and as it turns out it was my last chance as Jerry would move on soon after) My mom lived in Phoenix and i called her and asked if she could get me tickets. She new nothing of the Dead or of rock concerts and, who knows how, she scored two (pre-internet) tickets for my brother and i for both the Friday and Saturday shows. Flew to Phoenix and had a place to stay, went to the shows and got on the bus. I love you mom.
Mazzy thanks for that San Francisco Psychedelic trip that had to be an experience at 13 year old you were born at perfect time . I remember Santana saying the ‘67 was the most important time in music and most influential.
First, I'm a big fan so thanks for all the good work you do. A man after my own heart as they say. I moved to San Francisco in 1977, somewhat late to the party and I've lived in Marin County (over the Golden Gate Bridge for those unfamiliar) since the early 90's. A theme I'm interested in and apply to my record collecting is music made in Marin. While it's not as significant as the music of San Francisco or LA, it was a surprisingly noteworthy music scene back in the 60's and 70's and beyond. I'd say with confidence it is more important than the South Bay (San Jose) music scene. How you slice and dice these music scenes is an open question but Marin had its own rather unique vibe back in the day. What happened as you know was, once the San Francisco bands became successful they left the hustle bustle of the city for the open and peaceful environs of the North Bay. Many LA bands did the same. So by the late 60's and into the early 70's many of the bands we associate, from their beginnings, with SF and LA were living, playing and in some instances recording here in Marin. There's of course the Sausalito Record Plant studio that has way too many hit recordings to its credit to mention. The Trident, a bar overlooking the Bay with views of the city, was a frequent meeting place of the rock 'n roll illuminati. Many if not most of the rock stars of that era based in California lived in Marin County later in their careers. I was a waiter in 1977 at a Marin restaurant and served Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and their daughter China. No one seemed to even noticed they were there except me. Many artists of the day preferred the relaxed atmosphere of the clubs in Marin. The Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley and The Lion's Share here where I live in San Anselmo saw regular performances by many of the local, internationally famous musicians. If you stopped at the Lion's Share in '71 it would not be unusual to look down the bar and see Jerry Garcia sipping a beer. Of course I mention all this as a way of suggesting a Psychedelic Sounds of Marin video for your channel. It's time to give the North Bay its due. San Francisco and LA got it started and Marin County was the next chapter. There was the Haight/Ashbury and Laurel Canyon and then Marin. This was the final setting and in many ways where the final chapter occurred in the history of West Coast psychedelic/folk/rock music. I'm not sure why more people don't recognize and talk about Marin as a music scene during the heyday of late 60's/ early 70's rock history.
Happy to listen to you talk about Psychedelic San Francisco whenever and for however long you choose! Hard to disagree with any of your choices (apart from the lack of CJ&F) but surely the first Mad River album from 1968 should have been included. Never a first division band and still not well-enough known, their debut, along with Quicksilver is to my ears maybe the purest 'acid' sounding of all these records.
To start with, how do you not include Country Joe and the Fish in that list. To my mind, their first two albums were as psychedelic as anything the Airplane or the Dread recorded. I'm glad you included Blue Cheer. Talk about "heavy". Their second album was even better. Those guys were from Davis, California, and were called the Oxford Circle before their album on Phillips Records in 1968. And don't feel weird about including the Sons of Champlain. In some respects, they were the best band in the lot. If there was a better guitar player than Terry Haggerty in the Bay Area bands in those days, I'd like to know who. They were fantastic live, and when they would play their song "Get High", it was time to roll 'em up. It was kind of like a stoner's national anthem.
Hey Mazzy. Fred here great list. You and I are the same age both grew up in the Bay Area. Me Berkeley. You S F. Both went to SFSu. Anyhow beyond that the one band I think you missed in. This video is Country Joe and the Fish. Their first album is pure psychedelia. Love your channel watch it all the time. peace. FJ
Excellent overview, Mazzy. I always learn from your videos and it is great how you incorporate the personal stories with the history. I actually prefer Santana's debut over Abraxas.
It really is and it's my favorite album by him. The inside of the album is very psychedelic as the artwork is clearly inspired from seeing the other reality that is out there when you take certain substances. The wings move baby!
May I compliment you on this wonderful walk down memory lane? I believe that the Summer of Love/San Francisco Sound records are some of the finest music of the ages. This was a magical time, indeed! I waited for what seemed hours for you to get to what I considered to be the closest thing to a "perfect" album: Quicksilver! What a marvelous album. Before the Allman Bros. made the dual-guitar approach famous, there was the Cippolina-Duncan work on this album. (A bit of a bitch here: how could you not have mentioned Nick Gravenites's production?) The first five Steve Miller albums: a big yes! The Moby Grape tragedy: yes. All of this swirling around behind the furor over the Airplane and the Dead! God, what great stuff. Question: am I the only one to notice how often many bands' first album was the quintessence of their art. No matter how many fine records came after, that first album couldn't be topped. Or am I over-analyzing? Anyway, thanks for sharing!
Moby Grape's eponymous album is one of the greatest debuts in any genre, ever. Brilliantly economical multi-part guitars and vocal harmonies all around. ''8:05'' always gives me proto-CSN vibes, minus the latter's tendency toward teeth-ache sweetness. So sad the Grape's potential was botched by that disatrous record company promo campaign.
Agree -- it is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I still listen to it regularly and marvel at their talent. I was not just the record company, it was Skip Spence's drug overdoses that really dampened the whole thing. Then there was the evil manager, Mathew Katz, who stole their money and name.
Thank you so much, Mazzy, for including It's A Beautiful Day and The Great Society in your selection. I saw IABD at the Sausalito Arts Festival, in 2007, and David LaFlamme told the audience that he had to introduce the band as "It Was A Beautiful Day." The next day David appeared in the Jerry MIller Band at the Summer Of Love 40th Anniversary free festival in Golden Gate Park; Jefferson Starship were also playing there, and the MC said he didn't care if he got into trouble, but he was going to announce them as "Jefferson Airplane" which he did. Perhaps the last ever live appearance of "Jefferson Airplane."
