You have it DOWN. David Crosby Lp unreal/ Vanilla Fudge Debut Mark Stein lead Singer Keyboardist/ Zombies Odyssey &Oracle every cut a Classic/ Spirit a Band Produced by Lou Adler. Randy was a highly respected great Singer Writer their first 3-4 Lps amazing/ All Moby Grape I worked for Columbia and we could never get Copies until a rerelease but it is truly a work of Art. Moby Grape 69 produced by David Rubinson. Page &Plants favorite SF group. The Electric Flag Michael Bloomfield Buddy Miles Harvey Brooks Nick Gravinities on Columbia amazing Album. Loading Zone SF Band On RCA Linda Tillary vocals .It was funny you loved Axis Bold as Love ( I live about 2 Miles from where the Spanish Castle was located) Hendrix would beg to get Bands to let him sit-in. You’ve excellent taste and do a great job with your channel. Cheers
except that lou adler was a jerk. told the doors he couldnt "use" any of their acetate. morrison said as he was rising to leave... thats ok. we didnt want to be "used" anyway.
I was very surprised that Disraeli Gears was omitted. Tales of Brave Ulysses in my humble opinion is right up there with I am the Walrus as the one of the greatest psychedelic songs ever.
Came across your channel this week and they gave me the impetus to finally get ahold of Strange Days by the Doors on vinyl. Should be arriving later today and I'm looking forward to sitting down with it after work. Thank you for the inspiration.
As a newcomer to your channel I've enjoyed seeing many of my favorites appear in your videos. To your psychedelic list I would add The Moody Blues' In Search of the Lost Chord (not only my favorite Moodies album but in my all-time top 10) and the Stones' Satanic Majesties.
Eire Apparent had some serious guitar talent themselves, Henry McCullough, later in Joe Cocker's Grease Band and McCartney's Wings, and the criminally underrated Peter Tolson who had the Hendrix Strat/Fuzz Face/Marshall thing down pat and the technique to play it.
Saw Spirit a couple of times late sixties-- loved " A Family That Plays Together" & 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"; Strange Days still my favorite Doors album, Zombies album was fantastic, and the Beatles and McCartney's favorite guitarist, Jimi reign supreme!! Good job!!!
Totally agree with you about Axis, my fave Jimi album also. Number 1 for me is Electric Music for the Mind & Body by CJF. Thanks for a wonderful video! 🙏
A playlist of a mono Satanic Majesties with We Love You & Dandelion (both also in mono) included is very high grade psychedelia, I think (works in stereo too, but the separation is a bit overdone on a few of the tracks)🪐Thanks for a very inspiring video x
Yes, if they deleted Sing This All Together (See What Happens) along with On With The Show and included We Love You and Dandelion the Satanic Majesties record would be just about perfect. Thanks for watching. 😉
Great video love your picks! For me when it comes to Spirit it always has to be '' The 12 dreams of Dr. Sardonicus'' as their best no matter what the category!
Well done! I’d have to have Love Forever Changes and Cream Disraeli Gears in my top 15. Here’s a fun and wacky psych album: Cellophane Symphony by Tommy James and the Shondells. *Not* suggesting it belongs in anyone’s top 15 or 20 list, but it is fun to listen to. It combines psych, pop, comedy, satire and country all on one zany album.
I discovered "National Health" by searching for tracks by the Northettes, who you mentioned in another one of your videos. There is a mother lode of material that I'm just now digging into (Northettes, Nat'. Health).
Axis: Bold as Love gets more listens 'chez moi' of the three original releases. Nice to see it's your number one. I haven't heard Eire Apparent in at least twenty years. No recollection what it sounds like. 'Sunshine Superman' would be on my list of psychedelic albums. Not only do I love the album, and folk-pastoral-psych generally, but I think a case could be made for it having been the first psychedelic album. The album's release was held up for months so it came out around the same time as Revolver. Certainly "Sunny Goodge Street" (an earlier single) is in the running for first psychedelic song, released roughly at about the time 'Help' was released. Not everyone likes his Scottish troubadour persona but I don't mind. It would be interesting to see a post of your favorite Psych Songs, or did you post one already?
Nice list, some real classics on there. I'm not much of a Deadhead but when I want to hear a "psychedelic symphony" I play the last 16-ish minutes of the Dead's "Anthem of the Sun." It's truly weird and delirious, like a chemical refinery of sound, can't think of anything else like it. I think Owsely was their sound engineer at the time, which explains a lot. Another psychedelic album from those days is Capt Beefheart's "Strictly Personal," described by one reviewer as sounding like the world has "wobbled off its axis." The producer added phasing to the final mix and while that didn't sit well with Beefheart it actually gives the album a nicely weird vibe.
Tom FYI the group name Eire Apparent is a rhyming play on heir apparent. The band was Irish... Eire is name of the country in the Irish language. They had a great 45, Yes I Need Someone, don't know if it's on the album.
