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We’re so glad to have Lance Barresi of Permanent Records joining the show again. Last time we spoke was more than a year ago and a lot has happen since. In this episode we focus on the newly released “Sixth Trip” of the Brown Acid Compilation Series and we listen to five tracks from this volume. Lance also gives us a first listen to a track for the “Seventh Trip”, which will be out on Halloween this year. We also listen to Spiny Norman - a band featured on the second Brown Acid volume but which a full length album of unreleased material was released by RidingEasy Records earlier this year. Besides that we also discuss record collecting in general and the future of vinyl.  Truth & Janey (Sound Communications, 1972) -Midnight Horseman West Minist’r (Magic Records, 1971) -My Life Flight (Blecman Records, 1974) -Luvin’, Huggin’, and More Purgatory (Not on Label, 1970) -Polar Expedition Zendik (Pslhrtz, 1970) -Is There No Peace Summit (North Room Records, 1969) -The Darkness Spiny Normen (RidingEasy Record, 20

This episode doesn’t follow a particular theme but instead focus around some recently acquired 45s. Although the theme is not clear it turned out to be a pretty heavy episode with some hard rock-sounding tunes, like Babylon, Rebel Woman and Lovin’ You (which was recently included on the Brown Acid compilation series). Other highlights includes a nice version of The United States of America’s Coming Down, done by an unknown band, which only known recording is an acetate we recently came across.  Special for this episode is that we also had the pleasure to interview Sid Bradley from the band Erik, who shed some light on this little-known group for us, which cut two great 45s in the early 70s. For this episode we have also talked to Charlie Day, who played in Conception, and John Lally from Travis, and they revealed some interesting facts about their groups and the recordings they made. We also wish to thank Lance Barresi from Permanent Records, who helped us get in contact with John Lally. Travis (Starshine Pro

Reine Fiske is well-known as a musician in various bands and musical constellations, most notable as the guitarist of Dungen, Träden and The Amazing. Besides his own musicianship, Reine has long been a devoted record collector with an impressive collection of experimental, psychedelic and progressive music. In this episode, he plays some incredible rare and extraordinary records for us, such as Christian Yoga Church, one of finest psychedelic commune recordings ever made, as well as an acetate copy of Mandrake Memorial’s Medium with a different mix on several of the songs. Reine has also been involved in several reissue projects, including the 3 LP box-set of Pärson Sound, the band that later evolved into Träd, gräs och stenar. Here we listen to their composition Tio Minuter (Ten Minutes), which was originally recorded for Swedish radio in 1967. We also listen to the “dark and epic” music of Jake Holmes and Radiomöbel as well as some fine Turkish psychedelic folk by Ersen. With that said, we hope you’ll enjoy

The concept album format really started to evolve during the psychedelic era of the late ‘60s, and reached its height in the progressive scene of the early ‘70s, where the album became the main artistic expression. Here, we highlight some unusual concept and context-based albums, with some concept ideas being stranger than others. We hope you find the selection interesting and that you seek out some of these albums to listen to them as a whole (to fully grasp the meaning of the concept!). A New Place To Live-s/t (Mandala, 1972) -The Moon Tune Mandrake Memorial-Puzzle (Poppy, 1970) -Earthfriend Dr Z-Three Parts To My Soul (Spiritus, Manes et Umbra) (Vertigo, 1971) -Evil Woman’s Manly Child Dreamies-Auralgraphic Entertainment (Stone Theater. 1974) -Excerpt from Program Ten Robert Callender-Le Musée de L'Impressionnisme (Phillips, 1975) - Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec Jimmie Haskell-California ’99 (ABC, 1971) -Jessica Stone

We’re continuing our series of episodes of cheap quality records. In this episode, we’re mainly focusing on psych 45s but we also included a few full length LPs, which all coast around $10 and are easy to find. As usual, the bulk of the artists are from the US but we also mix it up with some affordable Italian prog and Swedish progg. We hope that some of these record are new to you and something that you look for next time you're out digging. Scorpion (American Recording Company, 1973) -I’m Only Human The Tow-Away Zone (Epic, 1968) -Shabd* Dennis Stoner-s/t (Vantage, 1971) -Lost Along the Highway Dalton, James and Sutton (RCA, 1972) -Esatoria Tritons (Barclay, 1973) -Drifter Thomas Wiehe-Drömskugga (Silence, 1974) -Raga vid de relativas nollpunkt Jordan (Golden Chariot, 1974) -Do You Know What It’s Like *We're discussing the meaning of the word "Shabd" during the episode but without reaching a conclusion. After a quick google we realized that "Shabd" means "word" or "sound" in Hindi.