I love your videos about the San Francisco bands. I grew up in the UK in the 1970s so I only really discovered most of this music when I was a student in the late 1980s but I have loved it ever since. When people ask me what kind of music I like I never know what to say. I always find myself listing the bands. There are also some great live albums of performances from that era in San Francisco : Beautiful Day, Big Brother, Santana, Quicksilver, Jefferson Airplane and the Dead (of course !). So atmospheric, maybe you could do a video on these sometime. My only problem now is which album to play first !
Man, I love your takes and choices. I got to see most of these groups in those years at the Fillmore, Winterland, and in Santa Clara, the Continental Ballroom. Great memories. IMO, the best group I saw in those years was Moby Grape. Three guitars, five vocalists and high energy provided by Skip Spence. Quicksilver was my #2 and the best individual performer was Janis. Right place at the right time it was. I missed Blue Cheer, but The Who blew out my ears in 1968 in place of Blue Cheer. The first SF band I saw was Country Joe and the Fish -- San Jose State April 67 as a "Peace Mobilization" concert. While I love their debut album, they were not in the class of the Airplane, QSM, or Moby Grape in terms of live performance. Also, the Dead at that time were pretty sloppy and uninteresting to my ears; but, I saw them again in the 1980's many times and loved them and the audiences were super.
Don’t forget Quicksilver Messenger Service had two tracks on the Revolution movie soundtrack, Babe I’am Gonna Leave You and Codeine plus Steve Miller Band, Mercury Blues, Superbyrd and Your Old Lady. QMS also did a great song ‘Hair Like Sunshine’/ Long Distance Call, live in their early days, the best version I’ve heard is from November 5th 1966 at the Fillmore. The New Animals deserve a mention Winds Of Change album was very San Francisco influenced, produced by Tom Wilson and hugely popular as it also had the big hit San Francisco Nights 🎉😊. Oh and H.P. Lovecraft only two albums with the track The White Ship as a highlight, played on all the new FM stations, they moved from Chicago to San Francisco before the second album came out 😊
I like a lot the Flamin Groovies. Nice thing to mention them. They had quiet a cult following in UK and France also in the 70ties. They toured together with some of the UK punk bands (eg Damned, Stanglers, Radio Birdman) in 76-78, when punk emerged. Fantastic Rock and Roll Band and still active 😊.
I always enjoy hearing your stories about growing up in San Francisco, and the records you bought. Our music collections are sentimental history of our lives.
Good choices especially your glowing review of Sons of Champlin. I had the original release with the scratched out f-word. I would swap out Blue Cheer for Country Joe’s first 2 albums.
PS. Terry MacNeil, guitar and piano was a student at the SF Art Institute when we met and started writing songs in the fall of '65. BTW, my name is not petera, I was sloppy when i signed op at youtube years ago and haven't figured how to edit that. Regards, Peter Andrus Kraemer. PPS. The "ship" in Sausalito that you visited was the SS Vallejo...had been the home of Alan Watts and my godfather Jean Varda; Was the "captain /caretaker in the 80s. actually kept it from sinking for 8 or 9 years!
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY . Didn't realise it was SOOOOOOOO, OLD !. I'm a Brit and was buying these, along with Neil Young, Bufalo Springfield, Mother's of Invention & The Byrds and a little later The GREAT SOCIETY {See below, my all time favourite Album.} I'm currently looking for some Steve Miller Band LP's and will be checking out the earlier one's but being a {poor} pensioner finding them cheap is proving difficult.
Norman, is The Beatles ‘Promo Butcher Cover’ poster behind you an original 1966 or a reproduction from the 1970’s? Just received an original one today that I made a short video on my ‘MR Stickermania’ RUclips channel. Take care Frank
Did you know Tom Donahue? I ask because I recently bought a copy of the first Stoneground, and the labels have a completely different track listing than what is on the cover and album. Our mutual friend Ron Sanchez has a tape from Trident studios of this first track lineup he inherited from Donahue after he passed away. Warners passed on it though and they created another track listing for their debut. I guess some labels were printed up and accidentally put into production.
A correction: Sopdwith Camel was not an East Bay or Marin band. Our band house was a block off Alamo Square in the Filmore, which was handy as we were playing either "The Filmore or the Avalon every weekend in the summer of '66. Martin Beard the bassist and I both graduated from high schools in SF. BTW, we were plenty psychedelic before attempted "grooming" by Kama Sutra records who wanted another wholesome Lovin' Spoonfulish band. Mob producer Eric Jacobsen ditched a lot of our best tunes in order to come up with a suitably bland album. The most "psychedelic" relic of our original songs left on the album was "Frantic Desolation" no 5 (chronologically) on Rolling Stones list of 50 essential American Psychedelic recordings.
Mazzy, I have to say that your video's were the main reason I got my 2000 records out ( basement) purchase new ones. Great stories my only problem is buying albums that Mazzy talks about and then realizing why I never bought them before (Arghh!) I didn't like them😊 danke Mr M
Nice job as usual, Mazzy. I'm not sure if you would consider them a psychedelic or San Francisco band (I think they got their start in San Francisco) but I would add the Electric Flag to this list. Keep doin' what you're doin'.
Mike Bloomfield was my favorite guitar player and I was lucky enough to see the Flag at Winterland Dec. 1967. They were fantastic. Hardly anyone thinks of them as an SF band (Bloomfield moved to Marin County at the end of 1966 and they formed in January of 1967) as they were jazzy and bluesy and not like any of the other bands. Plus, they burned out fast -- debuted at Monterey Pop in June 1967 and by the Spring of '68 were totally falling apart due to drugs and Buddy Miles dominating the shows. The last song on the debut album, Another Country, was psychedelic but nothing else was.
Selfishly, these Bay Area videos that you do are my favorites. I have always wanted audiophile vinyl of the first Steve Miller, Quicksilver, Sons, It's A Beautiful Day and Youngbloods. Mazzy, please use your influence!
Due to the shenanigans with Matthew Katz, the reissue of It’s a Beautiful Day that he put out on his San Francisco Sounds label was either a different mix or outtakes. Worth picking up if you see it used. Avoid his CD version though. It was high priced, low volume and muffled. Can’t remember which mix was on it.
