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| rocker |
Posted - 06/09/2006 : 14:19:55
Thanks Astrolobe..I'm taking up your suggestion and hopefully this thread will open up the gates I guess regarding the argument of what was regarded as the VERY FIRST band which started off what we kind of know as "psychedlia". As I noted for myself, I'm not sure who it was. From personal experience, I remember hearing a song called "Somebody to Love". For some reason, I knew music changed for me when I heard it. Could it be Airplane who ushered in the sound? Maybe the Beatles with Pepper? Don't know 'bout that one because I think Pepper was really a culmination not an inception. Anyway would love to hear all your good opinionated views...you all are pretty good with the "music muse". |
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 10/02/2012 : 23:24:11
MORGEN (1969)...pretty heavy acid rock
Purple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayCPQaoGT2M&feature=related
Morgen - Morgen LP.
180-gram vinyl reissue of well-loved 1969 psychedelic rock album. Singer/guitarist Steve Morgen and company originally hailed from Long Island, New York. Signed by ABC's short-lived Probe subsidiary, their 1969 debut Morgen teamed them with producer Murray Shiffrin. After this superb debut, the entire band quite simply disappeared. If you're into heavy psych guitar, then this is for you. While Morgen had a competent, if limited voice, he was a truly amazing guitarist with the likes of Nick Saloman of Bevis Frond becoming a staunch advocate of Morgen's status as a 'psychedelic guitar hero.' Tracks such as 'Eternity In Between,' 'Welcome To the Void,' 'Of Dreams' and 'Beggin' Your Pardon' (Miss Joan) were simply drenched with fuzz and feedback guitar. Underpinned by Maiman's powerhouse drumming (easily compared with Led Zepplin's John Bonham) and suitably trippy lyrics and you're looking at a pseudo-classic slice of psychedelia.--rockadrome
Of Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUV7hgFKQ_Y
Tracklisting:
1. Welcome to the Void
2. Of Dreams
3. Beggin' Your Pardon (Miss Joan)
4. Eternity in Between
5. Purple
6. She's the Nitetime
7. Love
Morgen:
*Steve Morgen: (vocals, guitar)
*Rennie Genossa: (bass)
*Bob Maiman: (drums)
*Barry Stock: (rhythm guitar)
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We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers & discoverers-
-thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses.
Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.
-Peter S. Beagle 1973
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 30/12/2011 : 21:58:19
The Serpent Power - The Serpent Power (us 1967)
Endless Tunnel Pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RX1OuB3W9o&feature=related
Formed: 1966, San Francisco, CA, United States
Disbanded: 1968 //
Members:
*David Meltzer (guitar, harmonica, vocals),
*Tina Meltzer (vocals),
*Denny Ellis (lead guitar, 1966-67),
*David Stenson (bass, 1966-67),
*John Payne (organ, 1966-67),
*Clark Coolidge (drums),
*J.P. Pickens (electric banjo, 1967-68),
*Bob Cuff (lead guitar, 1967-68),
*Jim Mocoso (bass, 1967-68)
Related Artists:
Tina & David Meltzer, The Mystery Trend, The Grass Roots
Tracks:
01. Don't You Listen to Her 2:20
02. Gently, Gently 2:36
03. Open House 3:31
04. Flying Away 4:26
05. Nobody Blues 3:50
06. Up and Down 3:37
07. Sky Baby 2:32
08. Forget 3:34
09. Dope Again :47
10. Endless Tunnel 13:14
The legendary Serpent Power's sole album, a psychedelic masterpiece by David and Tina Meltzer. The Serpent Power was a San Francisco Band led by poet David Meltzer formed in 1966.Tasty mellow guitar work on tracks such as "Gently, Gently" , "Open House" and beautiful female vocals by Tina Meltzer. Excellent acid psych, particularly on the cut 'Endless Tunnel' which mixes western and eastern styles to great effect. RECOMMENED !!!
~ by dj fanis.
