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Monday, December 31, 2007


"39.4 -MEXICO- 1972":
'39.4' was from Guadalajara Jalisco (Mexico).
This group was later called
'Bandido' famous in the 70's Mex Rock Scene, they also played in the Avandaro Concert.

Great latin/psych album!!!


"The Freeborne - Peak Impressions-1967 US": The Freeborne's sole album is, in common with the mildly better-known '60s Boston psychedelic bands who comprised the Bosstown Sound, something of a goulash of then-trendy underground rock crosscurrents.

It's embroidered by novel use of recorder, cello, harpsichord, and trumpet from time to time, though electric organ in the mood of the Doors or Country Joe & the Fish is more prominent, as is California psychedelia-influenced guitar.


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"The Damnation of Adam Blessing - S/T- 1969 US": Cleveland, Ohio's Damnation of Adam Blessing scored only a few regional hits and barely dented the national charts, but artistically, they were far and away more original and innovative than any band from their hometown and could even make that case with plenty from outside Ohio.

Damnation's focus was obviously on contemporary hard psych rock, but the arrangements were far more advanced. While most heavy rock acts featured screaming or shouting vocalists, Damnation tested the waters with low-range, gospel-like harmonies and Adam Blessing's grinding yet melodic leads.

MEMBERS: Adam Blessing - Lead Vocals

Ray Benich - Bass Guitar

Kenny Constable - Lead & Supporting Vocals

Jimmy Quinn - Rhythm Guitar - Supporting Vocals

Bobby Kalamasz - Lead Guitar - Supporting Vocals

Billy Schwark - Drums - Percussion


"The Rising Storm - Calm Before...- 1967 US": The Rising Storm was a rock and roll group which was active at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts between 1965 and 1967 .
The original members of the group were Bob Cohan, Todd Cohen, Charlie Rockwell, Tom Scheft, Tony Thompson, and Rich Weinberg. The Rising Storm is most notable for their first album, "Calm Before", as being "one of the rarest and most respected garage band albums".

More than forty years after its recording, mint copies of "Calm Before" can fetch 4 figures among record collectors interested in the garage rock era. Covers of The Remains ' Don't look back' and Love
' A message to a pretty' make this a classic. Highly Recommended!!!


"Dr. Hooker - The Truth -1972 US": One of the rarest US psych LPs, The Truth, recorded in Connecticut in 1972, might very well be the ultimate North American acid rock album ever.

Everything is absolute perfection, the wailing fuzz guitar, the psychy arrangements, his awesome voice, layers of instruments and well-crafted songs. One of those LPs that keeps revealing new depths even when you've played it a hundred times. True psychedelia.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

"THE DRUIDS OF STONEHENGE - Creation 1967 US": This album is too freakin cool. The first track tricks you, with a classic soft psych track. From there it builds to become a pure punk psych gem. The lead singer is incredable with vocals that can be described as Mick Jagger meets Iggy Pop meets Lou Reed. Some of the tunes are kinda blues psych and some disply a Velvet Underground minimalizm. It's guaranteed to please even the staunchest 60s psych critic.

-by dj fanis:http://sharebee.com/6599329c

Saturday, December 29, 2007


"The Alan Lorber Orchestra-The Lotus Palace-1969 US": Alan Lorber, successful producer and leading arranger in the USA in the early 60s, explored cross-market orchestral fusions in the hits he made for the top artists of the time.

The Lotus Palace was the springboard for the Eastern Indian/jazz fusion mix of classical Indian instrumentation, (the sitar, tamboura, tabla), against reverberating Western orchestration. Featured in the album, are sitarist Colin Walcott & jazz flutist Jerome Richardson.

Hit cuts include :MAS QUE NADA , LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS, UP, UP & AWAY ,

THE FLUTE THING ...

Friday, December 28, 2007


re-up:
"AFRICA - Music from Lil Brown - 1968 US": Although performed by former members of the Los Angeles doo wop group the Valiants, produced by Lou Adler and titled in response to the Band's classic Music from Big Pink, Africa's Music from "Lil Brown" defies its pedigree by delivering Latin-tinged psychedelic soul covers of some of the era's biggest pop hits.
Credit all involved with pushing and pulling these familiar songs to their breaking points. Africa's instrumental renditions of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black" and the Doors' "Light My Fire" significantly expand upon the psychedelic elements of the originals, and even more unlikely fare like "Louie, Louie" and "Ode to Billie Joe" also proves surprisingly ripe for lysergic interpretation.

