It is said that their debut 45 "The Psychedelic Illusion" was the first psychedelic record in New Zealand. Their album contains their magnum opus "Tropic Of Capricorn", their cover of "Elevator" with heavy phasing effects, and the quasi-psychedelic "You'll Find Me Anywhere" and "Conquistador Esses". What's left are some fillers, mostly in the pop vein, and two covers of "Kaleidoscope" and "Daytime, Nighttime" (here retitled as "Each & Every Day"). Their bonus tracks are totally forgettable. The band was from Auckland and also recorded under the name "Chris Parfitt & The Hi-Revving Tongues" or simply "The Tongues".
Tracklist: - Elevator - Love is a hurting thing - You'll find me anywhere - Mike's tune - Baby I need your lovin' - Spooky - Conquistador esses - Forgive me my love - Tropic of capricorn
[Bonus tracks] - Each & every day - Nobody knows it - To my love - Kaleidoscope - Make yourself at home - Baby come back to me - Little red rooster - Rain & tears - Watermelon man Personnel: Mike Balcombe (lead gtr) [ABC] Bruce Coleman (organ) [ABC] Rob Noad (drms) [AB] Chris Parfitt (vcls) [ABC] John Walmsley (bs) [A] Graeme Thompson (bs) [BC] Richard Sinclair (drms) [C] Band origin: Auckland (New Zealand)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Tropic Of Capricorn (Zodiac BZLP 104) 1967 2. The Tongues (Zodiac ZLP 1041) 1969
45's: 1. (The Psychedelic) Illusion/Hate To Go (Allied Int. JAR 560) 1967 2. Not Some Of The Time/You'll Find Me Anywhere (Allied Int. JAR 565) 1968 3. Come Back And Love Me/I've Been Lonely Too Long (Allied Int. JAR 571) 1968 4. Tropic Of Capricorn/Baby I Need Your Loving (Philips BF 338 098) 1968 5. Elevator/You'll Find Me Anywhere (Philips 338101) 1968 6. Make Yourself At Home/To My Love (Philips BF 338 100) 1969 7. Baby Come Back To Me/Little Red Rooster (Philips BF 338 102) 1969 8. Rain And Tears/Watermelon Man (Zodiac Z45 1350) 1969 9. Take Me To The Pilot/Highway (Zodiac Z45 1358) 1970 10. Aspen, Colorado/Goodbye Holly (Zodiac Z45 1359) 1970
Locksley Hall was one of the better known psychedelic bands in the Pacific Northwest during their existence from 1967 thru' 1970. The album was recorded in 1969 at the legendary Audio Recorders in Seattle with long time Northwest guitarist Ned Neltner (Mark Five, Gas Company, Junior Cadillac) producing and Sonics engineer Kearny Barton at the console. It remained unreleased until the limited edition came out in 1996. The album reminds us of every band who ever played the Fillmore West in the late sixties and blends together elements of It's A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and The Holding Co. Recommended. (taken from "Fuzz, Acid & Flowers")
While a lot of co-ed groups of the era sound rather generic, Locksley Hall manages to escape identity in a slightly different way. This album plays almost like a sampler of West Coast music. On various songs they sound like Country Joe & The Fish, Jefferson Airplane, The Charlatans, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and the Association. Despite the crudeness of the recordings there’s a definite sense of professionalism here. They’re more appealing as a hard rock band than a soft rock band, but the only real dud here is the good timey song that ends side one. Both the male and female vocals are quite good, though as is often the case they sound much better apart than together. There is some excellent guitar playing here and a few very solid songs, most notably a long rocker on side one. The mix of styles is a bit disconcerting, but overall, this is much better than a lot of genre albums that did end up getting major label releases at the time. The LP was recorded in Seattle for Epic in the late 1960s but not released at the time. [AM] (taken from "The Acid Archives")
Tracklist: - Locksley Hall (Poem) - Boy - Let me blow out your candle - Baby blue eyes - D-O-P-E - Some say love - What does a lonely heart do? - Que-Bell - Wake up (Tubby's tune) - When autumn leaves turn to gold - Locksley Hall (Poem) Personnel: Ben Stanley (gtr, vcls) Shannon Svenson (vcls) Kevin Svenson (back vcls) Roy Castleman (bs, vcls) Denny Langdale (keyb'ds) Randy Thompson (drms) Band origin: Spokane (Washington/US)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Locksley Hall (OR 013) 1996 [rec. 1969-70]
Les Sauterelles were from Zurich (Switzerland). This CD from 2002 (Jaxx Records 29098) contains their first album from 1966 as well as some unreleased material and their two italian 45's on Columbia.
