A new mix of acoustic and lysergic folk music. Tracklist: Thomas Mera Gartz - En Lycklig Sång Poor Richard - The Gulls Amory Kane - Four Ravens (single version) Yellow Autumn - Energy Spilld Mjölk - Glasverandan Glenn Saiger - Dark Side of the Moon Art Gee - Tea Gardens All That the Name Implies - Black Tuesday Chris Rawlings - Song of Creation Rabindra Danks - Lords Sweet Name Logos - Peace Chas Rose - Ballad For World Heroes Moonstone - Black Blind Light Vandy - Wishing Well Owen B - All We Are Asking Turid - Före Kenora Lachlan Chace McLearn - Lady Come Lightly Sonstar - Save Wild Basin

A new mix of acoustic and lysergic folk music. Tracklist: Thomas Mera Gartz - En Lycklig Sång Poor Richard - The Gulls Amory Kane - Four Ravens (single version) Yellow Autumn - Energy Spilld Mjölk - Glasverandan Glenn Saiger - Dark Side of the Moon Art Gee - Tea Gardens All That the Name Implies - Black Tuesday Chris Rawlings - Song of Creation Rabindra Danks - Lords Sweet Name Logos - Peace Chas Rose - Ballad For World Heroes Moonstone - Black Blind Light Vandy - Wishing Well Owen B - All We Are Asking Turid - Före Kenora Lachlan Chace McLearn - Lady Come Lightly Sonstar - Save Wild Basin

Black Blind Light Mixtape

A new episode to start off the new year, which we surely hope will be a better year. Here we listen to a mixed bag of new discoveries/finds from 2020, including some UK folk, privately pressed westcoast psych, dreamy pop-psych and funky Swedish blues. We also have the honor to play the new single from Kungens män, which will be included in the upcoming 5 LP-box, “Innanför boxen” that will be out in February.   Bruce Hamana – Hamana (Canyon Records, 1974) – The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth Shelagh McDonald – First Album (B &amp; C Records, 1970) –Look Over the Hills Cinderella (Imperial, 1971) –From Town to Town Mad Hatters (Fontana, 1966)  –I’ll Come Running Red, White and Blues (MNW, 1971) –Far, Far Away Sage – Into the Wind (A &amp; B Records, 1978) –Empty Man Sten Bergman – Lyckohjulet (Gump, 1974) – Vägen är Lång Sally Christopherson – Autumn (Customs Records, 197?) –Autumn Kungens Män – Innanför boxen (Cardinal Fuzz, Adansonia Records och Kungens Ljud &amp; Bild, 2021) –Hamra med slutna ögon   You find more info on Kungens män on their bandcamp-page.  

A new episode to start off the new year, which we surely hope will be a better year. Here we listen to a mixed bag of new discoveries/finds from 2020, including some UK folk, privately pressed westcoast psych, dreamy pop-psych and funky Swedish blues. We also have the honor to play the new single from Kungens män, which will be included in the upcoming 5 LP-box, “Innanför boxen” that will be out in February. Bruce Hamana – Hamana (Canyon Records, 1974) – The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth Shelagh McDonald – First Album (B &amp; C Records, 1970) –Look Over the Hills Cinderella (Imperial, 1971) –From Town to Town Mad Hatters (Fontana, 1966)  –I’ll Come Running Red, White and Blues (MNW, 1971) –Far, Far Away Sage – Into the Wind (A &amp; B Records, 1978) –Empty Man Sten Bergman – Lyckohjulet (Gump, 1974) – Vägen är Lång Sally Christopherson – Autumn (Customs Records, 197?) –Autumn Kungens Män – Innanför boxen (Cardinal Fuzz, Adansonia Records och Kungens Ljud &amp; Bild, 2021) –Hamra med slutna ögon You find more info on Kungens män on their <a href="https://kungensman.bandcamp.com/music" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">bandcamp-page</a>.

The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

A new mix of privately pressed US and Canadian folk and folk-rock. We also included a few Swedish progg numbers and a great westcoast-sounding band from Japan. Tracklist:  Summer Madness - In the Hills of Shiloh Trees - Psalm 46 Handgjort - Worlds on Fire Doug McArthur - One-Eyed Walden David Sinclair - A Tale of Raven Scott Jones - Chattanooga To Lynchburg Trail Randy Palmer - Starlight, Daylight Darragh Nagle - Horse Mesa Chris Rawlings - The Wheel Jim Thompson - Train for Thought Larry Reese - Second Song Sten Bergman - Människofiskare Happy End - Dakishimetai D’Arcy - The Forest Sage - Empty Man Bernt Lööf &amp; Jan Eriksson - Kan ljuset vända åter?

A new mix of privately pressed US and Canadian folk and folk-rock. We also included a few Swedish progg numbers and a great westcoast-sounding band from Japan. Tracklist:  Summer Madness - In the Hills of Shiloh Trees - Psalm 46 Handgjort - Worlds on Fire Doug McArthur - One-Eyed Walden David Sinclair - A Tale of Raven Scott Jones - Chattanooga To Lynchburg Trail Randy Palmer - Starlight, Daylight Darragh Nagle - Horse Mesa Chris Rawlings - The Wheel Jim Thompson - Train for Thought Larry Reese - Second Song Sten Bergman - Människofiskare Happy End - Dakishimetai D’Arcy - The Forest Sage - Empty Man Bernt Lööf &amp; Jan Eriksson - Kan ljuset vända åter?

The Wheel Turns On Mixtape

Paul Tescher has been collecting records for a long time and started already in the 80s to deal in obscure music. As part of the first generation underground collector he has seen the evolution of the collectors scene, from the beginning to what it is today. In this interview we talk about how he started to collect and sell records and he also share some stories from the weird world of record collecting. He also put together a selection of 6 track to play for us. Paul is still digging records weekly and still manage to find amazing records, although everyone is saying it’s drying up.  Bruce Cockburn – Ting/The Couldron (True North, 1971) Spilld Mjölk – Tills döden skiljer oss åt (Svart Mjölk, 1975) Peter Bursch – Witchwood (Pläne, 1981) Anna koka 5 ägg jag är värd i huset – Kaffekokaren (Flärrp-skivor, 1975) Stenblomma – Kungen (Silence,1973) Jennifer Warnes – Sand and Foam (Reprise, 1972)

Paul Tescher has been collecting records for a long time and started already in the 80s to deal in obscure music. As part of the first generation underground collector he has seen the evolution of the collectors scene, from the beginning to what it is today. In this interview we talk about how he started to collect and sell records and he also share some stories from the weird world of record collecting. He also put together a selection of 6 track to play for us. Paul is still digging records weekly and still manage to find amazing records, although everyone is saying it’s drying up.  Bruce Cockburn – Ting/The Couldron (True North, 1971) Spilld Mjölk – Tills döden skiljer oss åt (Svart Mjölk, 1975) Peter Bursch – Witchwood (Pläne, 1981) Anna koka 5 ägg jag är värd i huset – Kaffekokaren (Flärrp-skivor, 1975) Stenblomma – Kungen (Silence,1973) Jennifer Warnes – Sand and Foam (Reprise, 1972)

Interview with Paul Tescher

We’ve been in contact with Mark Sabol of Mark and Suzann Farmer for over a year and finally we found the time to record an interview with him. Mark and Suzann Farmer recorded one album, We’ve Been There, in 1978, which is still pretty obscure among collectors. It is mostly known for the moody late-night version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”, and although excellent, this album is far from a one-track-album and I’ve always considered that its true strength lies in Mark’s own compositions. About half of the songs are self-penned and Mark is a competent songwriter and creative arranger, using the sparsely equipped living room recording studio to full use while Suzann has a strong and mesmerizing voice that works well with the material. The overall feel evokes a late-night lounge set at a dimly lit countryside roadhouse and with a minimal instrumentation, including a simple drum machine and a lot of homemade production tricks, they create a mellow but still diverse experience, with enough nuances to keep you returning for repeated listening. The covers generally work well in the mix, and if anything, adds to the lounge vibe and reflex the sound of their live set. In this interview we talk about the making of the album and how it was in the lounge business in the late 70s. We also listen to Dreams, American Child, Waiting For the Dawn and We’ve Been There from the album.

