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KALEIDOSCOPE (UK) are sometimes confused with the American band of the same name, which is probably not surprising, considering they're both psychedelic sixties bands. Kaleidoscope was obviously a popular name for a band in the late 1960's flower-power era, conjuring up images of radiant psychedelic rainbow colours. Intriguingly, the British Kaleidoscope released their first album "Tangerine Dream" (1967) the same year as the synthesiser band Tangerine Dream were formed in Germany. Kaleidoscope's second album "Faintly Blowing" followed in 1969 and they released their third album "Home from Home" under the name Fairfield Parlour in 1970. They recorded a fourth album together, "White-Faced Lady", but it was shelved and remained in storage until 1991, when it was released on an independent label under the original Kaleidoscope name. The 1998 CD re-issue of Kaleidoscope's debut "Tangerine Dream" added six bonus tracks to the original eleven songs on the album. Let's take a look through the Kaleidoscope view-finder now and examine the many colourful psychedelic facets of Tangerine Dream".

It's a jolly good opening to the album with the title track "Kaleidoscope", a jolly-sounding 2-minute burst of Sunshine-Pop that's positively bounding along with joyous optimism. It's a good all-round late-1960's Pop tune with a bright and sunny disposition, where all the birds are singing and the fluorescent flowers are blooming in the psychedelic garden of earthly delights. The curiously-titled "Please Excuse My Face" follows next. It's a gorgeous acoustic guitar arrangement where the lovelorn singer is in full romantic balladeer mode and pining away forlornly over his lost love. This beautiful ballad sounds as charmingly English as afternoon tea and crumpets whilst watching a game of cricket on the village green. Howzat! We're taking a psychedelic trip back in time now as we "Dive Into Yesterday", a song that's awash with colourful acid-tinged guitar vibes. It's a catchy tune that's very reminiscent of the Beatles at their most psychedelic, with influences from the West Coast sound of sunny California. This joyfully sunny music sounds as bright and bubbly as a glass of sparkling lemonade. And now we come to the curious tale of "Mr. Small, The Watch Repairer Man", the kind of cheerfully light-hearted Pop song that could only come from England in the late 1960's. It's a carefree and playful little number that doesn't take itself too seriously and it's representative of the Best of British Psychedelic Pop. We're travelling to distant foreign lands now with "Flight from Ashiya", only this appears to be a doomed flight as the constant refrain in this song is "Nobody Knows Where We Are" ..... Oh dear! It seems that despite the pleasant sunshine sound of this jangling and exotic Byrds-like psychedelia, the flight has gone down in the middle of nowhere. The dark mood continues with "The Murder Of Lewis Tollani", which closes Side One on a sombre note, although don't get too down-hearted because it's really a great Sunshine Pop song despite the solemn message in the lyrics.

The strangely-titled "(Further Reflections) In The Room Of Percussion" opens Side Two. It's a typically cheerful 1960's Pop tune but who knows what the song's about as the convoluted lyrics are like a riddle wrapped inside an enigma on a psychedelic acid trip. One thing's for sure, "In the Room of Percussion" is nothing to do with a drummer doing a sound-check in the recording studio. We're meeting the charming "Dear Nellie Goodrich" next, which turns out to be a short but sweet jingly- jangly sunshine burst of lovely English Pop music, featuring some delightful sugar-coated harmonising. This very agreeable tune is as sweet as a jar of honey. It's time to pack our bags now because we're off to the seaside for "Holidaymaker", a happy- go-lucky Pop song that's just as bright and sunny as the song title implies. Don't forget to pack the suntan lotion because this summer song is positively bursting with sunshine. We're in the King's court for "A Lesson Perhaps", although he's not a progressive Crimson King. No, this is a traditional Folky King in a quaint pastoral setting. This gentle melodic madrigal represents a charming acoustic spoken-word diversion in an album that's positively glowing and overflowing with radiantly cheerful Pop songs. And now we arrive at the magnificent highlight of the album, "The Sky Children", in a classic example of saving the best song till last. This marvellous closing song has instantly transformed what could have been a very good four-star album into a five-star masterpiece. It's eight minutes of pure unadulterated pleasure. The music is similar in style to the Byrds classic "Eight Miles High" - only better! The "Poptastic" lyrics are simply sensational. Take a look for yourselves:- "A million white flowers in a field in the sky, Seemed to spell out a greeting as the children flew by, A guard in a chariot of silver and gold, Gave the children all tickets, then the story he told, Of a time in the future that was sunshine and flowers, And the children grew sleepy in the sky's white towers, They dreamed of the story that the guard had displayed, They saw all the wonders, tiny minds were amazed, They saw candy forests and dragons that breathed fire, On all that was evil in the misty mire." ..... And that's just the first verse! There are six more incredible verses to come!! This beautiful music does indeed sound like "A million white flowers in a field in the sky." It's heavenly!

Travel back in time to the flower-power sounds of the late-1960's Summer of Love with this charmingly English album of glorious Sunshine Pop songs that's positively overflowing with cheerful exuberance and ebullient optimism. It's a Psychedelic Kaleidoscope of glowing rainbow colours wrapped inside a beautiful Tangerine Dream!



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Love Sculpture: a Blues Rock band from South Wales led by Dave Edmonds, before a solo career came a Knockin' Smile
 
LOve Sculpture - Sabre Dance
 


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4 stars  1968: The Move - Something Else: Live at the Marquee - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kwv2i4RUZG50EIjgB6qPGju8CwYVxhp1E
 
The Move - Flowers in the Rain (A song renowned for being the first ever record played on BBC Radio One in 1967 by DJ Tony Blackburn and he's still on the air today broadcasting on BBC Radio Two 54 years later!)
 


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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Love Sculpture: a Blues Rock band from South Wales led by Dave Edmonds, before a solo career came a Knockin' Smile
 
LOve Sculpture - Sabre Dance
 

That's a fun lp...have an original vinyl I found  about 10 years ago.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Psych Britannia: A-Z Album Links
 
4 stars  1968: The Move - Something Else: Live at the Marquee - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiNqq_Jm9dh9EvDcBcBzGb7b2WYxS3NoK
 
The Move - Flowers in the Rain (A song renowned for being the first ever record played on BBC Radio One in 1967 by DJ Tony Blackburn and he's still on the air today broadcasting on BBC Radio Two 54 years later!)
 

I have Shazam, Looking On, and Message on original vinyls....have a Move collection for the earlier songs.
I also recommend the first ELO lp aka No Answer.....Roy Wood still wit the band and it sounds more like a later Move than early ELO...whatever that is. One of my favorites from that time frame ..sadly the recording is kind of muddy.


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^ I like the first ELO album, but not nearly as much as Xanadu and Out of the Blue. Embarrassed

Apparently, the first ELO album was released  as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message when a United Artists record executive was calling to ask about the album title and having failed to make contact, wrote down "No Answer" in his notes, which mistakenly became the album title. Smile
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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Love Sculpture: a Blues Rock band from South Wales led by Dave Edmonds, before a solo career came a Knockin' Smile
 
LOve Sculpture - Sabre Dance
 


That's a fun lp...have an original vinyl I found  about 10 years ago.
I only discovered Dave Edmonds' Love Sculpture for the first time earlier this week when I was looking for a replacement band for Les Fleur de Lys. Smile
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An A-Z of Psychedelic Rock (500+ artists; 850+ albums)

5 stars 1966: 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiN-7mukU_RHffmSQiUY-wrIPJJu5Ppzn
2 stars 1968: 13th Floor Elevators - 13th Floor Elevators Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lH6LxLZSSGvJQRgJLii9bOTvViyMDArA0



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A-Z of Psychedelic Rock  (500+ artists; 850+ albums)

4 stars 1972: A New Place to Live - A New Place to Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EfUVsJyLPE

4 stars 1968: Afterglow - Afterglow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpXcdOjl35k


4 stars 1993: Aguaturbia - Psychedelic Drugstore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0jbTtWYzlw

4 stars 1968: The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Centre of the Mind - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_krr1juC1-a8JUxMEPFYrD_3njPfyRaKOo
4 stars 1969: The Amboy Dukes - Migration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3BVC0tpyFs
3 stars 1970: The Amboy Dukes - Marriage on the Rocks / Rock Bottom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGi6l7IRJU

3 stars 1973: Amphyrite - Amphyrite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRn6_Tmumm0





4 stars 1968: Ant Trip Ceremony - 24 Hours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch0SKAdQn54


4 stars 1970: Apartment 1 - Open House - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf9RU-jdYDs

4 stars 1968: Apocalypse - Kannibal Komix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONq2Sqw4KzY
4 stars 1969: Apocalypse - Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAoMggx4yI
          

4 stars 1968: Apple Pie Motherhood Band - The Apple Pie Motherhood Band - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kprOOGZT-wW0rTQs1TLXg84HlhIQrjEck

4 stars 1969: Apryl Fool - The Apryl Fool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z24s7xZH3pA

5 stars 1969: Arcadium - Breathe Awhile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtWctjASs8




5 stars 1968: Art of Lovin' - Art of Lovin' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NjVCumX18
 

4 stars 1971: Astral Navigations - Astral Navigations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DxUwOfXUPk


4 stars 1968: Autosalvage - Autosalvage  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ZFRbLISW4


 
 


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A-Z of Psychedelic Rock (500+ artists; 850+ albums)

4 stars 1967: Baby Grandmothers - Baby Grandmothers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8hrm3Un6bo
3 stars 1967: Baby Grandmothers - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSdxJtp5VZM


4 stars 1969: Banchee - Banchee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlGPxAqSgfw
4 stars 1971: Banchee - Thinkin' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUm5RK6xFDI
                 

4 stars 1969: Bangor Flying Circus - Bangor Flying Circus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4UBMEE2ts


4 stars 1972: Baumstam - On Tour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1-FKTm4ylE

