Psychedelia Albums of the 1960s that should get more attention on the

[@wyliesmith4244]

This post showed up as recommended, so I watched it, and quite enjoyed it. I do have a few comments as was in college when these albums came out. In the US the first Traffic album came out a couple of months later AND Dave Mason had quit the group (for the first time) by the time of the UK release. America, being slow to deliver the album, issued the first album as "Heaven Is in Your Mind" before soon retitling it "Mr. Fantasy." Maybe because Mason had left, there was a different cover (Mason no longer in the photos) while two of his songs were dropped for Winwood - Capaldi tunes. It is not vinyl, but Island Records in 2000 released a mono version of the album on CD with the missing US cuts plus the two cuts Traffic cut for the "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush" soundtrack ( which were the first cuts that Traffic recorded, but went unreleased until the movie came out after the first album's release. They also issued a stereo mix with the US cover, song order, and bonus cuts. The mono may be punchier, but the stereo sounds more 'psychedelic. Makes for a messy catalogue. Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" was not as well reviewed as his earlier albums ("Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" in particular with the latter having 'Sunny South Kensington' on it which is my favorite Donovan. but to each his own.) The 60s Donovan albums that Mickie Most produced had the advantage of arrangements ranging from acoustic jazz to almost hard rock which seemed to fit each individual song. While not officially recording the song, King Crimson did a great version of 'Get Thy Bearings' from the "Hurdy Gurdy Man" album. I saw them perform it at Hyde Park in the summer of '69. I lived in London that summer, and in the flat below me, an Eastern European (Hungary?) cellist drifted through for a week. He played several gigs with Quintessence which sparked me to buy their album. And things did look great at Notting Hill Gate - the home of one of my favorite bands, Hawkwind. The first two Ultimate Spinach albums are guilty pleasures of mine. They were slammed by the 'alternative' music press when they came out. Producer Alan Lorber tried to promote a Bosstown Sound focusing, at first, on three Boston bands: Ultimate Spinach, Orpheus, and Beacon Street Union. Reviewers hated this crass ploy, and none of the albums received good reviews. And apparently Lorber ran the show as a third Ultimate Spinach album came out, but only one original member was (tangentially) involved. That record did have Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter as a member before his Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers days. Enough with the boring minutiae.

[@RedVynil]

I have the original stereo American version of the Traffic album and it's different from either of the 2 versions on the CD. Another Lorber psych album was by, Chamaeleon Church. Apparently, he hated drums. Most of the albums he produced had the drums mixed very quietly and far in the background. The drummer you could almost hear on that album was Chevy Chase. In the Chicago area was a band called, The Exceptions. They only did a few singles (that I know of) on the Quill label and then they split up. A couple of them started a new band called, Chicago Transit Authority and the rest started a really cool psych band called, Aorta. Sadly, their second album really stunk! Another psych band which I believe was from that area was Southwest F. O. B.. As far as I know, they only did one album and split up. Half the band became Seals & Crofts and the other half became England Dan & John Ford Coley.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Mr Wyliesmith! Thank you very for taking the time to leave such a detailed and interesting comment. This is so much appreciated 🙂As far as i am concerned, one of the central drivers of operating a vc channel, uploading videos etc... is the interaction with people. And it wasn't boring at all, we are here to share our passion with every one else. And wow, it must have been a tremendous experience to live in London, UK especially in the swinging sixties. I think unconsciously, as sweet-dreamer & utopian, every time I go to London, I look for that kind of attitude, atmosphere

[@wyliesmith4244]

@@RedVynil Funny that you should mention Chamaeleon Church as Ted Lyons (guitarist and leader) was drafted into Ultimate Spinach for their third album. I had the first Aorta album for years (who can forget the cover?), and two mbers (Donlinger & Been) joined Lovecraft for their one album. Aorta's producer, Bill Traut, had earlier produced the first HP Lovecraft album (only drummer Michael Tegza was left to form Lovecraft). The Chicago scene must have been absurdly incestuous. Marty Grebb was the fourth member of Lovecraft after a stint in the Buckinghams, and then formed the Fabulous Rhinestones with Kal David who had been in an early formation of Aorta. Reading album cover credits for bands from Chicago got my head whirling. While I am not really a fan of the later albums by Traffic (their song '(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired' sounded much too apt for me), I love the original 2 (or 3 if you count Last Exit with its mediocre live side). Unfortunately with Mason flitting in and out and different album configurations, I always felt like I was missing something. but man o man, those tracks still sound sweet.

[@wyliesmith4244]

@@frenchvinyladdict I was only in London for the summer and living with distant cousins. Best day? Seeing Family and King Crimson (then unknown to me) open for a listless Rolling Stones in Hyde Park. It was Mick Taylor's first show with the Stones who had not played live in over a year. Hey, but seeing it at least sounds impressive even if the Stones weren't. That night I saw Chuck Berry at the Royal Albert Hall opening for the Who though. The London Underground closed at 10 PM which kept me from checking out the real night life. A car or money for Taxis was required as London rolled up the streets early. Swingin' London?

[@RedVynil]

@@wyliesmith4244 I'm pretty sure I've seen that happen in other areas, too. The short-lived psych world is a huge, massive rabbit hole to get into! So many weird twists and turns can be taken and some take you right back where you started! It's AMAZING how much psych there was back then seeing as how the genre really only existed, for the most part, about 3 years! When I first started putting together The Enpsyclopedia back in the late `90's, I probably had about 36,000 records in my collection but could only find a couple dozen with any real psych on them! You know, the stuff that makes you see things BEFORE you take the drugs! It was looking like I was only gonna get about 5 cassettes of the project made. So, I started looking for more. Now, I've got at least 4000 songs to go into it!! I just added a bunch to the Psych Demos the past few months and have been listening to it all with the updates for the past 3 weeks. At least one more week to go! The Strawberry Alarm Clock just started! I've got about an hour's worth of their stuff to listen to and another 2 hours of S's to get through, then T's through Z's will probably take this next week to get through. Around `99 or `00, I switched over to CD, since I bought a CD recorder, and have built almost 23 CD's worth of the project, so far. (Had life not gotten in the way the past decade or so, I'd be a LOT farther along than this!) I figure that the entire project will be at least 175 full CD's long. I only have a few more minutes to fill on CD 23. Seems to me there was another producer named, Lorber at the same time. Was it Jeff? I think they were brothers. Seems to me they mostly worked on MGM related albums. One of these days, I'm gonna have to try to find a clean copy of the Traffic album. I bought mine used for a quarter back in `84 and it was fairly worn out and had a slight warp in it. I bought the recent CD version but neither copy on that CD had the same version I have. It has the American mono version and the British stereo but not the American stereo, which is one of the reasons I wanted it. I thought I was gonna finally have a clean-sounding copy of the album but, it's not the same as the American stereo version.

[@Polyphemus47]

That first Gandalf album was in heavy rotation on my turntable, back then, and still moves me every time I dig it out of the shelves. I'm so glad you included it!

[@Polyphemus47]

The Tim Hardin songs were perfect for psychedelia, lyrically. "Don't you ever wonder, could you travel in the dark...alone?" Wow!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@Polyphemus47 Thanks for stopping by, man. I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection. Cheers, ++

[@jeanroblin7024]

Congratulation for the 700 subscribers ! 🎉

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Merci beaucoup Pinape 😊

[@johnnykawakid]

Great choices there. Got all that albums. Great video man, keep them coming.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Thanks Johnny, I appreciate that 😊

[@bigstar1000]

Mr Fantasy is a masterpiece! Thanks for the shout-out!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

I couldn't agree more, we'll talk soon 🙂

[@northcarolinavinylpicker]

Fantastic show. I just did a video on my top 10 psych albums. Take care art

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@northcarolinavinylpicker Thank you vey much 😊 I'll check out your video, cheers

[@vinylemood]

Excellente vidéo. Je comprends pourquoi ça marche tant ! Je n’avais pas pris le temps de la regarder ! Je vais m’écouter quelques albums du coup. ✌️👏👏🤘Bravo à toi Rom 🤜🤛

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey salut Ben, oui je ne m'explique pas un tel engouement pour cette vidéo-là un peu faite à l'arrache avant le live sur la chaîne de Fred. Mais bon je ne vais pas m'en plaindre. Si tu dois en "crash-tester" un commence par Mr Fantasy de Traffic, tu connais certainement Steve Winwood et sa voix te rappellera quelque chose (il avait eu quelques hits en solo plus tard). Merci pour ton retour et bonne journée 😊

[@EmbryonicRobot]

Under-appreciated is right. I'm saying that as someone who hasn't heard these records! I have heard of some of these acts, of course, and I have seen Ultimate Spinach mentioned on other channels. My list of things to listen to is ever increasing 🙂