We’ve been in contact with Mark Sabol of Mark and Suzann Farmer for over a year and finally we found the time to record an interview with him. Mark and Suzann Farmer recorded one album, We’ve Been There, in 1978, which is still pretty obscure among collectors. It is mostly known for the moody late-night version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”, and although excellent, this album is far from a one-track-album and I’ve always considered that its true strength lies in Mark’s own compositions. About half of the songs are self-penned and Mark is a competent songwriter and creative arranger, using the sparsely equipped living room recording studio to full use while Suzann has a strong and mesmerizing voice that works well with the material. The overall feel evokes a late-night lounge set at a dimly lit countryside roadhouse and with a minimal instrumentation, including a simple drum machine and a lot of homemade production tricks, they create a mellow but still diverse experience, with enough nuances to keep you returning for repeated listening. The covers generally work well in the mix, and if anything, adds to the lounge vibe and reflex the sound of their live set. In this interview we talk about the making of the album and how it was in the lounge business in the late 70s. We also listen to Dreams, American Child, Waiting For the Dawn and We’ve Been There from the album.

Interview with Mark Sabol

Although we officially called it a quit with our 80th episode last summer, we’re back with a one-off episode for all of you who are in a lockdown/quarantine or to everyone who just wants to hear some new music. This episode presents records acquired since the last show and includes a mixed bag of communal folk (Huckle), lounge (Eddie Suzuki), Exotica (Dennise Norwood), Swedish progg (Rabatt and Kvartetten som sprängde) and more. We’re also happy to include the great track “Blanket Fog Descends” from Sven Wunder’s forthcoming album, “Wabi Sabi”. Don’t sleep on this one as it will go quickly. We hope you are all doing well during these crazy times and that the selection can bring some enjoyment while maintaining social distancing. Stay safe everyone! More information on Sven Wunder and Wabi Sabi can be found on pianopianorecords.com. Huckle - Upon a Once Time (Homespun, 1974) -Get Down Trúbrot (Parlophone, 1970) -Ég sé það Jim Thompson II and Preflyte – Message at 33 1/3 (Sky Light Records, 1979) -Eternal Light Brigade Eddie Suzuki – New Hawaii (ESP Hawaii, mid-70s?) -Beauty Near Hanalei Rabatt (Marilla, 1971) -X:et Kvartetten som Sprängde – Kattvals (Gump, 1973) -Gånglåt från Vallahallvägen Dennise Norwood – In the Skin with Me (Dennise Records, 1961) -In the Skin with Me

Although we officially called it a quit with our 80th episode last summer, we’re back with a one-off episode for all of you who are in a lockdown/quarantine or to everyone who just wants to hear some new music. This episode presents records acquired since the last show and includes a mixed bag of communal folk (Huckle), lounge (Eddie Suzuki), Exotica (Dennise Norwood), Swedish progg (Rabatt and Kvartetten som sprängde) and more. We’re also happy to include the great track “Blanket Fog Descends” from Sven Wunder’s forthcoming album, “Wabi Sabi”. Don’t sleep on this one as it will go quickly. We hope you are all doing well during these crazy times and that the selection can bring some enjoyment while maintaining social distancing. Stay safe everyone! More information on Sven Wunder and Wabi Sabi can be found on <a href="http://pianopianorecords.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">pianopianorecords.com</a>. Huckle - Upon a Once Time (Homespun, 1974) -Get Down Trúbrot (Parlophone, 1970) -Ég sé það Jim Thompson II and Preflyte – Message at 33 1/3 (Sky Light Records, 1979) -Eternal Light Brigade Eddie Suzuki – New Hawaii (ESP Hawaii, mid-70s?) -Beauty Near Hanalei Rabatt (Marilla, 1971) -X:et Kvartetten som Sprängde – Kattvals (Gump, 1973) -Gånglåt från Vallahallvägen Dennise Norwood – In the Skin with Me (Dennise Records, 1961) -In the Skin with Me

Music in Isolation

A mix of back-to-nature folk, eastern-tinged psych and acoustic improvisations. “Nature’s beauty is so astonishing, makes you want to be around it all the time, you know it’s even been known to make people high” – Jerry and Nancy Stevens   Tracklist: Children of One - Eastern Cloth (Real Records, 1969) Arbete och Fritid - Fantasins Lov (MNW, 1977) Big Lost Rainbow - Ocean (Big Lost, 1973) Huckle - Hello Sunshine (Homespun, 1974) Brent Titcomb - Falling Star (CBC, 1975) Becky Ryan - Pirate (Blossom Records, 1977) Magic Carpet - Alan’s Christmas Card (Mushroom, 1972) Caroline Peyton - Light-Years (Bar-B-Q Records, 1977) David Fishel - Faces to Match the Weather (Kateye Records, 1976) Jerry and Nancy Stevens - Stranded (Troll Records, 1976) Michael Styers - Pan’s Door (No label, 1980) Bob Alster - Hardwood Flats (No label, 1983) Chris Madsen - Sand and Foam (No label, 1983) Expanding Circle - Cova Kom (No label, 1980) Carl Erdmann - Within (No label, 1980) JB Sky-Blue Into Blue (Gypsy-Child Records, 1977) Scotti-Equal Time (Strawberry Records, 1974)

A mix of back-to-nature folk, eastern-tinged psych and acoustic improvisations. “Nature’s beauty is so astonishing, makes you want to be around it all the time, you know it’s even been known to make people high” – Jerry and Nancy Stevens Tracklist: Children of One - Eastern Cloth (Real Records, 1969) Arbete och Fritid - Fantasins Lov (MNW, 1977) Big Lost Rainbow - Ocean (Big Lost, 1973) Huckle - Hello Sunshine (Homespun, 1974) Brent Titcomb - Falling Star (CBC, 1975) Becky Ryan - Pirate (Blossom Records, 1977) Magic Carpet - Alan’s Christmas Card (Mushroom, 1972) Caroline Peyton - Light-Years (Bar-B-Q Records, 1977) David Fishel - Faces to Match the Weather (Kateye Records, 1976) Jerry and Nancy Stevens - Stranded (Troll Records, 1976) Michael Styers - Pan’s Door (No label, 1980) Bob Alster - Hardwood Flats (No label, 1983) Chris Madsen - Sand and Foam (No label, 1983) Expanding Circle - Cova Kom (No label, 1980) Carl Erdmann - Within (No label, 1980) JB Sky-Blue Into Blue (Gypsy-Child Records, 1977) Scotti-Equal Time (Strawberry Records, 1974)

Natural Highs Mixtape

Paul Major

Circle

We are honored to have Paul Major with us for the 80th and final episode of Arkivet. Paul has been one of the most influential persons for this podcast as the guru of obscure psychedelic and private press records. In order to have a collector scene, context and coherency are key elements and Paul was one of the first to see the connections and to link private press and real people records to the canon of psychedelic music. Therefore, it is no surprise that many of the records he discovered are true classics and in this episode we play some of the records Paul discovered, and hear him telling the stories of how he found them. We also listen to a few records that are unknown to Paul but that we hope would fit his taste and his well-traveled ears. We couldn’t think of a better way to end this podcast, which has been running for over 6 years and almost 80 hours of recorded material, then to do it together with Paul. We want to thank all of you that have listened to our ramblings and that have participated, in one way or the other, to the show over the years. Thank you all! Darius-s/t (Chartmaker, 1968) -I Feel the Need To Carry On Dark-Dark Round the Edges (Sis, 1972) -Maypole Jazz Bend Me Blues Band (Algar, 1967-68)   -Happiness Dream Morgen (ABC Probe, 1969) -Purple Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, 197?) -Is This For Real? Ray Harlowe and Gyp Fox (Waterwheel Records, 1978) -Gettin’ Keyed Sounds of Salvation-s/t (Reflection, 1974) -Overseers The Clap-Have You Reached Yet? (Nova Sol Records, 1972)             -Out of the Shadows Also, don’t forget to listen to our previous interview with Paul and a DJ-set we did together last time he was in Stockholm.