I am younger than you by a few but that period, and the albums you've covered, are like my dna. I agree it is hard to convey the vibe that existed for us young people at the time. Like that scene in the Wizard of Oz where the farm house lands, Dorothy opens the door, and black and white floods with vibrant color. Thats what 1967-69 felt like. You felt somehow connected to people your age through the music even though they may have been in a different state. Like a scattered tribe of young people. My now wife was about 14 then and wanted to run away to San Francisco with her girlfriend. Although I was into singles a lot (Beatles, Tommy James, etc.) my friends older brothers and sisters were playing all these albums. Suzie Q was one of those songs that blew me away. One of Sopwith Camels best songs - my favorite - was Treadin which is the B-side to their hit 45 Hello Hello.
Hey Mazzy really enjoyed this and your memories and information on them. So many great albums. I been looking for a nice 1st press of the Blue Cheer album forever, so it was cool to see you included them here. You turned me onto the The Sons of Champlin a while back and really liked the album found a rough copy of that great music. What a time to grow up, you were very lucky. How cool of your mom to get you the Dead album when you were sick. cheers.
Mazzy, you are a treasure. Yes, I really mean that. You’re about my age, replace your very cool parents with my older sister that helped introduce me to music of the time, and I smile along with you as you tell your stories. Maybe do a ‘Second Albums’ as that could be a good ‘follow-up’ (pun intended) to this.
Mother Earth! I had totally forgotten about them. I'm a fan of the San Francisco psychedlic sound. I agree that 'Moby Grape' should have been bigger! The same for 'It's A Beautiful Day'. Very underrated. I love that Flamin' Groovies album.
Lots of great stuff there mazzy, I have most of them. I can't pick a favorite because they're all good. The quicksilver is really special. They had 3 songs that were left off, babe I'm gonna leave you, codine & I hear you knockin. I'm not sure why, maybe you know? I wish they were included, it would have made it an even better album. If anyone likes early quicksilver, then check them out.
'Light is Faster than Sound' always sounded to me like almost a comedy version of a psychedelic track. I mean, it's quite charming, but it does sound a bit like a pastiche. That first Big Brother album is lovely, but Cheap Thrills is a massive step forward from it.
Great job Mazzy, another important debut of the SF sound came out of the east bay, Country Joe and the Fish. Mazzy you should have a video on the local FM radio station we were fortunate to have in the Bay Area and beyond. Of course KSAN, but also KTIM FM in Marin County. Living in the South Bay and driving to Sacramento with a FM radio in your card was heaven. Starting the journey with KOME, then KSAN and KSOL. Crossing over the bridge and listening to KTIM. Finally reaching Sac and picking up KZAP. Oh, and can’t forget the historical KFAT radio station. Good times, Mazzy.
I know there are a lot of 2-3 minute songs (not long jams) but what great writing. And live, they were superb. Today, that is still my favorite album from that era of SF bands.
Skip Spence played drums on the JA Takes Off (not Spencer Dryden). The story is told Marty saw (hippy looking guitar player with long hair and leather fringed jacket) him in a SF cafe and said/thought “that’s my drummer!” Even though Skip had never played drums. Of course Skip went on the be a founding member of Moby Grape and back to the guitar, but JA did include his song ‘My Best Friend’ on Surrealistic Pillow even though he was no longer a member.
Always grateful to your drawing attention to sixties SF rock. I think Globe Propaganda was the studio of George Hunter of the Charlatans. Love the first Creedence record, the only one to feature superb lead guitar playing. A couple of minor corrections: Grace was married to Jerry, not Darby Slick; and Skip Spence was drummer on Takes Off, not Spencer.
Fun fact re the Steve Miller album. If you look at the bottom of the cover, it appears to be just a series of yellow blobs. But if you look at it a certain way, the spaces between the blobs spell out the album title. As I recall, the front says "The Future", and the back says "Children Of." I discovered this by accident just from staring at it (totally straight as I was about 15 at the time). P.S. "Cippolina", I have on good authority, is pronounced "Chip"polina. PPS. If you're going to mention Moby Grape, you should mention Spirit. I think they literally lived next to each other in Topanga Canyon. Not SF I know...just sayin' ✌
Nice seeing The GREAT SOCIETY mentioned. Still after all these year's, MY NUMBER 1 album. I much prefer their version of WHITE RABBIT and no longer own Surrealistic Pillow {about the only J A album not in my collection}. I love the "open, haunting, hollow sound of the live recording's along with the mix of fairly unusual instrament's and Grace's voice seem's more to the fore in many of the recording's..... I probably play this double album about once a month, and it's so beat up from use I had to buy a CD of it. Purchased most of the J A until they split and became Starship {never bought any of their's but have a few HOT TUNA. BARON & CHROME NUN is another of my all time favourite album's..... I'm a Brit who grew up during the Stone's, Pretty Thing's, Who period who was more in to those group's than the Beatle's and Mersyside artist's, prefering blue's based band's than the POP of the Northen one's.
@@mazzysmusic ok, Run Around is on all the versions of the album. The very first West Coast RCA pressings did have an extra song on Side one after Tobacco Road. Sundazed did a reissue of the full 12 track version of the album in mono a few years ago.
I was rewatching the Bob Dylan 1965 San Francisco press conference yesterday and was kinda surprised to hear he namedrops Jefferson Airplane and also The Great Society
The San Francisco psychedelic music scene seemed to be more of a community as compared to the Los Angeles bands (although both cities had eclectic, incredible music). Members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane or Quicksilver Messenger Service would play on each other's records. Although the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield were friendly with each other, the Los Angeles bands were more competitive with each other, and you would never see the Doors or Mothers hang out and support each other.
There were the best band I saw in the era. Maybe a 50 minute set at the Continental Ballroom in Santa Clara and they were incredible. Skip was jumping all over the stage like he might have been high on something. Ha.
I am a Brit and love the first Sons album but as far as I know it made no impression here. I only got it in the early 70s and re-bought a vinyl copy last year. Agree with you about that one.
