50 Psychedelic '60s Bands To Hear Before You Die

ALL the song titles:
Afterglow -- Morning
The Animated Egg -- A Love Built On Sand
The Art Of Lovin' -- What The Young Minds Say
Beacon Street Union -- Pack Up
Bow Street Runners -- American Talking Blues
Bread, Love And Dreams -- Masquerade
The Chocolate Watchband -- Medication
Clear Light -- Street Singer
Creation of Sunlight -- Seven Times Infinity
Dantalian's Chariot -- Coffee Song
December's Children --Sweet Talkin' Woman
The Deep Six -- Paint It Black
The Electric Prunes -- I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
Elizabeth -- Mary-Anne
Faine Jade -- Cold Winter Sun Symphony in D Major
The Fallen Angels -- Introspective Looking Glass
Flat Earth Society -- Feeling Much Better
The Growing Concern -- Sit Down, I Think I Love You
H.P. Lovecraft -- Mobius Trip
Iron Butterfly -- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
July -- Dandelion Seeds
Kaleidoscope -- The Sky Children
The Leathercoated Minds -- Kicks
The Litter -- Soul Searchin'
Love -- Signed D.C.
The Maze -- I'm So Sad
The Misunderstood -- Children of the Sun
Morgen -- Purple
The Moving Sidewalks -- Crimson Witch
Mystic Siva -- Keep Your Head
N.S.U. -- Turn On, Or Turn Me Down
Nova Local -- Tobacco Road
The Open Mind -- Soul And My Will
Pearls Before Swine -- Another Time
Phluph -- Love Eyes
The Pretty Things -- Balloon Burning
Quicksilver Messenger Service -- Fresh Air
Scrugg -- Wish I Was Five
Second Hand -- Mainliner
The Serpent Power -- Flying Away
The Smoke -- The Hobbit Symphony
Spirits And Worm -- Spirits And Worm
Strawberry Alarm Clock -- The World Is On Fire
The Tea Company -- Make Love Not War
Tomorrow -- Hallucinations
The Travel Agency -- Lonely Seabird
Ultimate Spinach -- Plastic Raincoating
The Underground -- The Warper
Womb -- Conceptions of Reality II
The 13th Floor Elevators -- Reverberation
More great obscure '60s psychedelic bands:
#51 Children Of The Mushroom
#52 Chrysalis
#53 The Human Beinz
#54 Iota
#55 It's A Beautiful Day
#56 The Lollipop Shoppe
#57 Morning Dew
#58 The Music Machine
#59 The Sacred Mushroom
#60 Them
#61 Toad Hall
#62 The United States Of America
#63 Quintessence
#64 The Grass Roots
#65 Skip Bifferty
#66 Twink
#67 The Other Half
#68 The Zoo
#69 The Illusion
#70 Liquid Smoke
#71 The Hunger
#72 Sweet Smoke
#73 Electric Toilet
#74 Gong
#75 Wilde Flowers
#76 Soft Machine
#77 Five Day Week Straw People
#78 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
#79 Country Joe & The Fish
#80 The Red Krayola
#81 The Storybook
#82 Kenny & the Casuals
#83 The Human Expression
#84 The Third Bardo
#85 The Third Ear Band
#86 The Hook
#87 Colours
Sod the numbering!
The Outsiders
Blossom Toes
C.A. Quintet
The Churchills
The Hangmen
Ars Nova
The Comfortable Chair
T*I*M*E
Mourning Dayze
The Hatchers
Fever Tree
Neon Pearl
The Byrds
Andwella's Dream
Mandrake Memorial
The Deviants
The Incredible String Band
Savage Resurrection
Fifty Foot Hose
White Noise
Blues Magoos
The Seeds
Kak
Music Emporium
Fenwyk
Supersister
Bubble Puppy
Bad Seeds
Thursday's Children
American Blues
Zakary Thaks
Mouse and the Traps
Shivas Headband
The Wig
Conqueroo
The Children
Mandrake Memorial
The Great Society
The Leaves
The Castaways
Marmalade
The End
Family
The Third Bardo
The Mystic Tide
Lothar and The Hand People
Mind Garage
Asphalt Mother
Catharsis
The Monks
Bo Grumpus
Aum
We The People
The Collectors
Grass and Wild Strawberries
Amboy Dukes
The Turtles
Cold Sun
Silver Apples
Listening
Mint Tattoo
Eden's Children
The Hobbits
The Marshmallow Steamshovel

[@zincChameleon]

I was lucky enough to see Hendrix play live; that was psychedelic at its best.

[@JIDLAFE]

VC é feliz então mn, I AM BRAZILIAN 😂

[@garybryansongs]

Having played in garageband in the 60s I really appreciate this collection. I could smell the cherry incense burning as I parted the hanging beads in the head shop to buy a pack of papers. Thanks for the trip!

[@sonofdog8649]

Yeah, I remember those shops! With a handful of underground comics ( Zippy the Pinhead, Freak Bros.) and bong in the other. Why can I recall all that, but can never find my keys in the morning?

[@jenniferfox2253]

Hey man, I live in Boulder. It all never left man, you did. :)

[@rickyarvizu7535]

Gary Bryan ...and walking into the Black Light Room with 4 walls of a thousand glowing posters!!