Equally noteworthy is the relentless conga drumming that galvanizes virtually every cut -- excellent, imaginative stuff.


"HP Lovecraft-II-1968 US": The band was formed by ex-folky George Edwards in Chicago in 1967. Edwards and keyboardist Dave Michaels, a classically trained singer with a four-octave range, handled the vocals, which echoed Jefferson Airplane's in their depth and blend of high and low parts.
Featuring two strong singers (who often sang dual leads), hauntingly hazy arrangements, and imaginative songwriting that drew from pop and folk influences.
Here is the 2nd album from one of the best psychedelic bands of the '60's. Originally released in 1968 on Philips, highlighting the band's superb vocal skills as well as their intricate psychedelic arrangements, and reputedly the first major label album where all those involved in the recording were actually high on LSD!
H.P. Lovecraft: George Edwards (vocals, guitar, bass); Tony Cavallari (vocals, guitar); Dave Michaels (vocals, recorder, keyboards); Jeff Boyan, Jerry McGeorge (vocals, bass); Michael Tezga (vocals, drums).

Thursday, December 27, 2007


"St.John Green - S/T -1968 US":
A KIM FOWLEY'S PROJECT ABOUT THE NEW HIPPIE MOVEMENT THE PEOPLE IN THE CANYON. THIS 1968 LP REPRODUCES THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE THAT THE GROUP OFF MUSICIANS HAD DEEP INSIDE THE CANYON!!!

THE COVER SHOWS THE HAPPY DRAGON HOLDING A PILL AND WATCHING THE EARTH FROM ABOVE.

“[‘St. John Green’] is one of the great lost records…Somebody will reissue it someday and people will start crying and jacking off and smoking dope to it. It’s a great record. There’s only a handful of records that I’ve made that are great.”-Kim Fowley to Mike Stax (“Ugly Things” magazine issue #19, 2001)


"Elizabeth - S/T- 1968 US":The only album recorded by this fuzz guitar extravaganza combo from Philadelphia
Great folk - psych, with standout track called Mary Anne.


"The Art Of Loving - S/T- 1968 US": Massachussetts outfit whose only album is full of interesting and quite imaginative psych-folk rock with great female vocals by Gail Winnick.

Apart from the cover of Tim Hardin's (How can we hang on to a dream), all the songs were penned by Paul Applebaum.
Highly Recommended!!!


re-up:"George Braith -Laughing Soul -1966 US": A fantastic lost bit of soul jazz from the 60s!

The great reedman George Braith makes a rare non-Blue Note appearance here -- working in a tightly grooving mode that's even groovier than his better-known work for that label!

The group here features Grant Green on guitar and John Patton on organ.

Braith himself has a wonderfully quirky approach here which include not just tenor sax, but also soprano and C Melody saxophone as well and sometimes played together.

A truly fantastic album but one that's always sadly overlooked!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007


"Chango - S/T- 1975 US": This is the American Latino 'Chango's' first album and for anyone who likes the early Santana vibe, then you are in for a treat, cause 'Chango' goes where Santana let up.

Two percussionists and a drummer drive the speedy pulse, while organ, bass and guitar roar, slash and sing. This album has it all, the screaming guitar licks, the swirling organ and of course those danceable and tranced-out rhythms. The lyrics are just what you want from this kind of album: Sex, life-in-the-ghetto, grade-school mysticism.


"Dakila – S/T- 1972 Philipines":Very good Latin rock group from Philipines?
If you are in the mood of Santana then grab it!!!


"THE SPIDERS-BACK- 1968 MEXICO":
VERY GOOD PSYCHEDELIC GROUP FROM MEXICO IN 1968 WITH FUZZ GUITAR AND ORGAN. (THEY SING IN ENGLISH).


