PapaJacques
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I've always found there to be something irresistible about the bucolic bliss propagated by the day-glo sounds of '67-68. Whilst their American contemporaries were kicking out the jams in a distinctly more militant, napalm scorched manner, their British counterparts were content to leap into a TS Elliot inspired rabbit hole donning crushed velvet, Indian robes and love beads.
These sunny, paisley sounds often cast an empirical glance to the East, incorporating sitar, tabla and a myriad of other exotic instrumentation without conceding the confines of the standard pop song. The London Underground scene, centred around the mythic UFO club which saw Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and Tomorrow rise murkily from their bubbling obscurity and into kaleidoscopic blossom into the mainstream.
I thought a place to discuss this incredible historic upheaval would be worthwhile. Whilst the Beatles undoubtedly kick started the UK psych movement with 1966's 'Revolver', it gained traction with such cult classics as Tintern Abbey, Dantalion's Chariot, Blossom Toes and Virgin Sleep.
I suppose I'll start by listing some of my favourite UK psych confections.
'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'- The Beatles
'Dream For Julie'- Kaleidoscope
'Julia Dream'- Pink Floyd
'Granny Takes A Trip'- Purple Gang
'Vacuum Cleaner'- Tintern Abbey
'Madman Running Though the Fields'- Dantalion's Chariot
'Child Of The Sky'- The Deviants
'Secret'- Virgin Sleep
'Guess I Was Dreaming'- The Fairytale
'Tiny Goddess'- Nirvana
'Turn Into Earth'- Al Stewart
'Bird Has Flown'- Societe
'Nite Is A Comin'- Warm Sounds
'Grounded'- The Syn
'Second Production'- Mike Stuart Span
'Give Him A Flower'- Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
'Sunny Goodge Street'- Donovan
'Wedding of Ramona Blair'- The Mirage
'Azalea & Rhodedendron'- Crocheted Donut Ring
'Rosemary's Bluebell Day'- Picadilly Line
'Michaelangelo'- 23rd Turnoff
'Turquoise Tandem Cycle'- Jason Crest
'Fredereek Hernando'- One In A Million
'Subway'- The Tickle
'House For Everyone'- Traffic
'10,000 Years Behind My Mind'- The Focus
'Shades Of Orange'- The End
'Odorono'- The Who
'I'll Be Late For Tea'- Blossom Toes
'Portobello Road'- Spectrum
'A Certain Kind'- Soft Machine
'Colonel Brown'- Tomorrow
'Witches Hat'- Incredible String Band
'Fox Has Gone To Ground'- Bamboo Shoots
These sunny, paisley sounds often cast an empirical glance to the East, incorporating sitar, tabla and a myriad of other exotic instrumentation without conceding the confines of the standard pop song. The London Underground scene, centred around the mythic UFO club which saw Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and Tomorrow rise murkily from their bubbling obscurity and into kaleidoscopic blossom into the mainstream.
I thought a place to discuss this incredible historic upheaval would be worthwhile. Whilst the Beatles undoubtedly kick started the UK psych movement with 1966's 'Revolver', it gained traction with such cult classics as Tintern Abbey, Dantalion's Chariot, Blossom Toes and Virgin Sleep.
I suppose I'll start by listing some of my favourite UK psych confections.
'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'- The Beatles
'Dream For Julie'- Kaleidoscope
'Julia Dream'- Pink Floyd
'Granny Takes A Trip'- Purple Gang
'Vacuum Cleaner'- Tintern Abbey
'Madman Running Though the Fields'- Dantalion's Chariot
'Child Of The Sky'- The Deviants
'Secret'- Virgin Sleep
'Guess I Was Dreaming'- The Fairytale
'Tiny Goddess'- Nirvana
'Turn Into Earth'- Al Stewart
'Bird Has Flown'- Societe
'Nite Is A Comin'- Warm Sounds
'Grounded'- The Syn
'Second Production'- Mike Stuart Span
'Give Him A Flower'- Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
'Sunny Goodge Street'- Donovan
'Wedding of Ramona Blair'- The Mirage
'Azalea & Rhodedendron'- Crocheted Donut Ring
'Rosemary's Bluebell Day'- Picadilly Line
'Michaelangelo'- 23rd Turnoff
'Turquoise Tandem Cycle'- Jason Crest
'Fredereek Hernando'- One In A Million
'Subway'- The Tickle
'House For Everyone'- Traffic
'10,000 Years Behind My Mind'- The Focus
'Shades Of Orange'- The End
'Odorono'- The Who
'I'll Be Late For Tea'- Blossom Toes
'Portobello Road'- Spectrum
'A Certain Kind'- Soft Machine
'Colonel Brown'- Tomorrow
'Witches Hat'- Incredible String Band
'Fox Has Gone To Ground'- Bamboo Shoots