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lemonade kid
Old Love
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mikeb
Old Love
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/12/2009 : 17:34:57
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quote: Originally posted by mikeb
A couple from The Misunderstood:
"If I had to list the ten greatest performances I've seen in my life, one would be The Misunderstood at Pandora's Box, Hollywood, 1966. My god, they were a great band!" John Peel 2003
What an understatement! 'Before The Dream Faded' used to be on almost permanent rotation for me in the mid-80s, when it eventually came out. The later period stuff (with a different line-up) is perhaps a little patchy, but 'Golden Glass' (in the full 12" released version) is epic doom-psych. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 08/12/2009 : 17:51:13
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quote: Originally posted by boombox
quote: Originally posted by mikeb
A couple from The Misunderstood:
"If I had to list the ten greatest performances I've seen in my life, one would be The Misunderstood at Pandora's Box, Hollywood, 1966. My god, they were a great band!" John Peel 2003
What an understatement! 'Before The Dream Faded' used to be on almost permanent rotation for me in the mid-80s, when it eventually came out. The later period stuff (with a different line-up) is perhaps a little patchy, but 'Golden Glass' (in the full 12" released version) is epic doom-psych.
First to pioneer the light show! Using car headlights at first. What was it like?
They went over to the UK and were poised to hit it really big with a new revolutionary light show and of course...Great music. Then the US Vietnam DRAFT stole the dream.... and the dream was over.
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 08/12/2009 17:52:25 |
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mikeb
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/12/2009 : 17:56:03
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This one got played a lot when I bought the album and still goes on the turntable:
Ultimate Spinach, Mind Flowers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZtZRmlqQSE
Relatively Clean Rivers An example of a limited pressing albums that lives up to its reviews and doesn't just get into lists because of its rarity. Mellow folk pysch with CSN and Grateful Dead influences.
Three tracks on YouTube, try this one to start with, it's the one I heard on a radio show that made me buy the CD, Journey Through the Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFArAuH57o
Some improvisational pysch: Father Yod and YahoWah 13, I'm Gonna Take You Home Track One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Knfvn-g-E
Part of the Wikipedia entry:
Members of The Source Family, who lived in the Hollywood Hills in the early 1970s, decided to fuse their musical talents and spirituality by forming an improvisational, psychedelic music group. They began to press LPs in 1973, all of which were recorded after hours of meditation at 3:00-6:00 a.m. in a soundproofed garage that served as the musicians’ studio at the family's communal residence. All of the records with Father Yod’s participation were completely improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs. Most of the albums were pressed in small runs of only 500 to 1000 copies on the Higher Key label. They were sold to the general public in Father Yod’s wildly popular vegetarian Source Restaurant for $10 each.
Sky Saxon later became involved with the band adopting the name Sky Sunlight Saxon and doing some recording with them.
More of the story and links to the bands website at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Ho_Wa_13
There's some newly released material out on Domino but haven't had a chance to check it out yet.
I came across the band in the late 70's/early 80's when I used to get lists from Funhouse Records of Margate, run by Malcolm and Annette Galloway. Set myself a price limit and bought lots of obscure pysch stuff purely on his recommendations, including all the YahoWah releases. He also set up his own label, Psycho Records and issued 35 comps and/or rereleases, including the YahoWah/Saxon album and a double live Quicksilver one. |
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bob f.
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 20/12/2009 : 02:52:35
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I think Hendrix's , " 1983...( A Merman I Should Turn To Be)", segway to, " Moon , Turn The Tides...gently gently away " is a very special psychedelic magical masterpiece
...what the world needs now... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
9875 Posts |
Posted - 20/12/2009 : 06:12:42
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quote: Originally posted by bob f.
I think Hendrix's , " 1983...( A Merman I Should Turn To Be)", segway to, " Moon , Turn The Tides...gently gently away " is a very special psychedelic magical masterpiece
...what the world needs now...
The best..the whole side.
And Quicksilver's "The Fool" is amazing.
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 20/12/2009 : 10:39:14
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yes, " The Fool" is a masterpiece. Cipollina puts visions in my head ! like a movie, an epic piece, that record.
...what the world needs now... |
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TJSAbass
Fourth Love
USA
139 Posts |
Posted - 21/12/2009 : 06:48:11
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I'll have to check out "The Fool". Here are some of my favorites: "Interstellar Overdrive" "Candy and a Currant Bun" "Tomorrow Never Knows" "Expo 2000" "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night" "Gomper" |
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
Posted - 26/12/2009 : 20:58:54
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oops! I'll be back for this one
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Edited by - Allan on 26/12/2009 21:13:57 |
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bob f.
Old Love
USA
1308 Posts |
Posted - 26/12/2009 : 21:21:02
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too much eggnog and mushrooms ?
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2010 : 16:28:14
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Oooops...it's taken me too long to reply here--WORK WORK WORK
1-Section 43-Country Joe and the Fish 2-Hip Death Goddess-Ultimate Spinach 3-Variation on a theme of Me My Friend-Family (Family-one of the most under-rated groups of all time IMHO) 4-Fields of People-The Move (the 2nd most under-rated group of all time 5-Someone to Love-Parts 1 and 2-Yardbirds 6-The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union-Beacon Street Union 7-The Fool-Quicksilver Messenger Service 8-Slip Inside This House-13th Floor Elevators 9-The Time Has Come-The Chambers Brothers ( 10-San Francisco Girls-Return of the native-Fever Tree 11-Bubble Puppy-Hot Smoke and Sassafras 12-Earth Opera-The Great American Eagle Tragedy 13-The Four Small Faces -Ogden's Nut Gone Flake-entire LP (very strange indeed) 14-Sally go Round the Roses-The Great Society (when Gracie was at her finest-again IMHO) 15-The End-The Doors 16-Friends of Mine-The Guess Who
and I could go on of course
Allan
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2010 : 18:14:39
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quote: Originally posted by Allan
Oooops...it's taken me too long to reply here--WORK WORK WORK
1-Section 43-Country Joe and the Fish 2-Hip Death Goddess-Ultimate Spinach 3-Variation on a theme of Me My Friend-Family (Family-one of the most under-rated groups of all time IMHO) 4-Fields of People-The Move (the 2nd most under-rated group of all time 5-Someone to Love-Parts 1 and 2-Yardbirds 6-The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union-Beacon Street Union 7-The Fool-Quicksilver Messenger Service 8-Slip Inside This House-13th Floor Elevators 9-The Time Has Come-The Chambers Brothers ( 10-San Francisco Girls-Return of the native-Fever Tree 11-Bubble Puppy-Hot Smoke and Sassafras 12-Earth Opera-The Great American Eagle Tragedy 13-The Four Small Faces -Ogden's Nut Gone Flake-entire LP (very strange indeed) 14-Sally go Round the Roses-The Great Society (when Gracie was at her finest-again IMHO) 15-The End-The Doors 16-Friends of Mine-The Guess Who
and I could go on of course
Allan
Ooooo, Friends of Mine is such a great obscure Guess Who psych classic!
Anyone know this fantastic psych LP? "A Scratch In The Sky" by The Cryan' Shames ...."Carol For Lorelei" & "Sailing Ship" are amazing & "I Was Lonely Then"! Great psych!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxoKNOV-NZ4
Have a listen!
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 12/01/2010 18:16:14 |
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2010 : 19:23:29
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Finally for today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCGpc7SB-As
I saw them. Had a friend in Art School that was buds with them. They played here in Philly in '68 and I met them. They were part of the Boston thing back then...I called them Baroque. The album is great
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