"Aguaturbia - Psychedelic Drugstore- 1969 CHILE":
Probably the most famous psychedelic band to come from Chile, features many original compositions as well as Aguaturbia's versions of "Somebody To Love" and an incredibly freaked out version of "Crimson And Clover".

Essential for any Psych collector.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007


"Fallen Angels - S/T-1968 US": The Fallen Angels was a truly wonderful and talented Psych band from Washington, D.C.

Their first LP, simply entitled "The Fallen Angels", ran the gamut from music hall to psych pop with a horn section, to gentle yet forboding ,to downright strange Zappaesque diatribe.

Every song is carefully crafted, well-produced and hooky as heck. These guys should have been in the same sales rank as the Airplane and Moby Grape, but Roulette had no idea what to do with this superlative album, so they simply ignored it.


"The Electric Prunes - Release Of An Oath -1968 US": Following the musical pattern of their Mass in F Minor , it is a rock music setting of a service intended to release a penitent from an oath made under duress and in violation of his principles. I highly recommend this to anyone who just likes to close their eyes and listen to classical style inspirational music with a rock flair.

Monday, December 24, 2007

---I Wish to all Bloggers and Friends Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!!--- HIPPY-DJKIT

"The Group Image -A mouth in the clouds asks what time are you? -1968 US":

Freaked out, fuzzed-up work from the 1968 band Group Image, a group who definitely live up to the trippy title and cover of this album!

The sound here as you might guess from the image on the front cover is plenty great, a post hippie era sound that's heavy on guitars, which are played sometimes soft, sometimes sharply and often topped with earnestly harmonic vocals with flowing female & male trade-offs.

The bass is earthy and dirty at the bottom of the tracks, giving the record a really nice edge but there's also a hippie-oriented sweetness to some of the singing that really warms things up, especially on the numbers that feature vocals from Sheila Darla.

This eccentric New York hippie collective recorded only one album. A superb collection of psychedelia, touching on folk, and electronica, it has been compared to Jefferson Airplane.


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"Traffic Sound - Virgin- 1969 PERU":One of the finest rock albums made in South America and regarded by many collectors among the best psychedelic LPs of all times.
All songs were original compositions, all group efforts, and played with finesse, finally Traffic Sound had developed its own style.
'Virgin' made Traffic Sound the most popular group in Peru and the most requested in concerts.

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"Ten Years After-s/t- 1967 UK": TEN YEARS AFTER, Self-Tilted 1st LP from 1967.
All the tracks are pure quality Ten Years After at their best. Any fan of ' Ten Years After' or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!


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"Darius-S/T-1968 US":Super rare US psych/folk/rock album,
Hendrix-like-in places but with a more subtle song based approach the album is filled with heart-felt songs of despair and love dripping in acid visions.


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"Peloma Bokiou -1972 GREECE":
GREAT PROG- ROCK ALBUM FROM GREECE IN 1972 (plus singles from 1970-71) . SOME SONGS ARE IN THE MOOD OF 'SANTANA' AND ON VCLS,PERC. WAS 'VLASSIS BONATSOS'.


"Hungry Wolf -S/T- 197O UK":Fantastic and very rare psych-pop-jazz classic from 1970.

'Hungry Wolf' were a group made up of well-known session musicians - Alan Hawkshaw on piano and organ, Alan Parker on lead guitar, Clem Cattini on drums, Herbie Flowers on bass guitar, and Peter Lee Sterling on vocals, with brass arrangements by Hawkshaw.

Hawkshaw and Parker also co-wrote all the songs.

-by dj fanis:http://sharebee.com/450f8d46

Sunday, December 23, 2007


"Blue Birds-S/T-1972 GREECE": Perhaps the rarest Greek rock album, released back in 1972 in very small quantities (300-500 copies).

A combination of psych-folk and flower power hippy rock with male and female vocals, great melodies and an acid overall atmosphere. Acoustic guitars, sometimes heavy and sometimes fuzzy electric guitars, organ, bass and drums create one of the best Greek psych albums, although overshadowed and low promoted back then.

'Blue Birds' was one of the very first Greek modern bands as well as one of the most long-lived. Although they had started in 1963 as a garage-beat band they developed in a hippy band producing some fine singles -as well as this album- in the early 70's.