Great list. I have all the ones listed. I'd add Kaleidoscope's (UK) first 2 albums, Bee gees 1st. Pink Floyd's' debut. The Chambers Bros The Time Has Come & Big Brother Cheap Thrills to name a few more. There are so many more great psych albums out there.
The thing l do appreciate about the U.K. version of Mr. Fantasy is the way "No Face, No Name, No Number" segues right into "Dear Mr. Fantasy". Breathtaking. The American album does establish a better balance between accessible songcraft and out there British Gonzo.
I have in my collection a CD called Guitar Speak which has a guitar instrumental called The Prisoner by Randy California. If you can find that CD anywhere you should check it out.
MY GOD, MAN! I'VE JUST COME ACROSS A FANTASTIC ENSEMBLE CALLED "NATIONAL HEALTH." THEY'RE LIKE A BRITISH KING CRIMSON. JUST DISCOVERED THEM ON SPOTIFY ALBUMS INCLUDING "OF QUEUES AND CURES." WOW! INCREDIBLE. I'M ALIVE AGAIN!
There is great psychedelic music outside of USA & UK (Dug Dug's - Mex / Earth And Fire - NL / Zoo - Fr / Aphrodite's Child - Gr / Blue Phantom - It / Jericho Jones - Isr / Aunt Mary - Norw / Too Much - Jap / Isaiah - Austria / Hurdy Gurdy - Den / Triode - Fr / Telegraph Avenue - Peru / Waterloo - Bel / Tapiman - Sp / Taste Of Blues - Swe / Pacific Sound - Switz. / Midnight Circus - Ger / 49th Parallel - Can / Purple Overdose - Gr / Ping Pong - It)... and many more
you have great taste. i would add soft machine one or two... crown of creation, electric ladyland, satanic majesties, wheels of fire, blue cheer outside inside, love forever changes, astral weeks, long time comin electric flag, steppenwolf two, procol harum shine on brightly. thanks
Ire Apparent? The name of the band is a pun on the phrase 'heir apparent' and should be pronounced as such. Eire is one of the names by which Ireland went, and is generally pronounced 'air-a', and is appropriate because most of the band came from Northern Ireland.
Zeppelin initially opened for Vanilla Fudge, not the other way around. Their first date in America saw John Bonham witnessing Carmine Appice's big blonde Ludwig kit for the first time and wanting one of his own. Appice facilitated that with a recommendation to Ludwig. Bonham's setup matched Carmine's, complete with double bass drums. The second bass drum saw Bonham's bottom end getting too busy for the liking of Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, so it was soon ditched, created the famous Bonham set-up. On that first trip Zep also shared the bill with Spirit. Page and JPJ immediately nicked the 'Fresh Garbage' riff, which they jammed on in one of their tunes). I see someone else pointed out that Ed Cassidy was the stepfather of Randy California (real surname was Wolfe). Nice to see that first Spirit album pop up again with you. Ditto 'After Bathing at Baxters'. The Airplane seemed to have an identity problem after their big hits in '67, and that album seemed to get lost in the fog. 'Crown of Creation' was a great comeback, though without any major hits it further reinforced the popular perception that the group was, like the Dead and numerous others, just another hippy band from San Fran. That incarnation with Jack, Jorma and Spencer as the rhythm section never did recover.
Satanic's Majesty Request, the Stones interesting failure! Some good songs on it, "She's a Rainbow" "2000 Light Years from Home" Just didn't quite jell as a holistic psyedelic concept album. Were they aping the Beatles Sergeant Peppers?
The second Left Banke album is full-on "I Am the Walrus"--era Beatles. No-one else bought into that vibe as hard. Ironic that Frank Zappa simulated a 'psychedelic' vibe through sheer music and editing! He was an avant-garde composer working in the marketplace.