For this episode we’ve put together a selection of lesser-known or possibly unknown (?) records. It’s a strange mix of strange music with all possible genres, including real people, lounge-psych, dreamy psych-pop, breezy soft-rock, folk and hard rock. Dr. Fuzz (Flippist, 1977) -I’ll Be There at the End of the World Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, ?) -An Angel Blessed Luellen Reese-s/t (Musican’s Co-op International, 1981) -Silvery Waterfall Duke (Joy Records, 1975) -Runaway Girl Charlie Bleak (Main One Records, 1973) -Never You Mind The Weirz-s/t (Parallel Records and Tapes, 1979) -Hard Luck Story

In this episode, we celebrate the guitar and highlight some of our favorite guitarists. It’s not only through epic guitar solos and technical skill that make you a great guitarist, instead it’s about creating a mood and a feeling through your instrument. The guitarists featured in this episode have that skill and they really can pull some spellbinding guitar wizard tricks out of their hats.   John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble – Middle-Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1968) -The Oud and the Fuzz Myke Jackson – Alone (Yi-Yi Records, 1975) -In Search of a Home David Chalmers – Primevil Road (Same Old Label, 1976) -Houston Jeffery Liberman – s/t (Librah, 1976) -Phenaphen #3 Steve Tibbetts – s/t (Frammis, 1977) -The Secret Bernie Schwartz –The Wheel (Coburt, 1970) -Sunshine Woman

Summer is here (and is almost over in Sweden) so we put together a special episode with some favorite summer tunes. The selection in today’s show is not only sunshine pop and breezy vibes but instead we cover a broad range of styles, including heavy Swedish progg, real people, private press psych, downer folk and only one sunshine pop track. A perfect mix for lazy days at the beach. Stone Harbour - Emerges (Stone Harbour, 1974) - Summer Magic Is Gone Michael Farneti - Good Morning Kisses (Full Moon, 1976) - Nineteenth Summer Dagens Rätt - Sommarregn (IMAS Records, 1972) - Jag ville, jag vore Jeff Eubank - A Street Called Straight (Dorothea Records, 1983) - Summersong Mecki Mark Men - Running In the Summer Night (Limelight, 1969) - Running In the Summer Night Mark Eric - A Midsummer’s Day Dream (Revue, 1969) - Where Did the Girls of the Summer Go Hard Meat - Through a Window (Warner Bros, 1970) -A Song of Summer

This is an interview with the Canadian singer-songwriter Michal Hasek, who did several privately pressed albums and performed all over Canada and the US during the ‘70s and ‘80s. In this interview, he share some of the stories from his time as a traveling musician, including hanging out with Alan Watts at the Ottumwa Heights Catholic College and being kicked off stage by Janis Joplin. Michal was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946. Not long after, his family fled from the Soviet Union and after a few years living in various countries they eventually settled down in Canada. As a teenager in Toronto in the ´60s, he found himself in the midst of the current folk boom and he soon become part of the community of aspiring musicians hanging out in the hip neighborhood of Yorkville. He started playing coffeehouses and bars all over Canada as well as doing several tours in the Midwest. In 1974 his first album was released on his own imprint, Naja, which received some airplay and was later distributed by A&M (check out

We’ve put together a new mix of mind-manifesting music, including some singer-songwriter tunes, communal folk, hippie idealism and plenty of hand drums.   Thrower, Spillane and McFarland – Crow (Ranger, 1973) F.B. Worster – Autumn’s Child (MPI, 1974) Turid –Stjärnor och Änglar (Silence, 1975) Cymbeline – Sixth Image (Green Light, 1971) Bob McBride – 90 Degrees on the Moon (Capitol, 1973) Peter Kelley – I Been Told (Sire, 1971) Ptarmigan – Go Dancing (Columbia, 1974) Lila – Beneath The Sky (Lila, 1978) Shawi – Un Air De Printemps (Intervalle, 1981) Om Shanti – We Are Home (Solace, 1977) Kevin Vicalvi – Another Day, Another Time (Starizon Studio, 1974) Kold Duc – Evil Woman (Vat, 197?) John Braheny – Don't Cry For Me (Pete, 1968) Rex Holman – Debbie (Pentagram, 1970) Jerry Merrick – Please Clear the Air (Mercury, 1969) John Berberian – The Fuzz (Excerpt) (Verve Forecast, 1969)