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@EmbryonicRobot that is the beauty (or the issue) with the vc. So many things do discover, so little time...thanks for watching Brian, take care

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

Bon matin Romuald, petit video parfait pour le « Lève-tôt » que je suis. Honnêtement le seul artiste que je connaisse ici est Traffic et c’est la raison pour laquelle j’adore le VC, toujours à la découverte donc je garde un œil ouvert, bon mercredi à toi 🎶✌🏼

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Allo Olivier, oui j'ai voulu mettre en lumière des albums un peu plus obscurs qui mériteraient d'être redécouverts. Merci pour ton passage ici. Bonne journée et à bientôt 😊

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

@@frenchvinyladdict ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[@filosphere]

Wow ! Je ne connais que leTraffic et le Donovan ! Le reste n'est que du mystère, qui a éveillé ma curiosité, j'avoue !

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hello Filo, merci pour ton passage ici et ton commentaire. Oui j'ai essayé de braquer le spot sur certains albums quelque peu mésestimés

[@dennislind8411]

Great video as usual, FVA. Will check these out. Always something "new" to listen to!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@dennislind8411 Thanks Dennis, I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection. Have fun listening to it😊

[@MGKBOSTON]

Some really cool stuff here FVA! I love some sitar. Do you know of the Montreal band Elephant Stone? I have an original copy of that Ultimate Spinach record. I absolutely love anything Steve Winwood, and have most of it including what you showed. ✌️

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey thanks Mike, I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection 🙂I never hear of Elephant Stone, I'll check this one out.. The copy of Ultimate Spinach I got is the Akarma reissue, I'm still on the lookout for their second album ''Behold And See''. Take care, FVA

[@christopherkibler511]

Romuald, good video. I have a few of these, and some are new to me. I watched the replay of your epic live stream with Fred (Bigstar1000). Very interesting. Thanks, Chris

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Christophe, thanks for stopping by and for your kind commment. Yip, we had a great time on Fred's stream, and epic is the right word to describe it 😊

[@martinportelance138]

Tres eclectique. Je garde ce video dans mes favoris, afin d'y revenir de temps en temps, pour les references. Bien peu de gens connaissent aussi bien ce sujet. Chapeau. 👍

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Bonjour Martin, et merci pour ce que tu dis, et pour ton passage sur ma chaîne. Je suis content que tu apprécies le contenu que je propose dans mes vidéos. À très bientôt

[@paulfillingham2958]

Saw Quintessence in 1971. Brilliant band.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

It must've been a nice experience, Paul. Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers

[@onmyturntable7036]

Nicely done Romuald! A great mix of familar and unfamiliar. Ultimate Spinach I definitely could get into. 😎🎶 Ed.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Thanks Ed 🙂 I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection, If you do like 60s psych rock, Ultimate Spinach is definitely worth the detour. Cheers

[@frankfrank7921]

There were several obscure but worthy Canadian psych bands like Kensington Market, the Paupers, Bent Wind, Collector, Mars Bonfire and Reign Ghost. Have no idea as to the availability of the vinyl though.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Wow, I didn't know about it. Thanks for the education, Franck 🙂 I'll check these bands out. Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers

[@DjangoNero-b1c]

Bonjour, encore une belle présentation d’albums. Quand je vois tes goûts en matière de folk, prog et psyché, je ne désespère pas de voir un jour sur ta chaîne un des mes albums préférés : L’Anglais Fuchsia. Une merveille. Bonne continuation.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey bonjour à toi et bienvenue sur mon canal. Là c'est moi qui te remercie d'avoir partagé avec moi cette référence que je ne connaissais pas😊 je vais aller voir ça. À bientôt

[@DjangoNero-b1c]

