Post obscure sixties/seventies music

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:26 pm

Post good obscure psychedelic/acid/folk/anything music from the late sixties to early seventies.

No Pink Floyd or any other mainstream bands please, we all know those already

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Cinderella - From Town To Town
The Dream - The Doting King
Zen - Hair (one of my all time favorites)
Synanthesia - Rolling And Tumbling
Sunforest - Mr. Bumble
The United States Of America - The American Metaphysical Circus
The Appletree Theatre - What A Way To Go

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:34 pm

Good call on the Appletree Theatre. Heavenly record.

I would say...

Ultimate Spinage and The Orange Alabaster Mushroom.

I reccon Jefferson Airplane is to mainstream...but After Bathing with Baxter is GOLD!!!

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:10 pm

Triste Janero

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:25 pm

Not really obscure but the first Moby Grape lp is essential, named checked by everyone from Tom Waits, Beck and Robert Plant check them out. Totally out of place in 60's SF they were a band that didn't follow the times and play extended jams but 2/3 minute pop nuggets. And also if you can find it a solo record by leader Skip Spence, Oar is a haunting record that is the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:33 pm

Torn n Frayed wrote:Skip Spence, Oar is a haunting record that is the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown.

Thanks, that's nice.

Some interesting story behind it:

During his six months in Bellevue, Spence was diagnosed with schizophrenia.[11] On the day of his release, he drove a motorcycle, dressed in only his pajamas, directly to Nashville to record his only solo album, with no other musicians appearing on it, the now-classic psychedelic/folk album Oar (1969, Columbia Records)

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:46 pm

Guido wrote:
Torn n Frayed wrote:Skip Spence, Oar is a haunting record that is the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown.
Thanks, that's nice.

Some interesting story behind it:

During his six months in Bellevue, Spence was diagnosed with schizophrenia.[11] On the day of his release, he drove a motorcycle, dressed in only his pajamas, directly to Nashville to record his only solo album, with no other musicians appearing on it, the now-classic psychedelic/folk album Oar (1969, Columbia Records)

Some of it sounds like Tom Waits/Nick Cave before Tom Waits and Nick Cave, most deffo a 3 or 4 AM record.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:14 pm

Silver Apples!

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:33 pm

steve morgen of the band "morgen"
with their one album
"morgen"

good obscure psychedelia.

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:06 pm

Could someone point me in the direction of kickass garage rock/soul/funk/psychedelic i.e that kind of left field vibe that 60s and 70s wonderfully capsured?

Syni · Post by **Syni** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:09 am

Nick Drake is mildly obscure. But I'd recommend his album Pink Moon any day of the week.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:25 pm

Cupz: do you know Nacht En Ontij by Boudewijn de Groot? Contrary to most of his other output (which is usually amazing as well), this record is very psychedelic and avant-garde. It contains one big epic called "Heksensabbath". Truly amazing lyrics.

BrandNewRetro · Post by **BrandNewRetro** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:55 pm

Comus:

Brainticket:

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:56 pm

Guido wrote:Cupz: do you know Nacht En Ontij by Boudewijn de Groot? Contrary to most of his other output (which is usually amazing as well), this record is very psychedelic and avant-garde. It contains one big epic called "Heksensabbath". Truly amazing lyrics.

I must say I have looked into boudewijn de groot. His album Picknick in particulair but I found his voice is way to...pom pom pom or something. Herman Van Veenísh, only less anoying. I'll check this Nacht en Ontij and give the man another chance though.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:22 pm

Cupz wrote:
Guido wrote:Cupz: do you know Nacht En Ontij by Boudewijn de Groot? Contrary to most of his other output (which is usually amazing as well), this record is very psychedelic and avant-garde. It contains one big epic called "Heksensabbath". Truly amazing lyrics.
I must say I have looked into boudewijn de groot. His album Picknick in particulair but I found his voice is way to...pom pom pom or something. Herman Van Veenísh, only less anoying. I'll check this Nacht en Ontij and give the man another chance though.

I like both Picknick and Herman van Veen alot, but Nacht en Ontij is pretty different than that.

From The Two · Post by **From The Two** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:24 pm

Curved Air are probably one of my favourites from that era. Prog is somewhat of an obsession of mine - my, how uncool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_H9rIVGwc

Also East of Eden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CvfAB_LoII

It always seem like you could get away with anything musically in the 60's/70's. I suppose that's true in a way now but experimentalism was much more popular - or certainly more in the public eye, back then.

aorta · Post by **aorta** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:23 am

Relatively Clean Rivers:

Mighty Baby:

Trondheim · Post by **Trondheim** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:42 am

Bunalim:

Bubble Puppy:

Walter Wegmüller:

Soulthriller · Post by **Soulthriller** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:10 am

As far as psychedelic 60s rock is concerned, I enjoy

13th Floor Elevators
101 Strings
Bohemian Vendetta
Golden Dawn
Kaleidoscope
Mandrake Memorial
Nazz
Opal Butterfly
The Action
The Electronic Hole
The Fox
The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band
The Pretty Things
Traffic
The West Coast Experimental Pop Art Band
Ultimate Spinach

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:20 am

Also, R. Stevie Moore. He is seriously the best.

Xurbatronic · Post by **Xurbatronic** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:11 pm

Blossom Toes:

Peanut Butter Conspiracy:

Tintern Abbey:

Piccadilly Line:

The Moon:

Eddy Howell:

Turquoise:

Moorpark Intersection:

Majority One:

The Locomotive: