Psychedelic Rock Essentials

Frank Zappa:


Freak Out
Absolutely Free
We're only in it for the money

 

Actually, I have every Beatles album on CD, and most of them on vinyl, so I don't need anymore. I didn't list them all because they aren't all psychedelic.

Yeah, I have Ummagumma, but other than the live material, it does seem, as you said, "beyond psychedelic," so I didn't include it in my list.

I have Tales From Topographic Oceans, but I consider that progressive, not psychedelic.

Well, I'm going today to a local music store to look for some cheap psychedelia on vinyl. I've gotten some interesting things there before, so I'm hoping to find something good there today.

 

My favorite Psychedelic bands are:

Moby Grape
Greatful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pink Floyd
Vanilla Fudge
Doors
Bubble Puppy

 

Ya, it's progressive, but it is the craziest I've ever listened to; Dance of The Dawn is just amazing.

 

Man, I was listening to The Yardbirds' Roger the Engineer again last night, and I realized that it has to be one of the most underappreciated rock albums of all time. I've never heard the album mentioned anywhere, but I find it amazingly good, especially for 1966.

To start with, it has great psychedelic elements (See "The Hot House Of Omagarashid") that blend perfectly with Jeff Beck's screaming guitar. Every time I hear this album, I always wonder how it was recorded in 1966. Plus, Keith Relf's voice is really great for Rock 'n' Roll and Psychedelia.

"Ever Since the World Began" is a great song all about how the Devil has pushed man to wars and killing. It starts off slow and psychedelic, but then gradually gets an upbeat rhythm. Also, for you Led Zeppelin fans, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones also play on this album (only on two tracks.)

Definitely check this one out...

 

wow. i didnt think anyone else listened to robin trower anymore. nice call little bro!


`~shine on in love and light~
Sundance

 

YAY! I got some new vinyl today! Here's what I picked up for about $21.00:

Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn
John Mayall - Blues From Laurel Canyon
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Any comments on my selections? Good? Bad?

 

I would even class queen in this catogory sometimes...anyone herd "the prophet song" ?

 

Bump dis motha'

 

pink floyd the wall
thats a good one









peace out

 

that's not psychedelic

 

very good especially that byrds album!

 

forgot these two

shame on me

Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
Amon Duul II - Yeti

two of the MOST essential psychedelic rock albums ever recorded IMHO

 

it is to psychedelic

 

A few select songs on the Wall may be considered somewhat psychedelic... but as an album... no. Most of the Wall's music is rather sparse and bleak, though still good.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't call The Wall psychedelic at all... Compare The Wall to A Saucerful Of Secrets (which everyone can agree is psychedelic).

 

Most of the really famous psychedelic albums have already been mentioned in this thread. Here are some, a little less known:

Can:
Future Days
Tago Mago
Ege Bamyasi

The complete Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy by Gong:
Flying Teapot
Angels Egg
You

Daevid Allen (Gong's guitarrist):
Live Floating Anarchy (Allen's guitar at the end of "Stoned Innocent Frankenstein" is probably the most intense acid-like musical sound I've ever heard. A MUST for real psychedelic music fans).

Manfred Mann's Earth Band:
Solar Fire
Nightingales and Bombers (These two are pure psychedelic ear candy. Not heavy at all and great for tripping).

UFO:
Flying (This is UFO's second album, and their best. What's amazing here is how simple this music is. Just guitar, bass, drums and a singer. No keyboards, nothing electronic, but trippy as hell. After this album they became Heavy Metal stars, and ruined their music).

Mahavishnu Orchestra:
Birds of Fire (Wow).

Phil Manzanera and 801:
Live (Manzanera's guitar is totally over the edge here. Another MUST).

 

I just bought an album by a '60s LA band called Love, the album's Forever Changes. Anyone ever hear it? It's pretty awesome, it has a sharp combination of both the psychedelic era's flower-power optimism and paranoid fears. Arthur Lee, the band's main brain and frontman (and a mulatto hipster like Hendrix) is a genius.

 

heres the best for all of you who dont know:
Ummagumma by Pink Floyd is THE trippiest album ever made
Tales by YES is the best album ever mad
also Relayer bye Yes
and how can no one post The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis?
come on!

 

Gee Lucifer you really seem to know the difference between Psychedelia and Progressive and you have over 200 LPs?

If you really want a challenge find yourself...

LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE

then come talk to me....


Good suggestions everyone....I'm glad to have heard FZ in some of those posts...he never gets any credit!! Grrrrr!