We are honored to have Paul Major with us for the 80th and final episode of Arkivet. Paul has been one of the most influential persons for this podcast as the guru of obscure psychedelic and private press records. In order to have a collector scene, context and coherency are key elements and Paul was one of the first to see the connections and to link private press and real people records to the canon of psychedelic music. Therefore, it is no surprise that many of the records he discovered are true classics and in this episode we play some of the records Paul discovered, and hear him telling the stories of how he found them. We also listen to a few records that are unknown to Paul but that we hope would fit his taste and his well-traveled ears. We couldn’t think of a better way to end this podcast, which has been running for over 6 years and almost 80 hours of recorded material, then to do it together with Paul. We want to thank all of you that have listened to our ramblings and that have participated, in one way or the other, to the show over the years. Thank you all! Darius-s/t (Chartmaker, 1968) -I Feel the Need To Carry On Dark-Dark Round the Edges (Sis, 1972) -Maypole Jazz Bend Me Blues Band (Algar, 1967-68)   -Happiness Dream Morgen (ABC Probe, 1969) -Purple Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, 197?) -Is This For Real? Ray Harlowe and Gyp Fox (Waterwheel Records, 1978) -Gettin’ Keyed Sounds of Salvation-s/t (Reflection, 1974) -Overseers The Clap-Have You Reached Yet? (Nova Sol Records, 1972)             -Out of the Shadows Also, don’t forget to listen to our previous <a href="http://arkivetpodcast.se/blog/2017/1/2/interview-with-paul-major" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">interview</a> with Paul and a <a href="http://arkivetpodcast.se/blog/2018/8/13/dj-set-with-paul-major" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">DJ-set</a> we did together last time he was in Stockholm.

Full Circle - An Interview with Paul Major

Here we engulf ourselves in some westcoast jams, with bands that doesn’t necessarily have to come from the west coast but all playing that laid-back breezy Californian vibe. Among the highlights of the show is the extremely rare self-titled mini-album by Al Manfredi, which he pressed in about 100 copies for demo purposes and with only very few known to exist today. Also the highly acclaimed Kristyl album is worthy a mention, as it is not only a solid album but one of the true classics in the private press world and discovered already in the ´80s by the legendary Paul Major. Furthermore, we want to highlight the underrated debut of Help Yourself, which in our opinion, is one of the best westcoast-sounding albums from the UK. With that said, we hope you will enjoy our selection of (mostly) 7 minutes westcoast jams. Al Manfredi-s/t (Band n’ Vocal, 1973) -Blue Gold Help Yourself-s/t (Liberty, 1971)     -Old Man Snakegrinder-And the shredded Fieldmice (Alligator Shoes, 1977)   -Love Junkie Turnquist Remedy-Iowa By the Sea (Pentagram, 1970)   -All Gone Blues Act II   Lacewing – s/t (Mainstream, 1971)     -Paradox   Kristyl – s/t (No label, 1975) -The Valley of Life

Here we engulf ourselves in some westcoast jams, with bands that doesn’t necessarily have to come from the west coast but all playing that laid-back breezy Californian vibe. Among the highlights of the show is the extremely rare self-titled mini-album by Al Manfredi, which he pressed in about 100 copies for demo purposes and with only very few known to exist today. Also the highly acclaimed Kristyl album is worthy a mention, as it is not only a solid album but one of the true classics in the private press world and discovered already in the ´80s by the legendary Paul Major. Furthermore, we want to highlight the underrated debut of Help Yourself, which in our opinion, is one of the best westcoast-sounding albums from the UK. With that said, we hope you will enjoy our selection of (mostly) 7 minutes westcoast jams. Al Manfredi-s/t (Band n’ Vocal, 1973) -Blue Gold Help Yourself-s/t (Liberty, 1971)     -Old Man Snakegrinder-And the shredded Fieldmice (Alligator Shoes, 1977)   -Love Junkie Turnquist Remedy-Iowa By the Sea (Pentagram, 1970)   -All Gone Blues Act II   Lacewing – s/t (Mainstream, 1971)     -Paradox   Kristyl – s/t (No label, 1975) -The Valley of Life

Westcoast Jams

We seldom highlight music from our home country but in this episode we turn the spotlight on some Swedish underground and psychedelic bands. In the episode we listen to some of the most obscure bands of the Swedish underground, like Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers, which only release was a test pressing with just a few copies made, but we also play well established acts, such as Nature and Mecki Mark Men. To add some confusion, we also throw in a Finnish band, Cirius, and the reason for the inclusion is that they do a little-known but great version of Bosses Låt (originally recorded by the Swedish band Fläsket Brinner). On top of this, we also listen to some contemporary Swedish progressive music with Pocket-Size and the track Clairvoyant from their new album Immortality (released in December 2018). Raunchy (Scam records, 1975) -Flygmaskinen Nature-Earthmover (Sonet, 1974) -Mystery Brew Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers (No label/test pressing, 1970) -It’s Raining Mecki Mark Men (Philips, 1967) -Midnight Land Cirius-Cirius II (Blue Master Special, 1974) -Bossen Laulu (Bosses Låt) Älgarnas Trädgård-Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden (Silence, 1972) -Saturnus Ringar You find more info on Pocket-Size and upcoming shows on their homepage and Facebook. For more on Swedish psychedelia, check out this previous episode. Thanks to Stefan Kéry from Subliminal Sounds for providing with information for this episode.

We seldom highlight music from our home country but in this episode we turn the spotlight on some Swedish underground and psychedelic bands. In the episode we listen to some of the most obscure bands of the Swedish underground, like Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers, which only release was a test pressing with just a few copies made, but we also play well established acts, such as Nature and Mecki Mark Men. To add some confusion, we also throw in a Finnish band, Cirius, and the reason for the inclusion is that they do a little-known but great version of Bosses Låt (originally recorded by the Swedish band Fläsket Brinner). On top of this, we also listen to some contemporary Swedish progressive music with Pocket-Size and the track Clairvoyant from their new album Immortality (released in December 2018). Raunchy (Scam records, 1975) -Flygmaskinen Nature-Earthmover (Sonet, 1974) -Mystery Brew Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers (No label/test pressing, 1970) -It’s Raining Mecki Mark Men (Philips, 1967) -Midnight Land Cirius-Cirius II (Blue Master Special, 1974) -Bossen Laulu (Bosses Låt) Älgarnas Trädgård-Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden (Silence, 1972) -Saturnus Ringar You find more info on Pocket-Size and upcoming shows on their <a href="http://www.pocketsizesthlm.se/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">homepage</a> and <a href="https://sv-se.facebook.com/pocketsizesthlm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. For more on Swedish psychedelia, check out this previous <a href="http://arkivetpodcast.se/blog/2014/8/21/episode-9-swedish-psychedelic-and-progressive-music" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">episode</a>. Thanks to Stefan Kéry from <a href="http://www.subliminalsounds.se/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Subliminal Sounds</a> for providing with information for this episode.

Swedish Psychedelic Music Part 2

Arkivet (the Archive) is a podcast about underground music from the 60s and 70s - focusing on psychedelia, progressive and folk.

Very randomly came upon these lovely gents and their fantastic radio show while searching for podcasts about record digging. The quality of records they choose and how they discuss them is pure pleasure.

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Was looking for a psych related podcast to binge, recommended!

