Tag: psychedelic
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The Monkees, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., 1967 on Colgems
This was the fourth Monkees LP, as they were taking increasing control and playing the instruments themselves, joined by studio session musicians. “Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky”— which introduces “Pleasant Valley Sunday”—reminds us we’re at the heart of the psychedelic 60s. There’s now a four CD “Super Deluxe Edition” on the Monkees website, as…
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Love, Forever Changes, 1967 on Elektra
Iconic later sixties album from Arthur Lee and co. This would be their third and final album in the original lineup. The track “Alone Again Or” (with the refrain “And I will be alone again tonight my dear”) has been used in a number of films and was covered by The Damned on 1986’s Anything.…
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Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun, 1968 on Warner Bros / Seven Arts
Second LP from the Dead, assembled together by Garcia and Lesh out of a mixture of live and studio recordings to make a new hybrid. Very much a psychedelic and experimental record, as the cover and song titles would suggest. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2023, which was manufactured for Rhino.…