Tracklist: - Routine - I'll feel a whole lot better - Neon City - Cheryl's goin' home - Four strong winds - No no no no - I love how you love me - Desolation row - Every little thing - Springtime - Much too much - Chains of love - She belongs to me - Hey girl
[Bonus tracks] - Every little thing • unreleased version - Pretend • unreleased track - Hong Kong - Janet - Hey girl • unreleased version - Routine - Senza di te - Aiuto!... Va sempre male - Il auinto non lo paghi Personnel: Toni Vescoli (gtr, vcls) [1962-70] François Garzoni (drms) [1962] Tony Quero (gtr, back vcls) [1962-64] Günther Sohr (gtr) [1962] Peter Furrer (bs, gtr) [1962] Otto Richard (bs, back vcls) [1962-65] Vera Vescoli (vcls) [1963-65] Otto Bumbacher (drms) [1962-64] Peter Steffen (drms) [1964] Bruno Merz (gtr, back vcls) [1964-66] Jürg Stocker (drms, back vcls) [1964-65] Freddy Mangili (bs, vcls) [1965-66] Mandi Trapletti (drms) [1965] Düde (Kurt) Dürst (drms, back vcls) [1965-68] Enzo (Heinz) Ernst (bs, back vcls) [1965-67] Rolf Antener (gtr, back vcls) [1966-68, 1969-70] Willy Oeschlin (bs, back vcls) [1967] Peter Rietmann (bs, back vcls) [1967-68] Fritz Trippel (keyb'ds) [1968] Fioretta Wälle (vcls) [1968-69] Bernadette Wälle (vcls) [1968-69] Mike Stoffner (drms, back vcls) [1969-70] Werner Fröhlich (bs) [1969] Turo Paschayan (bs, back vcls) [1969-70] Roberto Carlotto (keyb'ds, back vcls) [1969-70] Band origin: Zurich (Switzerland)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Les Sauterelles (Columbia ZPX 10-108) 1966 2. View To Heaven (Blick Decca SLK 16561) 1968
45's: 1. Hong Kong/Forget It All (Columbia SCMZ 3027) 1965 2. I'm A Prisoner/Tonight (Pretty Baby) (Columbia SCMZ 3030) 1965 3. I Love How You Love Me/Janet (Columbia SCMZ 3035) 1966 4. Hey Girl/Routine (Columbia SCMZ 3038) 1966 5. Routine/Senza Di Te (Columbia SCMQ 7025) 1967 6. Aiuto!...Va Sempre Male?/Il Quinto Non Lo Paghi (Columbia SCMQ 7053) 1967 7. Heavenly Club/Dream Machine (Blick Decca 45-1001) 1968 8. Montgolfier/Big Old Sun (Decca D 19973) 1968 9. Station On Third Avenue/All Alone (CBS 4148) 1969 10. Be Crazy And Dance Part I/Part II (CBS 4366) 1969 11. And The Sun Will Shine/I Threw It All Away (Sauterelles S 01-02) 1969 12. Hongkong '73/It Was A Long Time Ago (EMI 3E 006-33722) 1973
[5.+6. italian release] [8.-10. german release]
V.A.: 1. Liverpool/Cadillac/Hong Kong/ What Kind Of Girl Are You/The Price Of Love (Swiss Beat Live »Columbia CPX 10009«) 1965 2. Hong Kong/Forget It All (Big Group Meeting '66 »Columbia SMC 84077«) 1966 3. I'm A Prisoner (Hits A Gogo »Columbia ZPX 10-108«) 1966 4. Heavenly Club (Beat - Discothek No 1 »Decca SLK 16580-P4«) 1969 5. Big Old Sun (Suisse 2000 »Heco LP 33003«) 1969
Most of you will know the great "Sitting On A Blunestone" from different compilations. In 1997 Tenth Planet released an album (Tenth Planet TP 034) full of unreleased material of this Potter's Bar (Hertfordshire) band. Also included are their one and only single, the awful "Albert (A Pet Sunflower)" and the appealing "Monday Morning". There's a lot more to find here on this collection, for instance "Evil Woman", that sounds very american or the flower-pop track "Morpheus". An enjoyable album which holds a good standard.