I remember seeing Moby Grape and they reminded me of Paul Butterfield'"s Blues Band. Just came on stage, took charge, and came at you. As Joel Selvin said...they only came out with one good album, but what an album. I've seen every band you're talking about, yes even Sopwith Camel at the Avalon Ballroom. I agree with your choice of Steve Miller. He was one of my favorites at the time, and saw him every chance I could get. Going to the local concerts almost every weekend, I've seen them all (most of them anyway. We had the Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, Longshoreman's Hall, and other local venues. The only disagreement is with Blue Cheer, terrible in my opinion.
I’m sure others have mentioned, where’s Electric Music For The Mind and Body. Another, somewhat unfortunate one, is The Charlatans, which wasn’t recorded until after Dan Hicks had left the group.
The Great Society recordings are a bit annoying after a while. I need to get the early Steve Miller albums. Blue Cheer released two good albums in 1968. It's A Beautiful Day was released two years too late. Always enjoy hearing about this era.
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Glory Days.....
Loved the story of mom bringing back 2ch Dead album... Precious ❤️
John Cipollina...sooooo underrated
Quicksilver messenger service first album is phenomenal love that record
I first want to apologize. I had asked you if you were from the City after you made references to a few classic venues around the City. I should have watched some more of your videos. Being from the City myself (70s/80s) kid, I really appreciate all your stories because it reminds me of going to record stores in the City, The Used Record Shop on 9th and Irving and Recycled Records in the Haight. Love your videos! Keep bringing on the memories. I’m starting my SF psych rock collection now and your videos are gold. Thank you!
Country Joe & The Fish, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, such a glaring omission. This is the psychedelic masterpiece/debut of Frisco bands especially when compared to the Dead's debut which the UK counterculture audience found disappointing, dull and underwhelming . To the London UFO Underground the Dead's debut sounded like a poor copy of Pretty Things style club r'n'b rock from 1965. Whereas Electric Music was immediately embraced as the finest example of San Franciscan psychedelia.
Section 43 is at the centre of a sublime, flawless album, that's arguably the greatest psychedelic instrumental to come out of San Francisco. Like 'Eight Miles High,' but structurally looser, Section 43 becomes both a literal and metaphorical statement of chemically assisted boundless freedom, tinged with an edge of melancholy and regret. With its wheezy, acid drenched, fairground, farfisa organ - "Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind" - and its multi tracked raga rock guitars; Section 43 charts the peaks, the longueurs, the dissolving ego into a collapsing universe of lysergic ecstasy. All luminous fog, shimmering space, time shifts and possibilities. It carries the moment like nothing else. Spaced out wonder in the everlasting moment!!!!
Yes I wrote in the description I missed it 🥺😵💫
Right on. I mean how many albums had "LSD" whispered in the middle of the song? I saw them in Spring of 1967 (at San Jose State for a "Peace Mobilization Dance" and seeing Barry Melton do "Love" live was a real treat.
Nice overview, I don’t think anyone else other than our generation knows what it was like to have lived through this era. Your video gives a little of passion and excitement of what it was like. To bring home any of those albums and put it on the turntable was such a thrilling experience. Being from Southern California we had a whole different take of those stellar albums, always jealous of our San Franciscan brethren who got got to experience it first hand. Cheers!
Fantastic Mazzy. What sets you apart from others in the VC is that you're a great raconteur, and I appreciate your self-deprecating humour and refusal to edit the occasional flubs out of your videos. You're less than a year older than me, so your stories resonate more often than not. Cheers...
Wonderful stuff. Over in England In 67/68 I bought most of these fantastic albums. We only had John Peel on radio playing this stuff - along with Spirit, Love and Buffalo Springfield. But these albums changed my life. Thanks so much for this - oh and the fantastic artist for GLOBE was the great GEORGE HUNTER - another fantastic cover was Canned Heat - Hallelujah in 68 I think.
Did John Peel emerge on BBC 4 after the collapse of the pirate radio stations, like Radio London, etc ?
@@JustFortheRecord66 yes, most definitely- he along with many others were signed up - in fact a few others were signed before London closed down in 1967
Thanks Mazzy, I thought that choice was varied and fair. Having been born and raised in Liverpool in the fifties/sixties I understand how one city can somehow produce a sound that defines an era. The Beatles developed the Merseyside pop sound into album based psychedelia in the mid-sixties and passed the baton to San Francisco. (My favourite SF album is Quicksilver's 'Happy Trails' by the way).
I saw CCR at the K-SAN strike outside of 50 Green St. The Greatful Dead were supposed to play but the gig got closed a guy grabbed the mike and invited everyone to his place to continue the party , the address was a pier # and his place was a large ship ! I also saw The Steve Miller Blues Band right after they came back from making that album I remember Steve put a little cassette player on which were the foghorn and seagull sounds that he used on the reacord he also had a Leslie speaker on stage . It was at The Northern California Folk rock Festival at Santa Clara Fairgrounds ,great lineup I have pictures Chet Helms was on stage with them. Janus played last and members of the dead and the Airplane passed joints behind the anps while they watched.
I was also at the NorCal Folk Rock Festival. Some great stuff and some mixed stuff, but I was near the stage with Janis played and she was super good. She was taking swigs of Southern Comfort from the audience. Geez, I wouldn't do that -- you could get super dosed. But, those were the days eh?
Of all the albums you showed, I love It’s a Beautiful Day the most. Besides the stunning White Bird, Girl With No Eyes is beautiful as well. Really not a bad song on the album. One of my treasures.
When CDs came out, Steve Miller bought a CD manufacturing plant and in renegotiating his deal with (I think) Capital he had in his contract that all his CDs would be manufactured in his own CD plant. Smart dude.
Mom love. In 1993 i knew i was moving to Alaska in a years time and the Dead were playing in Phoenix in march 94. I thought it might be my last chance to see the the Grateful Dead. (I had never seen them and as it turns out it was my last chance as Jerry would move on soon after)
My mom lived in Phoenix and i called her and asked if she could get me tickets.
She new nothing of the Dead or of rock concerts and, who knows how, she scored two (pre-internet) tickets for my brother and i for both the Friday and Saturday shows. Flew to Phoenix and had a place to stay, went to the shows and got on the bus.