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Fronted by San Franciscan poet David Meltzer, the Serpent Power was a sunshiny folk-rock group, whose songs were musical translations of Meltzer's poetry. They were first noticed by Ed Denton, manager of Country Joe and the Fish, when he saw them perform at their first-ever gig, a benefit for the Telegraph Neighborhood Center. This was in November of 1966 — Denton recommended them to Vanguard Records (Country Joe's label) and by 1967 the band was signed and had released their first and only album.The Serpent Power was formed by Meltzer and his wife Tina (who sang both lead and harmony vocals), and also included Denny Ellis and David Stenson on lead guitar and bass, respectively, both of whom had gotten their start with San Francisco folksters the Grass Roots. The band became a full rock outfit with the inclusion of John Payne on organ and Clark Coolidge on drums. The album, also entitled The Serpent Power, received a somewhat limited pressing and, despite featuring some excellent examples of folk-rock, the band never got that big, known mostly within the San Francisco area. The album's last track was a raga-rock epic which included electric banjo player JP Pickens, who stayed on as a permanent member as the band entered its second incarnation.Ellis, Stenson, and Payne left shortly after The Serpent Power was recorded, replaced by Bob Cuff (who'd come over from folk-pop band the Mystery Trend), on lead guitar and Jim Mocoso on bass. Although they continued reaching in ever-more exploratory directions, the band didn't record another album, and disbanded in 1968. David and Tina Meltzer went on to record another album, Poet's Song, under their own names.
~ by Dmitrich.
Download link:
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0A2EMTON/Serpent_Power_-_Serpent_Power__us_1967_.rar_mirrors
or:
http://sharebee.com/5ab941a8
Filename: Serpent Power - Serpent Power (us 1967).rar Size: 55.6 MB
Endless Tunnel Pt 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y900hQDUVI&feature=related
Gently Gently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3khy6mUIeU&feature=related
Flying Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7x8Dwthrg0&feature=related
David & Tina Meltzer-Poet Song 1968
Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaE9GYEdx50
Singer Tina Meltzer and her husband, poet/singer/songwriter David Meltzer, were the main creative forces in the Serpent Power, a minor late-'60s San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic band that did one album for Vanguard Records. In 1969, the duo cut a record on their own for Vanguard "Poet Song", mixing David Meltzer's spoken poems with gentle, bittersweet psychedelic-tinged folk-rock tunes, usually sung by Tina Meltzer. The album is nice enough. It's more assured and less derivative than the David Meltzer-penned psychedelic music on the Serpent Power's LP. -happy djkit
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 22:31:14
quote:
Originally posted by markk
Its unanimous. Early Steve Miller was wonderful, but after that it went downhill.
A very beautiful song, but this live version is a little rough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mad82dQH2d0
Couldn't find the album version
I agree.
But after absent from recording for 17 yeare Steve Miller has released two albums and they are more the 60's sound we love..with some of ths best guitar licks ever!
Bingo! (2010)
Recorded at film producer George Lucas' infamous studios at Skywalker Ranch, 'Bingo!' is The Steve Miller Band's first studio album in 17 years.
'Bingo!' is the album Steve Miller has waited his entire life to make. Reaching back to his apprenticeship as a young man on the Chicago blues scene, Miller and co-producer Andy Johns brought classic rhythm and blues numbers that have been at the foundation of his music throughout his career into the 21st century.
A true return to Miller's roots, 'Bingo!' echoes his early years in the Chicago music scene and features carefully chosen and crafted blues tracks performed in distinctive Steve Miller Band fashion.
'Bingo!' was co-produced by Andy Johns (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen), with artwork designed by the legendary Storm Thorgerson.
These recordings feature longtime Steve Miller Band member Norton Buffalo, who sadly passed away in 2009.
Inside the new album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfQGusi4-dc
and
Let you Hair Hang Down (2011)
Let Your Hair Down, according to plan, follows the number one blues album, BINGO!, as the second new Steve Miller Band album of the twenty-first century. He not only saved the bluesiest, rockingest, most guitar-playing-est tracks for the second serving, but he spent the additional year between releases tweaking, polishing and obsessively applying finishing touches that make Let Your Hair Down an even more fully realized record than its acclaimed, successful predecessor.
Miller sorted through an astronomical number of rhythm and blues, and blues recordings from his CD library seeking material for the auspicious Skywalker Ranch sessions. With classic rock engineer Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones) at the console, Miller and his band, longtime musical collaborators road-tested over literally thousands of concerts, blasted through nearly three dozen tracks.
Also available as a Special Edition digipak featuring 4 bonus tracks.
Sweet home Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFhsd4ZWsZc
Snatch It Back And Hold It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDyU21QPoDw
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I'm back in Steve Miller heaven!
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| markk |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 22:13:17
Its unanimous. Early Steve Miller was wonderful, but after that it went downhill.
A very beautiful song, but this live version is a little rough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mad82dQH2d0
Couldn't find the album version |
| DaveyTee |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 08:45:45
quote:
Originally posted by lemonade kid
Does anyone remember Julie -- she pretty much summed up British psychedelia.
