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


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Missing-the Inventors
Review date: 2008-05-03 Rating: 10 out of 10

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 influenced by the British Invasion where the British take on it which followed was never as interesting.


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A must for anyone from (or not from) the 60's
Review date: 2008-04-25 Rating: 10 out of 10

It has many standards and also some real gems: Rainbow Chaser by the "first" Nirvana AND My Friend Jack by The Smoke (a floor filling sugarlump in its day). Worth the fiver for these two tracks alone.

If the Velvet Underground didn't epitomise the NY Acid Scene with their light show and all then who did? It is very appropriate because Psychedelia was different on the East Coast to California.

There are a few nuggets I hadn't heard. Or at least can't recall. they make welcome surprises.

Go buy it. 5 stars = highest recommendation

Anyone bother to ask if Lou Reed was 'psychedelic'?
Review date: 2007-10-16 Rating: 4 out of 10

I don't own this compilation, although I'm familiar with nearly all of the music. Whilst most tracks may reasonably be categorised as 'psychedelic', the elephant in the room is surely The Velvet Underground, whose presence here suggests that the compiler was using too much of the product which inspired everyone else on the album.

Calling the Velvets a psychedelic band is a bit like calling Frank Zappa a hippie, their music as distant from psychedelia as New York City is from California. The Velvets came from an altogether more sinister place than the West Coast bands, using heavier drugs to explore darker instincts than the sunnier, more optimistic climes of psychoactives. Tripping out to 'White Rabbit' always seemed to make sense; try it with 'Venus in Furs', however, and you could be storing up a mess of trouble.

'An Intelligently Compiled, Excellent Value, Box Set'
Review date: 2007-09-27 Rating: 10 out of 10

As somewhat of a newcomer myself to the delights of psychedelic music, I must say that this cd box set for 'newbies' like myself seems to be the perfect place to start. Whenever you are unfamiliar with a new genre of music, its always nice to come across the odd hit single here and there and this collection manages to strike the balance between the obviously familiar and the not so obvious. Tracks like Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit' and Status Quo's 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' of course I already knew but killer tracks like The Mooche's 'Hot Smoke And Sassafrass' and It's A Beautiful Day's wonderful (best track on the whole set for me) 'White Bird' I'd never heard before. Each cd works well as a listen in its own right which is a distinct bonus and all 3 cd's contain a very strong selection of tracks. What with this and the also excellent 'Marmalade Skies' compilation I think I am learning fast about great 60's music and enjoying how to appreciate music from the era. If you'll pardon the pun this set is a great trip (through time) so treat yourself.

Open your door of perception at a bargain price
Review date: 2007-09-20 Rating: 10 out of 10

"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that Mother gives you, don`t do anything at all". So Grace Slick begins this Psychedelic Acid Trip.

Whilst this set will contain tracks familiar to most Sixties Psychedelic Music fans it is perhaps the best available product on the market at this time for the money and as such constitutes the perfect starting point in your mind - expanding discovery of Acid Rock. For connoisseurs of the genre there will be little new to inspire, but that does not mean the collection should be passed over since there is still enough of interest.

It is is not a compilation of 60`S Garage Bands like for instance, Nuggets & Pebbles, but this set is rooted in the more main stream commercial arena containing as it does well known bands such as The Airplane, Yardbirds & Small Faces to name but three. It also combines bands from both sides of The Atlantic. The majestic "White Bird" by San Francisco`s It`s a Beautiful Day perhaps sums this set up. Of a time and era but timeless nonetheless. Highly recommended for anyone attempting to pass through the door for the first time.

Product Details/Specifications


Artist(s):
Various Artists

Recording label: Metro Triples
Manufacturer: Metro Triples
EAN: 0698458332721
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Box set,
Release date: 2007-06-11
Universal product code (UPC): 698458332721
Number of discs: 3

Disc 1 Tracks:
1. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
2. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
3. Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
4. Shapes Of Things - Yardbirds
5. Hot Smoke And Sassafrass - Mooche
6. Eight Miles High - Byrds (1)
7. Granny Takes A Trip - Purple Gang (1)
8. Slip Inside This House - 13th Floor Elevators
9. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
10. Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground & Nico
11. She's A Rainbow - Glass Menagerie
12. Keep Your Mind Open - Kaleidoscope (1)
13. Circles - Fleur De Lys
14. Yellow Cave Woman - Velvett Fogg
15. Electrallentando - HP Lovecraft


Disc 2 Tracks:
1. Fresh Garbage - Spirit (1)
2. Sky Plot - Burdon, Eric & The Animals
3. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Rogers, Kenny & The First Edition
4. Under The Silent Tree - Honeybus
5. Hey Grandma - Moby Grape
6. Misfit - Bolan, Marc
7. Spinning Wheel - Blonde On Blonde
8. Lemonaide Kid - Kak
9. Rainbow Chaser - Nirvana (2)
10. Haunted - Thorogood, Peter
11. Colour Sergeant Lillywhite - West Coast Consortium
12. Real Life Permanent Dream - Orange Machine
13. Locked In A Room - Poets (1)
14. Sudden Life - Man (1)
15. Mr Mind Detector - Status Quo
16. Tamaris Khan - Onyx (2)


Disc 3 Tracks:
1. White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day
2. Flower King Of Flies - Nice (1)
3. Darkness Darkness - Youngbloods (1)
4. Long Agos And Worlds Apart - Small Faces
5. We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos
6. You're Just What I Was Looking For Today - Status Quo
7. My Friend Jack - Smoke (1)
8. Crazy Dreams - Searchers (1)
9. Pictures In The Sky - Orange Seaweed
10. Open Ground - Pussy
11. Cave Of Clear Light - Bystanders
12. Little Sister - Nico (1)
13. I Can See Through You - Episode Six
14. Yellow Rainbow - Rockin' Berries
15. Stay Indoors - New Formula (1)
16. Suddenly Winter - Tremeloes

Publishers: Metro Triples

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