"Gerardo Manuel & El Humo - Apocallypsis - 1970 PERU": "Apocallypsis" is their first heavy rock album recorded in Lima - Peru and was published in August of 1970.

In this album you will find original songs, as well very good adaptations of English and American bands. Very good beginning for the band, the voice of Gerald is quite powerful.

It is as well one notices the influences of the band: "Jimi Hendrix Experience", "Question Mark & the Mystirians" or "Grand Funk".

The album of "Gerald Manuel & El Humo", is one of the best albums of psychedelia in South America.

Gerald Red Manuel: Vocals, Maracas - Rhythm Guitar

Enrique "Tip" Ego Aguirre : Guitars - Hammond Organ

Jorge "The Coco" Pomar: Fender Bass, Acoustic Bass & Acoustic Rhythm Guitar

"Pure" Freddy Sources: Drums & Percussions


"Autosalvage - S/T -1968 US": This group was started in the middle of 1966 by Thomas Danaher, who was a folk and bluegrass freak, and Darius LaNoue Davenport, who came from a musical family. Lead guitarist Rick Turner, son of a poet and a painter, had worked with Ian and Sylvia and then a long line of rock groups. Bassist Skip Boone is the brother of Steve Boone, the bassist for the Lovin' Spoonful.

Their only album released in 1968 by this quartet from the New York area, who were discovered by Frank Zappa and delivered a solid slab of avant-garde psychedelia with baroque touches.


Autosalvage: Thomas Danaher - lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Darius LaNoue Davenport - vocals, oboe, piano, drums, trombone, guitar, bass guitar

Rick Turner - lead guitar, banjo, dulcimer

Skip Boone - bass guitar, piano

Saturday, December 22, 2007


"The Monks - Black Monk Time -1966 GERMANY":
'Black Monk Time' is the only album of the band 'The Monks'. Produced by Jimmy Bowien, and recorded November 1965 in Cologne, Germany. Released March 1966 by Polydor in Germany.
All the members were American GIs (a nickname for a United States Army soldiers) stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties.

'The Monks' started as another surf band called the Torquays, but "got bored" and started experimenting wildly, reducing rythyms and riffs to basics, using feedback and screamed vocals, the elements of ' the Monks' music have been deconstructed, isolated, repeatedly stabbed and distorted. The results are raw and phenomenal and to later ears sound like the birth pangs of punk rock way ahead of it's time.

When the group were demobbed, they started wearing tonsures and monastic robes on stage with nooses around their necks, making their live experience unforgettable.

The Monks can be seen as precursors to ' The Velvet Underground' or 'Stooges', more so in attitude rather than sound but in the long run the attitude was perfect.

Make sure you hear "Black Monk Time", they were punks way ahead of their time.

The Monks:
Vocals/Guitar: Gary Burger
Organ: Larry Clark
Drums: Roger Johnston
Bass guitar: Eddie Shaw
Banjo: Dave Day



"Earth Opera-The Great American Eagle Tragedy -1969 US": 'Earth Opera' were an American psychedelic rock group from the late 1960s featuring Peter Rowan and David Grisman.
Both Rowan and Grisman were virtuoso folk and bluegrass performers in Boston clubs, who became caught up in the changes in the music scene in the mid 1960s.
They formed 'Earth Opera' in 1967, and were joined by John Nagy on bass, Paul Dillon on drums, and Bill Stevenson on keyboards and vibraphone.
In their second LP, "The Great American Eagle Tragedy", Stevenson had left but the album featured an array of eminent guests including John Cale (viola) and Bill Keith (pedal steel),
was a mixture of folk and psychedelic influences with songs like 'Sanctuary from the Law', 'It's Love'...
-by dj fanis:http://sharebee.com/0171f82a

Friday, December 21, 2007


by request from Tasos: "The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request-1967 UK".


"Velvett Fogg - S/T- 1968 UK": The latter part of the 1960s saw the formation of many new bands within the underground scene who would attempt to take pop music to a higher level of creativity.

Birmingham also had its own flourishing underground music scene during that time with a variety of innovative groups emerging. The Velvett Fogg line-up were players whose common attributes consisted of an abundance of musical talent along with a desire to create something new and exciting.