Maybe a Top 15 is way to small for one of the most fascinating musical directions on the planet? However there are serious omissions: The Stones Their Satanic Majestic Request ", Pink Floyd " Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the first 2 Country Joe & The Fish, the first 2 Quicksilver, Moby Grape, Love "Forever changes" and then the incredible run of the Grateful Dead from Anthem of the Sun (68) to Blues for Allah (75). And that's just the obvious choices! There's a myriad of fascinating albums by H. p. Lovecraft ("White Ship"), West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, I'll Wind, KAK.... Not forgetting the Krautrock Bands like Amon Duul 2 (Yeti), Can.... Etc
Great list, although The Madcap Laughs is nearly unlistenable, and Oar isn't a lot better. The Left Bank Too is a great catch, a near-miss that deserved better than it got, like the Electric Prunes, whose first album is better than expected. Strawberry Alarm Clock's debut album was a sleeper, too, a little thin, in production, and sorta safe, but interesting. The Seeds debut album has some nice cuts, too. My all-time favorite "psychedelic" album is the first album from Rotary Connection (with a tab of Owsley, so it all makes sense). I posted this list on a "San Francisco Psychedelic" video that had Santana, and CCR (never noted for extensive soloing or experimentation). These are all true psychedelic masters: 01 S U R R E A L I S T I C P I L L O W ( 1967) Jefferson Airplane 02 C H E A P T H R I L L S ( 1967) Big Brother & the Holding Co 03 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y ( 1969) It's A Beautiful Day 04 M O B Y G R A P E ( 1967) Moby Grape 05 R O C K ' N ' R O L L I S B I O D E G R A D A B L E Stoneground ( 1971) 06 S T A N D ( 1969) Sly & the Family Stone 07 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E M I N D A N D B O D Y ( 1967) Country Joe and the Fish 08 S A I L O R ( 1968) Steve Miller Band 09 T I M E H A S C O M E T O D A Y ( 1967) the Chambers Brothers 10 H A P P Y T R A I L S ( 1969) Quicksilver Messenger Service Big Brother and the Holding Co's Live at Winterland '68 is staggeringly good, especially for a band that often couldn't get out of their own way (compare that one with their live 1966 bootleg). Live at Winterland makes me wish Janis had not bailed on the band, cuz Kozmic Blues could have benefited from their input. Yeah, Sam Andrews went with her, but James Gurley didn't. These are all SF bands, of course, but psychedelia didn't do well outside the city by the bay. Eire Apparent was interesting, but even Jimi couldn't elevate their music to popularity (and, boy did they try!). I think Traffic's second album is full-on psychedelic, mostly due to Dave Mason's influence (the bonus cuts on "Heaven Is In Your Mind" give it away). Their first album is very jazz-nfluenced, but Berkshire Poppies is mad, and Dealer is spot-on. My greatest disappointment was in Stevie's leaving what made the first two Traffic albums the gems they are was that he never revisited the themes he plumbed so well, in later albums. I think Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired speaks volumes. Jimmy Page took a page from Traffic's first two, and milked it. Houses of the Holy could almost be Traffic III.
@@tomrobinson5776 A very pleasant album, well-paced, understated, with Steve Miller's signature tune, his Little Wing, so to speak. He's another Ray Davies kind, a guitar whiz who could write, or create interesting aand quirky songs, with an American accent. There were a lot of guitarslingers (and keyboard aces) like that, 'after '67, guys who put together bands and made a play for stardom, Jimmy Page joined the Yardbirds, Keith Emerson started the Nice, David LaFlamme created It's A Beautiful Day, et al. Stevie "Guitar" Miller had talent, and an ear for commercial rock He'd been gigging in the Bay area for years, with a group-of-the-moment that was often a back-up band for visiting performers, especially Black bluesmen who were suddenly popular with White audiences, because many popular artists were acknowledging their debt to Black artists, especially the Delta bluesmen, whose catalogs had been looted by dozens of acts over the course of rock 'n' roll. The Beatles had done something like that, to get their first chance at recording, playing back-up to Tony Sheridan. Steve Miller Band backed up Chuck Berry Live at the Fillmore, in 1966. The songs on Steve Miller Band albums that aren't singles are hit or miss boogie tunes typical of the era, some good ones, some klunkers. He made great singles, and he was always a terrific performer, much better than the albums hinted at. He'd been performing from childhood, and he did it well, by '69, the first of many times I saw versions of the Steve Miller Band. Always fun. I caught the end of the Sailor tour, when I came back to "the world", from 'Nam, in early Jan 1969. Music, and concerts had changed for the better, since I'd been gone. I saw him promoting Brave New World, a good-but-not-great album, early in 1970,. In May, 1971, ZZ Top opened, with the Allman Brothers Band supporting Steve Miller, promoting Number 5. Billy Gibbons pulled out all the stops a young guitarslinger would, duck-walking across the stage and peeling off hot licks, but "opener" is a thankless job, often poorly-paid, and always facing a cold crowd eager to see the headliners. ZZ's first album had just been released in January, not doing justice to the band. Duane Allman shone like a guitar god, probably the best performance I have ever witnessed, notes dripping off his guitar like heavy dew off a shaken rose (I was impressed). The Allman Brothers were on their way to New York City, to record the final tracks for one of the all-time best live albums, Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East, using this tour to refine the songs that would get recorded. They were tight and totally in sync. They played an hour, and it barely seemed like they'd started, before time was up. Steve Miller came out like it was any other night, and set the night on fire, pulling out every trick in his repertoire, and there were a bunch. It was a show for the ages, one of my personal Top Five The last time I saw Miller, he had a lot more material to draw from, and did it with the same panache. A top-notch, class performer. I stayed with him through Born 2 B Blue, his 14th album, but lost interest after that.
@@tomrobinson5776 Definitely check that out, it's an incredible mix of studio and live performances from the second half of '67, mixing it nearly drove engineer Dave Hassinger insane, some of it was a year old by the time it was released but it flows beautifully, like it was all played in one session.