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Avsnitt 6 - The man from MU

It’s time again to return to Midwestern United States with a second episode of local/private press psychedelia from this region. We have already dedicated one episode in season 1 to Midwest, in which we included some of the finest artists of the psychedelic era, e.g. Zerfas and Wizards From Kansas. This time we have chosen to focus on the late ‘70s psych and it’s going to be a lot of melodic guitars, rural vibes and stoned grooves in this episode. To us the Midwest is one of the greatest regions in the US for '70s local/private press psychedelia and is perhaps only matched by the West Pacific (including the hippie states of California and Hawaii). It’s astonishing how so many of the top private press records that came out from the Midwest, like Anonymous and Rick Saucedo, if just mentioning the ones included in this episode. The reason to this is unknown to us but could it be the regions geographical displacement to the major labels in New York and Los Angeles with little chance of being discovered as a small band resulting in the release of the music on local labels or as private presses instead?  Except Anonymous and Rick Saucedo we also tried to add some lesser known bands in this episode, like Windwords and Clockwork, which we hope you will enjoy as much.  Rick Saucedo – Heaven Was Blue (Reality 1978)-In My MindWindwords-Shootin’ the Breeze (WW 1979)-WisdomRay Harlowe and Gyp Fox-First Rays (Waterwheel 1978)-Gettin’ KeyedAnonymous-Inside the Shadow (A Major label, 1976/1981)-Baby Come Risin’Clockwork-Clockwork (Greene Bottle, 1973)-Country Side Woman

It’s time again to return to Midwestern United States with a second episode of local/private press psychedelia from this region. We have already dedicated one episode in season 1 to Midwest, in which we included some of the finest artists of the psychedelic era, e.g. Zerfas and Wizards From Kansas. This time we have chosen to focus on the late ‘70s psych and it’s going to be a lot of melodic guitars, rural vibes and stoned grooves in this episode. To us the Midwest is one of the greatest regions in the US for '70s local/private press psychedelia and is perhaps only matched by the West Pacific (including the hippie states of California and Hawaii). It’s astonishing how so many of the top private press records that came out from the Midwest, like Anonymous and Rick Saucedo, if just mentioning the ones included in this episode. The reason to this is unknown to us but could it be the regions geographical displacement to the major labels in New York and Los Angeles with little chance of being discovered as a small band resulting in the release of the music on local labels or as private presses instead?  Except Anonymous and Rick Saucedo we also tried to add some lesser known bands in this episode, like Windwords and Clockwork, which we hope you will enjoy as much.  Rick Saucedo – Heaven Was Blue (Reality 1978)-In My MindWindwords-Shootin’ the Breeze (WW 1979)-WisdomRay Harlowe and Gyp Fox-First Rays (Waterwheel 1978)-Gettin’ KeyedAnonymous-Inside the Shadow (A Major label, 1976/1981)-Baby Come Risin’Clockwork-Clockwork (Greene Bottle, 1973)-Country Side Woman

Episode 5 - Melodic Midwest, Late '70s Psych From the Lowland States

In this episode we're exploring some of the music that came out of the hippie communes in the early 70's. The communal living was nothing new but the 1970's saw an increase of new communes spread out in the countryside across the US and marks the start of the hippie rural movement, where the intense kaleidoscope colors of Height-Ashbury was replaced by a reconnection to nature and the more laid-back lifestyle of the 1970’s. The rural movement was partly a response to the decay of the hippie neighborhoods and the loss of spiritual clearness of the cities. Most of the communes came to existence through a shared spiritual awareness among people seeking a way of continuing their psychedelic lifestyle or the will to follow certain religious and political beliefs. All of this could be seen as social experiments which gave people a chance to distance them self from the rest of society and create their own way of living with rules only applying within the constraints of the collective. The need of detachment from the society could very well be a part of the growing distrust of the western civilization with the raging of the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons and governmental brutality during protests and manifestations. The music was a major part of the communal living and in many cases used to spread the word of their newfound way of living and to recruit new members but as we are going to hear most of them still kept the creativity and artistic integrity while doing this. The majority of the communes did not last so long due to the hardship of living that close to so many people and following the sometimes unconventional and strict rules, which I can imagine requires true dedication from the members. Another problem, which became clear for many of the communes discussed in the episode, was the increasing power of the spiritual leaders that usually took God-like proportions resulting in delusions of grandeur, so the saying that “power corrupts” holds true, even for hippies. Anyway, the music that came out of this was usually as pure as the ideal that founded the communes and we hope you enjoy the selection.    The Farm Band-same (Mantra 1972)-Let It RideGreenwood, Curlee and Thompson-One Time, One Place (No label 1972)-The Brother(s) songFather Yod and the Spirit of 76 (Higher Key 1974)-Fire In the SkyThe Apostles-The Living Gospel (The Divine Mission 1973)-LilaSun (Up-Sun Down 197?)-Memories of the Mind 

In this episode we're exploring some of the music that came out of the hippie communes in the early 70's. The communal living was nothing new but the 1970's saw an increase of new communes spread out in the countryside across the US and marks the start of the hippie rural movement, where the intense kaleidoscope colors of Height-Ashbury was replaced by a reconnection to nature and the more laid-back lifestyle of the 1970’s. The rural movement was partly a response to the decay of the hippie neighborhoods and the loss of spiritual clearness of the cities. Most of the communes came to existence through a shared spiritual awareness among people seeking a way of continuing their psychedelic lifestyle or the will to follow certain religious and political beliefs. All of this could be seen as social experiments which gave people a chance to distance them self from the rest of society and create their own way of living with rules only applying within the constraints of the collective. The need of detachment from the society could very well be a part of the growing distrust of the western civilization with the raging of the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons and governmental brutality during protests and manifestations. The music was a major part of the communal living and in many cases used to spread the word of their newfound way of living and to recruit new members but as we are going to hear most of them still kept the creativity and artistic integrity while doing this. The majority of the communes did not last so long due to the hardship of living that close to so many people and following the sometimes unconventional and strict rules, which I can imagine requires true dedication from the members. Another problem, which became clear for many of the communes discussed in the episode, was the increasing power of the spiritual leaders that usually took God-like proportions resulting in delusions of grandeur, so the saying that “power corrupts” holds true, even for hippies. Anyway, the music that came out of this was usually as pure as the ideal that founded the communes and we hope you enjoy the selection.    The Farm Band-same (Mantra 1972)-Let It RideGreenwood, Curlee and Thompson-One Time, One Place (No label 1972)-The Brother(s) songFather Yod and the Spirit of 76 (Higher Key 1974)-Fire In the SkyThe Apostles-The Living Gospel (The Divine Mission 1973)-LilaSun (Up-Sun Down 197?)-Memories of the Mind

Episode 1 - Who Cares for the City? Communal psych and the hippie rural movement

This is the second and last part (at least for now) of our explorations in the s/sw genre. This time we take a look at some private press artists that didn’t make it on big important record companies. Time wise we have now moved from the early 70s in the previous episode to the late 70s and early 80s, although stylistically there is not much of a difference and not many influences from contemporary genres can be heard. This lag phase is common among private presses and ties together genres otherwise spread out in time. As with mainstream singer/songwriters there is plenty to pick and choose from, perhaps even more, and we have put together a few of our favorites. Bert Keely – Take Me Home (Man hole) 1979-Mari’s SongTed Lucas – s/t (OM) 1975-Plain and Sane and Simple MelodyJD Elias – Who’s That? (BIRC) 1978-Leavin' on My MindPoor Richard – Places of the Sun (Kazoo) 1978-The Ax of Good-byNaomi – Seagulls and Sunflowers (Cottage) 1976-More BeautifulSixth Station – Deep Night (No label) 1982-Deep Night