'Velvett Fogg' was formed in 1968 out of a respectable Brum band called Gravy Train. They were fronted by soul singer Ernie Handy and the guitarist at that time was Bob Hewitt. The other band members were drummer Graham Mullett, bass guitarist Mick Pollard, and Londoner Frank Wilson who played Hammond organ. The band were soon off to Germany where they spent most of the year playing at army bases and clubs. Their exciting stage act included a light show and a go-go dancer.


"POLL - LIVE STON LIKAVITTO-1982 GREECE":

THE LEGENDARY LIVE LP FROM 1982 ,
PLAYING ALL THEIR MAGICAL MAJOR MOMENTS , STILL CAPTURING THE HIPPIE PSYCH SOUND WHO MADE THEM THAT GREAT !!! THEIR FIRST FULL SESSION LIVE AFTER THEIR DISMISS AT 1972 .

THEY NEVER PLAYED AGAIN FROM THAT DAY , SO THIS IS A TRUE DOCUMENT RECORDING AND THE ONLY LIVE RECORDINGS WE HAVE BY THEM.


re-post: "The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?- 1969 CANADA":

'The Poppy Family' was a late 1960s-early 1970s Canadian pop musical group based in Vancouver. A product of the "Hippie generation ," they brought a cleaner cut image, capitalizing on the vocal talents and good looks of Susan Jacks .

Some have described the group as Canada 's equivalent of the Carpenters in that both groups featured a female vocalist and specialized in catchy but ultimately melancholy middle-of-the-road pop tunes (although, unlike the Carpenters, which were a brother-sister duo, the Poppy Family was fronted by a husband-wife team).

'Which Way You Goin' Billy?', released in 1969, was the first album from Vancouver, British Columbia band 'The Poppy Family'. They scored their biggest hit with title track "Which Way You Goin' Billy?".(No. 1 in Canada and No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts).

Personnel:
Susan Jacks : vocals, & Petersen's bean pod.
Terry Jacks : guitar, vocals
Craig McCaw : guitar, sitar
Satwant Singh : tablas, bongos, percussion


"The Troll - Animated Music -1968 US":The Troll apparently hailing from Chicago, released only one album in 1968. The album runs from soft and dreamy folk-rock to hard pop/psych.


by request:

"Sweetwater- S/T-1968 US".



by request:
"Tangerine Zoo - s/t- 1967 US"

Thursday, December 20, 2007


"David Peel & the Lower East Side - Have a Marijuana - 1968 US": David Peel is a New York-based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s, with Harold Black, Billy Jo White and Larry Adams performing as ' The Lower East Side Band'.

Though his raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "bad cops" appealed mostly to hippies.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Hi friends, i must delete some of my files, because someone did this earlier with their links???
I believe that other blogs may have the same problem. So, if you have remembered some albums from my deleted files just tell us and we 'll upload them again.
HIPPY-DJ KIT
It’s been done by these idiots that acting by the name of the artists and getting paid pennies by the record companies are trying to stop any reproduction of music for free and without the artists getting paid their loyalties (money). But tell me are any money left out at the end of the process that go to the actual songwriters/ performers of those rare psychedelic and divine recordings of late 60s and early seventies!!!!!!!!!

"C.A QUINTET-Trip Thru Hell -1969 US": The C.A. Quintet, from Minneapolis , was a Psychedelic music band active in the late 60's. They failed to gain national notoriety during their heyday. Their only LP released during the band's existence, Trip thru hell , sold less than 1000 copies and was virtually unheard of outside of their home town.

Despite its minuscule intitial distribution, the record slowly gained popularity over the next twenty years among collectors and musicians.


"Southwest F.O.B. - Smell Of Incense -1968 US": 'Southwest F.O.B.' was a groovy, harmony-laced Dallas, Texas combo that owed as much to the Association as it did to the trippy new sounds of the 'Strawberry Alarm Clock' and the 'West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band'. Shining a multi-hued spotlight on the heavenly harmonies of Dan Seals and John Colley, Southwest F.O.B.'s only album, Smell of Incense, also laid on plenty of Country Joe-like Farfisa.