The Week the Beatles Dominated the Charts Nothing to do with the video, but, tomorrow (Apr 4) is the 60th Anniversary of the Beatles' dominance of the Top Ten, with all five (5) top places. It was the most significant event of the day, according to sources. The band had seven (7) more songs in the Hot 100, 12% of the chart, plus two fan songs, We Love You Beatles (the Carefrees, a girl group), and A Letter to the Beatles (the Four Preps). It was an embarrassment of riches, and all the wags said it wouldn't last, it was just a phase kids were going through. Can't Buy Me Love stayed at #1 for five (5) weeks, three weeks later, Love Me Do was #1, for one week. It would be nine (9) weeks before the Beatles returned to the top of the charts, an eternity considering they'd held the #1 spot all of the nine (9) weeks before April 4, and only missed the three (3) weeks between Can't Buy Me Love and Love Me Do, from February 1 and May 30, 1964. Peter and Gordon got a #1 for a Lennon/McCartney song, so maybe they'd become songwriters, make a mint, retire, yadayadayada The Fab Four returned to the top slot, though, with A Hard Day's Night. Some suggested the phenomenon was over, Beatlemania had run its course, just as they'd said. A Hard Day's Night, coupled with the stunning film, cemented the Fab Four in the annals of entertainment history. A black-and-white film, not perfect, but it captured the moment, tongue-n-cheek, memorializing how those heady days, in London, in the film, of course, but American kids were no different, and George's encounter in the ad office nailed teen attitudes at the time. the Hot 100, April 4, 1964: #01 C A N 'T B U Y M E L O V E #02 T W I S T A N D S H O U T #03 S H E L O V E S Y O U #04 I W A N T T O H O L D Y O U R H A N D #05 P L E A S E , P L E A S E M E #31 I S A W H E R S T A N D I N G T H E R E #46 D O Y O U W A N T T O K N O W A S E C R E T ? #58 A L L M Y L O V I N ' #65 Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T #68 R O L L O V E R B E E T H O V E N #79 T H A N K Y O U , G I R L Plus, #42 W E L O V E Y O U, B E A T L E S the Carefrees #72 A L E T T E R T O T H E B E A T L E S the Four Preps
Vanilla Fudge.........Great LP.....Remember it well......Hmmmm,,Maybe NOT so well!!! Great drummer in Carmine Appice...Played with Rod,Cactus among a list of others..... The others..Beatles,doors,Hendrix....All Bitchin lp's...
Sunshine Superman by Donovan. Forever Changes by Love Goolutionites and the Real People(1970) by Tamam Shud. Best psych song ever: The Real Thing (1969) by Russell Morris.
@@tomrobinson5776 Morris has had a brilliant career in Australia and is still active playing live and recording. He is on the first LP i ever bought, a comp Explosive Hits '71 with Sweet Sweet Love, along with the Stones, T Rex, Deep Purple, etc
Do you know the Autosalvage album? One of the most unique releases of early '68. Absolutely insane guitar work on it.
I bought it around 10 years ago. I heard a segment about the album on NPR radio. Cool record . Need to listen to it some more.
You have it DOWN. David Crosby Lp unreal/ Vanilla Fudge Debut Mark Stein lead Singer Keyboardist/ Zombies Odyssey &Oracle every cut a Classic/ Spirit a Band Produced by Lou Adler. Randy was a highly respected great Singer Writer their first 3-4 Lps amazing/ All Moby Grape I worked for Columbia and
we could never get Copies until a rerelease but it is truly a work of Art. Moby Grape 69 produced by David Rubinson. Page &Plants favorite SF group. The Electric Flag Michael Bloomfield Buddy Miles Harvey Brooks Nick Gravinities on Columbia amazing Album. Loading Zone SF Band On RCA
Linda Tillary vocals .It was funny you loved Axis Bold as Love ( I live about 2 Miles from where the Spanish Castle was located) Hendrix would beg to get Bands to let him sit-in. You’ve excellent taste and do a great job with your channel. Cheers
Thanks for watching 😉
except that lou adler was a jerk. told the doors he couldnt "use" any of their acetate. morrison said as he was rising to leave... thats ok. we didnt want to be "used" anyway.
I was very surprised that Disraeli Gears was omitted. Tales of Brave Ulysses in my humble opinion is right up there with I am the Walrus as the one of the greatest psychedelic songs ever.
Came across your channel this week and they gave me the impetus to finally get ahold of Strange Days by the Doors on vinyl. Should be arriving later today and I'm looking forward to sitting down with it after work. Thank you for the inspiration.
As a newcomer to your channel I've enjoyed seeing many of my favorites appear in your videos. To your psychedelic list I would add The Moody Blues' In Search of the Lost Chord (not only my favorite Moodies album but in my all-time top 10) and the Stones' Satanic Majesties.
All fantastic albums 🙏🍄 keep up with the great albums Mr. Capo thanks for the video 📸
Thank you 😉
New subscriber here. Great channel. Been catching up on some of your past videos. I agree about Axis - my personal favorite Experience album.
Legendary collection here, thanks for sharing!