5 stars 1968: Beacon Street Union - The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMz26ty9IQY
4 stars 1968: Beacon Street Union - The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElC3wdxE8PE

3 stars 1970: Bead Game - Baptism


4 stars 1967: The Beat of the Earth - The Beat of the Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM_mp9mWLJI
4 stars 1970: The Beat of the Earth - The Electronic Hole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUv_Q7cRwc
3 stars 1994: The Beat of the Earth - Our Standard Three Minute Tune - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyTfk1xjpbA

4 stars 1968: Beauregard Ajax - Deaf Priscilla - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXwRtxqfcdk

5 stars 1969: Bent Wind - Sussex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxSfAVgtgM

4 stars 1968: Big Foot - Big Foot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noYitCPV3fs

4 stars 1975: Billy T.K.'s Powerhouse - Life Beyond the Material Sky - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXvnBkbCR8o

4 stars 1969: Black Pearl - Black Pearl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0SsmoqCLrI
4 stars 1970: Black Pearl - Live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJDEgCRp_qo

4 stars 1979: Black Wednesday - Black Wednesday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGfIeTuPfvg

5 stars 1971: Blackfeather - At the Mountains of Madness - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nc3KgDhjm2kSE80JjZHTVBW_QD9FxdrGw

3 stars 1975: Blackfoot - Youth Power - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A14_hfnWtAk
4 stars 1978: Blackfoot - The Footsteps - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH9tFZtytKo


4 stars 1971: Blessed End - Movin' On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jd5-HiGcNA

4 stars 1971: Blind Ravage - Blind Ravage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kJQCC7ihY

3 stars 1971: Blonde on Blonde - Reflections on a Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nDg4NGu8575Xic9fv8np_tLx1ifK6tsog

4 stars 1984: Blue Cheer - The Beast is Back - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPmENiSgNJE

4 stars 1970: Blue Mountain Eagle - Blue Mountain Eagle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HrR6-hX44U

5 stars 1971: Blue Phantom - Distortions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QGlOeNKnHA

4 stars 1969: Blues Creation - Blues Creation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2AjeDh2SIk&t=123s
4 stars 1971: Blues Creation - Rolling Stone Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSsDnd56pT4&t=9s
5 stars 1971: Blues Creation - Carmen Maki Blues Creation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHUq9LAmmDo
4 stars 1971: Blues Creation - Demon & Eleven Children - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDt4DCRMdec

5 stars 1968: Bo Grumpus - Before the War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HOpzonMbqk

5 stars 1970: Bob Smith - The Visit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIrPa9cvlCo

4 stars 1969: Bodo Molitor - Hits Internacionales - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSOtTzb5oIM

4 stars 1968: Bohemian Vendetta - Bohemian Vendetta - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_BzSAG0ZkU

5 stars 1968: Bokaj Retsiem - Psychedelic Underground - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMoa35sUXAc


4 stars 1972: Borealis - Sons of the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN7yhACXCzE

4 stars 1968: The Boston Tea Party - The Boston Tea Party - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFJtXWQgitQ

5 stars 1970: Bow Street Runners - Bow Street Runners - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7H99QAZGE

4 stars 1968: Brain Police - Brain Police - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l0LJH4Skmw

4 stars 1971: Brass Monkey - Brass Monkey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOUmYQG9oY

4 stars 2007: Breakthru - Adventures Highway (compilation) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kzvqFE7v9dxB0ayRv9J6LUPH_DcwGvX6w




4 stars 1971: Brush!? - Brush!? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEddtzFbXSg

4 stars 1969: Bubble Puppy - A Gathering of Promises - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2rTPokFLc

4 stars 1970: Bulbous Creation - You Won't Remember Dying - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQ57-K2JXA

4 stars 1969: Bulldog Breed - Made in England - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp0Zo2Y6iyU


4 stars 1970: Butterfingers - Butterfingers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30_RAyWz3Fw

4 stars 1969: Buzzy Linhart - Buzzy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZZN2vX6DY
4 stars 1970: Buzzy Linhart - Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG7xDIUDYqY
3 stars 1974: Buzzy Linhart - Pussycats Can Go Far - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqvW7beve2erkJDdUOo3MrJTWnFyVZHLe

          


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4 stars 1967: Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Ew3ACprIHl-bbBH391qQkWEsfFZW4RU
3 stars 1973: Patrick Campbell-Lyons - Me and My Friend - 
3 stars 1981: Patrick Campbell-Lyons - The Hero I Might Have Been - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1TUW8PeqWsUEEZuodQ_tgfhfjlin2xWg
5 stars 1992: Nirvana - Travelling on a Cloud (compilation) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k9qphfGBBVvggugaUfjTSyMcl4xslgyb4
 
 NIRVANA (U.K) were around long before the Seattle grunge rockers of the same name first emerged onto the music scene in the late 1980's. A dispute over the use of the name "Nirvana", led to the American band settling out of court in the early 1990's. The British Nirvana were formed in swinging London back in 1965. Their first album of Proto-Prog "The Story of Simon Simopath" was released in 1967, and their second album - released in 1968 - deserves a place in the annals of rock history for having probably the longest album title of all time. Here it is in its entirety:- "The Existence of Chance Is Everything and Nothing Whilst the Greatest Achievement Is the Living of Life and So Say ALL OF US". Wow! That's quite a mouthful! The long- winded album title is not easy to remember at the best of times, so for the sake of brevity, the title is usually shortened to "All of Us". The album contained Nirvana's best-known song: "Rainbow Chaser". Three further albums followed:- "To Markus III (Aka: Black Flower)" (1969), "Local Anaesthetic" (1971) and "Songs of Love and Praise" (1972). Nirvana were led by Patrick Campbell-Lyons's, who released his first solo album "Me and My Friend" in 1973. Nirvana had one more album up their sleeve with the release of "Orange and Blue" in 1996 - a collection of unreleased material from their earlier years.  It's time now to delve into the mysterious world of Simon Simopath and find out what's the story, morning glory.

We're taking off and flying on the "Wings of Love" for our opening number. This delightful and unashamedly twee-sounding Pop tune could only have come from England in the late-1960's. The story concerns our hero schoolboy, Simon Simopath, who dreams of sprouting wings so he can fly away - just like Peter Pan - and escape being bullied at school. He later suffers a mental breakdown in adulthood and ends up in a lunatic asylum, but escapes after getting aboard a rocket and meeting a centaur and a goddess who take care of him in a place called Pentecost Hotel, where they presumably live happily ever after in a state of heavenly bliss and spiritual Nirvana. Yes, the Story of Simon Simopath really IS that wacky, and yes, you've guessed it, it's a proggy concept album before prog-rock or concept albums had even been invented. Simon Simopath is just a lonely boy at heart, and "Lonely Boy" is the title of the second song where all he wants to do is cry. The mournful lyrics might tell a sad tale, but the music is bright and uplifting as it romps merrily along on a wave of joyous hope and exuberance. There's a rousing chorus too in this lively Pop song, so it's not all doom and gloom, despite the lyrics. There's a healthy burst of optimism on the way with "We Can Help You", a bright and sparkling burst of golden Sunshine Pop which sounds as quaint and quintessentially English as a thatched cottage in the Cotswolds, or a game of croquet served with tea and crumpets on an English summer lawn. We have lift-off, because next up is the bizarrely-titled "Satellite Jockey", the most commercially appealing song on the album, which could potentially have gone into orbit and risen up into the Top 10 of the Hit Parade, back in the days when the chart placings still mattered to Pop pickers. Space: the final frontier. We're "In the Courtyard of the Stars" now for this out-of-this-world 1960's sci-fi Pop hokum. It's Proto-Prog, Jim, but not as we know it. This is a lovely jazzy Pop tune that's light years away from classic 1970's Prog-Rock.

Our silly but charming story continues with "You Are Just the One", another pleasant Psych-Pop diversion in an album full of sparkling good Pop tunes, and there's a gorgeous Baroque Pop song on the way with "Pentecost Hotel", a magnificently ornate grand hotel featuring a lush string symphony. We're getting all romantic now with "I Never Had a Dream Like This Before", a lilting piano ballad with rich orchestration, where Simon Simopath dreams of being carried away to distant parts of the universe, or failing that, watching the latest episode of Star Trek. Beam me up another great Pop song, Scotty! There's the sound of wedding bells in the air for "Take This Hand", as Simon Simopath prepares for his betrothal to his loved one, so it looks like we're headed for a happy ending to our story with this gentle Folk Pop refrain. There's a complete change of musical style for the final uplifting song "Nirvana", which sounds like a good old-fashioned knees-up in a pub. It's a Dixie-land-jazz-style number, featuring a honky-tonk piano and with the singer sounding in a merry and jubilant mood, which indeed he would be if he just got hitched to his romantic love interest. All's well that ends well in the weird and wonderful world of wacky 1960's concept albums.

This cheerfully zany slice of sixties sci-fi hokum is a Psych-Pop album that's in another universe altogether from Prog-Rock, and it's barely even Proto-Prog, but if you're in the mood for some jolly good English Pop tunes from the Beatles' era, then "The Story of Simon Simopath" might just be the album for you. The twee music is joyful and exuberant with a bright message of hope for the future, but if you hope to attain a state of spiritual Nirvana from listening to this album, then it's best to look elsewhere - back to the future of the proggy 1970's perhaps.



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A-Z of Psychedelic Rock   (500+ artists; 900+ albums)


 5 stars 1969: C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru' Hell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHVyzE5n4-M

 4 stars 1982: Cal Rock & Roll - Homegrown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOftqi2FcvY


 4 stars 1969: Camel - Under Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcvhRaoXaIE

 4 stars 1971: Candida Pax - Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yBqdOxb704

 5 stars 1974: Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anYEEQrX20

 3 stars 1968: Central Nervous System - I Could Have Danced All Night - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnvbgJwgxphnDgOJ2ds_ehwpvPeB4BcW4

 4 stars 1969: Challenger's - Challenger's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSamgHu97YE

 4 stars 1973: Charge - Charge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iplYvGhtaeE

 3 stars 1969: The Charlatans - The Charlatans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFF9FB46AB1ED56C0

 4 stars 1970: Chelsea - Chelsea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgcERQCutBk

 4 stars 1971: Chico Magnetic Band - Chico Magnetic Band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teYDjxnFLNs


 4 stars 1968: Children of the Mushroom - Children of the Mushroom - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAUxT_PEkIY

 5 stars 1968: The Chocolate Watchband - The Inner Mystique - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nOOTSsckReMMP1mpc83h93glyXmdGKXs4
 4 stars 1969: The Chocolate Watchband - One Step Beyond - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFC6B2C622DFEC8D3
 4 stars 2015: The Chocolate Watchband - I'm Not Like Everybody Else - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ktDmamb2wUfBK9hz_Tm1we5B2x4MTsybo
 4 stars 2018: The Chocolate Watchband - This is My Voice - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ks8wyTzEKnNSa516n9g_C58yeTEAownK0

 4 stars 1969: Christopher - What'cha Gonna Do - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmkCu4tn1Mw
 4 stars 1970: Christopher - Christopher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdMGvpyP2Ac

 4 stars 1968: Churchill's - Churchill's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHXUn-81UY

 5 stars 1969: Circus - Circus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMh58tYKpD4

 4 stars 1968: Circus Maximus - Neverland Revisited - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zYNqBtaeI

 5 stars 1973: Clinic - Now We're Even - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJTsSpzk9c

 5 stars 1970: Cold Sun - Dark Shadows - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByWGhI84OGU

 4 stars 1968: The Collectors - The Collectors - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVCeEN6BZk
 4 stars 1969: The Collectors - Grass and Wild Strawberries - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFROelKtoYQ

                 
 4 stars 1967: The Contents Are - Through You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipKcd4XlHSQ

 5 stars 1969: The Corporation - The Corporation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN-rwy2v8ic
 4 stars 1970: The Corporation - Hassles in My Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggpqWGNg5Y

 4 stars 1971: Corpus - Creation a Child - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAMaNC1kh0

 4 stars 1973: Cosmic Dealer - Child of Tomorrow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWjkshp3AXc

 4 stars 1969: Cosmic Michael - Cosmic Michael - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjQtAh3Y9o

 4 stars 1972: Cosmic Travelers - Live! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxbjtjNSVk

 5 stars 1973: Cosmos Factory - An Old Castle of Transylvania - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE1IAGkq-08
 4 stars 1975: Cosmos Factory - A Journey with the Cosmos Factory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_cn5cR2Zg
 4 stars 1976: Cosmos Factory - Black Hole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YN0qN3eRhc&t=3s
 3 stars 1977: Cosmos Factory - Metal Reflection 

 4 stars 1967: Country Joe & the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQWAVnyf6o3mftnsLBkMMFTOFIEu35-Wk
 4 stars 1967: Country Joe & the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n4qOBPXVTAmGHNC-PkALYvougNUfXd4Bo
 4 stars 1969: Country Joe & the Fish - Here We Are Again - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m106PEP7MyyDPx3tDO6nPldLKRdDxejSY

 4 stars 1969: Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPVfyDJE36IksA7mXakkw1ACy9KnBBJho
 4 stars 1974: Coven - Blood on the Snow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoc_AdWrb2w
 3 stars 2007: Coven - Metal Goth Queen: Out of the Vault - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_9ANeMKyJ0
 5 stars 2013: Coven - Jinx

                 
 3 stars 1974: Crash Coffin - Crash Coffin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWw0JTWLyAU
 3 stars 1984: Crash Coffin - The Official United States Yahoo Funky Punky Jug Band - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZNLcPl5OhfZsM5fKidNX8CbMwnCcrM48

 4 stars 1969: Crazy Elephant - Crazy Elephant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTbBjGG1HxQ

 4 stars 1984: The Creation - Making Time (The Best of the Creation) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVhPyW0pfpR93PF51cpRlNwKYl4VHLuxo
 4 stars 1998: The Creation - Our Music is Red, with Purple Flashes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lC7RR4Gcn8QZQt1cY65aOMZAUjROd2oPk
 4 stars 2004: The Creation - Psychedelic Rose (The Lost Creation Album) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lp40AXlr3G4sShaCICmaNAdup_yJk-V4A


 4 stars 1969: Crying Wood - Back to the Mountains - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqfrrmXiVv8


 4 stars 1970: Culpeper's Orchard - Culpeper's Orchard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDT-g3fHA4c
 4 stars 1972: Culpeper's Orchard - Second Sight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmMsd2-xoxg
 3 stars 1972: Culpeper's Orchard - Going for a Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZImFmmnQPN8
 3 stars 1977: Culpeper - All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0L5Htbk1mPdGTkhj6-4VqhvlkJeFf5jk





                 


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 Psych Britannia: A-Z Album Links

 
Octopus were from the London commuter belt town of Hatfield - a town now best-known for the Hatfield & the North motorway sign as well as the Canterbury Scene band of the same name. "Restless Night" was the one and only album from this talented Psychedelic Pop band, which could have had something to do with the ghastly illustration on the album cover. The album is a sweet confection of memorable  Beatlesque tunes - including a cover of "I Am the Walrus" - and features some funky fuzz guitar grooves. Octopus' main claim to fame was being the support act for an up-and-coming young band by the name of Mabel Greer's Toyshop - now better known as YES! Smile
 
Octopus - I Am the Walrus (Live)
 


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 4 stars 1979: D.R. Hooker Band - Armageddon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Px2MxGs1c

 4 stars 1972: Da Capo - Da Capo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U-NiDMYU1c

 4 stars 1969: Damnation of Adam Blessing - The Damnation of Adam Blessing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURVMoiUBD4
 4 stars 1970: Damnation of Adam Blessing - The Second Damnation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtvDy489zPo
 4 stars 1971: Damnation of Adam Blessing - Which is the Justice, Which is the Thief - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS9BxdH6ygw
 3 stars 1973: Damnation of Adam Blessing - The Glory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkdt_sZkgsY


 4 stars 1967: Dantalian's Chariot - Chariot Rising - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfBPJt_vuk

 4 stars 1970: Darius - Darius II - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4Aj0IYsNM

 3 stars 1971: Dark - Teenage Angst (The Early Sessions) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5K1kB3BsSo
 4 stars 1972: Dark - Artefacts from the Black Museum - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrtvP_9YI2lWc3oL5omiXsXENHN4pDEFQ

 4 stars 1970: Dave Miller & Leith Corbett - Reflections of a Pioneer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVFZp9M7CMd910MlpY5vl37Bx7GYGoY5I

 4 stars 1967: The David - Another Day, Another Lifetime - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_niw2mSgaQ7RGu2MRsDlrWOtc8Zl5g-KRM

 4 stars 1969: Day Blindness - Day Blindness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHFusitmLV0


 3 stars 1967: Dead Sea Fruit - Dead Sea Fruit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtqsFyyGdLo




 4 stars 1971: Deerfield - Nil Desperandum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpqcdRLXGY

 3 stars 1970: Dick Domane - Dick Domane

 4 stars 1969: Dickens - Royal Incarnation - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17944ECFE5F330FE
               
 4 stars 1971: The Dog That Bit People - The Dog That Bit People - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7jCKDZnek


 2 stars 1978: Jim Morrison & the Doors - An American Prayer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhqYrMpfi9vBYp0vkXflvwMdOBtMPj3fQ
 4 stars 1987: The Doors - Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1968 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q76QBhKHQGc
 5 stars 2003: The Doors (Manzarek-Krieger) - The Doors of the 21st Century - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMvf92jLhrk&t=2456s
 5 stars 2007: The Doors - The Very Best of the Doors - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7DlGI0vwP4S6tlQ-kMqrl6VCaN053_BN

 4 stars 1976: Dorian Gray - Idahaho Transfer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL82TBi4yUs

 5 stars 1970: Douglas Fir - Hard Heartsingin' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SptrJDSEuos

 4 stars 1968: Dragonfly - Dragonfly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-Yh_1-B4s

 5 stars 1970: Dragonwyck - Dragonwyck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg2V1vxsIGk
 4 stars 1973: Dragonwyck - Chapter 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxDDUrUzzA
 4 stars 1976: Dragonwyck - Fun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGHCk6pSeZ0


 4 stars 1969: Dry Ice - Mary's Meth Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMMpMYeELHo

                 




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 4 stars 1969: Earth Opera - The Great American Eagle Tragedy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXLiY834IQ

 4 stars 1971: Earthen Vessel - Hard Rock, Everlasting Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmUj6RNm_D2pDNnPRByBK1m5l5QiSgyQa

 4 stars 1968: Eastfield Meadows - Eastfield Meadows - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71F4aoATn2A
     
 4 stars 1968: Eden's Children - Eden's Children - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHFzIDd2JvY
 4 stars 1968: Eden's Children - Sure Looks Real - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ySmptCxk2Y

 3 stars 1970: Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klyJ0qXhQ-ThEHRPOiRZmaMod5lp3n1EM
 5 stars 1971: Edgar Broughton Band - Edgar Broughton Band - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZ4_Se5hmnTpzRaB0Co-vbHkqep3vLsX4
 4 stars 1979: Edgar Broughton Band - Live Hits Harder! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nixGURGL167iG41HmufxooMAvzpDDGBK8
 5 stars 1986: Edgar Broughton Band - Out Demons Out: The Best of the Edgar Broughton Band - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRj5KxDu45UxNuvVpSEydleTHz-CVlX_U
 4 stars 2000: Edgar Broughton Band - Demons at the Beeb - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mBBkLqw_HDkGMree58KcQbTzPpL84CJdQ
 3 stars 2004: Edgar Broughton Band - Keep Them Freaks a Rollin': Live at Abbey Road 1969 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_gt1qnTEJe_KEicm1JnnpFsK01SNqA-U
 4 stars 2006: Edgar Broughton Band - Live at Rockpalast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYwDQCJb2v4    



