The 60's Psych Thread (lyric, music video, house, instrumental, jazz)

[Mojo]

I already upped Moby Grape but didnt get round to Skip Spence.

I didnt look to see if i could find a link out there already to be honest but if theres links out there then cool. I dont mind doing it though as I never know when giving people pre existing links if its gonna be a pile of **** or the tags are gonna be screwed, you know, things that piss me off

Stu, if you dont find a link just give me a shout.

[Molecules]

Originally Posted by mojopinuk

I already upped Moby Grape but didnt get round to Skip Spence.

I didnt look to see if i could find a link out there already to be honest but if theres links out there then cool. I dont mind doing it though as I never know when giving people pre existing links if its gonna be a pile of **** or the tags are gonna be screwed, you know, things that piss me off

Stu, if you dont find a link just give me a shout.

yeah it's true you don't always know what you're getting, i have developed a routine of looking for the album with '320' tagged on the end, if that doesn't work you can usually tell how good the quality is by the size of the file you are downloading.

I can vouch for that Skip Spence one though

[jazzmaster]

Nazz Nazz should be in this thread... so here it is.



Originally intended as a double album titled Fungo Bat, Nazz Nazz is at once as equally diverse and more cohesive than the Nazz's eponymous debut. It's a weird trick, but the group pulls it off, largely due to the rapidly maturing talents of Todd Rundgren, their main songwriter and producer. Throughout the Nazz's first record, he proved that he was a gifted mimic and a savvy melodicist, yet he never quite landed upon a signature style outside of their debut single "Hello It's Me"/"Open My Eyes." Not coincidentally, these were the two songs on the record that the Nazz produced themselves, and they followed that lead on Nazz Nazz, fusing their sundry influences into a distinctive psych pop sound. Sonically, it's certainly more ambitious than its predecessor and, apart from the odd forays into soul and blues (filtered through Cream, naturally) on "Featherbedding Lover" and "Kiddie Boy," it's more consistent. In many ways, that makes Nazz Nazz a better listen than its predecessor, even if it doesn't have a knockout punch like "Open My Eyes." That's because Rundgren's songs exhibit a stronger sense of identity, as ballads like "Letters Don't Count" and snarky pop-rockers like "Hang On Paul" point the way toward his solo career. There are a few embarrassing detours, such as the hippie-dippy "Meridian Leeward," but the second Nazz record rivals the first because it offers a progression. It shows that the band, or at least Rundgren, have figured out how to blend their influences into something original. The Nazz may never have delivered a follow-up to this -- Nazz III consists of the remaining sessions from the abandoned double album -- but this is certainly ground zero for Rundgren's fascinating solo career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

apparently i can't post links or urls til after 15 posts.. but look it up. It's amazing.

[Molecules]

^ personally i only take offense to album requests from n00bs demanding easily available tot

anyway when you guys have soaked it in I want to hear your opinions on Oar, because one minute I can't make heads or tails of it the next it's the best album I've ever heard (headphones help). Like the west coast Syd Barrett but utterly cracked?

[Sneer]

I'll give it a listen tomorrow when i've got some free time

[Gavin B.]

Originally Posted by Molecules

^ personally i only take offense to album requests from n00bs demanding easily available tot

anyway when you guys have soaked it in I want to hear your opinions on Oar, because one minute I can't make heads or tails of it the next it's the best album I've ever heard (headphones help). Like the west coast Syd Barrett but utterly cracked?

I have an old review of Oar I wrote when it was re-released by Sundazed in 2000. I also have some files of pictures I took of Skip around a year before his death in 1999.

The bad news: My file on Skip is among about 200 CDRW discs, but I find the disc easily enough. I'll have to reformat both the review and any photos into Microsoft Word format, which will take about a half hour. But I don't want to post it if nobody wants to read it. The photos of Skip are very rare because in his final days he was periodically homeless and noboby was interested in photographing him. He looks quite a bit different from his glory days with Moby Grape.

Is anyone interested in reading the review and seeing the pics?

[Molecules]

^^ is Schwarzenegger hard to spell?

[Sneer]

I've tried blogsearching and, apart from some Red Krayloa stuff, havent had any luck at all

Misunderstood
The Electric Prunes
The Beau Brummels
The Zombies (Odyssey and Oracle)
Procol Harum (Shine on Brightly)
Soft Machine
White Noise

If ANYONE has stuff by any of these please send! Im getting massively into psychedelia at the moment. I'll return the favour if theres anything you want, just ask, and i'll see if i have it

[Mojo]

Ive just Pm'ed links for Misunderstood, Electric Prunes, Zombies and Procol Harum. They are pre existing links though so if any of the links are bad dont blame me

What are you doing though when you're Blogsearching?

[Sneer]

Typing the band, album and 'blog' in google