Eire Apparent had some serious guitar talent themselves, Henry McCullough, later in Joe Cocker's Grease Band and McCartney's Wings, and the criminally underrated Peter Tolson who had the Hendrix Strat/Fuzz Face/Marshall thing down pat and the technique to play it.
Saw Spirit a couple of times late sixties-- loved " A Family That Plays Together" & 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"; Strange Days still my favorite Doors album, Zombies album was fantastic, and the Beatles and McCartney's favorite guitarist, Jimi reign supreme!! Good job!!!
Totally agree with you about Axis, my fave Jimi album also. Number 1 for me is Electric Music for the Mind & Body by CJF. Thanks for a wonderful video! 🙏
Great selections sir!
A playlist of a mono Satanic Majesties with We Love You & Dandelion (both also in mono) included is very high grade psychedelia, I think (works in stereo too, but the separation is a bit overdone on a few of the tracks)🪐Thanks for a very inspiring video x
Yes, if they deleted Sing This All Together (See What Happens) along with On With The Show and included We Love You and Dandelion the Satanic Majesties record would be just about perfect. Thanks for watching. 😉
She's a Rainbow, man!
Interesting list! Thanks for highlighting the Eire Apparent LP, produced by Hendrix! 😊
Great List! Id add Electric Music For the Mind and Body, and Blows Against the Empire as well
Great video love your picks! For me when it comes to Spirit it always has to be '' The 12 dreams of Dr. Sardonicus'' as their best no matter what the category!
No doubt about it. Truly magical record. Love Has Found Away is amazing.
Good show Bro! You understand how to show! Including Mr Mojo! From Hotel Morrison! RIP Jim! Postnote: I'm not high!!!Lol!
Haha!
Well done! I’d have to have Love Forever Changes and Cream Disraeli Gears in my top 15.
Here’s a fun and wacky psych album: Cellophane Symphony by Tommy James and the Shondells. *Not* suggesting it belongs in anyone’s top 15 or 20 list, but it is fun to listen to. It combines psych, pop, comedy, satire and country all on one zany album.
I discovered "National Health" by searching for tracks by the Northettes, who you mentioned in another one of your videos. There is a mother lode of material that I'm just now digging into (Northettes, Nat'. Health).
@@robinstevenson6690 Nice 😉
Hendrix had two Randy's in his band in 1966. So he called one of them Randy Texas and the other one Randy California. It wasn't random.
Interesting, never knew that..
Awesome
Australian band the Dave Miller Set do a fantastic psych cover of the song Mr Guy Fawkes by the Eire Apparent back in about 1969.
Axis: Bold as Love gets more listens 'chez moi' of the three original releases. Nice to see it's your number one. I haven't heard Eire Apparent in at least twenty years. No recollection what it sounds like. 'Sunshine Superman' would be on my list of psychedelic albums. Not only do I love the album, and folk-pastoral-psych generally, but I think a case could be made for it having been the first psychedelic album. The album's release was held up for months so it came out around the same time as Revolver. Certainly "Sunny Goodge Street" (an earlier single) is in the running for first psychedelic song, released roughly at about the time 'Help' was released. Not everyone likes his Scottish troubadour persona but I don't mind. It would be interesting to see a post of your favorite Psych Songs, or did you post one already?
Haven’t done a fave psych song list yet, but a great suggestion for a future video. 😉 I did do a favorite Beatles psych song list a few months back.
Nice list, some real classics on there. I'm not much of a Deadhead but when I want to hear a "psychedelic symphony" I play the last 16-ish minutes of the Dead's "Anthem of the Sun." It's truly weird and delirious, like a chemical refinery of sound, can't think of anything else like it. I think Owsely was their sound engineer at the time, which explains a lot. Another psychedelic album from those days is Capt Beefheart's "Strictly Personal," described by one reviewer as sounding like the world has "wobbled off its axis." The producer added phasing to the final mix and while that didn't sit well with Beefheart it actually gives the album a nicely weird vibe.
Tom FYI the group name Eire Apparent is a rhyming play on heir apparent. The band was Irish... Eire is name of the country in the Irish language. They had a great 45, Yes I Need Someone, don't know if it's on the album.
Great list. I have all the ones listed. I'd add Kaleidoscope's (UK) first 2 albums, Bee gees 1st. Pink Floyd's' debut. The Chambers Bros The Time Has Come & Big Brother Cheap Thrills to name a few more. There are so many more great psych albums out there.
The thing l do appreciate about the U.K. version of Mr. Fantasy is the way "No Face, No Name, No Number" segues right into "Dear Mr. Fantasy". Breathtaking. The American album does establish a better balance between accessible songcraft and out there British Gonzo.
Both UK and US versions have their own vibe. The US version flows really well. I do like Heaven Is In Your Mind starting off the UK version.
I have in my collection a CD called Guitar Speak which has a guitar instrumental called The Prisoner by Randy California. If you can find that CD anywhere you should check it out.
I’ll be on the lookout for it. Thanks 😉
I loved Spirit….I used to practice the bass along with them on Fresh Garbage!!
Great vid… what makes a group or album psychedelic? I have a hard time determining if psychedelic,garage etc…
Good list, somewhere around 3-5 I would of slipped in Electric Music For The Mind & Body. Country Joe.
MY GOD, MAN! I'VE JUST COME ACROSS A FANTASTIC ENSEMBLE CALLED "NATIONAL HEALTH." THEY'RE LIKE A BRITISH KING CRIMSON. JUST DISCOVERED THEM ON SPOTIFY ALBUMS INCLUDING "OF QUEUES AND CURES." WOW! INCREDIBLE. I'M ALIVE AGAIN!
Fascinating!❤
There is great psychedelic music outside of USA & UK (Dug Dug's - Mex / Earth And Fire - NL / Zoo - Fr / Aphrodite's Child - Gr / Blue Phantom - It / Jericho Jones - Isr / Aunt Mary - Norw / Too Much - Jap / Isaiah - Austria / Hurdy Gurdy - Den / Triode - Fr / Telegraph Avenue - Peru / Waterloo - Bel / Tapiman - Sp / Taste Of Blues - Swe / Pacific Sound - Switz. / Midnight Circus - Ger / 49th Parallel - Can / Purple Overdose - Gr / Ping Pong - It)... and many more
I’ll have to check out some of these albums.
Barrett solo for myself. Early Beefheart. Green Tambourine a personal fave.
@@adamfindlay7091 Green Tambourine is cool. Love those eerie swirling background vocals.
you have great taste. i would add soft machine one or two... crown of creation, electric ladyland, satanic majesties, wheels of fire, blue cheer outside inside, love forever changes, astral weeks, long time comin electric flag, steppenwolf two, procol harum shine on brightly. thanks
All great selections you mentioned here. Some of my fave albums of all time regardless of the psych tag. 😉
and its pronounced "air" apparent. is in "-to the throne"
Ire Apparent? The name of the band is a pun on the phrase 'heir apparent' and should be pronounced as such. Eire is one of the names by which Ireland went, and is generally pronounced 'air-a', and is appropriate because most of the band came from Northern Ireland.
Heir Apparent in the colloquial
Axis: Bold as Love was Hendrix masterpiece
Rock and Roll by Vanilla Fudge
Underground by The Electric Prunes
Zeppelin initially opened for Vanilla Fudge, not the other way around. Their first date in America saw John Bonham witnessing Carmine Appice's big blonde Ludwig kit for the first time and wanting one of his own. Appice facilitated that with a recommendation to Ludwig. Bonham's setup matched Carmine's, complete with double bass drums. The second bass drum saw Bonham's bottom end getting too busy for the liking of Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, so it was soon ditched, created the famous Bonham set-up.
On that first trip Zep also shared the bill with Spirit. Page and JPJ immediately nicked the 'Fresh Garbage' riff, which they jammed on in one of their tunes).
I see someone else pointed out that Ed Cassidy was the stepfather of Randy California (real surname was Wolfe).
Nice to see that first Spirit album pop up again with you. Ditto 'After Bathing at Baxters'. The Airplane seemed to have an identity problem after their big hits in '67, and that album seemed to get lost in the fog. 'Crown of Creation' was a great comeback, though without any major hits it further reinforced the popular perception that the group was, like the Dead and numerous others, just another hippy band from San Fran. That incarnation with Jack, Jorma and Spencer as the rhythm section never did recover.
Ed Cassidy was Randy California's stepfather.
That’s right. Ooops
The way that I heard it is Ed Cassidy was Randy California's Father in Law i.e. his wife's father. Correct me if I am wrong.
@@Cap683 I always heard that he was his stepfather. If you have a source saying otherwise, please post it.
Only in it for the money outstanding!
Satanic's Majesty Request, the Stones interesting failure! Some good songs on it, "She's a Rainbow" "2000 Light Years from Home" Just didn't quite jell as a holistic psyedelic concept album. Were they aping the Beatles Sergeant Peppers?
No doubt about it. Even the front cover…
The second Left Banke album is full-on "I Am the Walrus"--era Beatles. No-one else bought into that vibe as hard.
Ironic that Frank Zappa simulated a 'psychedelic' vibe through sheer music and editing! He was an avant-garde composer working in the marketplace.
Frank is the king of editing. Amazing stuff.
Absolutely. He was the king of editing .
Maybe a Top 15 is way to small for one of the most fascinating musical directions on the planet?
However there are serious omissions: The Stones Their Satanic Majestic Request ", Pink Floyd " Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the first 2 Country Joe & The Fish, the first 2 Quicksilver, Moby Grape, Love "Forever changes" and then the incredible run of the Grateful Dead from Anthem of the Sun (68) to Blues for Allah (75). And that's just the obvious choices! There's a myriad of fascinating albums by H. p. Lovecraft ("White Ship"), West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, I'll Wind, KAK.... Not forgetting the Krautrock Bands like Amon Duul 2 (Yeti), Can.... Etc
Great list, although The Madcap Laughs is nearly unlistenable, and Oar isn't a lot better. The Left Bank Too is a great catch, a near-miss that deserved better than it got, like the Electric Prunes, whose first album is better than expected. Strawberry Alarm Clock's debut album was a sleeper, too, a little thin, in production, and sorta safe, but interesting. The Seeds debut album has some nice cuts, too.