I love you mom.
Mazzy thanks for that San Francisco Psychedelic trip that had to be an experience at 13 year old you were born at perfect time . I remember Santana saying the ‘67 was the most important time in music and most influential.
Great list! No electric soul body mind by by CJ&F? 😢
See the description 😎
Frantic Desolation from Sopwiths is a favourite and still played. The first two Steve Miller's favourites too. Santana too - great selection Mazzy.
First, I'm a big fan so thanks for all the good work you do. A man after my own heart as they say. I moved to San Francisco in 1977, somewhat late to the party and I've lived in Marin County (over the Golden Gate Bridge for those unfamiliar) since the early 90's. A theme I'm interested in and apply to my record collecting is music made in Marin. While it's not as significant as the music of San Francisco or LA, it was a surprisingly noteworthy music scene back in the 60's and 70's and beyond. I'd say with confidence it is more important than the South Bay (San Jose) music scene.
How you slice and dice these music scenes is an open question but Marin had its own rather unique vibe back in the day. What happened as you know was, once the San Francisco bands became successful they left the hustle bustle of the city for the open and peaceful environs of the North Bay. Many LA bands did the same. So by the late 60's and into the early 70's many of the bands we associate, from their beginnings, with SF and LA were living, playing and in some instances recording here in Marin.
There's of course the Sausalito Record Plant studio that has way too many hit recordings to its credit to mention. The Trident, a bar overlooking the Bay with views of the city, was a frequent meeting place of the rock 'n roll illuminati. Many if not most of the rock stars of that era based in California lived in Marin County later in their careers. I was a waiter in 1977 at a Marin restaurant and served Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and their daughter China. No one seemed to even noticed they were there except me.
Many artists of the day preferred the relaxed atmosphere of the clubs in Marin. The Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley and The Lion's Share here where I live in San Anselmo saw regular performances by many of the local, internationally famous musicians. If you stopped at the Lion's Share in '71 it would not be unusual to look down the bar and see Jerry Garcia sipping a beer.
Of course I mention all this as a way of suggesting a Psychedelic Sounds of Marin video for your channel. It's time to give the North Bay its due. San Francisco and LA got it started and Marin County was the next chapter. There was the Haight/Ashbury and Laurel Canyon and then Marin. This was the final setting and in many ways where the final chapter occurred in the history of West Coast psychedelic/folk/rock music. I'm not sure why more people don't recognize and talk about Marin as a music scene during the heyday of late 60's/ early 70's rock history.
Happy to listen to you talk about Psychedelic San Francisco whenever and for however long you choose! Hard to disagree with any of your choices (apart from the lack of CJ&F) but surely the first Mad River album from 1968 should have been included. Never a first division band and still not well-enough known, their debut, along with Quicksilver is to my ears maybe the purest 'acid' sounding of all these records.
To start with, how do you not include Country Joe and the Fish in that list. To my mind, their first two albums were as psychedelic as anything the Airplane or the Dread recorded. I'm glad you included Blue Cheer. Talk about "heavy". Their second album was even better. Those guys were from Davis, California, and were called the Oxford Circle before their album on Phillips Records in 1968. And don't feel weird about including the Sons of Champlain. In some respects, they were the best band in the lot. If there was a better guitar player than Terry Haggerty in the Bay Area bands in those days, I'd like to know who. They were fantastic live, and when they would play their song "Get High", it was time to roll 'em up. It was kind of like a stoner's national anthem.
Yeah read the line in the description 🤷🏻♂️
Hey Mazzy. Fred here great list. You and I are the same age both grew up in the Bay Area. Me Berkeley. You S F. Both went to SFSu. Anyhow beyond that the one band I think you missed in. This video is Country Joe and the Fish. Their first album is pure psychedelia. Love your channel watch it all the time. peace. FJ
Excellent overview, Mazzy. I always learn from your videos and it is great how you incorporate the personal stories with the history. I actually prefer Santana's debut over Abraxas.
Santana's debut is fantastic and often overlooked. I also love his Live At Fillmore '68 album.
Children of the Future is soooo fantastic!!!!!!!
It really is and it's my favorite album by him. The inside of the album is very psychedelic as the artwork is clearly inspired from seeing the other reality that is out there when you take certain substances. The wings move baby!
I love Steve Millers first album Children of The Future. Boz Scaggs first recording.
Brings back Memories , Thank you :) QC
May I compliment you on this wonderful walk down memory lane? I believe that the Summer of Love/San Francisco Sound records are some of the finest music of the ages. This was a magical time, indeed! I waited for what seemed hours for you to get to what I considered to be the closest thing to a "perfect" album: Quicksilver! What a marvelous album. Before the Allman Bros. made the dual-guitar approach famous, there was the Cippolina-Duncan work on this album. (A bit of a bitch here: how could you not have mentioned Nick Gravenites's production?) The first five Steve Miller albums: a big yes! The Moby Grape tragedy: yes. All of this swirling around behind the furor over the Airplane and the Dead! God, what great stuff.
Question: am I the only one to notice how often many bands' first album was the quintessence of their art. No matter how many fine records came after, that first album couldn't be topped. Or am I over-analyzing?
Anyway, thanks for sharing!
Love hearing your stories Mazzy, it was a magical time in the late 60's , and you covered it well.
Unique sounds at a unique time. Gleason really had us enthralled in Rolling Stone mag - I was dead jealous of you guys - Love from London
Moby Grape's eponymous album is one of the greatest debuts in any genre, ever. Brilliantly economical multi-part guitars and vocal harmonies all around. ''8:05'' always gives me proto-CSN vibes, minus the latter's tendency toward teeth-ache sweetness. So sad the Grape's potential was botched by that disatrous record company promo campaign.
Agree -- it is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I still listen to it regularly and marvel at their talent. I was not just the record company, it was Skip Spence's drug overdoses that really dampened the whole thing. Then there was the evil manager, Mathew Katz, who stole their money and name.
I totally agree. It still sounds fresh and original from the day I bought the Vinyl in 1967. Several CD's later - I still regularly play it.