[@jeffnelson7915]

WHOA!! You just brought back some memories!!! Thanks!

[@texascommtech]

I really appreciate you posting these; I was a wannabe hippie teenager back in the mid to late 60's, definitely some of the best days of my life. I was SO into music; listening to it, creating it and playing it in our garage band, going to concerts, being a roadie for area bands, mixing sound in a small studio I built, and even being a disc jockey at several Texas FM radio stations. I went on to work at some TV stations, worked on the set of Austin City Limits for awhile, worked at a music store in Austin, got to meet some pretty famous people in the business and am just major grateful for all I got to learn and do working with others in the industry who mentored me and taught me what they could. But YOU, my little hippie chickie, YOU obviously know a LOT about our music from that era; this is an impressive mix you laid down here; I wish we could have heard all of each song and had you to tell us something about that song, that band, that artist, etc, but it's cool; I will for sure research some of this for myself on the I-Net. Now how about telling us something about YOU, and how you came to know so much about this great music? Maybe where you lived and ran during those years, if you were a disc jockey or a musician, maybe some short anecdotes about your life at the time, and if you are still involved in producing music in any way...I'm sure this would be interesting to most of us old hippies out here, and maybe a few aspiring young hippies to be! Looking forward to hearing from you! Yer friend fer shure, "Dean From Abilene!"

[@slywolf1607]

I've always wondered what it would be like to be that kind of teen/young adult back then.. No doubt some real original trippy music was being made. Just started getting into it. Can't believe it's taken me this long!

[@texascommtech]

I think it's a certain "mind set;" an attitude, an outlook on life; a "spirit," if you will. And to be a TRUE hippie in the most complete sense of the word not only requires all of that, but also a rather high level of intelligence. Anyone can do drugs and just get LOST in it and miss out on the fact that the type of drugs we did back then, pot, hash, mescaline, psilocybin, etc, were meant to not only be FUN, but also to be a TOOL to help enable one to see into and to comprehend other realities, higher levels of thought, upper level scientific concepts. From listening to you here and in exploring your other comments on other pages, videos you've watched, people you subscribe to, subjects you seem to be interested in, I would say you do indeed appear to be "one of those kinds" of people, my friend. You may be considerably younger than those of us who were teenagers in the 60's and early 70's, but that "spirit" has always been, and will always be, alive, as long as there are people like you and I. It's important to be discerning, but that is NOT the same thing as discriminating in a negative way, of course; of knowing who is the RIGHT kind of people to hang with, and who is not; of knowing what are GOOD things to spend your finite TIME learning about during your lifetime, and what is NOT; of knowing what are WORTHWHILE

[@geraldnedarc1488]

Sly Wolf Looking back at my 'baby boomer' generation, most is depressing save for the MUSIC which was so creative and great. 40 plus years later I am still discovering music as a teenager that I had missed ... It is truly a wonderful adventure .... Welcome to the Club, Sly Wolf.

[@nathanclark3046]

texascommtech such a beautiful comment. As a musician this makes me want to dig deeply into 60s psychedelic music and learn what makes it tick even more than I did before. I feel as though my generation/myself have been in a bit of denial about our affinity towards old psychedelic rock music. I guess there are plenty of "jam bands" and even in some more "hipster" bands really paying homage but I think there is still plenty of space for us to rediscover something that has influenced our lives so much.

[@texascommtech]

Thanks, Mr. Clark. I am always happy to hear ANY one discovering, or re-discovering, 60's and 70's music..even 50's and 40's music I have learned to be interesting, entertaining and fun. Of course I am passionate about music that was "happening" when I was "waking up" as a teen, but it's also been very interesting to explore such things as learning what kind of music was on the radio when my parents were kids, when they were teenagers, when they were young adults, when they were dating. But back to the subject, possibly the two biggest things I remember about music from "back then" was #1, a lot of it was politically relevant. Listen to Street Fighting Man by Stones from Beggars Banquet. GREAT album. Sky Pilot by Eric Burdon and the Animals. Many others of course. And, a lot of songs about pot, LSD, etc; extremely relevant. But on "the other side of the coin," and at the other extreme, I remember a lot of songs were just flat out HAPPY. Not all, but most people just seemed to be excited, thrilled, grateful even, just to be alive! It was a very exciting time to be alive, and I am grateful to have been young during that time. There are SO many things about that time period; the attitude of a lot of people for example, the feeling of HOPE, optimism, positivity, etc, that I really wish could have lasted FOREVER. I truly wish you the best, brother Clark. DON'T let this world steal your happiness, your motivation, your spirit. Stay happy, and spread optimism where you can; we so need it these days. Thanks for letting me hear from you. PS: Sometime sign up for a free account with Last.FM. Choose "60's & 70's music," totally random. Let the computer choose the music for you. There's also some great users on YT who have done this, posting hours and hours or at least album after album of their favorite music from that time period. I try to stay current with what is happening TODAY, but there's also days when I'm working in the yard, house or garage and I have speakers all over house, shop and yard where I let that music play Sometimes I can actually forget I'm in this time period and go back "to the good old days" in my head. Kind of a mental vacation. I just might come back one of these days.