My all-time favorite "psychedelic" album is the first album from Rotary Connection (with a tab of Owsley, so it all makes sense). I posted this list on a "San Francisco Psychedelic" video that had Santana, and CCR (never noted for extensive soloing or experimentation). These are all true psychedelic masters:
01 S U R R E A L I S T I C P I L L O W ( 1967)
Jefferson Airplane
02 C H E A P T H R I L L S ( 1967)
Big Brother & the Holding Co
03 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y ( 1969)
It's A Beautiful Day
04 M O B Y G R A P E ( 1967)
Moby Grape
05 R O C K ' N ' R O L L I S B I O D E G R A D A B L E
Stoneground ( 1971)
06 S T A N D ( 1969)
Sly & the Family Stone
07 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E M I N D A N D B O D Y ( 1967)
Country Joe and the Fish
08 S A I L O R ( 1968)
Steve Miller Band
09 T I M E H A S C O M E T O D A Y ( 1967)
the Chambers Brothers
10 H A P P Y T R A I L S ( 1969)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Big Brother and the Holding Co's Live at Winterland '68 is staggeringly good, especially for a band that often couldn't get out of their own way (compare that one with their live 1966 bootleg). Live at Winterland makes me wish Janis had not bailed on the band, cuz Kozmic Blues could have benefited from their input. Yeah, Sam Andrews went with her, but James Gurley didn't.
These are all SF bands, of course, but psychedelia didn't do well outside the city by the bay. Eire Apparent was interesting, but even Jimi couldn't elevate their music to popularity (and, boy did they try!). I think Traffic's second album is full-on psychedelic, mostly due to Dave Mason's influence (the bonus cuts on "Heaven Is In Your Mind" give it away). Their first album is very jazz-nfluenced, but Berkshire Poppies is mad, and Dealer is spot-on. My greatest disappointment was in Stevie's leaving what made the first two Traffic albums the gems they are was that he never revisited the themes he plumbed so well, in later albums. I think Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired speaks volumes. Jimmy Page took a page from Traffic's first two, and milked it. Houses of the Holy could almost be Traffic III.
I haven’t listened to Sailor by Steve Miller in years. Need to play that soon.
@@tomrobinson5776 A very pleasant album, well-paced, understated, with Steve Miller's signature tune, his Little Wing, so to speak. He's another Ray Davies kind, a guitar whiz who could write, or create interesting aand quirky songs, with an American accent. There were a lot of guitarslingers (and keyboard aces) like that, 'after '67, guys who put together bands and made a play for stardom, Jimmy Page joined the Yardbirds, Keith Emerson started the Nice, David LaFlamme created It's A Beautiful Day, et al.
Stevie "Guitar" Miller had talent, and an ear for commercial rock He'd been gigging in the Bay area for years, with a group-of-the-moment that was often a back-up band for visiting performers, especially Black bluesmen who were suddenly popular with White audiences, because many popular artists were acknowledging their debt to Black artists, especially the Delta bluesmen, whose catalogs had been looted by dozens of acts over the course of rock 'n' roll. The Beatles had done something like that, to get their first chance at recording, playing back-up to Tony Sheridan. Steve Miller Band backed up Chuck Berry Live at the Fillmore, in 1966.
The songs on Steve Miller Band albums that aren't singles are hit or miss boogie tunes typical of the era, some good ones, some klunkers. He made great singles, and he was always a terrific performer, much better than the albums hinted at. He'd been performing from childhood, and he did it well, by '69, the first of many times I saw versions of the Steve Miller Band. Always fun. I caught the end of the Sailor tour, when I came back to "the world", from 'Nam, in early Jan 1969. Music, and concerts had changed for the better, since I'd been gone.
I saw him promoting Brave New World, a good-but-not-great album, early in 1970,. In May, 1971, ZZ Top opened, with the Allman Brothers Band supporting Steve Miller, promoting Number 5. Billy Gibbons pulled out all the stops a young guitarslinger would, duck-walking across the stage and peeling off hot licks, but "opener" is a thankless job, often poorly-paid, and always facing a cold crowd eager to see the headliners. ZZ's first album had just been released in January, not doing justice to the band.
Duane Allman shone like a guitar god, probably the best performance I have ever witnessed, notes dripping off his guitar like heavy dew off a shaken rose (I was impressed). The Allman Brothers were on their way to New York City, to record the final tracks for one of the all-time best live albums, Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East, using this tour to refine the songs that would get recorded. They were tight and totally in sync. They played an hour, and it barely seemed like they'd started, before time was up.