 4 stars 1970: Elderberry Jak - Long Overdue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZrfAVIofE

 4 stars 1969: The Electric Banana - Blows Your Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdmVth8lie0

 4 stars 1975: Electric Frankenstein - What, Me Worry? - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keQk-q3fpK2G8EcWS-kjfoNorJ2u2MTIM

 5 stars 1967: The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg_4Yz-wV70
 4 stars 1967: The Electric Prunes - Underground - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lngB0iHwCvw
 4 stars 1967: The Electric Prunes - Stockholm '67 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpmukEAsVDc
 4 stars 1968: The Electric Prunes - Mass in F Minor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_h5w9jjDtw
 4 stars 1968: The Electric Prunes - Release of an Oath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vftEEmGNCc
 4 stars 1969: The Electric Prunes - Just Good Old Rock & Roll - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mYr_mIM-wrjTivLuOMGkV_VDzlskP8JQg
 4 stars 2004: The Electric Prunes - California
 4 stars 2014: The Electric Prunes - WaS


 3 stars 1976: Elmira - Lady of the Mountain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQrJoZJmnqU

 3 stars 1968: Elysian Field - Elysian Field - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sUnGoIggUI



 4 stars 1970: Escombros - Escombros - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1eDxdfoao

 4 stars 1971: Estes Brothers - Transitions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6-fz3k5fw

 4 stars 1970: Euclid - Heavy Equipment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_695VQvUDA

 4 stars 1972: Eugene Carnan - Eugene Carnan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjRNhGuLRs

 4 stars 1973: Euphoria - Lost in Trance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbeVz9SiylM


                 


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 4 stars 1972: The Facedancers - The Facedancers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkSyIfnQxc

 4 stars 1968: The Factory - Path Through the Forest (EP) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yKP86Myw2Q

 5 stars 1968: Faine Jade - Introspection: A Faine Jade Recital - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmyzjfGQ0vuveCeMPkp9DBna54rp4ahf0
 3 stars 1992: Faine Jade - It Ain't True (compilatiion) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmCEZCI4Ih7Xt_fkj6KldJD_rUg0aoXQg

 4 stars 1970: The Falcons - Fever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjCpL-h7PCs

 4 stars 1967: The Fallen Angels - The Fallen Angels - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDF563C32231D9648
 4 stars 1968: The Fallen Angels - It's a Long Way Down - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nTGkX8UenlbAae2tvPTZiwvvGaBmSZQhg
 3 stars 1998: The Fallen Angels - Paradise Lost: Live & Unreleased 1966-1969 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mBFRfLDCR2Cuni4evXcyzeyQCYw1H9LhU

 4 stars 1970: Fantasy - Fantasy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvLiAsXgRfw

 3 stars 1977: The Fanz - The Grand Illusion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsn-feY15M

 5 stars 1975: Far East Family Band - The Cave Down to the Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmzAn05RH04
 5 stars 1975: Far East Family Band - Nipponjin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YP0EcmLM4M
 4 stars 1976: Far East Family Band - Parallel World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s8flznczvI
 4 stars 1977: Far East Family Band - Tenkujin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b6LBoUOISA

 5 stars 1973: Far Out - Nihonjin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfC9HzRyrNg


 4 stars 1969: Fat Water - Fat Water - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6X8ImEMuIM


 4 stars 1968: Fear Itself - Fear Itself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icl6DVXosrE

 4 stars 1972: Feather Da Gamba - Like It or Get Bent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUH16GolE4

 4 stars 1968: Federal Duck - Federal Duck - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF190BAABAABAC8A4

 4 stars 1968: Fever Tree - Another Time, Another Place - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRQKT-Cu2_2RdY5QgSkbAY1dxPi9UWidU
 4 stars 1969: Fever Tree - Creation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U_WshnbDcM
 4 stars 1970: Fever Tree - For Sale - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKR9TWETWE

 3 stars 1970: Fifth Flight - Inside Smoke Tree Village - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mEnsUmpJT1-2_wPYmSQPrTtUoVslLuChQ


 3 stars 1973: Fire (Croatia) - Could You Understand Me? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgfDyIc2oUU


 4 stars 1970: Five Day Rain - Five Day Rain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_zCyWLrw0

 4 stars 1968: Five Day Week Straw People - Five Day Week Straw People - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7k5L_U7M91oncy7ruYNsEKFl35583gO