Julie Driscoll was utterly delectable. I saw her with the Brian Augur Trinity on several occasions during the late 60s and she was stunning, both vocally and aesthetically. She was also very tolerant, agreeing to sign her name (with fountain pen) on my alcohol-filled arm on one occasion.  I can't say that I ever thought she "summed up" British psychedelia, however - fashion and style maybe, but not psychedelia.
DT |
| bob f. |
Posted - 17/10/2011 : 03:40:28
I agree, the first few Steve Millers are awesome! I used to have that Children of The Future gatefold LP, and have many of their cds now, but love the early stuff much!
...what the world needs now... |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 16/10/2011 : 22:23:19
quote:
Originally posted by Dukie
I think that the first five Steve Miller Band albums are classics. The quality was not as consistent after these albums but he did a great show at The Rainbow in London around 1973. One of the great guitarists in my opinion.
One of the greatest indeed....
Here is a live version of--
Song For Our Ancestors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McSPd3aVXNk
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| Dukie |
Posted - 16/10/2011 : 22:02:30
I think that the first five Steve Miller Band albums are classics. The quality was not as consistent after these albums but he did a great show at The Rainbow in London around 1973. One of the great guitarists in my opinion. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 16/10/2011 : 21:43:42
quote:
Originally posted by lemonade kid
The Space Cowboy....
Steve Miller Band
His sixties psych rock albums were all we hoped for...Children of The Future, Sailor, Brave New World....with an ace backing band including Boz Scaggs on his first album Children Of The Future (recorded in London)
Steve may have deservedly had some mega hits with some great songs in the 70's but he was never the same for me...guess you had to be there in the 60's ...just gimme steve on guitar and rock on!
Brave New World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVEgDSOx_5w
Kow Kow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lp7x6rmHgM&feature=related
Children Of The Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMM6UuIFkw
The style [Children Of The Future] is a mixture of blues and psychedelic rock reflecting the ambience of the British blues revival, not surprisingly considering the album was recorded in London (at Olympic Studios). Rolling Stone described the first side as being "constructed like Sgt Pepper".[3] Writing in Crawdaddy!, Peter Knobler called the album "a triple moment of experience, knowledge, inspiration."[4] However, many of the songs had been written earlier in 1967-68 when Miller was working as a janitor at a Texas music studio.[5] "Baby's Callin' Me Home" was written by Boz Scaggs who later rose to considerable global fame in his own right.
In My First Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTS1lPhxFV4
And from the great Sailor album....
Most definitely a part of the late-'60s West Coast psychedelic blues revolution that was becoming hipper than hip, Steve Miller was also always acutely aware of both the British psychedelic movement that was swirling in tandem and of where the future lay, and how that would evolve into something even more remarkable. The result of all those ideas, of course, came together on 1968's magnificent Sailor LP. What was begun on Children of the Future is more fully realized on Sailor, most notably on the opening "Song for Our Ancestors," which begins with a foghorn and only gets stranger from there. Indeed, the song precognizes Pink Floyd's 1971 opus "Echoes" to such an extent that one wonders how much the latter enjoyed Miller's own wild ride. Elsewhere, the beautiful, slow "Dear Mary" positively shimmers in a haze of declared love, while the heavy drumbeats and rock riffing guitar of "Living in the U.S.A." are a powerful reminder that the Steve Miller Band, no matter what other paths they meandered down, could rock out with the best of them. And, of course, this is the LP that introduced many to the Johnny "Guitar" Watson classic "Gangster of Love," a song that would become almost wholly Miller's own, giving the fans an alter ego to caress long before "The Joker" arose to show his hand. Rounding out Miller's love of the blues is an excellent rendering of Jimmy Reed's "You're So Fine." At their blues-loving best, Sailor is a classic Miller recording and a must-have -- especially for the more contemporary fan, where it becomes an initiation into a past of mythic proportion. - by Amy Hanson ; AllMusic
Dear Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjlFkqMNxcY
Overdrive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nttYEKdGnDU&feature=related
And as the 60's gave way to the 70's..Steve came up with a favorite that I initially thought was Traffic!
Your Saving Grace...1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mPt3kJjvs
I LOVE IT!
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 16/10/2011 : 20:21:34
The Space Cowboy....