Tracklist: - Albert (A pet sunflower) - Monday morning - Sunday school - Evil woman - Obsolete incident - Music to watch us by - Sitting on a blunestone - So happy - Morpheus - Aurora - Something special - Pathway - Saturn - Jupite - So much love to give you Personnel: David Daltrey (vcls, gtr, bs, piano, mellotron, sitar, celeste) [AB] Paul Myerson (organ, bs, celeste) [AB] Bruce Hurford (drms) [A] Paul Locke (drms) [B] Band origin: Potter's Bar (Hertfordshire/UK)
Discographie: 45's: 1. Albert (A Pet Sunflower)/Monday Morning (HMV POP 1614) 1967
Now that's one of my favourites. They've never made a regular album but Distortions (Distortions DR 1020) released back in 1994 this great compilation that included all their 45's and unreleased material. This acid punk/psychedelic band came from Fort Myers/Florida.
Tracklist: - Anxious color - I want you - Things we see - She don't care about time - I can't wait - Can't stop loving you - I lost you in my mind - I think I'm going mad - Don't say she's gone - In the heat of the night - Girl you're growing up - Hard life - Incense and peppermints - Play with fire - Lady - Black-hearted Susan - Birdie told me - Shovel song - I can't see nobody Personnel: Jack O'Neil (vcls) [ABCD] Jerry Turano (lead gtr) [ABC] John McKinney (gtr, bs) [ABC] Craig Guild (bs) [A] Harry Bragg (drms) [ABCD] George Schule (bs) [C] Bruce Morford (bs) [D] Band origin: Fort Myers (Florida/US)
Discographie: 45's: 1. (B) Things We See/I Want You (Qualicon 5002) 1967 2. (C) Anxious Color/Things We See (Manhatten 803) 1967 3. (C) I Think I'm Going Mad/I Lost You In My Mind (Manhatten 811) 1968 4. (C) Don't Say She's Gone/In The Heat Of The Night (Manhatten 818) 1968
80's neo-psychedelic band from Melbourne. Their e.p. on the Cleopatra label includes "Colour Your Mind", one of the best psychedelic tunes ever.
Tracklist: - Carroll By Candlelight - Francis - Colour Your Mind - Suicidal Flowers Personnel: Michael Phillips (vcls) Peter Fidler (gtr) Leigh Underhill (bs) Ken Gardner (keyb'ds) Gavin Gray (drms) Band origin: Melbourne (Victoria/Australia)
This garage band from New York released their one and only album on the Century-label (1966). Here is the reissue (Rockadelic RRLP 11.5 / 1994). Expect a few clicks on this vinyl rip.