Our friend Rodney Pate sits in with us on this episode to talk about Michigan area bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Rod is a DJ and collector from Ann Arbor Michigan, and has been focusing on collecting local private press records. He also has his own radio show, Right On Radio at the long running freeform radio station WCBN based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he plays an all-analog show of obscure psychedelia and conducts interviews with artists from the area. For this episode, Rod has selected some of the lesser-known bands he has encountered over the years and it’s going to be a varied show - ranging from heavy psych and garage to real people music and folk. Beau Biens (Malibu, 1967) -Time Passed Glass Sun Band (Sound Patterns, 1972) -Silence In the Morning Jef Fisk & Tom Shader-For Sam (Bird Productions, 1976) -Larvae Bob Boden-Rick Hamming (Silver Circle, 1978) -Home Wrecker Rick and J.B.-Wake Up and Smell the Coffee… (DGA, 1977) -(You Keep Me) Satisfied Pat’s People-Silver Rain Afar

In this episode Viktor take a stand for the cheap record and have picked out some affordable but still great singer-songwriter and folk albums for the show. In this age of high-bidding eBay auctions, record flippers and monster rarities everywhere it is easy to forget the vast amount of cheap quality music that is still around and easy to find. So in this episode we try to remember that great music doesn’t have to come with a big price tag. Cheap vinyl – for your health! Jerry Merrick - Follow Follow Follow (Mercury, 1969)  -Sweet Baby  Tommy James - s/t (Roulette, 1970) -Meet the Comer Two Friends-s/t (Natural Resources, 1972) -Long Way Hard Road Jeffrey Cain - Whispering Thunder (Racoon, 1972) -Soul Train John Martyn- Inside Out (Island, 1973) -Fine Lines  Mike Cooper - Do I know you? (Dawn/Janus, 1970) -Think she knows me now Sören Hansen - Ikväll (Mistlur, 1978) -Dagen är över

In this episode we talk to Douglas Mcgowan of Numero Group about the misunderstood genre of New Age music. Douglas is the curator of the New Age compilations, “I Am the Center” and “The Microcosm” and he also runs the successful reissue labels, Yoga Records and Ethereal Sequence, which have re-released some fantastic music over the years. New Age has been a part of psychedelic culture that we have found difficult to get a hang of and we’re therefore glad that Douglas joined this show and gave us a proper introduction to the genre. He has picked out some wonderful tunes for us in this episode and we hope you’ll enjoy this as much as we do! Satoshi Ashikawa (1982) -Still Space David Casper – Crystal Waves (1984) -Crystal Waves I Suzanne Doucet and Christian Buehner-Transmission (1983) -Shiva’s Dance (excerpt) Don Slepian-Open Spaces (1980) -Awakening (excerpt) Swami Kriya Ramananda-Hymn To A New Age (1981) -Hymn To A New Age (excerpt) Joanna Brouk-Sounds of the Sea (1981) Diving Deeper, Remembering Love KZ Smit

Folk music played an important role in the development of psychedelic rock and folk musicians were part of introducing psychedelics to mainstream popular culture in the mid-‘60s, which until then had only been known among “bohemian jetsetters” and academics. In this episode we play some favorite folk-psych acts from different parts of the world. The selection of songs covers a broad spectrum of the genre and includes both group- and communal oriented bands, and solo acts as well as some of the many different styles, e.g. blues, eastern, “acid” and downer, which exist within the realms of psychedelic folk music. We hope you’ll enjoy! C.O.B-Moyshe McStiff & The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart (Polydor Folkmill, 1972) -Sheba's Return/Lion Of Judah All That the Name Implies (Oro, 1968) -Black Tuesday Jake Holmes-The Above Ground Sound of (Tower, 1967) -Lonely Turid-Vittras Visor (Silence, 1971) -Chrystal Shade of Loneliness Graham James-What Is Me? (Rene, 1974) -The Superlative Life Is Free Peter Kelley-

We are proud to have Lance Barresi from Permanent Records as our special guest editor in this episode and he has put together a great tracklist for us with a lot of rare hard rock and heavy psych bands. The majority of the cuts are taken from the Brown Acid compilations, a project that he runs together with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, and in April the fourth trip in the series will be released. Since a young age, Lance has been interested in music, especially unusual and independent artists – “I've never been one to be satisfied with the status quo or mainstream culture. When I discovered punk, independent, and underground music in junior high school, I never turned back”. His interest in records led to the opening of his own record store in Chicago in 2006, which he started together with Liz Tooley, and in 2011 Permanent Records expanded to Los Angeles, where they live today. The need to stock records for the stores and his own interest in discovering new music has led to an never-ending hunt for reco