Steve Miller Band
His sixties psych rock albums were all we hoped for...Children of The Future, Sailor, Brave New World....with an ace backing band including Boz Scaggs on his first album Children Of The Future (recorded in London)
Steve may have deservedly had some mega hits with some great songs in the 70's but he was never the same for me...guess you had to be there in the 60's ...just gimme steve on guitar and rock on!
Brave New World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVEgDSOx_5w
Kow Kow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lp7x6rmHgM&feature=related
Children Of The Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMM6UuIFkw
The style [Children Of The Future] is a mixture of blues and psychedelic rock reflecting the ambience of the British blues revival, not surprisingly considering the album was recorded in London (at Olympic Studios). Rolling Stone described the first side as being "constructed like Sgt Pepper".[3] Writing in Crawdaddy!, Peter Knobler called the album "a triple moment of experience, knowledge, inspiration."[4] However, many of the songs had been written earlier in 1967-68 when Miller was working as a janitor at a Texas music studio.[5] "Baby's Callin' Me Home" was written by Boz Scaggs who later rose to considerable global fame in his own right.
In My First Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTS1lPhxFV4
And from the great Sailor album....
Dear Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjlFkqMNxcY
Overdrive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nttYEKdGnDU&feature=related
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| rocker |
Posted - 14/10/2011 : 14:17:06
Right and they recite it to music at the beginning & end of the album....literary freaks!
Hey this is like Eng 201!...
Locksley looks like they're pretty contemporary now with lines like this in Tennyson's poem:
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
We've been in constant war now for quite a while. The psychedelics no doubt wanted this global vision.... |
| markk |
Posted - 13/10/2011 : 22:09:11
I like Judy's style. Course I love the originals. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 13/10/2011 : 22:04:49
quote:
Originally posted by John9
And of course, Locksley Hall was originally a deeply reflective poem by Tennyson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksley_Hall
Right and they recite it to music at the beginning & end of the album....literary freaks!
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
| John9 |
Posted - 13/10/2011 : 21:11:25
And of course, Locksley Hall was originally a deeply reflective poem by Tennyson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksley_Hall |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 13/10/2011 : 19:53:49
1969...hottest band in the NW...Spokane, Washington psychedelia...
LOCKSLEY HALL
LISTEN to "BOY" here...scroll down....to "Listen to Boy"
or d/l the vinyl rip--unreleased album at "get it here" (except as limited edition in 1996)
Locksley Hall was one of the better known psychedelic bands in the Pacific Northwest during their existence from 1967 thru' 1970. The album was recorded in 1969 at the legendary Audio Recorders in Seattle with long time Northwest guitarist Ned Neltner (Mark Five, Gas Company, Junior Cadillac) producing and Sonics engineer Kearny Barton at the console. It remained unreleased until the limited edition came out in 1996. The album reminds us of every band who ever played the Fillmore West in the late sixties and blends together elements of It's A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and The Holding Co. Recommended.
(taken from "Fuzz, Acid & Flowers")
While a lot of co-ed groups of the era sound rather generic, Locksley Hall manages to escape identity in a slightly different way. This album plays almost like a sampler of West Coast music. On various songs they sound like Country Joe & The Fish, Jefferson Airplane, The Charlatans, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and the Association. Despite the crudeness of the recordings there’s a definite sense of professionalism here. They’re more appealing as a hard rock band than a soft rock band, but the only real dud here is the good timey song that ends side one. Both the male and female vocals are quite good, though as is often the case they sound much better apart than together. There is some excellent guitar playing here and a few very solid songs, most notably a long rocker on side one. The mix of styles is a bit disconcerting, but overall, this is much better than a lot of genre albums that did end up getting major label releases at the time. The LP was recorded in Seattle for Epic in the late 1960s but not released at the time. [AM]
(taken from "The Acid Archives")
Tracklist:
- Locksley Hall (Poem)
- Boy
- Let me blow out your candle
- Baby blue eyes
- D-O-P-E
- Some say love
- What does a lonely heart do?
- Que-Bell
- Wake up (Tubby's tune)
- When autumn leaves turn to gold
- Locksley Hall (Poem)
Personnel:
Ben Stanley (gtr, vcls)
Shannon Svenson (vcls)
Kevin Svenson (back vcls)
Roy Castleman (bs, vcls)
Denny Langdale (keyb'ds)
Randy Thompson (drms)
Band origin:
Spokane (Washington/US)
Discographie:
Albums:
1. Locksley Hall (OR 013) 1996 [rec. 1969-70]
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Don't you know there ain't no devil,
There's just god when he's drunk.
-Tom Waits |
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