Oh, je suis ta chaîne dès ses débuts. J’avais ajouté un petit commentaire sur Les Échos du rock...j’aime regarder les vidéos de la VC qui abordent le psyché prog (mes goûts sont proches de ceux de Billy Bob sur les Skeuds...) . Le folk prog anglais me botte particulièrement, Comus, Spiro gyra, Mellow Candle, Trader Horn etc. Mais au dessus de la liste, il y a Fuchsia, le parfait mélange de genres dans les proportions idéales. Ça a été ressorti de très belle manière chez Guerssen l’année dernière. Faut pas passer à côté.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@DjangoNero-b1c Ah oui, ça y est je me souviens, tu viens des Vosges 🙂D'ailleurs lors de ma venue en Alsace en mai dernier, je m'étais rendu dans la boutique à Colmar que tu m'avais conseillé. Billy Bob a de très bon goûts (proches de miens dans une certaine mesure), j'ai toujours énormément de plaisir à échanger avec lui les dimanches lorsqu'il nous fait l'amitié de participer à notre live sur des skeuds et du piff...et l'album sur lequel il a participé ''Child Of Panoptes'' est franchement bien. J'ai aussi un faible pour le folk/progressive folk anglais de la fin des années 60. Je me rends d'ailleurs à Den Bosch où j'espère pouvoir trouver toutes ces belles quelque-unes de ces belles références que tu partages avec moi. En tout cas, merci encore de ton passage ici, très apprécié. À bientôt.

[@stevecowder4774]

I’m glad to discover your video covering a topic that I love to delving deep into. I’m a huge of that first, psychedelic era, and I’m always looking for more than what I already know. I do have that “ Traffic “ album, but some of those others are most definitely intriguing. I’m looking forward to hearing them. But I do have one of my own that I can recommend, if you haven’t heard it. “ Peak Impressions “ from the band The Freeborne. They were another one and done group, but that album was a psychedelic gem.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Steve! Welcome on board sir 🙂 I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection, and as I've never heard of ''Peak Impressions' I'll check it out, thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers, ++

[@shemanic1]

I have 3 Quintessence albums, all have great music. They were great live also, saw them at a few 70's festivals in the South of England. "Mr Fantasy" is one of my favourite Traffic albums. Donovan is a legend among us old hippies. Always ready to step up & entertain the crowd if a band was late, calling others up onto stage to assist. A real Troubadour with some amazing tunes.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hi, and welcome to my channel! I need more Quintessence records (not that easy to get ahold of). Donovan, what an artist, indeed! Think about if he had been American, he would no doubt have gone on to an even greater career. Thanks for sharing these lovely memories, for watching & taking the time to leave a comment, this is really appreciated, Cheers, ++

[@kristoffer5771]

Some fantastic records shown for sure. Love Arzachel, Czar, Ultimate Spinach, Gandalf etc. Actually every single album you showed is stellar!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Thank you for your nice comment, Kristoffer. I am all the more pleased because I know you really like psych rock, take care, ++

[@REDOPTICALCORP]

Excellent recommendations!! I would also put Faintly Blowing by Kaleidoscope (uk band) on this list. It's a completely under appreciated album and it's not even on Spotify to stream (because the album itself on vinyl is insanely expensive)!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Thank you very much for your kind comment! Kaleidoscope would totally deserve a mention, indeed. Their debut album (Tangerine Dream) has been on my wantlist for years. I hope to eventually get ahold of a copy of it in Den Bosch in November. Cheers

[@REDOPTICALCORP]

@@frenchvinyladdict you know about 7 or 8 years ago they made an excellent reissue of the selg titled album!! I have a copy and it's a great reproduction of the original!! Hope you can snag a copy!!

[@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061]

thank you for the mention much appreciated take care keep rockin cheers Dan

[@REDOPTICALCORP]

@@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061 thank you for making 2 of my favorite albums of all time!!

[@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061]

@@REDOPTICALCORP nice to hear that much appreciated take care keep rockin cheers Dan

[@AudioStopdisquaire]

Really like Ultimate Spinach !! Great album !

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@AudioStopdisquaire Merci Sébastien, oui c'est franchement bon 😊 Merci pour ton passage ici. Bonne fds à toi.

[@benrankins4446]

The Blissful Company artwork is amazing. I really like the early Traffic, before they got too jazz fusiony. I think John Barley Corn Must Die is my favourite of theirs. Nice call on Donovan. The trippiest of his albums in my opinion is A Gift From A Flower To A Garden. Ultimate Spinach is killer. I have never been able to find that Arzachel album. Even a reissue. Really dig what I've heard. I got the RSD reissue of Gandalf. What a great record. Great vid mate, a few I didn't know which a shall be checking out too. Cheers...Ben

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Yeah I'm after Azachel as well, been on my list for too long.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Ben! Agreed with what you said about John Barley Corn Must Die. Theses are just reissues I showed (Arzachel on Ethelion), it is far from ''heaven'', but better than nothing. I was fortunate to stumble upon a batch of nice late-60s pysch/reissues on Ethelion that inclued stuff like Arzachel, Czar and T2 back in the days when I was still living in France , since I never saw them since. Thank you for watching, mate. Take care, ++

[@benrankins4446]

@@frenchvinyladdict I'd be happy with a reissue.