Steve Miller came out like it was any other night, and set the night on fire, pulling out every trick in his repertoire, and there were a bunch. It was a show for the ages, one of my personal Top Five The last time I saw Miller, he had a lot more material to draw from, and did it with the same panache. A top-notch, class performer. I stayed with him through Born 2 B Blue, his 14th album, but lost interest after that.
Axis is my favorite!
When COVID 19 began i looked at everything as Strange Days.
No Grateful Dead?!?
The Grateful Dead only made a couple of Psych albums but I would have them over some of these. But it isn't my list.
Not a huge Dead fan, but I do like American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead.
@@tomrobinson5776 Anthem In The Sun is a great Psych album.
I’ll have to check that album out.
@@tomrobinson5776 Definitely check that out, it's an incredible mix of studio and live performances from the second half of '67, mixing it nearly drove engineer Dave Hassinger insane, some of it was a year old by the time it was released but it flows beautifully, like it was all played in one session.
I like the song Time Of The Season but most of the rest bores me.
Totally overrated album for me.
@@bobburroughs6241 For me too.
@@bobburroughs6241go get your ears unstopped👂🙄
@@vinylrichie007you too, get your ears unblocked👂😳
The Week the Beatles Dominated the Charts
Nothing to do with the video, but, tomorrow (Apr 4) is the 60th Anniversary of the Beatles' dominance of the Top Ten, with all five (5) top places. It was the most significant event of the day, according to sources. The band had seven (7) more songs in the Hot 100, 12% of the chart, plus two fan songs, We Love You Beatles (the Carefrees, a girl group), and A Letter to the Beatles (the Four Preps). It was an embarrassment of riches, and all the wags said it wouldn't last, it was just a phase kids were going through.
Can't Buy Me Love stayed at #1 for five (5) weeks, three weeks later, Love Me Do was #1, for one week. It would be nine (9) weeks before the Beatles returned to the top of the charts, an eternity considering they'd held the #1 spot all of the nine (9) weeks before April 4, and only missed the three (3) weeks between Can't Buy Me Love and Love Me Do, from February 1 and May 30, 1964. Peter and Gordon got a #1 for a Lennon/McCartney song, so maybe they'd become songwriters, make a mint, retire, yadayadayada
The Fab Four returned to the top slot, though, with A Hard Day's Night. Some suggested the phenomenon was over, Beatlemania had run its course, just as they'd said. A Hard Day's Night, coupled with the stunning film, cemented the Fab Four in the annals of entertainment history. A black-and-white film, not perfect, but it captured the moment, tongue-n-cheek, memorializing how those heady days, in London, in the film, of course, but American kids were no different, and George's encounter in the ad office nailed teen attitudes at the time.
the Hot 100, April 4, 1964:
#01 C A N 'T B U Y M E L O V E
#02 T W I S T A N D S H O U T
#03 S H E L O V E S Y O U
#04 I W A N T T O H O L D Y O U R H A N D
#05 P L E A S E , P L E A S E M E
#31 I S A W H E R S T A N D I N G T H E R E
#46 D O Y O U W A N T T O K N O W A S E C R E T ?
#58 A L L M Y L O V I N '
#65 Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T
#68 R O L L O V E R B E E T H O V E N
#79 T H A N K Y O U , G I R L
Plus,
#42 W E L O V E Y O U, B E A T L E S
the Carefrees
#72 A L E T T E R T O T H E B E A T L E S
the Four Preps
How can you have notorous byrd brothers and Not Quicksilver Happy Trails ? I'm guessing you never listened to it
I need to get Happy Trails. I have the debut from Quicksilver.
@@tomrobinson5776 Yes you will not be disappointed.
Pretty Things “SF Sorrow”
Ultimate Spinach
Os Mutantes
Dr. John “Gris Gris”
Fifty Foot Hose “Cauldron”
You could make a list for forever!
Vanilla Fudge.........Great LP.....Remember it well......Hmmmm,,Maybe NOT so well!!!
Great drummer in Carmine Appice...Played with Rod,Cactus among a list of others.....
The others..Beatles,doors,Hendrix....All Bitchin lp's...
Surreal Pillow
Cheap Thrills
Wheels of Fire
Psychedelic Shack
Ummagumma
No forever changes
Actually, it was Randy California’s family who took Led Zeppelin to court after he passed in 1999 when he drowned 😮😮😮😮😮
@@kingofallmediums2123 That’s right 👍
Sunshine Superman by Donovan.
Forever Changes by Love
Goolutionites and the Real People(1970) by Tamam Shud.
Best psych song ever: The Real Thing (1969) by Russell Morris.
I’ll need to check out Russell Morris. Never heard the artist or song. Thanks!
@@tomrobinson5776 Australian. It charted on Billboard and was No.1 in a few USA cities including New York. Cheers.
@@tomrobinson5776 Morris has had a brilliant career in Australia and is still active playing live and recording. He is on the first LP i ever bought, a comp Explosive Hits '71 with Sweet Sweet Love, along with the Stones, T Rex, Deep Purple, etc