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My Mind Goes High - Psychedlic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults

by: Various Artists

Release Date November 14, 2005
Psychedelic music came about through the Beatles and its backwaters included Sunshine Pop-which was first called Good Time Music.Here are some of the main players like the Electric Prunes,the Monkees,the West Coast Ezperimental Band and the Monkees with the Association at their most psychedelic.
This first volume covers the psychedelic end while Whole lot of rainbows is for Sunshine Pop
In the U K they used names like Freakbeat.
By the end of the 60s psychedelic music disappeared into Prog Rock in the U K while America came up with Bubblegum

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Insane Times: 25 British Psychedelic Artefacts from the EMI Vaults

by: Various Artists

Release Date August 13, 2007
Besides the strange sound effects cobbled onto the front or end of many of these songs, the factor that links most of them is that they were commercially not successful. And the factor that unites all the failures here is the underplayed vocals. Even Kevin Ayers, who opens this collection, had a somewhat throw-away singing style.

For goodness sake, men, watch 'The X-Factor' to learn the importance of passionate singing. Or think back to other rock singers of the late 1960s: Mick Jagger, Arthur Brown, and even Greg Lake. They all put their souls into their vocals.

Most of the singers on this compilation didn't. They chose insipid instead, and on that path lay Barclay James Harvest. QED.

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Fleet Foxes

by: Fleet Foxes

Release Date June 16, 2008
Wonderful and haunting. It sounds both contemporary, seventies and has more than a hint of old 19th century American folk music about it.

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This Is Psychedelia: Over 3 Hours of Mind-Expanding Acid Rock

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 11, 2007
Psychedelic Music was created more by accident than design by the Beatles.It was their idea translated into soundscapes by George Martin that were to lead to the San Fransisco explosion.
As the British showed America the way in the 60s so the music eveolved.But the Velvet Underground were from a different place and more akin to what became punk and goth.
The U K would carry on the idea behind the music well into the 90s especially the Liverpool area where the Teardrop Explodes and Space were not out of place amongst the American model.
However many of the tracks included here have no right being there eg the Kenny Rogers one was just a spoof though quite well done.
America's psychedelic developments came from blues and folk bands ... Read More:

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Pacific Ocean Blue/Bambu (The Caribou Sessions): Legacy Edition

by: Dennis Wilson

Release Date June 16, 2008
Fantastic album Pacific Ocean Blue, just get it and listen to it, plus the bonus tracks and the additional lost album 'Bambu', all beautifully packaged, make this a worthy tribute to a flawed genius; Dennis Wilson.

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For Emma Forever Ago

by: Bon Iver

Release Date March 24, 2008
I'm puzzled about all the 5 star reviews here. This record does not deserve 5 stars. It's slightly above average and that's it.I couldn't decide between 2 and 3 stars.

The last 2 songs are the best, particularly "Stacks". Otherwise the singer's voice can be annoying and the songs, in general, have a deeply somniferous effect...like watching a very slow arthouse French movie.

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Psycho-Sonic

by: Sonics

Release Date August 04, 2003
Excellent comprehensive collection of tracks from this genuinely seminal band. Anyone who is interested in punk/rock/indie/garage/punk-funk music should check this out immediately.

WARNING: Most other music sounds very bland and 'quiet' after you've played this album! My advice would be to listen to some Wanda Jackson beforehand, to ease your ears into the yells and screams which litter The Sonics tracks, then follow it with some Black Diamond Heavies or Link Wray's 'Lost Cadence Sessions' for some equally distorted-guitar sounds. Enjoy!

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The Best Of ? And The Mysterians

by: Question Mark & The Mysterians

Release Date May 22, 2006
86 Tears was licensed by Cameo from a tiny label called Pa-G-Go and topped the charts.In the U K just 2 singles were issued.
In the 80s the song was revived by the Stranglers who were maed as part of the Punk revolution but were actually closer to real American garage pop.
With no attempts to issue an album in the 60s all this material comes as new

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Oracular Spectacular

by: MGMT

Release Date March 10, 2008
Sorry for this short and lazy review - which is no reflection of my feelings for this album. Oracular Spectacular is superb, MGMT is superb. And going for a bargain price at the time of writing too!

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Odessey & Oracle Remastered Digipak Reissue with 16 Bonus Tracks

by: The Zombies

Release Date June 04, 2007
Just why did it take so long for this album to become a classic with songs like Time Of The Season and This Will Be Our Year.Love them all and when your finished,introduce yourself to InTo The Afterlife, out of this world!