Acid Archives Diaries - Growing Concern (1968)

[@markspooner1224]

Got to love the sleeve, the sound too.

[@cranberrysauce9275]

Good one, Dom. I bought the book some weeks back and have gone through it to find the albums I have and hope to do a video (or several) eventually. Great idea. Keep 'em coming. I think the Amboy Dukes album I have with Journey To The Center of the Mind may be on Mainstream. Alan

[@seekingathread]

Indeed it is! Don't know if the Dukes made the archives though.

[@pierre-olivierturmel1705]

I like that album a lot. Me too, favorite Mainstream and that cover is beautiful, the music too (that fuzz and organ sound). Great subject and video, sir! 😎

[@seekingathread]

It's a nice one and that cover is maybe my favorite on the label.

[@2WheelsGood]

this is the type of stuff i was obsessed with when 15-17 years ago (early to mid 20's) obsessively downloading every rare psych album i could find thru torrent sites, but would be forcing myself to listen to now. i think you nailed it, fun to keep in a collection, but musically it should be a more affordable lp if it weren't for the rare/psych obsessive scene. these days, i much prefer a rare garage/psych 45 and in small doses. cheers dom

[@seekingathread]

I hear you there. I'm not necessarily listening to these records as much these days. But enjoy them when I drop them on the turntable. I guess that's why they stay in the house. At my age I am mostly in search of out there international stuff and the like. Be well!

[@JGYokohama1]

I found a mono promo for $10 a couple years ago. It's a great album. It did have a repress a few years ago.

[@seekingathread]

well that's a steal of a deal. Didn't get mine that cheap

[@PsycheDerek.]

You probably heard me say this elsewhere, but I think it’s honestly my favorite concerning the label. Checks all the flavors I love into one. Love me some swaying harmonies. The dude’s voice doesn’t bother me much, there were a lot of weak vocals back then though. Art Of Lovin’ is the next big one from Mainstream I need to track down.

[@seekingathread]

Yes I recall your Mainstream vid. Actually my response to that video was my first VC video actually. I've since sold a couple like my original Lincoln St Exit and 2nd Tangerine Zoo. Good albums but traded em for better stuff. I have to try Art Of Lovin again, it is technically in my w/l but don't remember it.

[@vinylstockholm]

Great one. I'm one of those who prefer the girls singing :) like the opening "Hard Hard Year", great one!

[@seekingathread]

agree with you there for sure, the woman is way better suited for their sound

[@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084]

Beautiful sleeve on that record. Mainstream is an interesting label and I see a fair amount of these albums from time to time in the local shops. I have both the Amboy Dukes debut and the follow-up Journey to the Center of the Mind Mainstream. Btw...Both of these records are full of surprisingly well-done garage / psychedelic music from the period. I always feel that these two albums get unfairly overlooked by fans of this period. The first album lacks a far-reaching hit like Journey to the Center of the Mind but it does include a nice semi-hit in the Detroit area, Baby Please Don't Go. The rest of the album is great too; lots of garage guitar groove and an interesting cover version of Cream's I Feel Free. The later Dukes albums (there are 7 or 8 total) on Mainstream are just warmed over boogie/hard rock of the worst kind. imo. That is, with the possible exception of the final Amboy Dukes album Tooth, Fang, and Claw (lol) from 1974. It's certainly not a great or even good album but it's listenable 70s hard-rock. Anyway...very cool to hear about the Growing Concern and a nice continuation of the series. Thanks. Shawn

[@seekingathread]

Hey Shawn, talked about it a bit on the stream yesterday but did keep Journey to the Center but the others I never quite fell in love with. Maybe I just have a hard time dealing with the Nuge's presence. But that album has some great tracks and the title track is a truly great one. Check out Orient Express on Mainstream for some psych fusion with oud and other out there sounds.

[@croiners4166]

❤

[@danielbigna5469]

Hey Dom, have you heard of a band called The Contents Are? Late 60's garage psych. This album reminded me a bit of them.

[@seekingathread]

Hey Daniel. Yes! I used to have it, solid it prematurely I think. Had a Shadoks reissue of it, the originals are stupid rare. I would actually like to re-acquire it sometime. From Iowa I think? cool one

[@danielbigna5469]

Hey Dom, I'm not even close to an original of any kind. The best I came up with was a CD-R!

[@Localbandography]

The double negative lol lol