Tracklist: - It's all right with me - Bells of Rhymney - Keep on running - Rely - Kind of a dream - Walk on by - Last night - Uncharted voyage of thought processes - She thinks she knows - Just a little - Artificial lies - Bye bye baby Personnel: John Johnston (gtr, piano, organ) Don Corbit (gtr, bs) Jerry Heukensfeld (organ, piano) Barry Dalgleish (drms) Band origin: New York City (New York/US)
Discographie: Albums: 1. All Of Thus (Century 27916) 1966
An album I was full of expactations because of the involvement of Jimi Hendrix, Spencer Davis, Dave Mason, Paul McCartney, John Mayall and Gary Walker, but as I have heard it I was a bit disappointed. "So much" and "Ex art student" are great. "Do you remember" brings the late Syd Barrett to mind. "Living room" is ok. Too bad that the other tracks are more or less (weak) pop songs or poems by Roger McGough. But maybe I'm unfair. Decide yourself.
This is the cd-reissue from 1989 (EMI CDP 7918772).
Tracklist: - So much - Little bit of heaven - Basement flat - From: »Frink, a life in the day of« and »Summer with Monika« - Prologue Introducing a) Moanin' b) Anji - From: »Frink, a life in the day of« and »Summer with Monika« - Epilogue - Come close and sleep now - Yellow book - House in my head - Mr. Tickle - Living room - Do you remember - Please don't run too fast - Ex art student Personnel: Mike McGear (vcls) Roger McGough (vcls) Band origin: Liverpool (Merseyside/UK)
Discographie: Albums: 1. McGough And McGear (Parlophone PCS 7047) 1968
This Chicago band was formerly known as The Trolls. They shortened their name to The Troll and released that fine album in 1968, which is full of nice harmonies and psychedelic touches. The reissue (Flashback 10) is from 1997.
Tracklist: - Satin City News - Mr. Abernathy - Fritz und Sweeney - Everybody's child - Solitude - I've only myself to blame - Professor Pott's pornographic projector - Have you seen the queen - Mourning of the day - A winter's song - Werewolf and witchbreath Personnel incl.: Richard Clark (organ, vcls) Ken Apples (drms) Max Jordan, Jr. (bs, vcls) Richard Gallagher (gtr, vcls) Ken Cortese (drms) Band origin: Chicago (Illinois/US)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Animated Music (Smash SRS 67114) 1968
45's: 1. Every Day And Every Night/Are You The One? (ABC Paramount 10823) 1966 2. Something Here Inside/Laughing All The Way (ABC Paramount 10884) 1966 3. There Was A Time/They Don't Know (ABC Paramount 10916) 1967 4. Who Was That Boy?/Baby, What You Ain't Got (ABC Paramount 10952) 1967 5. I've Got To Have You (one sided promo) (USA 905) 1968 6. I Got To Have You/Don't Come Around (USA 905) 1968 7. Satin City News/Professor Potts Pornographic Projector (Smash S-2208) 1969
An anthology of the Spark label 1967-70. Tenth Planet release from 2003 (Tenth Planet TP 058).
Tracklist: 01. The Fruit Machine - Sunshine Of Your Love taken from the single I'm alone today/Sunshine of your love (Spark SRL 1027) 1969 Personnel incl.:Andy 'Ced' Curtis (gtr, vcls), Stephen Gould (lead vcls, bs, gtr), Paul Holland (drms), Barry Kingston (keyb'ds), Andy Deacon (drms), Chris Randall (bs). Band origin:London 02. The Illusion Of Happiness - Talk Of The Devil [prev. unreleased / 1967] Personnel:= Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera [see Track 11]. Band origin:Coventry (West Midlands) 03. Timothy Blue - Room At The Top Of The Stairs taken from the single The Room At The Top Of The Stairs/She Won't See The Light (Spark SRL 1014) 1968 Personnel:Timothy Blue [real name Eric Woolfson]. Origin:Glasgow (Scotland) 04. A New Generation - Smokey Blue's Away taken from the single Smokey Blue's Away/She's A