planning a psychedelic 70s throwback party
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Topic: planning a psychedelic 70s throwback party
Posted By: Mosis
Subject: planning a psychedelic 70s throwback party
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:47
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friends and i are planning a (very ;) ) psychedelic party, where we want to listen to great psychedelic/progressive music conducive to the psychedelic experience composed before 1980- we'll be going for about 8 hours strong, so we're gonna want a lot of music - given that LPs were usually no longer than 40 minutes, that means a lot of records, and hence a lot of recommendations i already have a lot of great psychedelic music from that time - in no particular order, i was thinking of listening to brainticket yes mannfred mann's earth band santana tangerine dream amon duul ii grobschnitt pink floyd nektar jefferson airplane maaaybe some grateful dead (there's so much, and i know a lot of it is not highly psychedelic) jimmi hendrix? so, i'd appreciate any psychedelic, space-y, krautrock-y, electronic music albums composed before the awful 80s conducive to a nice afternoon of delightful tripping |
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Posted By: Mosis
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:49
| ooh, herbie hancock would be great, too |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:53
| Can and Neu! |
Posted By: Mosis
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:54
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i would like Can, but i don't think my friends could handle it (maybe Future Days, actually) which Neu! album should i start with? |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:56
NEU! |
Mosis wrote:Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 03:56
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Great Idea!
This is the album I would use - a box set too!
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:00
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Gong and Hawkwind, of course.Also some early Guru Guru, perhaps from "Hinten" or "Känguru" -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:01
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Also for a psychedelic history lesson check out post number 3 or 4 on my blog here
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GENESIS
Cool party! -------------
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:02
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Some psych-folk might not be out of place Incredible String Band, Comus, Jan Dukes de Grey and Pentangle come to mind |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:05
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Psych albums
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Are you experieiced - Jimi Hendrix
Axis Bold as LOve - Jimi Hendrix <3
Space Ritual - Hawkwind
Future Days - Can
Neu! - Neu
Sgt Peppers LHCB - Beatles
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Posted By: Mosis
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:13
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great recommendations, AtomicCrimsonRush , thanks also, you've jogged my memory -how could i have forgotten about Eloy's Ocean? |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:22
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Heres the post on Psychedelic Prog that might look at home here!
1966-1967 a history of psychedelic music
Psychedelic music was in force. Genesis were signed to a contract with Decca records. They were intrigued by the psych rock coming out at the time.   The music had to have certain aspects to be good enough for the new psych generation of listeners: As a musical style Psychedelic rock often contains some of the following features: The electric guitars were distorted with feedback, wah wah and fuzz boxes.  The mixing in the studio was not just about putting down vocals and music, but very complex and elaborate effects were added such as backward tapes and long delay loops, panning and phasing sounds, extreme reverb on the guitars and the vocals, even vocals that were backmasked or fed through effects machines. The music had to sound otherworldly and off the planet. The use of exotic instrumentation was a key factor particularly the sitar and tabla and other Eastern, or Indian musical instruments.  There was an emphasis on the keyboard that dominated the music at times, especially mellotron, electric organs and harpsichord.  To enhance the experience of tripping out the music too was replete with lengthy instrumental and jamming and improvisation with lead and keyboard soloing and extended musical passages with varying time signatures, like a multi movement suite of songs merged together into one long track. The complex song structures depended on changes in key, modal melodies, drones and time signatures. The lyrics were surreal or dreamlike, esoterically- inspired and based on fantasy or non-sensical, and at times whimsical and humorous. WHITE RABBIT - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (excerpt)
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall ..... When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head Feed your head Feed your head" Album covers featured trippy multi coloured images with Psychedelic references.
 The concert performances were a light show to augment the music and liquid light shows replicated acid trips.
 The image of the band transformed, no longer wearing suits like The Beatles, Kinks, Animals or the other British Invasion bands,
  but now wearing multi coloured mesmirising silk shirts and very long hair became the norm.