[@chrisphillips3434]

obscure but lovely songs,wish I was around in the 60s,definitely the best decade :) thank you for opening our minds

[@clapadamclap]

Thank you LSD for making it all possible, i mean look how creative the album art is..

[@FirstoneLastone]

I made my Mother cry when I sang the lines 'be the first one on your block , to have your boy come home in a box' after that she backed me up in my efforts to stay out of the draft...powerful

[@drbluzer]

My mother also wanted me to stay out of the draft as I went to college and got a deferral . I don't know if my mother heard that line from COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH 's " I FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN' TO DIE RAG" as my brother had that album and played it often .

[@videomaniac108]

Thanks for including The Clear Light. They have a song worth listening to: "She's Ready to be Free".

[@raykaelin]

Dude--much thanks for posting this! Man, does it bring back memories - well, half-remembered anyway.Just great!

[@curtczajkowski5726]

The "space rock" band Hawkwind I believe started performing in the late 60's...Awesome band!

[@yitzhaka134]

Wish music was still like this

[@spudwas]

I never thought I'd say this back then...but those were more innocent and creative times back then.

[@scottbenowitz7921]

well, I've certainly got to add to my cd collection now- I still continue to be amazed at how the musicians from my parents era were able to continuously create such amazing music with such primitive technologies- These albums were recorded with analog recording equipment that's archaic compared to today's technologies, and yet so few of today's progressive rock musicians, or musicians from any other genre for that matter have any idea how to play like the bands that LHTD is showing here...

[@davideckler9195]

Aorta, The American Amboy Dukes, The United States Of America, The Bubble Puppy, SRC, and It's A Beautiful Day are a few just off the top of my head. I also agree Blue Cheer got pretty psychedelic starting with their 3rd album, much more so on later releases.

[@stephenindc9102]

Aorta ! Man, I wore that album out.

[@toneyisaiah408]

Metal heads need to learn a lesson.

[@WarHog38KCS]

@@toneyisaiah408 I collect psych, rock & metal. Just always bought heavy fashionable music during all those decades' I have most of these records and I am a metal head as well. You need to learn a lesson. Great music was made all during the later 1960's, 1970's & 1980's. I doubt the musical creativity of those decades will ever be commercially advanced ever again. Music is just a statement about racial diversity like everything else in the mass media these days. Deep State controlled like this whole society. Not meant to please people of European descent. The Zionist Deep State desires a New World Order which they totally control.

[@johnking2400]

I'm 17 and ever since I was 14 Ive loved this type of music it's not just oldies!

[@frank215n]

Big omission,Frijiid Pink.Best version ever of the House of the rising sun

[@sonofdog8649]

Good call, but with all comments posted you turn this into 100+ songs to hear before you die. Matter of fact, I want this in the background at my funeral, LOUD ! And beer will be served.

[@frank215n]

God Bless

[@appresley4071]

Grew up through the sixties, I still didn't know half these bands. However enjoyed them all thankyou.

[@LedHeadTillDeath]

Oh my, I love it, such a bluesy tone! Thank you, mate!

[@CATMANDU77]

Fantastic- some really unusual and nice sounds from the sixties. My favourite bands from the sixties were The fab Beatles, The Searchers, The Hollies, The Tremeloes, The Moody Blues, The Association, Traffic,Nirvana and The Cowsills. But there are indeed so many great bands just waiting to be discovered. You deserve credit for bringing so many to the forefront once again. Best Wishes, Tony

[@DeathTimer]

I'm really interested in the progression of rock music in the 60's and I'm surprised I've got a lot to learn. I already heard 3 of those bands on my own (13th Floor Elevators, The Pretty Things and Iron Butterfly). 47 bands to go. Thank you for this amazing source of music.

[@toddgilbert]

I will have to check these out as a lover of 60's music. I did get to see Aum they were great. Actually have been in touch with the guitar player.

[@Napoleon4778]

You have any contacts?

[@OZART2000]

Great list...I've listened to about 20 or so before. I would add, not in order: The Amboy Dukes, The Nice, Spirit, Procol Harum, and the most notable omission, Jefferson Airplane

[@YURIGIRLGARDEN]

Yeah, the most important band missed is Jefferson Airplane, it was a really good band

[@larrysweet5275]

Journey to the center of my mind!!!! That's what psychedelics were all about!!! Also SRC .

[@Iracord]

@@larrysweet5275 Yet...Nuge was straight when composing!!! He told me.

[@jamesaron1967]

So much creation and talent manifested in those few precious years - it was a veritable explosion of music!

[@jimrolds7364]

Nice list. Saw a few of those bands. Had quite a few of the albums. Actually got high with Iron Butterfly! Clear Light was a pretty good group back in those days that didn't really go very far. But I had the album, loved it. Of course Quicksilver and Strawberry Alarm Clock were popular groups. Pearls before Swine was a strange album--I had it, but really didn't play it much. Again, fun list. And yes, you forgot Pink Floyd and a group called Aorta. Good job!

[@calvinwboaz7085]

Pink Floyd is not obscure. However, Love is not obscure either, and they made the list.

