Back in dim distant days of yore when the internet was not as regulated as it now is, many a blog sprung up sharing all sorts of wonderful music that before hand was either impossible to find and/or only a very few knew about. Many, if not all of these have fallen by the wayside either through the person running them giving up or the file sharing programme they used having been shut down (Megaupload was most probably the most notorious of these).
One such site was Psych, Crackle & Pop, that ran for about four years, showcasing a good deal of music from the psych years from all over the world, but with most of the tracks produced by artists from the UK or USA. Every so often a new compilation of CD length would appear. I had hardly heard any of the songs and the quality of the material on the first few volumes was especially high. Whoever was making these compilations must have had an extensive knowledge of that period of music.
Using this site as a template, I decided to make my own compilation from these tracks, with the addition of ‘Wind’ by Kim Jung Mi which seemed to be a nice fit. This is continuing the theme of Psych related compilations that have been posted this year with this and next months Volume 2 focusing more on the pop side of the genre.
As per other psych compilations I have produced this year, this one contains some musicians who would go on to be famous later on. This includes Fairport Convention. ‘If I Had a Ribbon Bow’ was their first single when they could best be described as the British equivalent of the Jefferson Airplane. They were yet to become the folk rock behemoth of a couple of years later. Graham Gouldman was a name in the business, having written hits for The Yardbirds and The Hollies but he was yet to become a hit musician but he would achieve this in the 70s with 10cc. Aphrodite’s Child contained Demis Roussos and Vangelis, both of whom would be massive successful on their own. Timothy Grass was one of the names used by the Bill Wyman produced End before they became the hard rockin’ Tucky Buzzard.
Disc 1
- In The Past – We The People
- Sunday Morning – Margo Guryan
- Baby’s Rich – The God’s
- If I Had A Ribbon Bow – Fairport Convention
- I Am Beside Myself – Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
- Children Of Tomorrow – Mike Stuart Span
- Red, Purple & Blue – The Bag (US)
- I Don’t Mind – Fat Mattress
- Miss Jones – The Herd
- Tell Me To My Face – The Hollies
- Bus Stop – Graham Gouldman
- The Devil Has Possession Of Your Soul – The Flying Machine
- Chocolate Sue – The Moan
- Ballad Of The Bad Boys (1956 A.D.) – Faine Jade
- Super Market – Frapadokly
- Swinger (Mono) – The Third Rail
- Feelings – The Grass Roots
- Let The Truth Come Out – The Sugar Shoppe
- I Am An Angel (But I Can’t Fly) – The Amen Corner
- I See Her Face – The Hudson Bay Co.
- Never Mind – Elli
- I Like – Kaplan
- Sarah The Sad Spirit – Bob Markley (WCPAEB)
- Valley of Sadness – Aphrodite’s Child
- Dougal – The Bulldog Breed
- Black Mass – Jason Crest
- Secret – Virgin Sleep
Disc 2
- Isha (Mono) – Chris & Craig
- When She Comes To Say – Skip Bifferty
- I’ll Search The Sky – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Hear In Here – The Association
- Dream With Me – Jacobson & Tansley
- Flashing Lights – Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends
- The Ballad Of The Soon Departed – O’Hara’s Playboys
- Catherine’s Wheel – Denny Laine
- Roger The Rocket Ship – Bob Markley (WCPAEB)
- Know You – Kensington Market
- Emilys Vacation – Jake Holmes
- Seeing With Love – The Tages
- Baby Dear – Wildflowers
- Dance Around Julie – Doughnut Ring
- Wind – Kim Jung Mi
- Ain’t It Babe – Charity Shaynes
- Blood Of Oblivion -The Rainy Daze
- I Had A Notion -The Sound Solutions
- Shades Of Blue – Darius
- I Think I Need The Cash – The Secrets
- It’s All A Put On – The Ones
- Sunny Day Blue – Fargo
- Where Is My Mind – Pesky Gee!
- Second Glance – Timothy Grass
- We Don’t Care – Hubert Thomas Valverde & The HT’s
The front cover is taken from the Psych, Crackle & Pop blogspot with my rainbow backing to bring it in line with my other psych replaced compilations. The image itself was adapted from the rather wonderful, and now over twenty years old compilation from Mojo Magazine which was called ‘Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers’.