 Pink Floyd with Syd Barret the master of psych. The Height of Psychedelia reached its peak in 1967 with the Beatles " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Fields_Forever - and " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Lane - making way for a British "pastoral" or "nostalgic" Psychedelia. Then the album to follow knocked the Psychedelic wave out of the park with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".  The album featured psych gems such as " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds - and “A Day In The Life” that typified the new sensation of Psychedelia. The album had a hold on the music history and every band wanted to take up the baton and run with it.
" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale - by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum -
The Rolling Stones released an album "Their Satanic Majesties Request".
 Pink Floyd released a Psychedelic treasure, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn".
 In America the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love - - Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and the population grew from 15,000 to 100,000.   A huge music scene grew peaking at at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival -
 Hendrix sacrifices his guitar as a burnt offering at Monterey.
Key recordings were produced at this time with Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow", featuring a Psychedelic nugget " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_%28song%29 - and " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_to_Love_%28Jefferson_Airplane_song%29 -
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_My_Fire -
 It was into this environment that Genesis released their first hit single. Genesis are discovered
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 The original Genesis line-up in 1967, with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Phillips - , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rutherford - , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Banks_%28musician%29 - , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel - and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stewart_%28author%29 - . Genesis's original line-up consisted of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel - - Peter Gabriel , vocals, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Phillips - - Anthony Phillips , guitar, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Banks_%28musician%29 - - Tony Banks , keyboards, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rutherford - - Mike Rutherford , bass & guitar, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stewart_%28author%29 - - Chris Stewart , drums. Genesis began as a songwriting partnership and wanted only to write songs rather than perform as some members were stage shy. However, nobody wanted to record their music so they hit the studios to record one of their first singles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_King - - Jonathan King had discovered them at a concert at Charterhouse in 1968, the school the band attended and after the concert he was given a tape by a student that the band had recorded and thus a contract was formed.  King was also a songwriter and record producer with one hit single of his own "Everyone's Gone to the Moon". The band under the new name of Genesis, though it had been suggested they call themselves Gabriel's Angels, began to record for King. The name according to King was "a good name... it suggested the beginning of a new sound and a new feeling." -------------
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:24
| ^ hardly necessary. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:26
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"Freak'n Roll" by Ash Ra Tempel. Great to dance to. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 04:53
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The United States of America - st
Supersister - Presents from Nancy Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 06:30
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I don't see Yes as being psychedelic but, just for a laugh, try The Dukes of Stratosfear (which in case you don't know is XTC in another guise). |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 16:19
| You're getting a whole lotta late sixties material, which is the time period I always associate with psychedelic rock. In the 70's it moved toward progressive rock, with weirdos like Pink Floyd and Robin Trower still putting out acid rock. Whatever you do, use a lot of chocolate brown, avocado green, harvester gold, and orange. Anyway, I suggest "Bridge of Sighs' from Trower and "Echoes" from Floyd. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 16:57
| The Velvet Underground & Nico, Freak Out!, The Doors, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Ummagumma (Disc 1!), If I Could Do It All Over Again I Would Do It All Over You, Vol. 1 & 2(Soft Machine), Wolf City, Big Fun. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 17:44
So wait...you don't think your friends could handle Can, but you do think they could handle Brainticket? That's usually the other way around.  As far as Neu!, start with their debut IMO. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 22:17
| what's a psychedelic party without Halleluwah from Can? |
Posted By: Mosis
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 02:10
i don't want anyone having a freak out and sh*tting all over my new house |
Posted By: DreamInSong
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 02:36
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Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn and MGMT - Congratulations (while it's recent pop music, it still is fairly psychedelic and good for parties)
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Posted By: Norman Kiddie
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 12:54
 Ashra or Ash-Ra-Tempel are cool. What about Hawkwind´s In Search Of Space, not too heavy but very psychedelic.
When´s the party?
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Posted By: Weirdamigo
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 13:51
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No one said Iron Butterfly? It's a fantastic psych. band, you should most definitely check it out.
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 17:57
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I think your problem will not be what to play but deciding what you have to leave out! ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |