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Help with Psychedelic Rock

crackerkorean

crackerkorean

Striving for Polymathdom!
I am constantly changing my current music tastes and always looking for something to explore.
I stumbled onto incense and peppermints (strawberry alarm clock) and something from the 13th floor elevators.

I know these two bands are common. What are you suggestions on some other psych rock to look into.
 
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Bunch of it out there, and I'm no authority on it,but try:

Love ~Forever Changes
United States Of America ~anything available
H.P Lovecraft - I don't have any with me in Vegas, but there's a live album around that's pretty out there
Spirit ~ just about ANY, but Clear has always been a favorite of mine.

CarlV should probably be answering this one- he knows his stuff.
 
As far as Spirit, I've always loved "The Twelve Dreams".

I also like 'It's a Beautiful Day'.
 
As far as bands? What tentoze said plus
Big Brother & Holding Co., Blue Cheer, The Chocolate Watchband, Iron Butterfly, The Collectors, The Pretty Things, Quicksilver Messenger Service
(s/t), It's A Beautiful Day. There is a good start anyway. I have loads of this music if you need more suggestions.

Carl
 
EchoWars said:
As far as Spirit, I've always loved "The Twelve Dreams".

I also like 'It's a Beautiful Day'.
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12 Dreams is muy bueno, of course. I have a MoFi cd of it that is excellent. But Clear has Dark-Eyed Woman on it, which is just about the ultimate mega-volume, driving-rhythm, let-the-neighbors-hate-me song for me.
 
If you want to try something a bit off the wall, give "Mass In F Minor" by The Electric Prunes (Reprise, 1967) a listen. Very progressive for its time. "Kyrie Eleison" was featured in the movie (and soundtrack of) Easy Rider. :cool:
 
I know what you mean.

I stumbled a time or two to the 13th Floor Elevators/Spirit/etc., myself back then.........

:naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

If you can do streaming audio, try the "classic underground" rock feed from www.3wk.com. If nothing else, you may hear something you like and be able to find out who it is. They have a free feed and a paid feed (higher-res for $). They claim all their music is from vinyl.

Jefferson Airplane/streetmasse playing right now. Now Humble Pie/Every Mother's Son.

Enjoy
 
From my father in law I haev some Quicksilver and already have Iron butterfly.
I need to dig through this stuff and see what I have already.

Thanks for the help and keep it coming.
 
Country Joe and the Fish, "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" :yes: Excellent stuff!

The Steve Miller Band, "Children of the Future" is trippy stuff too

Also check out these bands:
Moby Grape
Rotary Connection
Blues Magoos

Oh yeah, there was this guitar player named Jimi Hendrix most folks thought was pretty psychedelic :banana:
 
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tentoze said:
12 Dreams is muy bueno, of course. I have a MoFi cd of it that is excellent. But Clear has Dark-Eyed Woman on it, which is just about the ultimate mega-volume, driving-rhythm, let-the-neighbors-hate-me song for me.
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Ya know...I don't know if I've even heard it... :scratch2:
 
I've heard tell the early Pink Floyd LP's were kinda trippy. The Chocolate Watchband's Inner Mystique is positively killer with one side psych and the other classic garage. The first 13th Floor Elavators album is a must, natch. Steve Miller's Sailor has some moments. Hmmm, Spirit and Love are just plain excellent, categories be damned. Newer bands you might want to investigate would be Monster Magnet, Massive Attack, Mogwai and Spock's Beard plus Porcupine Tree for starters. Oh yeah, check out these guys: www.sundazed.com/
 
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Dammit, forgot a fave...

The Dukes of Stratosphere 25 O'Clock (actually an XTC offshoot)
 
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try the Rhino Box Set "Nuggets: Artifacts from the First Psychedelic Era" its 4 CDs and can be had on ebay pretty reasonably. good overview, lots of bands. you can also buy the cds individually... rhino.com :thmbsp:
 
Overlooked, and virtually forgotten, the classic Rolling Stones LP Their Satanic Majesties Request - a great record
 
What ho? I've seen no mention of the Dead thus far in this thread?!? :-o

Also please consider:
Live/Dead
AOXOMOXOA
Anthem of the Sun

The latter is probably the most 'out there'... but it is too far out there for me!
I really like AOXOMOXOA; try to find the original LP mix as well as the remix (the Rhino CD with bonus tracks is quite good).
Live/Dead simply defines the Dead's brand of psychedelia in the mid/late 1960's.
 
crackerkorean said:
From my father in law I haev some Quicksilver and already have Iron butterfly.
I need to dig through this stuff and see what I have already.

Thanks for the help and keep it coming.
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I would like to hear more of your thoughts.

Did you look at the Rhino link? I would be pissed at myself if I bought it. Flame away! :)

Are you after some of the heavy or light stuff, all, time period, more feedback please?

I was looking for a link to give you for Fever Tree. They were my first live show in 1967. The s/t and For Sale are really great. For Sale is an album after they split up of music with a gospel backup but still Fever Tree. Side 2 is their Hey Joe, everybody and their brother did Hey Joe, but theirs is a very cool version and worth buying the album for.

I so wish the first 5 grooves of my copy of The Inner Mystique did not have a tick. :worried:

Carl
 
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