Thank you so much, Mazzy, for including It's A Beautiful Day and The Great Society in your selection. I saw IABD at the Sausalito Arts Festival, in 2007, and David LaFlamme told the audience that he had to introduce the band as "It Was A Beautiful Day." The next day David appeared in the Jerry MIller Band at the Summer Of Love 40th Anniversary free festival in Golden Gate Park; Jefferson Starship were also playing there, and the MC said he didn't care if he got into trouble, but he was going to announce them as "Jefferson Airplane" which he did. Perhaps the last ever live appearance of "Jefferson Airplane."
I love your videos about the San Francisco bands. I grew up in the UK in the 1970s so I only really discovered most of this music when I was a student in the late 1980s but I have loved it ever since. When people ask me what kind of music I like I never know what to say. I always find myself listing the bands. There are also some great live albums of performances from that era in San Francisco : Beautiful Day, Big Brother, Santana, Quicksilver, Jefferson Airplane and the Dead (of course !). So atmospheric, maybe you could do a video on these sometime.
My only problem now is which album to play first !
V. Vale of RE/Search (Search & Destroy Magazine) was a member of Blue Cheer for a short period of time. He still lives in SF.
Man, I love your takes and choices. I got to see most of these groups in those years at the Fillmore, Winterland, and in Santa Clara, the Continental Ballroom. Great memories. IMO, the best group I saw in those years was Moby Grape. Three guitars, five vocalists and high energy provided by Skip Spence. Quicksilver was my #2 and the best individual performer was Janis. Right place at the right time it was. I missed Blue Cheer, but The Who blew out my ears in 1968 in place of Blue Cheer. The first SF band I saw was Country Joe and the Fish -- San Jose State April 67 as a "Peace Mobilization" concert. While I love their debut album, they were not in the class of the Airplane, QSM, or Moby Grape in terms of live performance. Also, the Dead at that time were pretty sloppy and uninteresting to my ears; but, I saw them again in the 1980's many times and loved them and the audiences were super.
Cool. Right place right time
Don’t forget Quicksilver Messenger Service had two tracks on the Revolution movie soundtrack, Babe I’am Gonna Leave You and Codeine plus Steve Miller Band, Mercury Blues, Superbyrd and Your Old Lady. QMS also did a great song ‘Hair Like Sunshine’/ Long Distance Call, live in their early days, the best version I’ve heard is from November 5th 1966 at the Fillmore. The New Animals deserve a mention Winds Of Change album was very San Francisco influenced, produced by Tom Wilson and hugely popular as it also had the big hit San Francisco Nights 🎉😊. Oh and H.P. Lovecraft only two albums with the track The White Ship as a highlight, played on all the new FM stations, they moved from Chicago to San Francisco before the second album came out 😊
Mas... Because of you, I ordered that first Steve Miller album...
P. S.... It should be here today...
Loved this video. One of my favorites from Berkeley in 68 was Joy of Cooking. With great vocals from Toni Brown and Terri Garthwaite.
Lovely stuff.Wouldn't argue with any of those.
Yes a long video again. Thanks man!
I like a lot the Flamin Groovies. Nice thing to mention them. They had quiet a cult following in UK and France also in the 70ties. They toured together with some of the UK punk bands (eg Damned, Stanglers, Radio Birdman) in 76-78, when punk emerged. Fantastic Rock and Roll Band and still active 😊.
Wow that's awesome record's Norman can you please make a video of the best of 1968
I always enjoy hearing your stories about growing up in San Francisco, and the records you bought.
Our music collections are sentimental history of our lives.
Good choices especially your glowing review of Sons of Champlin. I had the original release with the scratched out f-word. I would swap out Blue Cheer for Country Joe’s first 2 albums.
PS. Terry MacNeil, guitar and piano was a student at the SF Art Institute when we met and started writing songs in the fall of '65. BTW, my name is not petera, I was sloppy when i signed op at youtube years ago and haven't figured how to edit that. Regards, Peter Andrus Kraemer. PPS. The "ship" in Sausalito that you visited was the SS Vallejo...had been the home of Alan Watts and my godfather Jean Varda; Was the "captain /caretaker in the 80s. actually kept it from sinking for 8 or 9 years!
Nice happening. The 1st Blue Cheer came out in January 68’. Thanks for tossin It’s A Beautiful Day out there. Very underrated group. 🖖🚀
Dude u know Jay Kaye? Suddenly one summer...1968...San Fran 15year old...fucking album is amazing!!!!!
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY . Didn't realise it was SOOOOOOOO, OLD !. I'm a Brit and was buying these, along with Neil Young, Bufalo Springfield, Mother's of Invention & The Byrds and a little later The GREAT SOCIETY {See below, my all time favourite Album.} I'm currently looking for some Steve Miller Band LP's and will be checking out the earlier one's but being a {poor} pensioner finding them cheap is proving difficult.
Norman, is The Beatles ‘Promo Butcher Cover’ poster behind you an original 1966 or a reproduction from the 1970’s? Just received an original one today that I made a short video on my ‘MR Stickermania’ RUclips channel. Take care Frank
70s
Did you know Tom Donahue? I ask because I recently bought a copy of the first Stoneground, and the labels have a completely different track listing than what is on the cover and album. Our mutual friend Ron Sanchez has a tape from Trident studios of this first track lineup he inherited from Donahue after he passed away. Warners passed on it though and they created another track listing for their debut. I guess some labels were printed up and accidentally put into production.
I met him I’ve but never really spoke at length with him, but he was a big part of my musical upbringing.
A correction: Sopdwith Camel was not an East Bay or Marin band. Our band house was a block off Alamo Square in the Filmore, which was handy as we were playing either "The Filmore or the Avalon every weekend in the summer of '66. Martin Beard the bassist and I both graduated from high schools in SF. BTW, we were plenty psychedelic before attempted "grooming" by Kama Sutra records who wanted another wholesome Lovin' Spoonfulish band. Mob producer Eric Jacobsen ditched a lot of our best tunes in order to come up with a suitably bland album. The most "psychedelic" relic of our original songs left on the album was "Frantic Desolation" no 5 (chronologically) on Rolling Stones list of 50 essential American Psychedelic recordings.