[@alicelam3334]

I really enjoyed this walk down psychedelic path. Every song a winner in my book of Great tunes. Im still alive so I guess I got my 50 worth and I loved every minute of it. Thanks

[@TheFunkyKingston]

Great great compilation! Well done!

[@gavinthomas8198]

That was beautiful! The sights and sounds of when I grew up. Stuff I never heard before, great album covers and great songs that brought back memories . This made my day!

[@Groovy213]

Damn...I have a lot of bands to hear before I die. These all sound fantastic though, great upload

[@SeattleLA]

Fantastic documentary, thank you. Amazing how this genre, lasting about 18 months, not only left quickly, but except for real music fans, like me, is scarcely remembered. I remember walking past a small garage, many times, in Redondo, when I was 7 years old, hearing a garage band, like these, and thinking how much I wanted to be a rock musician. "Mouse" is another band

[@DaveFurgess]

The Factory, The Creation, The Outsiders, The Attack, Andromeda, Magic Mixture, Mystic Tide, Lollipop Shoppe, The Bachs, Masters Apprentices, Mighty Baby, The Poets, The Other Half, The Remains, SRC, Human Expression, The Dovers, Daily Flash, Fleur De Lys, Q-65, Amon Duul, Kak, We The People, Arcadium, Jason Crest, also those are a few that came to my mind.

[@hectormorales9832]

Thank you very much Saira for your publication, I like psychedelic rock and more than half of these bands I had never heard before in my country Uruguay. After listening to them I started searching the WEB where I could get these CDs and I already bought more than 20 CDs from different sellers. All this thanks to your publication, I hope to hear others in the future.

[@nicolasperlingieri6215]

Please somebody make a playlist in spotify with all these songs and reply this with the link. Do it and the world’ll pay you with an unforgettable trip

[@lesaanngaddess]

I would happily buy it.

[@cobraristein]

Wow! You really did some homework on this. Staple it together and call it bad weather. I would love to aquire a CD of all these songs. True 60's psychedelic tunes. Lots of other songs that we loved considered psychedlic... you know "White Ship", "Inna Goda"... "White Rabbit' etc... These songs you have posted are for the most part part, unheard of. I enjoyed all of them. Thank you posting.

[@HollywoodUndeadV]

I want to buy a volkswagen type 2 , put this music on it and drive without a direction

[@MrFellwuschel]

Thank you urban for posting this great collection. Some of these old records are a must have. Especially those of the UK Band Kaleidoscope.

[@dream-67]

Kaleidoscope were among the best from the UK and so underrated at the time...

[@michaelmcclure7987]

Acid rock guitarists John "King of the Whammy Bar" Cippolina from QMS, John Fogerty from CCR, Robbie Krieger from the Doors.

[@Iracord]

Jimi, Gilmour, Jeff Beck (ARCHANGEL of whammy), Danny Weiss...REAL acid rock guitarists!!!

[@NoWayMode]

this is exactly what i was looking for,thank you so much,i'm so obsessed with 60's music :)

[@dracula9]

What about "The Peanut Butter Conspiracy?" Look them up!!!

[@Porter_Strange]

Hell yeah

[@pizzaman4385]

Also 60s syd barret Pink Floyd too

[@bobphillips3222]

WOW! What trip down memory lane, from someone who was there, and remembers most of those groups. I also thought of The Left Banke (Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina) from that era. A lot of work went into your compilation. Good job! And thanks.

[@psychrockhunter3014]

Anyon here knows The Seeds?, the first psychedelic rockers?

[@yannisgk]

i dunno if they were the first, but i love them (and not only me!!!)

[@sjbelew9204]

Love em!

[@michaelcraig9449]

I know the Weed! But, down to seeds and stems, again..

[@andrewturriff9752]

PsychRock Hunter not my favourite group but I love their live album

[@simonholyoak8869]

Fucking Sky Saxon man! Legend!

[@OpaqueVisions47]

Yes, I was born in 1980 & love this music more than any other

[@greyinvader]

Groovy list, man. Far out.

[@13jorino]

i know one woman I'd like to meet before i die. my son and i are absolutely thankful for youtube because he gets to enjoy real music. tx saira

[@GeorgeS1958]

I learned something! cool stuff!

[@halfmanhalfcrab3139]

Fantastic. Thank you for enabling me to fin some great bands that I didn't know of. Having a nice time listening to The Growing Concern as I type. Thanks!

[@abicampos2148]

#12 is a cover. Paint it black was composed by The Rolling Stones.

[@benulisse8327]

Thanks @Saira for your research and putting all these together! My homework will be to try getting through every band on that list this week. Cheers

[@1blastman]

Geez, I have a lot of these lp's in my collection, and there is a lot of good music to be heard from these bands. Missing from the list - the Beau Brummels, Blue Cheer, Earth Opera, the Hour Glass [early Allman's Band], Orpheus, White Chocolate, Glass Harp, Head over Heals, Chambers Brothers, Bloodrock, Blodwiyn Pig, anyone have any others?

[@Rascaduanok]

+1blastman The Seeds, Jacks, The Move, Tintern Abbey, Felius Andromeda, Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour. 'Flight from Ashiya' by Kaleidoscope should definitely be on this list!

