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Godstone 01-14-2013 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1166289)
I think on deciding which was superior in the 1960s British or American psychedelia its really case of apples or oranges, or tea or coffee. Personally I feel the American bands that did psychedelia Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe and the Fish and Moby Grape etc really embraced that 1960s west coast hippy culture that went hand in hand with psychedelia and the Byrds Fifth Dimension probably kicked off the whole psychedelic genre anyway. I think Byrd's David Crosby summed it up nicely and said it was music for "cool cats":laughing:

Now whilst the British bands matched the American ones in terms of quality, they really jumped onto a music fad in psychedelia and I think they saw it as an exciting genre to explore.
In my opinion, the main difference between British & American psychedelia is that one later evolved into country rock and the other later evolved into progressive rock. I know which I prefer.

PoorOldPo 01-17-2013 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1166267)
I don't mean to sound snarky, but Country Joe and the Fish are one of the reasons I've always considered American psychedelic very inferior to British.
They were pioneers, I didn't say they were better than anyone else. ;)


The first use of the term in relation to music was by the Holy Modal Rounders. H.P. Lovecraft were amongst the first bands to start playing psych music, as well as Kaleidascope and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

In my opinion though, the first ever band to really play psychedelic music was Captain Beefheart.

PoorOldPo 01-17-2013 08:20 AM

Captain Beefheart Upon The My O My Old Grey Whistle Test 1974 - YouTube

Big Ears 01-17-2013 08:23 AM
I'm British and I liked Country Joe and the Fish. I've got a feeling Barry Melton worked with Welsh band Man, but I confess I could find nothing using Google.

Unknown Soldier 01-17-2013 12:16 PM
There is a thread on them but it didn't garner much attention and Janszoon is totally wrong about this band. They recorded two of the best psychedelic albums ever.

http://www.musicbanter.com/prog-psyc...-joe-fish.html

PoorOldPo 01-18-2013 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1275740)
There is a thread on them but it didn't garner much attention and Janszoon is totally wrong about this band. They recorded two of the best psychedelic albums ever.

http://www.musicbanter.com/prog-psyc...-joe-fish.html
First time I heard Grace, I fell in love with them. Bass Strings, Section 43. I had never heard sounds like these before.

neardeathexperience 03-02-2013 06:02 PM
The song that I had my first psychedellic break through to was "Journey To The Center Of Your Mind " by the Emboy Dukes.............That was a mind blower.

Paul Smeenus 03-09-2013 08:33 PM
I think these guys belong in this conversation
 

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea 03-18-2013 12:12 AM
The feedback at the opening of the Beatles "I Feel Fine" is often considered the first psychedelic element of a rock/pop song. Recorded Oct. 1964.



Though I suppose one element of a song doesn't mean the whole song is "psychedelic."

Afro Blue 03-18-2013 04:04 AM
The first time i experienced psicodelia was when i heard brian enos song "this" in a giant speaker sound system. i realized what sound production could do and with the proper equiptment be able to make a listener experience.


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