Hey fellow music lovers, I am currently compiling a bunch of tracks for my new CD, and i was wondering if anyone has some suggesions for any songs from the 60's or early 70's with sitar or heavly indian influenced lyrics or music...please no Beatles, ive got enough of them... Thanks a bazillion...
Hi have you heard Ananda Shankars "Ananda" has some cool covers of Jumping Jack Flash & Light My Fire. OM by the Moody Blues on in search of the lost chord.Damn gonna have to look through my collection for others.Oh.. Traffics Paper sun is another.I'll post some more when I have a root through my records
A new window seems to have fixed things Ceyleib People - Tanyet (1967) Freak Scene - Psychedelic Psoul (1967) Alan Lorber - The Lotus Palace (1969) The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (1967) Ananda Shankar (1970) Big Jim Sullivan - Sitar Beat Lord Sitar S/T Clem Alford - Mirror Image (1974) COB - Spirit of Love (1971) Cosmic Eye Dream Sequence (1972) Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits (1967) ISB - Hangmans Beautiful Daughter (1968) Magic Carpet S/T (1971) Lamp of the Universe - Cosmic Union (2001) Lamp of the Universe - Echo In Light (2002) Saddar Bazaar - Path of The Rose (1998)
I also have this compilation series that I'd really recommend if you can find volumes of it on the internet, its my favourite compilation series, enough here to keep you in sitar rock nirvana for a lifetime Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 1 Track listing: Ray Brown & Moonstone - Story Of Ali, Linn County - Moon Flood, J.K. & Co. - Magical Fingers Of Minerva, Omega Redstar - Rettenettes, Basement Wall - Teenybopper, Abacus - Song For Brunhilde, Broselmachine - La Rotta, Gualberto - Luz De Invierno, Darius - I Feel The Need To Carry On, Blonde On Blonde - Spinning Wheel, Pretty Things - Bracelets, Frederic - Morning Sunshine, Flames - Solitude, July - The Way, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - A Child's Guide To Good And Evil, Fraternity Of Man - Wispy Paisley Skies, Misty Wizards - It's Love, Ramases - Molecular Delusion, C.O.B - Let It Be You, Lord Sitar - I Am The Walrus, Vampire Sound Inc. - Psycho Contact Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 2 Track listing: Yesterday's Folk - I'm On My Way, Merrel Fankhauser & HMS Bounty - A Visit To Ashiya, Paper Garden - Man Do You, Meic Stevens - The Sailor & Madonna, State Of Mickey & Tommy - I Know, Ghost - Abyssinia, Mandrake Memorial - Dark Lady, 1st Century - Looking Down, People - Lucky John, Sagram - Heavenly Feeling, Bobby Callender - Sade Masoch, Mushroom's God - Draped In Shades, Orient Express - For A Moment, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Air, Erkin Koray - Karli Daglar, Popol Vuh - Nosferatu, Brainticket - Watchin' You, Chocolate Watch Band - Living In The Past, Big Jim Sullivan - She's Leaving Home, Timothy Leary - Turn On Tune InElectric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 3 Track listing: Anthem - The Mops, Psalms Of Aftermath - Amboy Dukes, Bom Bom Mahadev - St. Mikael, Black Butter - Strawberry Alarm Clock, All Your Ambition - Saffron, Thoughts - Truth, Makin' My Scene - United States Of Existence, Yorric - Meic Stevens, Dreams And Realities - Train, The Invisible Man - The Third Rail, Peaceful Open Space - Hurdy Gurdy, Factory Endeavour - Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band, Eleanor Rigby - Chim Khotari, Black Widow Spider - Them, Rainbow Colours - Bobby Callender, Start of A New Day - Ray Brown And Moonstone, Psych-Out Sanctorum - The Storybook, Sunlight's Beautiful Daughter - Krokodil Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 4 Track listing: Meckmark Men - Free, Stunt's Blue Leg Expedition - Caves Of Her Mind, Ugly Ducklings - I Know What To Say, Johnny Thompson Quintet - Color Me Columbus, Moonkyte - Where Will The Grass Grow, Dantalion's Chariot - This Island, Nick Carter - Prayer To St. Peter, Twilights - Time Motion Study Man, Folk Swingers - Eight Miles High, Ananda Shankar - Renunciation, New Tweedy Brothers - Wheel Of Fortune, Wizz Jones - One Grain Of Sand, Kuni Kawachi and the Flower Travelling Band - Graveyard Of Love, Full Moon Band - Morning Is Born, Chim Kothari - Indian Beat, A Little Bit Of Sound - Incense And Peppermints, Lemon Pipers - Shoemaker Of Leatherware Square, Mehrpoojah - Love Dance Of The Lemmings, C.O.B. - Music Of The Ages, Popera Cosmic - Aurore Cosmic Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 5 Track listing: The Book Of Am - I Am That Living Soul, The Shocking Blue - Waterboy, The Poppy Family - Free From The City, Magic Carpet - Father Time, Saffron - Vision Is A Lonely Word, Wendy Kesselman - Lonely Girl, Elyse Weinberg - Oh Deed I Do, Calendula - Dance Of The Red Moon, Montreal - Infinity, Fit & Limo - Gopher Hat, Pentangle - Once I Had A Sweetheart, Red Chair Fadeaway - All Your Old Tricks, Sheila Chandra - Storm Trance, Sheila Chandra - Lament Of McCrimmon (Song Of The Banshee), Sally Eaton - Flowers In The Air, Ananda Shankar - Cyrus, Wylde Olde Souls - The Sun God, Kali Bahlu - How Can I Tell My GuruElectric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 6Track listing: Tomorrow - Real Life Performed Dream, Shiny Gnomes - Temple Balls, Fox - Butterfly, Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band - Sunbeams & Rainbows, Cosmic Gardeners - Way Of Going, Nova Local - Forgotten Men, Family - Face In The Clouds, Joseph - Cold Biscuits and Fish Heads, Cheops - Salem Bibi, 3 Hur-El - Aglarsa Aram, Grail - Grail, Tomerclaus - Jeg Vil Gerne, Paroni Paakunainen - Mango Pu, Magna Carta - The Bridge At Knaresborough Town, Click - Many Times Jimbo, Catharsis - Melba, Fallen Angels - I'll Drive You From My Mind, Violeta de Out Ono - Within You Without You, David - Another Day Another LifetimeElectric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 7Track listing: Euclid - Lazy Livin, The Unspoken Word - Anniversary Of My Mind, Oriental Sunshine - Oriental Sunshine, Wolfgang Dauner Quintet - Take Off Your Clothes To Feel The Setting Sun, Truth - Archimedes Pad, Bit A Sweet - Speak Softly, Flower Travelling Band - Dhoop, Tales Of Justine - Sitting On A Blunestone, The Twilights - Devandra, Wizz Jones - America, The Saddhu Band - I Give You Johnee, Oregon - Rejoicing, Lawson & 4 More - Halfway Down The Stairs, Pregnant Insomnia - Wallpaper, The Mirage - Tomorrow Never Knows, Brand X - Sun In The Night, Unknown - Untitled ?Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 8Track listing: Churchills - Debka, Bill Plummer & His Cosmic Brotherhood - Journey To The East, Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock, David Hemmings - Anathea, Gates Of Freedom - The Earth Is The Lord's, The Koala - Strange Feelings, Blossom Toes - Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head, 101 Strings - Karma Sitar, Greenwood Curlee & Thompson - Little Willy, Forum Quorum - Girl Make Up Your Mind, Iron Butterfly - Slower Than Guns, John Renbourne - Lamento Di Tristan, Charlie & Esdor - Da Klagar Mina, The Living Room - Just A Little Song, The Seventh Seal - Spiritual Springs, Balsara & His Singing Sitars - Strawberry Fields, Humble Pie - The Light Of Love, Quintessence - Notting Hill GateElectric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 9Track listing: Apocalypse - Let It Die, No Strange - Smiling Time, Gandalf - Can You Travel In The Dark, The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds - The Fire Fighters, The Surprise Symphony - Lion Song, Universe - Jade, Alex - Purple Sally, The Dave Pike Set - Mathar, Gabor Szabo - In Search Of Nirvana, Superfine Dandelion - Ferris Wheel, The Hobbits - I'm Just A Young Man, The Folkswingers - Norwegian Wood, Them - Time Out, Chad & Jeremy - Sunstroke, Pierre Lunaire - Narciso, J.A. Caesar - A Psychedelic Opera...Excerpt
Ya, i already got a cd i made by him, i was refering to westerns type songs but thanks any who, and thanks to everyone, youve been a big help...
i was trying to think of that electric headswirlers compilation the other day. there are lots of songs like that on various psychedelic compilations...beyond the callico wall...
Yeah volumes 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Headswirlers are fairly easy to pick up on Ebay, Gemm and internet based CD mail order. 1, 2, 4 and 6 are almost impossible to find now unfortunetly. There's an interesting mix of better known psych, obscure nuggets and some very cheesy exploitation stuff on those comps. I don't own Beyond The Calico Wall but I've heard most of the material on it and it is a superb comp, there's also some excellent cuts on the similar titled but unrelated 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall, worth buying for The Dovers Third Eye track alone.
Another pair of albums worth a mention are the first two Kaleidoscope (US) albums "Side Trips" and "Beacon From Mars" from '67 and '68 respectively, Not exclusively Indian influenced/Sitar laced by any stretch of the imagination, but also throw in a whole load of Middle Eastern strings like Oud in there too and mix it all up with West Coast psych, folk and a bit of country. The tracks "Keep Your Mind Open" from the debut and "Taxim" from the second album are two of the best tracks in the whole of the West Coast psych genre IMHO.
From what I saw no one recommended 'Traffic' they were proberly one of the quite famous bands around 1967 - 1971 or 'The Moody Blues'. I know quite a few new people but obviously you wanted good old 60's and 70's stuff.
George Harrison has a ton of Indian/Hindu inspired music. Check out his work after the Beatles, such as his album... All Things Must Pass.
Brilliant song isn't it, the garage psych band We The People did a version of it that appears on the Mindrocker series (volume 5), maybe even better than the CWB version for me, both versions are superb though.
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers volume 4 Love dance of the lemmings is a very cool, odd, off kilter beautiful vibe song.
Can I actually make a request? [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_v9oQhVE2E In India this song is considered THEEE anthem of the hippie generation/movement and was extremely 'cutting edge' at the time. The video is the actual seen from the movie and that they showed a couple kissing in the scene was beyond scandalous. Here's a translation: Take a toke Let the pain be erased Say all day and night Hare Krishna, hare Ram What has the world given us? What have we taken from the world? Why should we care about everyone else? What has everyone else done for us? Whether we live or die We won’t fear anyone This age will not stop us We’ll do whatever we want Take a toke Let the pain be erased Say all day and night Hare Krishna, hare Ram Lyrically the song was even more controversial.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKdgRc0gZ1E [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wpzhOMu2QU [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_LF0VxuLqM Very psychedelic baby, yeaah! :biggrin: And not even from the 60's or 70's (although Ruler of the universe is a cover)