[@1blastman]

+Kodanshi Helcarver You're right about Kaleidoscope, I have one of their LPs plus the Move's. This will take me back in time...... nice flashbacks!

[@philiprobinson256]

Can recommend from May 1969 Unicorn by Tyranmosaurus Rex and even though it was released in November 1971, Woman Child by Marsha Hunt.

[@StarconOne]

Another early version of the Allman Brothers was Allmen Joy. One I see missing from this list is Fever Tree. Most might think them a one hit band for "San Francisco Girls", but they did 3 albums, all with good material.

[@matthewrasanen3537]

There was also Illinois Speed Press, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After

[@supasoulproductions]

Great post here, really enjoyed it!! Aphrodite's Child, Bubble Puppy, The Electric Junkyard, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gong, The Lemon Pipers, Moby Grape, Procol Harum, Rupert's People, and the very first (pre-Motown) Rare Earth album Dreams and Answers are a few examples from my collection.

[@steverose7782]

Some really good choices. I would add KAK, Comfortable Chair, Fever Tree and Peanut Butter Conspiracy and expand to a top 100

[@ledfloyd1054]

Look at the description

[@extraglitter]

Awesome list! Some of my favorites on here and lots I haven't heard as well, thank you!

[@701ghoffman]

moby grape. sacred mushroom

[@craighepburn717]

Moby grape were not really obscure very good band.

[@kimonui]

doncha love suddenly hearing a song you grew up with in the 60's but have not heard since way back then, but something like THIS pops up and a flooooooddd of memories knocks you over. sweeeeet! and what a lotta work this was! appreciated!

[@donh432]

Saira, Your List is Far Out! Quicksilver is one of my favorites of any genre of music. You people complaining about this or that band ain't on here, Mellow Out Man. Make your own list and post it, I'd love to hear it. OhhhhhhhhOhhh-Have another hit-Of sweet California Sunshine.(Please stay away from the brown acid). Peace-Love

[@rickyarvizu7535]

Don H ...and it doesn't get any better than the two lead guitars of Johnny Cippolina and Gary Duncan ripping into Maiden of The Cancer Moon!!

[@EliWurth]

Fantastic list, and kudos for putting it together. Of course, no one will be completely satisfied, including yours truly, but you've done a masterful job of compiling this, if, in fact, you did this yourself. I'll be adding a few over time as I go through the video. I'd start by mentioning 2 Canadian bands, My Indole Ring, and the Seeds of Time. Also, I personally would consider Afterglow more sunshine pop, but there are some fine, borderline psyche songs on the LP...

[@rootboycooks]

Conspicuous by their absence Hot Smoke and Sassafras, The Bubble Puppy , And Pictures of Matchstick Men,Status Quo

[@russellcrawford7453]

The Root Boy Cooks ! I saw the bubble puppy perform 2 or 3 years ago at the Texas musicians Museum in Irving Texas of course they played hot sassafras and the rest of that album. I think they only had that one album out. They had issued copies for sale at the show naturally they signed autographs for me and the bass player was wearing a ruffle on his neck chest like Paul Revere and the Raiders I met the most beautiful girl there her name was Jan and damn it never got to see her again

[@jfrad1]

Aorta, was ubelievable live, saw them quite often in the late 60s..

[@LindaBkrWms]

ok Floyd ; how many of these do you remember? Oh and Iron Butterfly does not count as obscure. And neither do the Electric Prunes. Or Strawberry Alarmclock. I think an old friend of my brother's had all this music.

[@mrfrains]

The chocolate watch band, December's Children, O, yes The Electric Prunes, Quicksilver Messenger Service who I did not like and Strawberry Alarm Clock.

[@LindaBkrWms]

floyd rains I knew you among all my friends would know these =P

[@mrfrains]

mirror of your mind we the people, shape of things to come max frost & the troopers, time has come today the chambers brothers

[@mrfrains]

underground radio with b. Mitchel Reed

[@LindaBkrWms]

floyd rains oh Yeah! I remember underground radio... ya had to keep the stereo on and hope they were broadcasting over top the fcc regulated junk. LOL! I was too young to appreciate the progressive sound but I am glad I have a brother and sister that loved it and it slowly grew on me. My mom loved it too especially procol harum

[@bramdevos267]

I really thank you for this list, every single band is genious BIG THANKS!

[@daniellong1261]

Want all of these records

[@kt9166]

Good stuff! CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND (first two LPs), THE ELECTRIC PRUNES (first three LPs), FAINE JADE, FALLEN ANGELS, H.P. LOVECRAFT, IRON BUTTERFLY (of course!), the other KALEIDOSCOPE (the one with David Lindley) (both LPs), THE LITTER (both albums), LOVE (yes yes yes!), THE MISUNDERSTOOD, THE MOVING SIDEWALKS (before they became ZZ Top), THE PRETTY THINGS (S.F. Sorrow is a MASTERPIECE!), QUICKSILVER, THE SMOKE (My Friend Jack eats sugar lumps!), STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, ULTIMATE SPINACH, and of course, the ELEVATORS! (The first two elpees are ground zero for Psych!). You gave me samples of many groups I'd heard and not heard of, but not yet heard. Lots of listening pleasure ahead. Thank you!