Soldier Boy (Spark SRL 1007) 1968 Personnel:Ian Sutherland (gtr, vcls), Gavin Sutherland (bs, vcls), Christopher Kemp (organ, vcls), John Wright (drms). Band origin:Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire) 05. John Carter & Russ Alquist - The Laughing Man taken from the single The Laughing Man/Midsummer Dreaming (Spark SRL 1017) 1968 Personnel:John Carter, Russ Alquist, Barry Kingston (piano, mellotron), Richard Hudson (drms), John Ford (bs), Mickey Keen (gtr). Band origin:London 06. Simon de Lacy - Goodbye Love taken from the single Baby Come Back To Me/Goodbye Love (Spark SRL 1001) 1968 Personnel:Chris Jennings (lead vcls), Peter Thorp (lead gtr), Charles de Lacy (bs), Tony Newman (drms). Band origin:London 07. Jasper - Liberation Interlude #1 taken from the album Liberation (Spark SRLP 103) 1969 Personnel:Nicky Payn (vcls, hrmnca, flute), Steve Radford (gtr), Jon Taylor (bs), Alan Feldman (keyb'ds), Chico Greenwood (drms). Band origin:London 08. Carlew Choir - Give A Hand To The Clown taken from the single Huma Luma/Give A Hand To The Clown (Spark SRL 1028) 1969 Personnel incl.:John Carter, Mickey Keen (gtr), Robin Shaw (bs, vcls). Band origin:London 09. The Fruit Machine - Follow Me taken from the single Cuddly toy/Follow me (Spark SRL 1003) 1968 Personnel/Band origin:see Track 1 10. The Eggy - You're Still Mine taken from the single You're Still Mine/Hookey (Spark SRL 1024) 1969 Personnel:Bill Paste (vcls), Roger Lomas (gtr), Billy Campbell (bs), Nigel Lomas (drms). Band origin:Coventry (West Midlands) 11. Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - And I Remember [prev. unreleased / 1967] Personnel:Elmer Gantry [real name Dave Terry] (vcls, gtr), Colin Forster (gtr), John Ford (bs), Richard Hudson (drms). Band origin: Coventry (West Midlands) 12. A New Generation - She's A Soldier Boy see Track 4 13. The Fruit Machine - Willow Tree taken from the single The Wall/Willow Tree (American Music Makers AMM 002) 1969 [US only release] Personnel/Band origin:see Track 1 14. Carter/Keen/Shaw - Magic People [prev. unreleased / 1968] Personnel incl.:John Carter, Mickey Keen (gtr), Robin Shaw (bs, vcls). Band origin:London 15. Icarus - You're In Life taken from the single The Devil Rides Out/You're In Life (Spark SRL 1012) 1968 Personnel:Les Carske (gtr), Glyn Havard (lead vcls, bs), Iain Hines (keyb'ds), Ray Steadman (drms). Band origin:London 16. The Baby - Michael Blues taken from the single Heartbreaker/Michael Blues (Spark SRL 1030) 1969 Personnel:Ian Sutherland (gtr, vcls), Gavin Sutherland (bs, vcls), Christopher Kemp (organ, vcls), John Wright (drms). Band origin:Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire) 17. Jasper - Liberation Interlude #2 see Track 7 18. Eartha Kitt - Wear Your Love Like Heaven taken from the album Sentimental Earhta (Spark SRLP 105) 1970 Personnel: Eartha Kitt. Origin:born in South Carolina Get it here(Artwork included / vinyl rip)
Listen to Illusion Of Happiness: Talk Of The Devil
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It is said that their debut 45 "The Psychedelic Illusion" was the first psychedelic record in New Zealand. Their album contains their magnum opus "Tropic Of Capricorn", their cover of "Elevator" with heavy phasing effects, and the quasi-psychedelic "You'll Find Me Anywhere" and "Conquistador Esses". What's left are some fillers, mostly in the pop vein, and two covers of "Kaleidoscope" and "Daytime, Nighttime" (here retitled as "Each & Every Day"). Their bonus tracks are totally forgettable. The band was from Auckland and also recorded under the name "Chris Parfitt & The Hi-Revving Tongues" or simply "The Tongues".