This LP will immediately transport you to a ballroom full of sweet smoke with kaleidoscopic patterns flashing on the wall, free apples at the door and people swaying everywhere to totally irresistible rock 'n' roll.

Saturday, December 15, 2007


"Music Machine - The Bonniwell Music Machine - 1967 US": The Music Machine (1965-1969) was an American garage rock and psychedelic band from the late 1960s, headed by singer-songwriter Sean Bonniwell and based in Los Angeles. The band sound was often defined by fuzzy guitars and a Farfisa organ. Their original look comprised of all-black clothing and black moptop hairstyles .

After a promotional tour of the U.S., the rest of the original line-up, which included Ron Edgar (drums), Mark Landon (guitar), Keith Olsen (bass) and Doug Rhodes (organ), left Bonniwell, due to internal conflicts. In 1967 , Music Machine (essentially only Bonniwell at this point) were signed to Warner Bros and re-named The Bonniwell Music Machine.

The name was changed to give more prominence to the band's core member, songwriter and vocalist Sean Bonniwell. A self-titled LP was released that year, made up mostly of previously recorded singles with the original line-up.

Friday, December 14, 2007




"Manfred Hubler- Siegfried Schwab- Vampyros Lesbos - Sexadelic Dance Party 1970 GERMANY":


For diehard fans of low-budget cult cinema, Jess Franco is among the great directors--his style somewhere between European versions of Roger Corman's Mondo sexploitation and Andy Warhol's hardcore improv. His films Vampyros Lesbos, The Devil Came from Akasava, and Mrs. Hyde, She Kills in Ecstasy--all made in 1970 and starring Franco's doomed Portuguese seductress Soledad Miranda--perfected "horrotica," Franco's melange of B-grade horror and twisted erotica. Collecting original music from the films' soundtracks, Vampyros Lesbos: Sexadelic Dance Party pays tribute to Franco, Miranda (who died in a 1971 car crash), and the films they made together.
German composers Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab (recording as Vampires' Sound Incorporation) created music sufficiently groovy and go-go to accompany Franco's freaked-out vision. Their crazy sounds are a speed-hopped swinger's bash of blaring trumpet, booming trombone, slinky organ, and spacy sitar, with a beefy foundation of mod guitar, bass, and drums. Eccentrically titled instrumentals like "The Lions and the Cucumber," "Droge CX 9," and "The Six Wisdoms of Aspasia" manage to be psychedelic in the way of both the Doors' haunting rock and the Fifth Dimension's up-up-and-away pop.









"East Of Eden -Snafu -1970 UK": Their professional career began back in 1967 when they were formed in Bristol by Dave Arbus (born David Arbus, 8 October 1941 , in Leicester, Leicestershire) (violin, flute, saxophone, trumpet), Ron Caines (born 13 December 1944, in Bristol, Somerset) (alto saxophone), Geoff Nicholson (born 27 June 1948, near Bristol, Somerset) (guitar, vocals), and Geoff Britton (born 1 August 1943, in Lewisham, South London) (drums), who later joined Wings.
In 1969 they released the Mercator Projected album, followed shortly after by the SNAFU and Jig-a-Jig albums (both released in 1970). Although some might consider this group as being a symphonic progressive band, others state that their style is mostly jazz oriented. Combining flutes, violins and tape loops to folk , gypsy and psychedelic music, the 'East of Eden' style was always heavily supported on a pure rock base, strong and experimental.


"LOS WALKERS-Walking up con Los Walkers -1968 ARGENTINA": From Buenos Aires 'LOS WALKERS' by the end of 1968 they released their masterpiece, the ambitious 'Waking Up Con Los Walkers '. They remembered their mod period with the Beatles-inspired pop and lite psychedelia, with musical nods to the Small Faces, Rolling Stones ( "Their Satanic Majesties Request") and the Pretty Things ( "Emotions").

Great vocal arrangements, backward guitars, sound effects , a trippy pop, full of harmonies and flower power sounds make this a superb record.

Los Walkers: Carlos Alberto Altamirano (guitar, organ & vocals), Roberto Jorge "Rover" (guitar), Ignacio "Tata" (bass) Roberto Antonio "Corre" Lopez (drums).

