Essential Psych lp’s
TheMack
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psych fans out there, what would you say are some absolutely ESSENTIAL psych lp's? im tryin to fill some gaps
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as far as physc goes i recently picked up 13th floor elevators - bull of the woods and this baroques record both of which are pretty good.
as for essential, i wouldnt have a clue...
dollars if you can stomach a reish on it. I don't know that much. I'm just shooting off a few random things. I know that I like psychedelics. Almost any music is psychedelic in my opinion, in that other aspects become apparent under the influence. It just made me more aware of patterns in music. Listening to the JBs on mushrooms during the daytime in the summer is perfect. Layers upon layers.
count five- "psycotic reaction"
zoo- "zoo"
the cool- "pop sounds"
arzachel- "arzachel"
electric prunes-"release of an oath"
kim fowley- "outrageous"
lothar & the hand people- "presenting"
the stooges- "the stooges"
the lemon dips- "whos gonna buy"
beat group- "beat group"
tages- "2"
um m m . . . i could go on forever. . stein. . .
I'd also keep an eye out for Portraits by the Buckinghams. Like the Fruitgums, they were also known for poppish AM radio singles, but if you remove "Susan" and "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song," the rest of it is pretty experimental. By ANYBODY'S standards.
I'm recommending these two in particular because they're usually cheap. (And if you ever run across the Buckinghams' Made In Chicago compilation, know that sides three and four are the entire Portraits album.)
Edit: Mandrake Memorial and Puzzle by the Mandrake Memorial are on key...we were just mentioning them in the Poppy Records thread. Clear Light's album on Elektra (reissued on Sundazed) is a goodie as well.
New Hope - God of All of Us
The Road - Cognition
Blue Jays - Nascence
Charisma - ST
Ark 2 - Flaming Youth (Phil Collins on the Break!)
Spleen - The Sound of Feeling
Amazing stuff
Psych with a capital P starts here.
.. but plan on getting the reissue.
You got that right, son...
off the top of the dome these are all totally essential:
Pink Floyd - Piper
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
Bee Gees - First
Idle Race - The Birthday Party
Maitreya Sai Satya Kali - Apache / Inca
Os Mutantes - 2nd LP
Love - Forevor Changes
Beach Boys - Smile
Byrds - Notorious Byrds Bros
Silver Apples - Contact
Gandalf - ST
and my personal vote for GOAT:
West Coast Pop Art EXperimental Band - A Childs Guide To Good And Evil
buy this to read more(I still need to get a copy)
Big ups to San Diego's own Mike Stax, master of all things Beat and Psych related!
Get Ugly Things on a regular basis and you'll never need to ask Soul Strut brethren nuthin about garage and psych. Except maybe "does anyone have a copy of XXX?"
These guys just look so 'Canadian'...
also, if the Stooges are being mentioned as 'psych' then the definition has become dangerously degraded.
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They're 'psych' if you mean 'psychotic'... but not psychedelic
Dope LP, K.
what about bob seger? can we call him psych?
that one tune on 'noah' that rips off 'sympathy for the devil' is a little psychedelic innit?
Plastic Cloud is like the best know Canuck psych rarity - rare, but essential?
imho: the top 2 essential psych lps are prolly 'piper at the gates' & 'are you experienced?'
Essential is relative. I'd say Bentwind is the best known.
K.