This episode we dedicate to Lounge music and due to the vastness of Lounge albums being released we have invited the expert Stefan Kéry for a proper introduction to this brand of music. Lounge differs from many other types of music as it is not a music genre, style or a scene but is instead defined by the setting of where it is performed, namely in a Lounge environment. These bands were hired as the musical entertainment in cocktail bars at motels, resorts etc for the customers to enjoy while they were sipping their drinks. To keep the customers satisfied the band played a broad variety of styles, which often included familiar and popular tunes of the day. A few daring bands also had one or two self-penned songs in their repertoire. To make some extra money they usually had an album or two to sell to intoxicated customers during their show, and a small fraction of these Lounge albums have the X-factor that create an unique and sometimes psychedelic experience. In this episode Stefan Kéry, who has been collect

In the last part of our two episodes with Måns P Månsson we focus more on the music and keep the talking to a minimum, as this is jam-packed with great garage-psych singles that Måns have picked out for the show. The selection is a mix of major label artists and obscure local presses, and includes both classics like The Third Bardo as well as less-discussed bands, such as The Spontaneous Generation and The XL’s. Just sit down, tune in and enjoy the Roller Coaster ride! The Mystic Tide (Solid Sound, 1967) - Frustration Lemon Fog (Orbit, 1967) -Echoes of Time The Wild Things (Blue Onion, 1968) -ACID (Another Colored Ink Drawing) The Castaways (Fontana, 1968) -Just On High ESB (In Arts, 1967) -Mushroom People The Third Bardo (Roulette, 1967) -Five Years Ahead of My Time Stained glass (RCA-Victor, 1967) -A Scene in Between The XL's (Paro, 1968) -Maryjane The Trolls (ABC, 1967) -Baby, What You Ain’t Got (I Ain’t Need) The Spontaneous Generation (Fevre, 1968) -Up In My Mind

In this episode we’re joined by the psychedelic expert Måns P Månsson and he brought some amazing garage-psych 45s from his exceptional collection to play for us. We also took the chance to ask him a little bit about his own music and the garage scene in 1980s, as well as the Stockholm based psychedelic “commune”, the Lumber Island Acid Crew. As we talked for almost two hours we had to split it up in two episodes and the second part will be released in two weeks. Children Of The Mushroom (Soho, 1967) - You Can't Erase a Mirror Caretakers Of Deception (Sanctus, 1967) - Cuttin' Grass Ninth Street Bridge (Cecile, 1968) - Wild Illusions The Dovers (Miramar, 1966) - The Third Eye Daybreakers (Dial, 1967) - Psychedelic Siren Heather MacRae (ABC, 1967) - Hands Of The Clock

Paul Major is one of the originators to obscure psych and private press collecting and many of the records he found and documented are now seen as classics, such as Fraction, Peter Grudzien and Marcus. Paul started buying records when the psychedelic movement was at its peak in the late 60s, digging through the local K-mart’s dollar bins looking for anything that looked “psychedelic” and was able to pick up many rarities by today’s standard (e.g. Morgen, Easter Everywhere by The Elevators and The Moving Sidewalks). In the 70s he became aware of private presses and real people music (a term coined by him) and started to distinguish between those records and major label releases. This “realization” happened when he for the first time heard Attic Demonstration by Kenneth Higney and since then private presses has been his prime interest as a collector. During the early 80s he turned record collecting into a profession. His main sales channel was his homemade catalogues, which was sent out to other likeminded coll

In this extra-long Christmas special episode, we do a recap of the first season (which we did in Swedish) and highlight some of our favorite music from the episodes. We have picked one or two songs that we like the most, with many being all-time favorites, from each of the episodes to include here. The set of songs will hence, be highly varied and include music from local psychedelic scenes, like Austin, San Francisco and Bosstown as well as specific genres, such as acid-folk, exploitation-psych and psychedelic pop. We hope you’ll enjoy this selection of various psych music and wish you all happy holidays! Skip Spence-Oar (Columbia, 1969) -Little Hands Common People-Of/By/For the Common People (Capitol, 1969) -I Have Been Alone Hickory Hollow (Musitron, 1968) -Never Happen St Steven-s/t (Probe, 1969) -Bastich 1 Rebecca and the Sunny Brook Farmers –Birth (Musicor, 1969) -Oh Gosh Trizo 50 -s/t (Cavern Custom, 1974) -Graveyard Cold Sun-Dark Shadows (Rockadelic, 1971/1989) -Here in the Year 13th Floor Elevators-E