Thursday, December 13, 2007


"AFRICA - Music from Lil Brown - 1968 US": Although performed by former members of the Los Angeles doo wop group the Valiants, produced by Lou Adler and titled in response to the Band's classic Music from Big Pink, Africa's Music from "Lil Brown" defies its pedigree by delivering Latin-tinged psychedelic soul covers of some of the era's biggest pop hits.

Credit all involved with pushing and pulling these familiar songs to their breaking points. Africa's instrumental renditions of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black" and the Doors' "Light My Fire" significantly expand upon the psychedelic elements of the originals, and even more unlikely fare like "Louie, Louie" and "Ode to Billie Joe" also proves surprisingly ripe for lysergic interpretation.

Equally noteworthy is the relentless conga drumming that galvanizes virtually every cut -- excellent, imaginative stuff.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007


"Edip Akbayram -70's-TURKEY":
Edip Akbayram is a famous Turkish psych musician from the early '70s. Is the top of the BIG three of Turkish delights (Erkin Koray, Baris Manco & Edip). This release includes the best psych tracks from his first two albums and some singles.

His band Dostlar formed the songs into something which takes you on an Eastern trip, full of fuzz guitar, electric sax and great percussions.



"Victoria - 1971 US": Though initially recorded in the late '60s and early '70s, the tracks that make up Victoria 's sole release didn't see wide release until nearly 30 years later.

Consisting of a small limited-edition album and a variety of further cuts from tape and acetate, Victoria 's appeal lies perhaps most in the sextet's ability to get a lot out of limited resources.

Opening cut "Peace" is almost surprisingly lush and detailed, triumphant brass parts mixing in with the exultant rock & roll from the band. From there the 15 songs wend their way, ranging from gentle contemplation to fuller-bodied affairs, less fried psychedelia than the kind of widescreen pop that coexisted with it.

Sometimes dreamy, sometimes wild underground-psych, this release features female vocals, organ, horns and distorted guitars.


"Blues Magoos - Never Goin' Back To Georgia- 1969 US":'The Blues Magoos' was a music group from the Bronx , New York . The band was formed in 1964 as "The Trenchcoats". The original members were Emil Thielhelm aka Peppy Castro (vocals and guitar ), Dennis LaPore (lead guitar ), Ralph Scala (organ and vocals ), Ronnie Gilbert (bass ) and John Finnegan (drums ). The band made a name for itself in various clubs in Greenwich Village . By 1966 the band had changed its name to fit in with the psychedelic vibe of the times - they first changed their name to the Bloos Magoos, though they changed that to the more conventional Blues Magoos. They also made some line-up changes, bringing in Mike Esposito as lead guitarist, and Geoff Daking as drummer.

At the beginning of 1969, the original group broke up. Then during the time of Woodstock, Bob Wyld put together a new version of The Magoos with only Castro remaining. His backup musicians were John Liello (keyboards & vibes...who also strongly resembled Scala), Roger Eaton (bass), Eric Kaz (electroharp) and Richie Dickson (drums). This aggregation, whose sound closely resembled 'Blood Sweat & Tears', recorded one album for ABC called NEVER GOIN' BACK TO GEORGIA.


"Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers-Saffron and Soul -1967 US": In the sixties, no one combined elements of jazz, Latin music, soul and funk quite like Henry "Pucho" Brown (born in Harlem, November 1, 1938). A forgotten figure until very recently, Pucho never achieved wide recognition from other Latin jazz musicians who explored similar territory, such as Mongo Santamaria , Willie Bobo and Cal Tjader .

This timbales placer and band leader could have been too eclectic and too open to outside influences to attain much recognition within the jazz community.

Pucho began recording in 1963 and he made great progress between 1966 and 1970, when he recorded close to half a dozen albums for Prestige. In these albums he helped develop a style called Latin boogaloo which mixed jazz, Latin New York music, R&B/soul and the type of funk that was emerging with James Brown and other musicians.

In "Saffron and Soul" Pucho mixed pop and soul hits with the stronger stuff. That means the best and funkiest pieces--"Aye Ma Ma," "Soul Yamie," "The Groover" and a typically irreverent cover of "Caravan"--are mixed with the likes of "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Alfie."