This was so well told. Facts and impressions! I 27:36 want a copy of your Beatles London Book!
Mazzy, I have to say that your video's were the main reason I got my 2000 records out ( basement) purchase new ones. Great stories my only problem is buying albums that Mazzy talks about and then realizing why I never bought them before (Arghh!) I didn't like them😊 danke Mr M
Nice job as usual, Mazzy. I'm not sure if you would consider them a psychedelic or San Francisco band (I think they got their start in San Francisco) but I would add the Electric Flag to this list. Keep doin' what you're doin'.
Mike Bloomfield was my favorite guitar player and I was lucky enough to see the Flag at Winterland Dec. 1967. They were fantastic. Hardly anyone thinks of them as an SF band (Bloomfield moved to Marin County at the end of 1966 and they formed in January of 1967) as they were jazzy and bluesy and not like any of the other bands. Plus, they burned out fast -- debuted at Monterey Pop in June 1967 and by the Spring of '68 were totally falling apart due to drugs and Buddy Miles dominating the shows. The last song on the debut album, Another Country, was psychedelic but nothing else was.
So many great memories!
Selfishly, these Bay Area videos that you do are my favorites. I have always wanted audiophile vinyl of the first Steve Miller, Quicksilver, Sons, It's A Beautiful Day and Youngbloods. Mazzy, please use your influence!
Due to the shenanigans with Matthew Katz, the reissue of It’s a Beautiful Day that he put out on his San Francisco Sounds label was either a different mix or outtakes. Worth picking up if you see it used. Avoid his CD version though. It was high priced, low volume and muffled. Can’t remember which mix was on it.
Back around 83 i visited San fransisky .saw a band called the dinosaurs with gravenities cippolina very cool.
strings on gold and silver? yessir! fantastic guitar strings!!!!!
I recently listened to The Serpent Power. I'm impressed...
I am younger than you by a few but that period, and the albums you've covered, are like my dna. I agree it is hard to convey the vibe that existed for us young people at the time. Like that scene in the Wizard of Oz where the farm house lands, Dorothy opens the door, and black and white floods with vibrant color. Thats what 1967-69 felt like. You felt somehow connected to people your age through the music even though they may have been in a different state. Like a scattered tribe of young people. My now wife was about 14 then and wanted to run away to San Francisco with her girlfriend. Although I was into singles a lot (Beatles, Tommy James, etc.) my friends older brothers and sisters were playing all these albums. Suzie Q was one of those songs that blew me away. One of Sopwith Camels best songs - my favorite - was Treadin which is the B-side to their hit 45 Hello Hello.
The Great Society record is a must have. I do like Grace. Been too quick to dismiss JA Takes Off. Will have to give it a closer listen. Much thanks.
Hey Mazzy really enjoyed this and your memories and information on them. So many great albums. I been looking for a nice 1st press of the Blue Cheer album forever, so it was cool to see you included them here. You turned me onto the The Sons of Champlin a while back and really liked the album found a rough copy of that great music. What a time to grow up, you were very lucky. How cool of your mom to get you the Dead album when you were sick. cheers.
you def need Blue Cheer's debut,album Vance,,i have a copy i got at a used record store in Denver, way back in the 1990's good rock/psych album.
@@Davidicus-m8c think I found one 😁
JA was still my fav of the San Francisco sound. Love hearing the background stories
Mazzy, you are a treasure. Yes, I really mean that. You’re about my age, replace your very cool parents with my older sister that helped introduce me to music of the time, and I smile along with you as you tell your stories. Maybe do a ‘Second Albums’ as that could be a good ‘follow-up’ (pun intended) to this.
Quicksilver is a perfect album by they’re masterpiece. The fool is such a unique sound .
Mother Earth! I had totally forgotten about them. I'm a fan of the San Francisco psychedlic sound. I agree that 'Moby Grape' should have been bigger! The same for 'It's A Beautiful Day'. Very underrated. I love that Flamin' Groovies album.
Great stuff mazzy. You guys having a meet up at the audio show this weekend?
I used to go to Portals to Music after school back in the 80s. Had some good conversations with Roy and got some formative records
Lots of great stuff there mazzy, I have most of them. I can't pick a favorite because they're all good. The quicksilver is really special. They had 3 songs that were left off, babe I'm gonna leave you, codine & I hear you knockin. I'm not sure why, maybe you know?
I wish they were included, it would have made it an even better album. If anyone likes early quicksilver, then check them out.
'Light is Faster than Sound' always sounded to me like almost a comedy version of a psychedelic track. I mean, it's quite charming, but it does sound a bit like a pastiche. That first Big Brother album is lovely, but Cheap Thrills is a massive step forward from it.
Great job Mazzy, another important debut of the SF sound came out of the east bay, Country Joe and the Fish. Mazzy you should have a video on the local FM radio station we were fortunate to have in the Bay Area and beyond. Of course KSAN, but also KTIM FM in Marin County. Living in the South Bay and driving to Sacramento with a FM radio in your card was heaven. Starting the journey with KOME, then KSAN and KSOL. Crossing over the bridge and listening to KTIM. Finally reaching Sac and picking up KZAP. Oh, and can’t forget the historical KFAT radio station. Good times, Mazzy.
I forgot the Fish. Crap !!!!!! 🙄🥺😵💫.
Moby Grape’s first album is wonderful.
Yes
Your comments have convinced me to grab it😂. Why was I even on the fence!
I know there are a lot of 2-3 minute songs (not long jams) but what great writing. And live, they were superb. Today, that is still my favorite album from that era of SF bands.
No doubt
Skip Spence played drums on the JA Takes Off (not Spencer Dryden). The story is told Marty saw (hippy looking guitar player with long hair and leather fringed jacket) him in a SF cafe and said/thought “that’s my drummer!” Even though Skip had never played drums. Of course Skip went on the be a founding member of Moby Grape and back to the guitar, but JA did include his song ‘My Best Friend’ on Surrealistic Pillow even though he was no longer a member.
That’s right. Misspoke ✌🏼
Actually, Skip Spence was on drums for The Jefferson Airplane ✈️ takes off! 😮
Wish they would reissue these records!