This is the second and last part (at least for now) of our explorations in the s/sw genre. This time we take a look at some private press artists that didn’t make it on big important record companies. Time wise we have now moved from the early 70s in the previous episode to the late 70s and early 80s, although stylistically there is not much of a difference and not many influences from contemporary genres can be heard. This lag phase is common among private presses and ties together genres otherwise spread out in time. As with mainstream singer/songwriters there is plenty to pick and choose from, perhaps even more, and we have put together a few of our favorites. Bert Keely – Take Me Home (Man hole) 1979-Mari’s SongTed Lucas – s/t (OM) 1975-Plain and Sane and Simple MelodyJD Elias – Who’s That? (BIRC) 1978-Leavin' on My MindPoor Richard – Places of the Sun (Kazoo) 1978-The Ax of Good-byNaomi – Seagulls and Sunflowers (Cottage) 1976-More BeautifulSixth Station – Deep Night (No label) 1982-Deep Night

Episode 2 - Sing a Song of Sixpence, '70s Singer-Songwriters Part 2

We’ve put together a new mix of mind-manifesting music, including some singer-songwriter tunes, communal folk, hippie idealism and plenty of hand drums.   Thrower, Spillane and McFarland – Crow (Ranger, 1973) F.B. Worster – Autumn’s Child (MPI, 1974) Turid –Stjärnor och Änglar (Silence, 1975) Cymbeline – Sixth Image (Green Light, 1971) Bob McBride – 90 Degrees on the Moon (Capitol, 1973) Peter Kelley – I Been Told (Sire, 1971) Ptarmigan – Go Dancing (Columbia, 1974) Lila – Beneath The Sky (Lila, 1978) Shawi – Un Air De Printemps (Intervalle, 1981) Om Shanti – We Are Home (Solace, 1977) Kevin Vicalvi – Another Day, Another Time (Starizon Studio, 1974) Kold Duc – Evil Woman (Vat, 197?) John Braheny – Don't Cry For Me (Pete, 1968) Rex Holman – Debbie (Pentagram, 1970) Jerry Merrick – Please Clear the Air (Mercury, 1969) John Berberian – The Fuzz (Excerpt) (Verve Forecast, 1969)

We’ve put together a new mix of mind-manifesting music, including some singer-songwriter tunes, communal folk, hippie idealism and plenty of hand drums. Thrower, Spillane and McFarland – Crow (Ranger, 1973) F.B. Worster – Autumn’s Child (MPI, 1974) Turid –Stjärnor och Änglar (Silence, 1975) Cymbeline – Sixth Image (Green Light, 1971) Bob McBride – 90 Degrees on the Moon (Capitol, 1973) Peter Kelley – I Been Told (Sire, 1971) Ptarmigan – Go Dancing (Columbia, 1974) Lila – Beneath The Sky (Lila, 1978) Shawi – Un Air De Printemps (Intervalle, 1981) Om Shanti – We Are Home (Solace, 1977) Kevin Vicalvi – Another Day, Another Time (Starizon Studio, 1974) Kold Duc – Evil Woman (Vat, 197?) John Braheny – Don't Cry For Me (Pete, 1968) Rex Holman – Debbie (Pentagram, 1970) Jerry Merrick – Please Clear the Air (Mercury, 1969) John Berberian – The Fuzz (Excerpt) (Verve Forecast, 1969)

As We Travel Mixtape – Hippie Anthems and Lysergic Manifestations 

Avsnitt 3 - Greetings from the Tri-State Area

Paul Major is one of the originators to obscure psych and private press collecting and many of the records he found and documented are now seen as classics, such as Fraction, Peter Grudzien and Marcus. Paul started buying records when the psychedelic movement was at its peak in the late 60s, digging through the local K-mart’s dollar bins looking for anything that looked “psychedelic” and was able to pick up many rarities by today’s standard (e.g. Morgen, Easter Everywhere by The Elevators and The Moving Sidewalks). In the 70s he became aware of private presses and real people music (a term coined by him) and started to distinguish between those records and major label releases. This “realization” happened when he for the first time heard Attic Demonstration by Kenneth Higney and since then private presses has been his prime interest as a collector. During the early 80s he turned record collecting into a profession. His main sales channel was his homemade catalogues, which was sent out to other likeminded collectors. With the catalogues, he also introduced these types of records to a much wider audience and among the collectors receiving the catalogues was the psychedelic scholar Patrick Lundborg, who have said that “Paul Major is perhaps the single most important person for re-discovering the whole "private" and "local" music scenes of the 1960s-1970s" and that "The Acid Archives book is basically an extension of what he did in the late 1980s and early 1990s.”* Paul went into the record label business in the mid-90s when he started the label Parallel World, which both released contemporary artists as well as compilations and reissues, including Bobb Trimble, Blo and Steve Linnegar’s Snakeshed, which at that time must have been known to only a few hardcore collectors. Talking to Paul is like getting a history lesson in the development of obscure record collecting and together with several other devotees, he was part of laying the foundation to the collector community that we have today. His musical history and the story about the catalogues have been made into a book called “Feel The Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major”, which will be published by Anthology this spring.  Kenneth Higney-Attic Demonstration (Kebrutney, 1976) -Children of Sound Marcus-From the House of Trax (No label, 1978) -The City of Inbetween Ilian-Love Me Crazy (Kitty. 1977) -Grease Lips (or See What You See, which is the correct title) Steve Linnegar’s Snakeshed-Classic Epics (Snake, 1982) -Kamakura Dragons *interview with Patrick Lundborg for Dig It! Magazine

Paul Major is one of the originators to obscure psych and private press collecting and many of the records he found and documented are now seen as classics, such as Fraction, Peter Grudzien and Marcus. Paul started buying records when the psychedelic movement was at its peak in the late 60s, digging through the local K-mart’s dollar bins looking for anything that looked “psychedelic” and was able to pick up many rarities by today’s standard (e.g. Morgen, Easter Everywhere by The Elevators and The Moving Sidewalks). In the 70s he became aware of private presses and real people music (a term coined by him) and started to distinguish between those records and major label releases. This “realization” happened when he for the first time heard Attic Demonstration by Kenneth Higney and since then private presses has been his prime interest as a collector. During the early 80s he turned record collecting into a profession. His main sales channel was his homemade catalogues, which was sent out to other likeminded collectors. With the catalogues, he also introduced these types of records to a much wider audience and among the collectors receiving the catalogues was the psychedelic scholar Patrick Lundborg, who have said that “Paul Major is perhaps the single most important person for re-discovering the whole "private" and "local" music scenes of the 1960s-1970s" and that "The Acid Archives book is basically an extension of what he did in the late 1980s and early 1990s.”* Paul went into the record label business in the mid-90s when he started the label Parallel World, which both released contemporary artists as well as compilations and reissues, including Bobb Trimble, Blo and Steve Linnegar’s Snakeshed, which at that time must have been known to only a few hardcore collectors. Talking to Paul is like getting a history lesson in the development of obscure record collecting and together with several other devotees, he was part of laying the foundation to the collector community that we have today. His musical history and the story about the catalogues have been made into a book called “Feel The Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major”, which will be published by Anthology this spring.  Kenneth Higney-Attic Demonstration (Kebrutney, 1976) -Children of Sound Marcus-From the House of Trax (No label, 1978) -The City of Inbetween Ilian-Love Me Crazy (Kitty. 1977) -Grease Lips (or See What You See, which is the correct title) Steve Linnegar’s Snakeshed-Classic Epics (Snake, 1982) -Kamakura Dragons *interview with Patrick Lundborg for Dig It! Magazine

Interview with Paul Major

Lance Barresi

We are proud to have Lance Barresi from Permanent Records as our special guest editor in this episode and he has put together a great tracklist for us with a lot of rare hard rock and heavy psych bands. The majority of the cuts are taken from the Brown Acid compilations, a project that he runs together with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, and in April the fourth trip in the series will be released. Since a young age, Lance has been interested in music, especially unusual and independent artists – “I've never been one to be satisfied with the status quo or mainstream culture. When I discovered punk, independent, and underground music in junior high school, I never turned back”. His interest in records led to the opening of his own record store in Chicago in 2006, which he started together with Liz Tooley, and in 2011 Permanent Records expanded to Los Angeles, where they live today. The need to stock records for the stores and his own interest in discovering new music has led to an never-ending hunt for records, and like many serious collectors he has also spent a lot of time tracking bands down that are of particular interest to him. Through the process of contacting the bands, he also got the idea to compile and license the music and this developed into the Brown Acid compilation series. In this episode we’re going to hear a few of the artists that Lance has been in contact with over the years. Headstones (Rome, 197?) -Carry Me On Bad Axe (Permanent, 2014/1973) -Coachman Iron Knowledge (Tammy, 1972) - Show Stopper Crossfield (Toy, 197?) - Take It Grand Theft – s/t (No label, 1972) - Scream (It's Eating Me Alive) Factory (Oak, 1971) - Time Machine Chicago Triangle – Emergence (Dynamite, 1977) - Ripped Off Zipper – Zipper (Whizeagle, 1975) - Rollin' and Tumblin'