[@khadijagavignet6349]

excellent list, many classics and many missing of course (the list need 300 entries at least). I just miss this time so much. I wish I could live my life in the 50's 60's 70's and start again forever. Great music (from blues, folk, rock'n'roll, surf, garage, psyche, prog, funk, hardrock, punk, world, etc) great cars, lots of dreams, and beautiful people. The 80's was the beginning of the end: ugly plastic cars (who collect 80's car today???) shit music made with horrible computer sound, without heart or souls, ugly ridiculous hair cut (look at the pictures, so funny that nobody would have hair like that today even for 10.000 dollars).

[@yessharp]

+insidethesound ..I have to agree bro...I have listened to music from the sixties and until now. There are still some terrific musicians around NOW though, like Radiohead, Muse and Doves. and heaps of other great bands, but you have to search for them because the dumb commercial radio stations refuse to play good music. CHEERS MATE

[@roniswtf]

Great compilation! Thank you!

[@user-rh2gx7un4w]

Music 60's is a best.

[@jamespeters7322]

Awesome research and editing. I bought four of these records back in the day when you chose them based on cover-art and radio hits and the good bits were often rare. From this presentation they all sound as good as In a Gadda da Vida by Iron Butterfly. Would that were so.

[@DoctorPanglossBand]

Great list, but if you really want to show off Quicksilver Messenger Service, it should be Pride of Man or Mona.

[@rickyarvizu7535]

Montag Musik ...but those don't even compare with the two lead guitars of Johnny Cippolina and Gary Duncan ripping on Fresh Air!!

[@PhillippeLaVere]

I had to check this out also. Interesting list! But if you are going for bands that most people haven't heard, I would have dropped a few bands: Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live version) was one of the biggest selling records on Atco for years. To this day, it still gets airplay. I would also drop Austin's beloved 13th Floor Elevators. There biggest hit, Roky Erikson's "You're Gonna Miss Me" has been used in countless films and TV promo spots. There was , for a long time, a rumor that their visit to San Francisco in 1966 may have started the Psychedelic Scene, because not only did they hang out with the (folky sounding) Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, but they brought with them some psych mushrooms which they shared. But I have confirmed that this story is NOT the beginning of the scene, but a myth. The Strawberry Alarm Clark should also be dropped. As much as I loved their hit Incense & Peppermint, I still remember owning their original album. The hit, and some other psychedelic tracks were written by their producers, trying to cash in on the current trends. By the time you got to side 2, they sounded like a slightly better than average jazz band, which is what they really were. Quicksilver Messenger Service I might have left in there, but not during their period with Dino Valenti on vocals. They were much better in their original line up, and the vocals were fine. Ultimate Spinach had quite a few albums out (5, 6?), and supposedly, one of them has Chevy Chase on drums, when he was briefly in the band. I had a couple of their albums, but I have a feeling that I would hate them now, Like the Spinach, The Beacon St. Union was from Boston, which was intentionally competing with SF , and calling their psych scene "The Boss Town Sound". The Pretty Things were also fairly popular (rumor is that their SF Sorrow album was the 1st concept album or rock opera), at least enough for Bowie to cover TWO of their songs, Rosalyn and Don't Bring Me Down on his Pin Ups album. Pearls Before Swine, I will admit was somewhat rare, being in reality only one man, but I do remember hearing several songs off of their albums on early NY FM radio. I would probably keep them, and I'm not sure if they have been re-issued on CD. Love were fairly big at the time but were poorly remembered since the 60's. I would have included something from Forever Changes or Da Capo. HP Lovecraft I remember seeing before I ever read any books by that author, at the Fillmore East. They should be on the list. The Chocolate Watch Band put out a fair amount of albums. What is interesting is that they started out as a standard garage-rock band, and then morphed into a psychedelic band, but they should be heard. Clear Light is still one of my very favorite albums of all time. There were rumors of a second album, but that tuned out to be myth. However, the CD version, which sounds great, adds two additional singles that were not on the original album. Also, most of the band were featured (along with Scott MsKenzie - if If You Go To San Francisco) as members of the commune in the film The President's Analyst. The Electric Prunes also did a concert album that was written as a Mass, but I haven't heard it since it was released. I think that leaves me with The Moving Sidewalks, the band Billy Gibbons was in before ZZ Top. All of their singles, b-sides, unreleased tracks have recently been added to the original album, and is available on CD. They were scheduled to play Austin Psych Fest, but I think they dropped out. Other bands that might be worth looking into: Silver Apples (electronic and drums), Eart Opera (especially the 1st album, United States of America, Ars Nova maybe, Moby Grape (hard to find due to legal stuff), West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, and lots more. There was also a revival of psych bands in the '80's by bands like The Rain Parade and Dream Syndicate, among others. The Black Angles have released 6 albums since 2006 and have been featured in a bunch of TV shows, movies, and commercials. They also are in charge of the Austin Psych Fest, which was to have featured Primal Scream and Moving Sidewalks, but both are no longer on the list. However, The Zombies, Brian Jonestown Massacre and a bunch of bands with intriguing names are. www.austinpsychfest.com/2014.../apf-2014-lineup/ AUSTIN PSYCH FEST | APF 2014 LINEUP www.austinpsychfest.com

[@mikedrennan8303]

To add to the list of greatest psychedelic bands, What about Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention??