Always grateful to your drawing attention to sixties SF rock. I think Globe Propaganda was the studio of George Hunter of the Charlatans. Love the first Creedence record, the only one to feature superb lead guitar playing. A couple of minor corrections: Grace was married to Jerry, not Darby Slick; and Skip Spence was drummer on Takes Off, not Spencer.
Fun fact re the Steve Miller album. If you look at the bottom of the cover, it appears to be just a series of yellow blobs. But if you look at it a certain way, the spaces between the blobs spell out the album title. As I recall, the front says "The Future", and the back says "Children Of." I discovered this by accident just from staring at it (totally straight as I was about 15 at the time). P.S. "Cippolina", I have on good authority, is pronounced "Chip"polina. PPS. If you're going to mention Moby Grape, you should mention Spirit. I think they literally lived next to each other in Topanga Canyon. Not SF I know...just sayin' ✌
Miller, the Grape and Spirit -- now there is an unbelievable catalogue of music!
Nice seeing The GREAT SOCIETY mentioned. Still after all these year's, MY NUMBER 1 album. I much prefer their version of WHITE RABBIT and no longer own Surrealistic Pillow {about the only J A album not in my collection}. I love the "open, haunting, hollow sound of the live recording's along with the mix of fairly unusual instrament's and Grace's voice seem's more to the fore in many of the recording's..... I probably play this double album about once a month, and it's so beat up from use I had to buy a CD of it. Purchased most of the J A until they split and became Starship {never bought any of their's but have a few HOT TUNA. BARON & CHROME NUN is another of my all time favourite album's..... I'm a Brit who grew up during the Stone's, Pretty Thing's, Who period who was more in to those group's than the Beatle's and Mersyside artist's, prefering blue's based band's than the POP of the Northen one's.
Steve Miller's "Sailor" was released in the UK as "Living In The USA"
I have that but thought it was an American import, great lp
Sailor was his second album.
@@AlanSenzaki I bought first two albums as a back-to-back re-issue.
Hey Mazzy, do you have the 12 song first pressing of Jefferson Airplane Takes Off with the song Runnin’ Round This World on it?
I have the one w Run Around.
@@mazzysmusic ok, Run Around is on all the versions of the album. The very first West Coast RCA pressings did have an extra song on Side one after Tobacco Road. Sundazed did a reissue of the full 12 track version of the album in mono a few years ago.
I was rewatching the Bob Dylan 1965 San Francisco press conference yesterday and was kinda surprised to hear he namedrops Jefferson Airplane and also The Great Society
And Ralph J Gleason was there
ya' can take the kid out of san francisco, but....glad to hear you feeling better.. peace always my friend..rocky
The San Francisco psychedelic music scene seemed to be more of a community as compared to the Los Angeles bands (although both cities had eclectic, incredible music). Members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane or Quicksilver Messenger Service would play on each other's records. Although the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield were friendly with each other, the Los Angeles bands were more competitive with each other, and you would never see the Doors or Mothers hang out and support each other.
Heavy Hitters Maz!!!
My favorite is still Moby Grape. If it weren't for their manager and mental illness they could have been a contender!
There were the best band I saw in the era. Maybe a 50 minute set at the Continental Ballroom in Santa Clara and they were incredible. Skip was jumping all over the stage like he might have been high on something. Ha.
Great society...silly goes round roses...is amazing
Darby...Slick was an amazingly innovative guitarist if not traditionally ripping
Mobygrape...hey granma...good shite
Sally goes round roses lol
I am a Brit and love the first Sons album but as far as I know it made no impression here. I only got it in the early 70s and re-bought a vinyl copy last year. Agree with you about that one.
I have a triple set with.....Quick Silvers first lp...Sailor from Steve Miller and music from big pink
In a box ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic yes I think it's got a drawing of an ear on it ....I'll probably take it out later now that I'm reminded of it
I remember seeing Moby Grape and they reminded me of Paul Butterfield'"s Blues Band. Just came on stage, took charge, and came at you. As Joel Selvin said...they only came out with one good album, but what an album. I've seen every band you're talking about, yes even Sopwith Camel at the Avalon Ballroom. I agree with your choice of Steve Miller. He was one of my favorites at the time, and saw him every chance I could get. Going to the local concerts almost every weekend, I've seen them all (most of them anyway. We had the Avalon Ballroom, Fillmore, Winterland, Family Dog, Longshoreman's Hall, and other local venues. The only disagreement is with Blue Cheer, terrible in my opinion.
Dear Mary from Steve Miller...Sailor is sick!!
Ha! I see a Mazzi thumbnail of Quicksilver, I click on pronto.
I met John Cipollina when he toured with UK with MAN.
@@DrWrapperbandMy favourite Man was on the Greasy Truckers album
The Fool is a classic. Still pull it out.
I thought that The Fool was a European band. Perhaps I am confused.
@@Cap683it was. I was referring to the song The Fool on that Quicksilver LP
CC&R should at least have had the decency to be from the Sacramento Delta.
I remember back in high school almost all the pot heads had a copy of Happy Trails by QMS....
I’m sure others have mentioned, where’s Electric Music For The Mind and Body.
Another, somewhat unfortunate one, is The Charlatans, which wasn’t recorded until after Dan Hicks had left the group.
I totally missed the Fish album here. Big mistake 🥺
The Great Society recordings are a bit annoying after a while. I need to get the early Steve Miller albums. Blue Cheer released two good albums in 1968. It's A Beautiful Day was released two years too late.
Always enjoy hearing about this era.
SANTANA debut produced by Brent Dangerfield not David Rubinson....
Fun fact: the name of Blue Cheer's first album, Vincebus Eruptum, sounds like latin but is actually completely made up.
The Flaminig Groovies no deben ser considerados como bandas de la bahía de San Francisco, su sonido no es psicodélico es sonido garaje rock.
"Mad River" (1968) another Capitol release...
Sly stone and Santana probaly. stole show AT WOODSTOCK
Wasn’t George Hunter of the Charlatans the founder of Globe Propaganda?
The band Blue Cheer was good but the acid was better.😏