We are proud to have Lance Barresi from <a href="http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Permanent Records</a> as our special guest editor in this episode and he has put together a great tracklist for us with a lot of rare hard rock and heavy psych bands. The majority of the cuts are taken from the Brown Acid compilations, a project that he runs together with Daniel Hall of <a href="http://www.ridingeasyrecs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RidingEasy Records</a>, and in April the fourth trip in the series will be released. Since a young age, Lance has been interested in music, especially unusual and independent artists – “I've never been one to be satisfied with the status quo or mainstream culture. When I discovered punk, independent, and underground music in junior high school, I never turned back”. His interest in records led to the opening of his own record store in Chicago in 2006, which he started together with Liz Tooley, and in 2011 Permanent Records expanded to Los Angeles, where they live today. The need to stock records for the stores and his own interest in discovering new music has led to an never-ending hunt for records, and like many serious collectors he has also spent a lot of time tracking bands down that are of particular interest to him. Through the process of contacting the bands, he also got the idea to compile and license the music and this developed into the Brown Acid compilation series. In this episode we’re going to hear a few of the artists that Lance has been in contact with over the years. Headstones (Rome, 197?) -Carry Me On Bad Axe (Permanent, 2014/1973) -Coachman Iron Knowledge (Tammy, 1972) - Show Stopper Crossfield (Toy, 197?) - Take It Grand Theft – s/t (No label, 1972) - Scream (It's Eating Me Alive) Factory (Oak, 1971) - Time Machine Chicago Triangle – Emergence (Dynamite, 1977) - Ripped Off Zipper – Zipper (Whizeagle, 1975) - Rollin' and Tumblin'

Episode 11 - Getting Heavy With Lance Barresi, ‘70s Hard Rock and Heavy Psych

Folk music played an important role in the development of psychedelic rock and folk musicians were part of introducing psychedelics to mainstream popular culture in the mid-‘60s, which until then had only been known among “bohemian jetsetters” and academics. In this episode we play some favorite folk-psych acts from different parts of the world. The selection of songs covers a broad spectrum of the genre and includes both group- and communal oriented bands, and solo acts as well as some of the many different styles, e.g. blues, eastern, “acid” and downer, which exist within the realms of psychedelic folk music. We hope you’ll enjoy! C.O.B-Moyshe McStiff &amp; The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart (Polydor Folkmill, 1972) -Sheba's Return/Lion Of Judah All That the Name Implies (Oro, 1968) -Black Tuesday Jake Holmes-The Above Ground Sound of (Tower, 1967) -Lonely Turid-Vittras Visor (Silence, 1971) -Chrystal Shade of Loneliness Graham James-What Is Me? (Rene, 1974) -The Superlative Life Is Free Peter Kelley-Dealin´Blues (Sire, 1971) -He Could Never Feel Oriental sunshine-Dedicated To the Bird We Love (Philips, 1970) -Across My Life Amory Kane-Just To Be There (CBS, 1970) -Evolution For more info on C.O.B, check out Patrick Lundborg’s excellent in-depth review and for the full story on Oriental Sunshine see Flashback Magazine issue #6.

Folk music played an important role in the development of psychedelic rock and folk musicians were part of introducing psychedelics to mainstream popular culture in the mid-‘60s, which until then had only been known among “bohemian jetsetters” and academics. In this episode we play some favorite folk-psych acts from different parts of the world. The selection of songs covers a broad spectrum of the genre and includes both group- and communal oriented bands, and solo acts as well as some of the many different styles, e.g. blues, eastern, “acid” and downer, which exist within the realms of psychedelic folk music. We hope you’ll enjoy! C.O.B-Moyshe McStiff &amp; The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart (Polydor Folkmill, 1972) -Sheba's Return/Lion Of Judah All That the Name Implies (Oro, 1968) -Black Tuesday Jake Holmes-The Above Ground Sound of (Tower, 1967) -Lonely Turid-Vittras Visor (Silence, 1971) -Chrystal Shade of Loneliness Graham James-What Is Me? (Rene, 1974) -The Superlative Life Is Free Peter Kelley-Dealin´Blues (Sire, 1971) -He Could Never Feel Oriental sunshine-Dedicated To the Bird We Love (Philips, 1970) -Across My Life Amory Kane-Just To Be There (CBS, 1970) -Evolution For more info on C.O.B, check out Patrick Lundborg’s excellent in-depth <a href="http://www.lysergia.com/LamaReviews/lamaMain.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and for the full story on Oriental Sunshine see <a href="http://www.flashbackmag.com/issue7.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flashback Magazine issue #6</a>.

Episode 12 - Psychedelic Folk Music!

Inspired by Numero Group’s compilation  Cosmic American Music we felt we wanted to do a take on that theme. However, as neither of us have so much country records in our collections this episode turned out to be a little bit more eclectic with songs inspired by American roots music in general, so it will be some country-tinged tracks but also blues and folk. As we had more tunes lined up than we could squeeze into this episode we will return with a part 2 of this theme. Featured in this episode is also two contemporary artists, Part-Time Lover and Evan Haywood, as we continue with our new segment of playing modern music. Part-Time Lover will release an EP in October on Blue Arrow Records in Cleveland and included here is one of the tracks, “Magic Child”. Evan Haywood is just finishing up his second album “Perfumed Gardens” and we play “Ashes of Oblivion” from the LP. George Law – s/t (Bongwater Records, 1977) -Clouded Mind  Drendall, Thrower and Friends – Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues (Deacon Productions, 1972) -Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues Peter Grudzien – Album nr. 2 (in Two Sides) “The Garden of Love” (Subliminal Sounds, 2007) -Kiss Me Another Kathy Ford – s/t (The Great Arts and Farces Company, 1980) -Kid From Colorado Dennis – Lay By Me (Roadside Records, 1978) -Open the Door Bureman &amp; O’Rourke – Strawberry Pickin’s (Pearce, 1974) -Genevieve The Trio – s/t (No label, 1969-70/2015) -Kind Sir

Inspired by Numero Group’s compilation <a href="http://www.numerogroup.com/products/wayfaring-strangers-cosmic-american-music" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Cosmic American Music</a> we felt we wanted to do a take on that theme. However, as neither of us have so much country records in our collections this episode turned out to be a little bit more eclectic with songs inspired by American roots music in general, so it will be some country-tinged tracks but also blues and folk. As we had more tunes lined up than we could squeeze into this episode we will return with a part 2 of this theme. Featured in this episode is also two contemporary artists, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/part-timelover" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Part-Time Lover</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/evan-haywood" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Evan Haywood</a>, as we continue with our new segment of playing modern music. Part-Time Lover will release an EP in October on <a href="https://www.bluearrowrecords.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Arrow Records</a> in Cleveland and included here is one of the tracks, “Magic Child”. Evan Haywood is just finishing up his second album “Perfumed Gardens” and we play “Ashes of Oblivion” from the LP. George Law – s/t (Bongwater Records, 1977) -Clouded Mind  Drendall, Thrower and Friends – Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues (Deacon Productions, 1972) -Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues Peter Grudzien – Album nr. 2 (in Two Sides) “The Garden of Love” (Subliminal Sounds, 2007) -Kiss Me Another Kathy Ford – s/t (The Great Arts and Farces Company, 1980) -Kid From Colorado Dennis – Lay By Me (Roadside Records, 1978) -Open the Door Bureman &amp; O’Rourke – Strawberry Pickin’s (Pearce, 1974) -Genevieve The Trio – s/t (No label, 1969-70/2015) -Kind Sir