[@StarconOne]

Yes, they were great, but not obscure, which is what this list is about.

[@michaelrockwell55]

Mike Drennan my sentiments exactly. Anything on freak out at least right?

[@craighepburn717]

The were not obscure very overrated some ok stuff.

[@antoniolucas98]

i always come back to that video since 2014. A real treasure

[@vicmiddleton8591]

How about The Ugly Ducklings, Blue Cheer, The Paupers or early hawkwind?

[@johnkulpowich5260]

Definitely hawkwind

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

The Banana Splits 🍌 🐶🐵🦁🐘

[@MrPeterNeedham]

I have all of these (both lists) in my record collection, although some I haven't listened to in quite a while, thanks for refreshing my memory

[@hammer44head]

If U listen to the Incredible String Bands album", 5000 Spirits or layers of the onion" , backwards u will be able to smell colors.

[@MungoidHen]

Ha ha he he . Now, THAT was Reeelly FUNNY that was :D

[@davidevans3175]

Interesting!! Because I wore that album out and smelled the colors forward!! :)

[@hammer44head]

David Evans--- :)

[@Lamvesp]

Brilliant. Thanks for posting this.

[@OccupyAmerica1]

Leaving the Blues Magoos off of this negates this entire list! How irresponsible of you, Mr. List compiler! What were you thinking?!? They practically invented this space! SHEESH!

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Best list of those likes so far. Top job. Sadly guys and gals, it is only fifty out of the unnumbered great groups of the era. But that's the way it is. Such a time. A very good list for new listeners.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

You surely love the Boston scene, Saira ( mastermind: composer/ arranger Alan Lorber)

[@golfscotland]

The late late show on KLRB Carmel-By-The-Sea

[@newmillenniumbeatnik]

Great List and additions! Of course there will always be someone's favorite left off a compilation, but no one can be expected to remember everything from the Pyschedelec Sixites!

[@jayrodriguez4486]

#23= cover song: original by paul revere and the raiders (1966)

[@jayrodriguez4486]

and we all kow the song of #12 is a cover and what band performs it first... or not?

[@kaylabrown1851]

I'm 19 and I really wish i was around in the 60's and 70's. I really love the music. The music in today's time is not as good as this era ♥♥

[@williamdrummond18]

I have good taste in music,my friend ! Kapai e mana roa,e hoa!!

[@lightyagami0ben]

Quicksilver Messenger Service

[@raffaelevalente7811]

You can understand the amount of acid they consumed from the album covers... I knew just four of them, btw. Thank you for sharing!

[@philiprobinson256]

A couple of Marc Bolan related bands you missed out Johns Children and Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[@StarconOne]

This is the second post that misnames Marc Bolan's band. They were just called T. Rex

[@dylanbuzit7198]

T-rex was post Unicorn album. They shortened their name.

Not Psychedelic in any way.

@@StarconOne T-Rex were originally called Tyrannosaurus Rex

[@FriarTuck777]

The video alone is great music history. Your listing of the song titles and long list of additional groups really took me to school. This was pure escapism and fun. Thank you for such a cool posting. Keep on rockin'!

[@felicitywalker6289]

I'm trying to find a song I had on cassette from a friend. The lyrics went 'this is the season, stormy weather's on the way'. Anyone know it?

[@BallerFever]

"It's Alright Ma, It's only Witchcraft" by Fairport Convention?

[@felicitywalker6289]

Justin Pettit Yes! Thank you:)

[@missmarvelle]

Love, Great Band Pioneer's of Psychedelic Rock

[@wastelandsw]

Vanilla Fudge.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

Fudge never wrote anything cover band

[@rolandogarza8639]

I`m always searching something new to hear ( talking about 60's and 70's music. Now i find a lot of music to enjoy .....Thanks LH

[@RonaldVaughan]

and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA should be #1!

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

I remember The United States of America...I got their extended CD...they were my favorite.

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Hector Gonzalez Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies. Right? Toss in the Banshees, Lothar and the Hand People, and Spooky Tooth.

[@andrewturriff9752]

Ronald Vaughan that’s a great one

[@feldpost58]

Love all this style of music, always something to learn - I have all these records either in original vinyl form or on cds

[@erika0jay]

I kind of wanted Pink Floyd's See Emily Play in there, but oh well

[@pifmilou]

Pink Floyd ain't obscure at all.

[@darkknight6878]

Etienne Duclos Pink Floyd song "set the controls on the heat of the sun" is't Oscure Rock.

[@rudyjudy7692]

Impressive collection. I used to have albums by some of these bands, but some I wasn't familiar with. My first exposure to Underground Music was through Penn State's radio station. Later I was an avid listener to Beaker Street out of Little Rock(This was a fantastic nightly place to hear some great Underground Music believe it or not!). This was a great era of musical innovation. One group I used to like that you didn't cover was the MC5.

