Psychedelic, groovey tunes.......

[Gary]

I was wondering if any members had a taste for psychedelic music? I’m talking about the serious psych music, cool groovey type of stuff like Ultimate Spinach.

I have Ultimate Spinach / ST and Behold and See which is excellent. The best song is “Ballard of the Hip Death Goddess”. Don’t get the third album – it’s a change of pace for them.

I am aware of the Nuggets boxed sets. And the normal, readily available stuff like Jefferson Airplane.

Others that I remember are Poe (not the modern band), Spiral Staircase, Eire Apparent, Genesis (not the famous Genesis) and Food. A friend lent me a cassette tape once. These are hard to get but I did pick up Wilkinson Tri Cycle recently! There is a store in MA that specializes in this type of stuff, too…. Did not recognize too much stuff, though (mostly British).

Anyone know of others to get? Any sources? Any other fans out there?

Hang in there, baby!

[Holy Zoo]

Hey Gary!

I assume you've heard the semi-secret XTC outting as "The Dukes of the Stratosphere"?

[Mart]

Originally posted by Gary
I was wondering if any members had a taste for psychedelic music? I’m talking about the serious psych music, cool groovey type of stuff like Ultimate Spinach.

I have Ultimate Spinach / ST and Behold and See which is excellent. The best song is “Ballard of the Hip Death Goddess”. Don’t get the third album – it’s a change of pace for them.


Wow, scary stuff. Sounds like they got hold of some bad Prozac. :D

[Patrick M]

Originally posted by Gary
I was wondering if any members had a taste for psychedelic music? I’m talking about the serious psych music, cool groovey type of stuff like Ultimate Spinach.

Thank you, Gary, for helping me remember the name of this band. It's been bugging me for a long time.

I don't know why I even know them. I think they had one track on a compilation or something, and I read about them in the liner.

[Michael]

How about-The Smoke (USA), Serpent Power, Moving Sidewalk,..

[Edge_88]

How about Skip Spence (Oar) trippy type psychadelic music

[Gary]

HZ, of course I've heard (and have) the XTC album! Good stuff!

Patrick M, Subgenius: Ultimate Spinach is available on Big Beat out of England. Available as an import. Just FYI.

Thanks for the groovy suggestions, Michael and Edge_88! I'll add them to my 'hunt' list!

[BradOlson]

I have the Varese Sarabande comp of Ultimate Spinach.

[TommyTunes]

There are two groups that I'm especially fond of, both are close to Saucer era Pink Floyd

Sweet Smoke a German/Holland communal band which borders on prog. There 1st LP, "Just a Toke" is excellent.


Group 1850 from Holland an exceptionally Trippy band

[lennonfan]

hmmm....so much psych, so little time:)
If you want some outstanding psych records, try:
Cheap Thrills-Big Brother and The Holding Co.
The Kaliedoscope-Side Trips
Moby Grape-WOW
The Fool
Gong-Camembert Electrique, Shamal, (and if you like those, the Flying Teapot trilogy)
How to blow your mind and have a freak out party
The Medium Is The Massage
Beach Boys Smiley Smile
Funkadelic-Maggot Brain
The first few Soft Machine lps
George Harrison-Wonderwall Music
Yma Sumac-Voice of the Xtabay
The Bubble Puppy
Canned Heat-Metamorphosis
Moody Blues-anything from '67-70
The Fugs-Tenderness Junction
Tomita-Pictures at an exhibition
The Nazz
Traffic-Mr.Fantasy
and that'll do for starters:)

[Pat]

Gary,

A bunch of "Classic" Psychedelia can be found on Sundazed CDs and vinyl. Check out any of their catalogs for a trip back in time to "that" era. Bob Irwin/Vic Anesini do some nice discs on many of the groups mentioned in previous posts, plus many more! I was pleased with Alexander Spence's Oar CD and The New Colony Six At The River's Edge CD, among others.

[Gary]

Tomita: Pictures! What a classic! I completely forgot about it! If I remember, he also did Holst: The Planets (but it was pulled for copyright violations..... if I remember correctly!) A friend of mine has a copy on vinyl....

Thanks, Lennonfan!

[N25060s]

......and then there was FEVER TREE from Houston. They only had one very low charting single: 'San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)' in the summer of '68, BUT, their album tracks were great! I've got 2 compilations by them, but I need to get one of the See For Miles discs to round everything out.

[Highway Star]

Be sure to check out Webb Wilder's cover versions of The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night, The Small Faces In My Mind's Eye and Music Machine's Talk, Talk . He does a fine job on these 3 songs.

An obscure psychedelic masterpiece from the early 80's is the Spongetones Eloquent Spokesman. Very Beatle-esque and ends abruptly like I Want You. The song's theme is about drug use.

[Edge_88]

another groovy psychadelic song is Jefferson Airplane (serialistic pillow)

[PsychFan]

Originally posted by Edge_88
another groovy psychadelic song is Jefferson Airplane (serialistic pillow)

I thought Surrealistic Pillow was just an album title ... was there ever a song with that title, maybe on another album?

My favorite psych music -- nothing too exotic -- would have to include:

The early Pink Floyd singles and Piper at the Gates of Dawn

"Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles

Certain material by the Small Faces and the Move

5000 Spirits, or the Layers of the Onion and The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by the Incredible String Band

Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Stones

Smiley Smile by the Beach Boys

Forever Changes by Love

... and for more modern variations:

Psonic Psunspot by the Dukes of Stratosphear and Oranges & Lemons by XTC

Some of the Stone Roses' stuff, and maybe one or two Kula Shaker tunes ("Tattva")