Cosmic American Music Part 1

Reine Fiske

Reine Fiske is well-known as a musician in various bands and musical constellations, most notable as the guitarist of Dungen, Träden and The Amazing. Besides his own musicianship, Reine has long been a devoted record collector with an impressive collection of experimental, psychedelic and progressive music. In this episode, he plays some incredible rare and extraordinary records for us, such as Christian Yoga Church, one of finest psychedelic commune recordings ever made, as well as an acetate copy of Mandrake Memorial’s Medium with a different mix on several of the songs. Reine has also been involved in several reissue projects, including the 3 LP box-set of Pärson Sound, the band that later evolved into Träd, gräs och stenar. Here we listen to their composition Tio Minuter (Ten Minutes), which was originally recorded for Swedish radio in 1967. We also listen to the “dark and epic” music of Jake Holmes and Radiomöbel as well as some fine Turkish psychedelic folk by Ersen. With that said, we hope you’ll enjoy this show as much as we do! Ersen (Şahinler, 1972) -Kozan Dağı Jake Holmes – Letter To Katherine December (Tower, 1968) -Leaves Never Break Christian Yoga Church – Turn On!! Music For the Hip At Heart (Memorare, 1967) -Excerpt from side 1 Mandrake Memorial-Medium (Poppy, 1968, acetate copy) -Smokescreen (with a different mix) Radiomöbel – Tramseböx (Chockskivor, 1975) -Hav Pärson Sound – s/t (Subliminal Sounds, 2001) -Tio Minuter

Reine Fiske is well-known as a musician in various bands and musical constellations, most notable as the guitarist of Dungen, Träden and The Amazing. Besides his own musicianship, Reine has long been a devoted record collector with an impressive collection of experimental, psychedelic and progressive music. In this episode, he plays some incredible rare and extraordinary records for us, such as Christian Yoga Church, one of finest psychedelic commune recordings ever made, as well as an acetate copy of Mandrake Memorial’s Medium with a different mix on several of the songs. Reine has also been involved in several reissue projects, including the 3 LP box-set of Pärson Sound, the band that later evolved into Träd, gräs och stenar. Here we listen to their composition Tio Minuter (Ten Minutes), which was originally recorded for Swedish radio in 1967. We also listen to the “dark and epic” music of Jake Holmes and Radiomöbel as well as some fine Turkish psychedelic folk by Ersen. With that said, we hope you’ll enjoy this show as much as we do! Ersen (Şahinler, 1972) -Kozan Dağı Jake Holmes – Letter To Katherine December (Tower, 1968) -Leaves Never Break Christian Yoga Church – Turn On!! Music For the Hip At Heart (Memorare, 1967) -Excerpt from side 1 Mandrake Memorial-Medium (Poppy, 1968, acetate copy) -Smokescreen (with a different mix) Radiomöbel – Tramseböx (Chockskivor, 1975) -Hav Pärson Sound – s/t (Subliminal Sounds, 2001) -Tio Minuter

Interview with Reine Fiske

We haven’t focused much on pop oriented songs lately so we thought we needed a psychedelic pop episode in this season. This sub-genre of psychedelic music is to our minds strongly linked to major label and with that also a bigger production and more commercial appeal compared to many private press releases. We don’t consider this to be anything negative and there was a lot of creativity at work here as well and some great use of studio sound effects. The majority of the songs in today’s episode is major label artists but we also play a few budget-label releases as well as some local and private presses.   Georgie Porgie and the Cry Babies (Jubilee, 1968) -The Lake World of Oz (Deram, 1969) -Like A Tear NGC-4594 (Smash, 1967) -Skipping Through the Night Chris Lucey-Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest (Surrey 1965) -Girl From Vernon Mountain Spring Fever (Splitsound, 1968) -Sand New Mix-s/t (United Artists, 1968) -The Man Badge (Orinj, 1978) -It Doesn’t Mean Suzanne-s/t (Birchmount 1969) -Shendah

We haven’t focused much on pop oriented songs lately so we thought we needed a psychedelic pop episode in this season. This sub-genre of psychedelic music is to our minds strongly linked to major label and with that also a bigger production and more commercial appeal compared to many private press releases. We don’t consider this to be anything negative and there was a lot of creativity at work here as well and some great use of studio sound effects. The majority of the songs in today’s episode is major label artists but we also play a few budget-label releases as well as some local and private presses.   Georgie Porgie and the Cry Babies (Jubilee, 1968) -The Lake World of Oz (Deram, 1969) -Like A Tear NGC-4594 (Smash, 1967) -Skipping Through the Night Chris Lucey-Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest (Surrey 1965) -Girl From Vernon Mountain Spring Fever (Splitsound, 1968) -Sand New Mix-s/t (United Artists, 1968) -The Man Badge (Orinj, 1978) -It Doesn’t Mean Suzanne-s/t (Birchmount 1969) -Shendah

Episode 7 - On the Airways of Imagination, A Continuous Exploration of Psychedelic Pop Music

Avsnitt 9 - Pop Psych?...Pop Psych!

We’re continuing our series of episodes of cheap quality records. In this episode, we’re mainly focusing on psych 45s but we also included a few full length LPs, which all coast around $10 and are easy to find. As usual, the bulk of the artists are from the US but we also mix it up with some affordable Italian prog and Swedish progg. We hope that some of these record are new to you and something that you look for next time you're out digging. Scorpion (American Recording Company, 1973) -I’m Only Human The Tow-Away Zone (Epic, 1968) -Shabd* Dennis Stoner-s/t (Vantage, 1971) -Lost Along the Highway Dalton, James and Sutton (RCA, 1972) -Esatoria Tritons (Barclay, 1973) -Drifter Thomas Wiehe-Drömskugga (Silence, 1974) -Raga vid de relativas nollpunkt Jordan (Golden Chariot, 1974) -Do You Know What It’s Like *We're discussing the meaning of the word "Shabd" during the episode but without reaching a conclusion. After a quick google we realized that "Shabd" means "word" or "sound" in Hindi.

We’re continuing our series of episodes of cheap quality records. In this episode, we’re mainly focusing on psych 45s but we also included a few full length LPs, which all coast around $10 and are easy to find. As usual, the bulk of the artists are from the US but we also mix it up with some affordable Italian prog and Swedish progg. We hope that some of these record are new to you and something that you look for next time you're out digging. Scorpion (American Recording Company, 1973) -I’m Only Human The Tow-Away Zone (Epic, 1968) -Shabd* Dennis Stoner-s/t (Vantage, 1971) -Lost Along the Highway Dalton, James and Sutton (RCA, 1972) -Esatoria Tritons (Barclay, 1973) -Drifter Thomas Wiehe-Drömskugga (Silence, 1974) -Raga vid de relativas nollpunkt Jordan (Golden Chariot, 1974) -Do You Know What It’s Like *We're discussing the meaning of the word "Shabd" during the episode but without reaching a conclusion. After a quick google we realized that "Shabd" means "word" or "sound" in Hindi.