[@vinyladdiction]

hello my friend passing by here to say hello from Belgium Dave from Vinyl Addiction

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Dave! Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers, FVA

[@vinyladdiction]

@@frenchvinyladdict with great pleasure

[@dickfillmore]

Underground by the Electric Prunes is a psyche album that's just fantastic, but I never hear anyone mention it. Too obscure maybe?

[@frenchvinyladdict]

You're absolutely right. When addressing the subject of 60s psych rock, The Electric Prunes should also get more attention on the vc. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers

[@RedVynil]

Yeah, their 2nd album was even better than the first but the third, although pretty psychedelic, was boring. Seems to me, there WAS a 4th album but it wasn't psych at all and went nowhere fast. Almost as fast as the third album.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

It's certainly out there.

[@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf]

Hey Romuald! Loads of great albums there. I love Mr Fantasy, its such a great album! I'd like to get that Ultimate Spinach album... great band! Cheers, Jack

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Jack! Thanks for your feedback, since you and I had our talk about psych rock on my stream, I was wondering what you would think of those records. Agreed! Mr Fantasy is a must-have. Take care

[@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084]

Great video - nice selection of well known and not-so well known albums. I really appreciate your sincerity in bring the music to us. I've hear the Czar album - but i think it deserves another re-evaluation. Been putting off grabbing the Gandalf album but maybe i should take the jump. Cheers! Shawn

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Thank you Shawn 🙂This is what a so-called vinyl community should be about i.e., sharing our discoveries with our vc friends, exactly like you, Fred and some people who appeared on his stream do 🙂 I know Gandalf has been reissued on Sundazed a couple of years ago, which might be the ''easiest'' way to get ahold of a copy of it, since I don't know to what extent an original copy is reachable.

[@pulsar861]

Great video Romuald! I have or know most of your picks and love The Ultimate Spinach and Arzachel. The only one I haven't heard before is Czar and I will now have to check it out. Thanks!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Pulsar! Welcome on board subscriber #701😊 Nice to see you over here (eventually), after months of watching me showing records on Iain' stream! I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection, thank you, ++

[@pulsar861]

@@frenchvinyladdict Thank you! Happy to become part of your community!

[@Thousandaire-n7o]

Among the most phenomenally psychedelic albums----KAK. Another fantastic entry---perhaps the best album ever made, Love's Forever Changes. A premier psychedelic song---Black Sheep by SRC.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Agreed! Love's Forever Changes is a must-have for any music enthusiast's collection 🙂So many great psych albums actually, I am almost tempted to make a part two 🙂 Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers

[@gavaxemanspins]

Hi just subbed on Dave Atkinsons recommendation - shall dive through your videos

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey thank you and welcome on board 😊 David is a wonderful person, and I have already hosted a couple of livestreams having him as a guest, Cheers

[@gavaxemanspins]

@@frenchvinyladdict no problem - Dave is sound - already done a VC meet up with him as he’s local too me as we both have channels 👍

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Get buzzed and listen to Dom - Dom. This album should come with a warning because it drags you to strange places and you may not return, enter at your own risk. ⚠️⛔️ It sounds incredible on vinyl too.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Some people like this kind of experience...

[@debim8686]

Quintessence - In Blissful Company .. wow .. stopping video here to listen to this album.. Be back soon. Gotcha bookmarked, brother.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

That is what the vinyl community is all about, well in my humble point of view. Hunting fo records, enjoying the music, and eventually sharing them with you through my vc channel. Hope you enjoyed listening to Quintessence. Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers, ++

[@roygoad2870]

@@frenchvinyladdictI’ve probably seen Quintessence more than any other band when I was 16/17 years old back in 1969/70, maybe 12 separate shows, along with many other bands. They were a very popular live band and had a community of followers and fans! Other bands were Family, Mott the Hoople and Stray, great times 😊🎉. We never used the term psychedelic in those days, they were just great contemporary bands making their own creative sounds! By the way Quintessence second album is well worth a listen too. There’s a live track St.Pancras, it captures them in all there glory 👍

[@frenchvinyladdict]

​@@roygoad2870It must've been a wonderful time, Roy. I do have a couple of Mott The Hoople records in my collection, but none of Stray. Thanks for watching, take care, ++

[@roygoad2870]

@@frenchvinyladdict Loved Stray, they had there own light show and used smoke bombs, they went above and beyond to put on an incredible show.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@roygoad2870 One of the first vc channel I followed had talked about Stray's debut album which has been high on my wantlist ever since. I never stumbled upon a copy of it though. I'm flying to Den Bosch in November, so I just hope I'll have better luck there.

[@daverice2426]

Ultimate Spinach sounds like what I thought the Grateful Dead would sound like before I actually heard them

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Interesting point of view on the subject. Personally, I'm not crazy about Grateful Dead's entire discography. I like some of their lesser psych songs, for some reason.

[@daverice2426]

@@frenchvinyladdict Yeah, they didn't get a lot of airplay in Detroit so all I had to go by was the name and the awesome skull iconography. Was expecting mind-blowing psychedelia and was severely disappointed when I finally heard them. Much prefer Ultimate Spinach.

[@mikevinylspiral]

Lovely albums. Arzachel is a favourite of mine but sadly only on cd. I don't know Ultimate Spinach, I'll check them out.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Mike! I came across these wonderful albums, partly because my favorite record shop I used to go to back in the days when I was still living in France had a decent heavy blues / psychedelic rock section ; nothing happens by chance 😉 Thanks for being such a loyal audience, this is much appreciated, take care, ++

[@PsycheDerek.]

Just stumbled across your channel. Quintessence's work is definitely under appreciated in some circles. Stellar spiritual trip mixed with the rock scene at the time. Czar is an interesting title from Fontana. Has an out of tune Mellotron curving this weird progressive slant. Some fine titles here.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey Derek! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection.

[@RedVynil]

What's an OG pressing? How do you figure Gandalf is Baroque or sunshine? It's neither. At this point, they were mostly just taking older songs from the `50's and 40's and re-working them into really cool psych tunes. Before this, they had a few singles on RCA Victor under the name, Barracuda. Sunshine psych is stuff like The Yellow Balloon or Spanky & Our Gang. At the moment, I'm too tired to come up with a baroque psych band and I've been listening to my entire Psych Demos collection for the past 3 weeks (one more week to go) but, I think Mandrake Memorial's first album would fall into that category with their electric harpsichord, one of the only bands to have one. There were two versions oof the Traffic album (maybe 3). The original British version, which you showed, the American version, which had a few different songs on it as well as a different title "Heaven Is In Their Minds" and some versions have several "hidden" tracks on ech side, between the actual songs. Ultimate Spinach sounds nothing like Country Joe or The Dreadful Grate. Their second album is somewhat better than the first. Sadly, their third album was just pop and disco. Another great psych band that went disco in the `70's was H. P. Lovecraft. Mostly, their second album was great psych. The first and third weren't very psych at all. They went disco on the 4th album. Or, was it the 5th? The Pillbugs have a few baroque moments.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Hey RedVinyl! Thank you for correcting me when I say bullshit, the comment section is also there for that purpose 😉 The word ''trippy'' would be much more appropriate. I think I remember hearing about Mandrake Memorial but I'd have to look deeper into it. Thanks for the heads-up, also for taking the time to leave such a detailed and interesting comment, this is much appreciated!

[@RedVynil]

@@frenchvinyladdict No problem! (That'll be $10.00.) I've got LOADS of psych so, if you wanna hear something, gimmie your addy and I'll send you MP3's. Although, you can probably find a great deal of it on YT. I'm not exactly picky about what era it's from, as long as it's GOOD psych. And I DON'T mean that disco shit that everybody today calls, "psych"! That stuff is boring as hell!! I've also known a number of people that seem to think ANYTHING from the `60's is automatically psych! I don't fall for that, either. Some of my criteria: mellotron, sitar, tabla, tamboura, tape manipulation, wild panning, bizarre effects, flanger, phase shifters set on Stun, etc.. Although they DO have a scant few good psych tunes, The Dreadful Grate is nothing more than a country rock band, to me. Even Lawrence Welk's music is psych if you drop enough acid! I'm also not interested in garage for this project. I LIKE garage but, 90-some % of it is NOT psych! It's garage!

[@wyliesmith4244]

I agree with a lot of what you like. But HP Lovecraft and Ultimate Spinach going disco? I don't care for either's third albums myself, but disco? Disco wasn't really used as a term until the early 70s when it was just getting started. (I did work in a record store starting in '70, and I looked at the new release books with nary a mention of disco that early.) There must be a better word to describe these albums. They sure weren't dance music.

[@RedVynil]

@@wyliesmith4244 H. P.'s third is good, it's when they shortened their name to Lovecraft in the mid `70''s that they went disco. US at least went pop in the `70's. I have a single of theirs from the `70's and, from what I recall, it was remake of, "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet". MGM / K14023 / ULTIMATE SPINACH / (JUST LIKE) ROMEO & JULIET / SOME-DAYS YOU JUST CAN'T WIN / PROMO Well, in the `60's, "discotheque" WAS shortened to, "disco" but it didn't refer to the type of music being played, it was just a place where you could go to dance to the music being played. Disco didn't mean the type of music `til about `74. I remember being in the gym at some kind of dance during school hours and Bridget Loftus saying she heard of this new dance called, The Bump and she got another girl to do it with her and others caught on quickly and also started doing it. That was at least early `74. This looks to be from somewhere between `73 and `76. MERCURY / SRM-1-1031 / LOVECRAFT / WE LOVE YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE / PROMO. In my collection, it's between Capt. Beefheart's "Unconditionally Guaranteed" and Spirit's "Spirit Of `76".

[@jometal]

Salut!!

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Salut Jo! 😊

[@franciskocher200]

@@jometal hey j'etais la avant toi!🤣👍🤘

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@franciskocher200 Racing 1 - FCM 0 😅

[@franciskocher200]

@@frenchvinyladdict Le FCM ca existe encore????🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jometal]

@@franciskocher200 Pour une fois!😁

[@progfrogian9226]

De bons choix. Un gros gros faible pour les canterburiens Arzachel. Album enregistré en une journée au détour des pratiques pour l'enregistrement du premier Egg. Dave Stewart à l'orgue (futur National Health, Hatfield And The North, Khan, Bruford, etc.) est dans mon top 3 facile de mes claviéristes préférés. Ce sont donc les 3 membres de Egg + Steve Hillage (qui a repris Hurdy Gurdy Man de Donovan justement, comme quoi tout est dans tout) qui nous donne un super album psych mené par l'orgue incroyable de Stewart.

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire détaillé qui apporte, ma foi, un complément d'information fort intéressant (que j'ignorais). En matière de prog, je suis complément novice en ce qui concerne l'École de Canterbury. Aymeric Leroy grand spécialiste de cette scène-là a écrit plusieurs ouvrages sur le sujet que je n'ai toujours pas réussi à me procurer J’ai récemment réussi à mettre la main sur une copie du premier ''Hatfield And The North'' et ça m'a donné envie d'aller explorer plus en profondeur, notamment les nombreuses références parues à l'époque sous le label Virgin. Et oui c'est assez dingue les connexions que l'on peut établir entre les artistes et les œuvres sur lesquels ils ont participé/collaboré, ça avait fait d'ailleurs l'objet d'un ''thread'' dans la vc il y a quelques mois. Merci encore pour ton passage ici, à très bientôt, FVA

[@progfrogian9226]

@@frenchvinyladdict Le livre d'Aymeric Leroy sur la scène Canterbury est magnifique. Tu n'hésites même pas si tu le trouves, tu prends. Tu as de magnifiques heures d'écoutes et de découvertes si tu plonges dans le Canterbury. Scène hétéroclite et originale. N'hésite pas à me demander des infos 🙂

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@progfrogian9226 Merci beaucoup, je vais me rendre à Den Bosch en novembre, et après ça je vais passer quelques jours en France. Je verrai bien à ce moment-là si j'arrive à mettre la main sur un exemplaire de ce livre. N'hésite pas à venir passer une tête sur notre livestream communautaire que nous faisons tous les dimanches sur ''Des skeuds et du piff''

[@desskeudsetdupiff]

@@progfrogian9226 Voici le compte de la chaîne pour info, à bientôt

[@martinportelance138]

... Et ca aussi c'est du savoir eclectique. Et moi qui me croyait connaisseur!

[@franciskocher200]

Houla!😱🙄

[@frenchvinyladdict]

Et oui on est dans l'obscurité du rock psyché des années 60😅

[@franciskocher200]

@@frenchvinyladdict C'est plus que de l'obscurité,c'est le noir complet pour moi.🤣🤣🤘

[@frenchvinyladdict]

@@franciskocher200 🤣

[@franciskocher200]

@@frenchvinyladdict 🤣🤣👍🤘🤘