[@LindaBkrWms]

Is that a Hieronymous Bosch at about 10:00 in the video?

[@sonofdog8649]

Similar, but I doubt it. Bosch was smoking and/or dropping some serious shit back then, but still love his work

[@garylarson420]

close... it is a section of "the triumph of death" by breughel the elder, courtesy of the prado museum, madrid, spain

[@StarconOne]

No it's not, Gary was right. Bosch was used on the cover of Deep Purple's third eponymous album, the last one with Rod Evans on vocals.

[@Harvestxdeath69]

so many great bands. i keep revisiting this video because it's the perfect way to find something new to listen to. thanks so much.

[@YURIGIRLGARDEN]

You missed two very important bands: *CREAM *JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

[@StarconOne]

Hardly obscure bands, yuri

[@unleashthemedia]

Thank you soooo mjuch for this! Awesome!

[@imperfectosjosue]

¿Cuántas han muerto por sobredosis y cuántas siguen activo?

[@scottbenowitz7921]

Well happy '14 to everyone !!! Last month, I purchased the album entitled "A Young Man's Song" by Frumious Bandersnatch (originally recorded in the 1960's, then released on cd in 1996.) The band Frumious Bandersnatch took their name from one of the characters in Carroll's 1871 poem "Jaberwocky" from "Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found There"- Frumious Bandersnatch were together from 1967 through 1969, the only album that they recorded back in the 1960's is only available on vinyl, it has never been uploaded to audio cd (at least not legally, some pirate copies may exist.) However, in the mid 1990's, they began to release some audio cd recordings which are comprised of a mix of vintage 1960's concert recordings combined with some of their original studio recordings- And (in Scott's opinion), "A Young Man's Song" is a FANTASTIC album, we hear very progressive rock, vintage late 1960's psychedelic style sound, comparable to many of the bands that we hear here on LHTD's playlist... We hear innovative use of sound effects, interesting poetic style lyrics which allude to interesting imagery, and we hear some very advanced chord progressions and rhythms. SO, take Ross Valery, George Tickner and Herbie Herbert from Frumious Bandersnatch, combine them with Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie from the original line-up of Santana, and you get ... .... JOURNEY : ( !!!! Absolute commercialized, simplistic, "album- oriented" complete and total garbage, boring repetitive lyrics, annoying and repetitive very simplistic chord progressions (again, just Scott's opinion here.) And if you listen to the early Santana albums as well as to the Frumious Bandersnatch recordings from the 1960's, you'll see that these are all very obviously very talented musicians- I don't think that they'd lost any talent by the 1970's, I'm guessing that they simply wanted to sell a lot of albums to make a lot of money; they knew managers who knew promoters who suggested that they compose entire albums which catered specifically towards a late 1970's- early 1980's simplistic commercialized style, and so their albums received A LOT of air play, ad nausem- The managers as well as the promoters of Journey knew that if you distribute t-shirts and baseball hats which display a band's logo on it to every single store in North America which sells t-shirts and hats, then people will flock to see a band's concerts in droves, regardless of how bad the music is... I don't own any of their albums, but Journey's songs are still so over-played that you can't really escape them entirely- If I'd not known that Journey is comprised of members who had first played with Frumious Bandersnatch and with Santana, I'd never in a million years have guessed that these same musicians who were playing such advanced and progressive music back in the 1960's were writing and playing such simplistic garbage in the 1970's and the 1980's.... I sometimes intentionally miss 12:09 AM local train home when I travel from Grand Central Station in Manhattan back out to our house out here in the suburbs, and I wait until it's time for the 1:09 AM local, just so I don't have to hear "Don't Stop Believing" being played repeatedly on the overhead speakers in the audio system in the main waiting area of the terminal ...

[@drpepperr]

Bubblepuppy????

[@donnaschimming]

Thank YOU!!!! what a trip backwards. Some good musicians really.

[@CDeen]

no cream?

[@CDeen]

or jefferson airplane?

[@doremi9]

C Deen Agreed but these are more obscure that most folks won't be too familiar with.

[@CDeen]

true...they still are bands to "hear before you die"...and just thought they really shouldve been in there anyhow

[@xinfeQionx]

C Deen lmao this is for obscure bands dude, everyone has heard of Cream or Jefferson Airplane. Look on that list, see anything mainstream? I didn't think so.

[@CDeen]

+xinfeQionx depends who you know. some yuppies dont even know about them. just because they are famous to you and people you know.. doesnt mean they shouldnt be on this playlist ..(or even a less popular song by them) of 50 psychedelic bands to hear before you die. Last time i checked that was the title of the playlist-not for obscure psychedelic bands. speaking of obscure...Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grass Roots Strawberry Alarm Clock..The Seeds..Iron Butterfly ..are not so obscure. They had their spotlight in their day. Maybe the title needs revising because many ..i would think ...would agree that the famous bands (who highlighted the American psychedelic sound and lyric ..and soul..undoubtedly deserve to be on a "psychedelic list to hear before you die").

[@whatwespinning]

im still pretty new to psychedelic rock but for about over a year Strawberry Alarm Clock has been one of my favorite bands to listen to. such an amazing band right there.