Psych Records on a Shoestring

Our friend Rodney Pate sits in with us on this episode to talk about Michigan area bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Rod is a DJ and collector from Ann Arbor Michigan, and has been focusing on collecting local private press records. He also has his own radio show, Right On Radio at the long running freeform radio station WCBN based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he plays an all-analog show of obscure psychedelia and conducts interviews with artists from the area. For this episode, Rod has selected some of the lesser-known bands he has encountered over the years and it’s going to be a varied show - ranging from heavy psych and garage to real people music and folk. Beau Biens (Malibu, 1967) -Time Passed Glass Sun Band (Sound Patterns, 1972) -Silence In the Morning Jef Fisk &amp; Tom Shader-For Sam (Bird Productions, 1976) -Larvae Bob Boden-Rick Hamming (Silver Circle, 1978) -Home Wrecker Rick and J.B.-Wake Up and Smell the Coffee… (DGA, 1977) -(You Keep Me) Satisfied Pat’s People-Silver Rain Afar (197?) -December Sequel Peter Stark-Mushroom Country (Montage, 1976) -Many Times Stoney and the Jagged Edge-Chasing Rainbows (Big Beat, 1968/2014) -Rainbows Bob Cameron-Home-Style Stone Soup comp. (Sweetwax, 1974) -Four in the Morning

Our friend Rodney Pate sits in with us on this episode to talk about Michigan area bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Rod is a DJ and collector from Ann Arbor Michigan, and has been focusing on collecting local private press records. He also has his own radio show, Right On Radio at the long running freeform radio station WCBN based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he plays an all-analog show of obscure psychedelia and conducts interviews with artists from the area. For this episode, Rod has selected some of the lesser-known bands he has encountered over the years and it’s going to be a varied show - ranging from heavy psych and garage to real people music and folk. Beau Biens (Malibu, 1967) -Time Passed Glass Sun Band (Sound Patterns, 1972) -Silence In the Morning Jef Fisk &amp; Tom Shader-For Sam (Bird Productions, 1976) -Larvae Bob Boden-Rick Hamming (Silver Circle, 1978) -Home Wrecker Rick and J.B.-Wake Up and Smell the Coffee… (DGA, 1977) -(You Keep Me) Satisfied Pat’s People-Silver Rain Afar (197?) -December Sequel Peter Stark-Mushroom Country (Montage, 1976) -Many Times Stoney and the Jagged Edge-Chasing Rainbows (Big Beat, 1968/2014) -Rainbows Bob Cameron-Home-Style Stone Soup comp. (Sweetwax, 1974) -Four in the Morning

Episode 15 - More Than Motown, The Private Press Sound of Michigan

In this episode, we celebrate the guitar and highlight some of our favorite guitarists. It’s not only through epic guitar solos and technical skill that make you a great guitarist, instead it’s about creating a mood and a feeling through your instrument. The guitarists featured in this episode have that skill and they really can pull some spellbinding guitar wizard tricks out of their hats.   John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble – Middle-Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1968) -The Oud and the Fuzz Myke Jackson – Alone (Yi-Yi Records, 1975) -In Search of a Home David Chalmers – Primevil Road (Same Old Label, 1976) -Houston Jeffery Liberman – s/t (Librah, 1976) -Phenaphen #3 Steve Tibbetts – s/t (Frammis, 1977) -The Secret Bernie Schwartz –The Wheel (Coburt, 1970) -Sunshine Woman

In this episode, we celebrate the guitar and highlight some of our favorite guitarists. It’s not only through epic guitar solos and technical skill that make you a great guitarist, instead it’s about creating a mood and a feeling through your instrument. The guitarists featured in this episode have that skill and they really can pull some spellbinding guitar wizard tricks out of their hats.   John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble – Middle-Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1968) -The Oud and the Fuzz Myke Jackson – Alone (Yi-Yi Records, 1975) -In Search of a Home David Chalmers – Primevil Road (Same Old Label, 1976) -Houston Jeffery Liberman – s/t (Librah, 1976) -Phenaphen #3 Steve Tibbetts – s/t (Frammis, 1977) -The Secret Bernie Schwartz –The Wheel (Coburt, 1970) -Sunshine Woman

Guitar Wizards

We have put together an eclectic mix of unique artistic expressions in this show. The tracks doesn’t follow a specific genre but all are from the parallel universe of privately pressed music. For the episode we’ve also been in contact with Garrett Schroeder who helped us to fill in some gaps regarding his debut album “Lack of Sleep”. We end this episode with Thunder Tillman and the great track Condor Sunflower from their long-awaited new EP. David S Mull (Alpine Records, 197?) -Far From Home Garrett Schroeder – Lack of Sleep (Earth Records, 1979) -Maze of Dreams Del Buckingham-No Gimmicks (Genera, 1974) -Wrong Is Right Ingegärd Nordell – Känsla (Retone, 1973) -Vart Steg Du Tar Warhorse – Seduction (No label, 1979) -She Looks So Good Michael Kamper – s/t (No label, ?)   -The White Haired Lady Steve Akin (Ash Records, 1970) -I’m Trippin’ Alone Thanks to Jonathan Kirby of Numero Group and Garrett Schroeder for helping us with background info for the episode. 

We have put together an eclectic mix of unique artistic expressions in this show. The tracks doesn’t follow a specific genre but all are from the parallel universe of privately pressed music. For the episode we’ve also been in contact with <a href="http://www.garretfactory.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Garrett Schroeder</a> who helped us to fill in some gaps regarding his debut album “Lack of Sleep”. We end this episode with <a href="http://www.thundertillman.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Thunder Tillman</a> and the great track Condor Sunflower from their long-awaited new EP. David S Mull (Alpine Records, 197?) -Far From Home Garrett Schroeder – Lack of Sleep (Earth Records, 1979) -Maze of Dreams Del Buckingham-No Gimmicks (Genera, 1974) -Wrong Is Right Ingegärd Nordell – Känsla (Retone, 1973) -Vart Steg Du Tar Warhorse – Seduction (No label, 1979) -She Looks So Good Michael Kamper – s/t (No label, ?)   -The White Haired Lady Steve Akin (Ash Records, 1970) -I’m Trippin’ Alone Thanks to Jonathan Kirby of Numero Group and Garrett Schroeder for helping us with background info for the episode.

Not Your Average Joe

Moving on with the UK underground scene and in this episode we are discussing the transition from psychedelic to progressive music. As the 60s came to an end the bands started to incorporate more progressive elements, which by the early 70s had developed into full-blown progressive rock with all its pretentious virtuosity and symphonic grandeur. This was a time when music development really accelerated and in this episode we will listen to bands like Arzachel and Pussy with one foot still in psychedelia to fully developed keyboard dominated progressive rock with Spring and Bodkin just a few years later. Progressive rock stretched the definition of modern popular music and really dominated the UK music scene for a few years until the genre crumbled underneath its own weight in the late 70s and with the introduction of punk and disco. Arzachel – s/t (Evolution) 1969- Garden of Earthly DelightPussy- Pussy Plays (Morgan Blue Town) 1969-All of My LifeRamases - Space Hymns (Vertigo) 1971-Life ChildShuttah - The Image Maker, vol. I &amp; II (IBC/Shadoks) 1971/2006Spring - s/t (RCA Neon) 1971-The Prisoner (Eight by Ten)Bodkin - s/t (West) 1972-Three Days After Death Part I

Moving on with the UK underground scene and in this episode we are discussing the transition from psychedelic to progressive music. As the 60s came to an end the bands started to incorporate more progressive elements, which by the early 70s had developed into full-blown progressive rock with all its pretentious virtuosity and symphonic grandeur. This was a time when music development really accelerated and in this episode we will listen to bands like Arzachel and Pussy with one foot still in psychedelia to fully developed keyboard dominated progressive rock with Spring and Bodkin just a few years later. Progressive rock stretched the definition of modern popular music and really dominated the UK music scene for a few years until the genre crumbled underneath its own weight in the late 70s and with the introduction of punk and disco. Arzachel – s/t (Evolution) 1969- Garden of Earthly DelightPussy- Pussy Plays (Morgan Blue Town) 1969-All of My LifeRamases - Space Hymns (Vertigo) 1971-Life ChildShuttah - The Image Maker, vol. I &amp; II (IBC/Shadoks) 1971/2006Spring - s/t (RCA Neon) 1971-The Prisoner (Eight by Ten)Bodkin - s/t (West) 1972-Three Days After Death Part I

Episode 4 - Organdrivers! '60s/'70s British Psych and Prog

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