GET IN LOSER, WE'RE GOING PSYCHEDELIC! Vol. 1
As a child of the sixties, I have a huge soft spot for psychedelic music. Fellow fans of the genre may have snapped up my PSYCHEDELIC SIDE OF TOM PETTY comp from a while back, and Tom’s so adept at it that he appears here, as well.
I feel like I achieved a good balance of songs by bands who were at the forefront of the psychedelic movement like The Beatles, The Stones, The Animals, The Zombies, Donovan, The Byrds, & The Fugs & the acts who were following the leaders like Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Pretty Things, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Kenny Rogers, & Tommy James.
Kenny’s group The First Edition was a country/pop group who knew a good song when they heard it, and Tommy James may have started out recording songs by Brill Building writers like Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry (Hanky Panky) & moved on to coming up with his own Merseybeat-styled numbers--but he quickly proved himself a master of psychedelia with songs like Crimson & Clover, and the track included here Sweet Cherry Wine.
On sabbatical from The Damned, frontman Dave Vanian recorded the side-project Naz Nomad & The Nightmares. As did XTC when they adopted the nom de plume; Dukes Of Stratosphere.
Bob Seger came by his taste for it honestly, whereas a few others, like my beloved Everly Brothers, seem like bandwagon jumpers despite the high quality of their entry.
Dwarves did a whole psychedelic album, from which I plucked Average Dick, and Webb Wilder pretty much kept his involvement to a few tracks which include the psych classic; I had Too Much To Dream Last Night. The Jam dabbled a little more than that, and even Southern Rock stalwart Duane Allman jumped on the lysergic carousel for a number.
While I could have easily come up with Volume 1 without it—I found another discussion string that offered up some deep cuts that will pop up on the SEVEN Volumes (132 songs) that I currently have compiled. So please don’t rain on my parade by making a ton of suggestions for future editions… May I suggest we keep it to one per customer and try for something outside the box with Gwyneth Paltrow’s severed head in it?
We love it when visitors comment, and urge you to do so, but no one wants to hear (or say): "I'm way ahead of you." :)
Downloaders are asked to "type for their supper" by sharing the artist that MOST SURPRISED them by WRITING credible psychedelic rock.
ReplyDeleteI’ve shared my number one—Tommy James.
Who “had YOU trippin’?”
Here’s the link to GET IN LOSER, WE'RE GOING PSYCHEDELIC! Vol. 1
https://pixeldrain.com/u/VMEmwQcq
Nice one Stinky! My introduction probably was Canned Heat's On the road again or Parthenogenesis...
DeletePorpoise Song from The Monkees "Head" album is spectacular.
DeleteThat's a great way to be introduced, Koen! :)
DeleteTHE moles - We Are The Moles, were Simon Dupree & Big Sound ( Kites, then GentleGiant ( had it sussed by then)
DeleteI remember Floyd as a pop band for their first singles, then all hell broke lose. I am old.
DeleteYou probably only have a couple years on me, Lemonflag. :)
DeleteBuffalo Springfield, Expecting To Fly
ReplyDeleteJimi and Brainticket had me from the moment my first trip kicked in, I was an alien with 6 arms and 3 turntables. A summer of love just before House and Acid took over for a second, and even harder wave.
Brainticket escaped my notice, but probably because they were based in Switzerland. I would have remembered a name like Joel Vandroogenbroeck!
DeleteI love that the Dukes are XYC and Naz Nomad is The Damned....
ReplyDeleteWe've got more Naz Nomad here: https://jonderblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/faux-deluxe-naz-nomad-nightmares.html
DeleteI got to see the Damned on this year's US tour, and they did both "Alone Again Or" and "White Rabbit".
Credit Where Credit Is Due isn't just the name of a series of comps here on JOKONKY... it's also the polite thing to do. Jon suggested both Naz Nomad & The Fugs!
DeleteThank you for your comment COCHISE, and please come back again!
DeleteMy initiation, if at this late age I can remember at all, could well have been "Archangel's Thunderbird" from AMON DUUL - but then I am from Germany, excuse me, Sir. Wait: years before, "Crimson and Clover" was one of the first 45s that I actually bought! (But then I didn't know how to properly spell PSYCH). Best, TC (P.S. A fine selection with some surprises, Mr. Stinky, thanks a lot!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting, CHAIRMAN. Crimson & Clover is such a great song! And Joan Jett showed she knows better than to tamper with perfection on her pretty faithful cover version. We're HUGE Joan Jett fans around here.
DeleteHere's some interesting trivia about Crimson & Clover. I read somewhere that Joan Jett & The Blackhearts used to play the song at their sound checks to playfully mock Joan's manager, Kenny Laguna, who played keyboards and sang backup as a member of Tommy James & The Shondells (and who does so with The Blackhearts). The more they played it, the better it sounded, until they decided to record it. Their version hit #7 in the U.S.
DeleteCrimson and Clover is a nice song. I am listening to a bunch of remakes.... James Last, Italian, Bolivian, Singapore, Reggae (Variations), Spain, Mexico (Meni Y Su Hitters) Germany (ABC Company), South Africa (The Black Hawks) and Southern USA Rockband Larami (and these are all 1969 or earlier)
DeleteAfter falling in love with "Porpoise Song", I was surprised to learn that Gerry Goffin and Carole King could do psychedelia so well. I was also surprised by the "Daisy Age" of hip hop (De La Soul, PM Dawn, and Definition Of Sound). It was groovy, baby!
ReplyDeleteIf anybody missed THE PSYCHEDELIC SIDE OF TOM PETTY, dig it here: https://mega.nz/file/CN5BBTAb#ljXrvJoyVojQ71fanoLyYRaYosFOmQOIIo5LY350Zbg
Yeah, Jon, Goffin/King writing "Porpoise Song" was certainly a surprise to me, as well! Thanks for shamelessly plugging my earlier comp!
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