 4 stars 1969: Five Man Electrical Band - Five Man Electrical Band - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVTY22LhLfC0vWz_bItfQe2fWy15iHJhf
 4 stars 1970: Five Man Electrical Band - Good-Byes and Butterflies - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl07mcHlzyi4JpXwNkrnsSMA8rYhPl4tt
 4 stars 1971: Five Man Electrical Band - Coming of Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFuyf7RDB_E
 3 stars 1973: Five Man Electrical Band - Sweet Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jN5lzHooms
 4 stars 2008: Five Man Electrical Band - Half Past Midnight: The Staccatos and Beyond - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzVKcXjeXXtFCLtO8AIcdyyNiUjme_G8E

 4 stars 1971: Flake - How's Your Mother? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQT-NswYceE


 4 stars 1971: Fleur de Lis - Facing Morning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2LgW3RJTgc

 4 stars 1997: Fleur de Lys - Reflections (compilation) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kaRQTNkubmZ2qSqFiGBP5kXBJs_XLqUok

 5 stars 1972: Flied Egg - Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW1uyUT45jqeXhNx6lbGbT71PQX9Z1t7A
 4 stars 1972: Flied Egg - Goodbye Flied Egg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVAGG2S_zS0

 4 stars 1968: The Flies - Complete Collection - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoM62aCWfpE

 4 stars 1971: The Floating Opera - The Floating Opera - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGYcZTs8PzA

 4 stars 1970: Flood - The Rise of Flood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdSiT0Pr7nA

 4 stars 1976: Florian Geyer - Beggars Pride - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYOigXXdrEw

 4 stars 1970: Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahxIUdM-eCI
 4 stars 1972: Flower Travellin' Band - Made in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqFJ7yQpfCARY6PLSuYGVkhvKtKeRJIhy
 3 stars 1997: Flower Travellin' Band - From Pussies to Death in 10,000 Years of Freak Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8IFaKF4dnQ

 3 stars 1970: Food Brain - Social Gathering - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByMzPbrlm7c


 4 stars 1969: Fort Mudge Memorial Dump - Fort Mudge Memorial Dump - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415_SvDbnz4

 4 stars 1971: Fraction - Moon Blood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWWv3kdwl_k

 4 stars 1976: Fragile - Fragile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IukOOftOTk

 4 stars 1971: Frantic - Conception - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK9BmWw_rXM

 4 stars 1968: Fraternity of Man - The Fraternity of Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwZZm5GAjw
 3 stars 1969: Fraternity of Man - Get It On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b3tGHssPVw


 4 stars 1968: The Fredric - Phases and Faces - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DST7_ZsQrl0

 5 stars 1970: Free Action Inc. - Plays Eddie Korsche Rock & Blues - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRr_NPiri8w

 4 stars 1969: Free Will - Cold Cold Morning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhHQsUrnZA

 4 stars 1968: The Freeborne - Peak Impressions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOIUoyIKB0s

 4 stars 1970: Freedom North - Freedom North - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEPcr1bluk

 4 stars 1968: Freedom's Children - Battle Hymn of the Broken-Hearted Horde - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4pEt3dX0U
 4 stars 1970: Freedom's Children - Astra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1HNY1ef3Ow
 4 stars 1971: Freedom's Children - Galactic Vibes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frMRV-BljNQ

 4 stars 1970: Freeman Sound - Heavy Trip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AUsfTJaU4Y

 4 stars 1970: Freeport - Freeport - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1lChOO9v4E

 4 stars 1970: Fresh Blueberry Pancake - Heavy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJy-i-64s1A

 4 stars 1967: Friar Tuck - Friar Tuck and His Psychedelic Guitar - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-InimcgCwMMrTysmzXsak3Q-pZ17kmS

 4 stars 1971: Friedhof - Friedhof - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wim5risAjQ

 4 stars 1970: Frijid Pink - Frijid Pink - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttrHU9Py93Y
 4 stars 1970: Frijid Pink - Defrosted - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_eogkNeA4M
 4 stars 1972: Frijid Pink - Earth Omen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXKyEtEUOAU
 3 stars 1975: Frijid Pink - All Pink Inside - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8ydwDjfFY

 4 stars 1969: The Frost - Frost Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVSJO92WeTc
 4 stars 1969: The Frost - Rock & Roll Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hNIROwBK8
                 
 4 stars 1996: Frumious Bandersnatch - A Young Man's Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_UTuWBg4MU

 3 stars 1970: Fun of It - Meditation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9cPbhYgZi0


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I have a number of those A-F bands on cd ....a few on original vinyl.
'Fat Mattress' (Noel Redding from Hendrix band)  isn't really psychedelic  imho but what the hell..it's a cool name. Many bands back then were lumped into that category.  Found a vinyl of the first one about 20 years ago.


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^ Great video! Maybe I'll add Fat Mattress to my Psych Britannia channel, although they'll have to join the long queue behind the Flower Pot Men, the Five Day Week Straw People, the Fleur de Lys and Flaming Youth (featuring a very young Phil Collins). Smile

If I've missed out anyone from my A-F listings so far, then feel free to let me know and I can add them to the list retroactively. Wink
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I would add Arzachel (became Egg).....and Art (became Spooky Tooth)





I just noticed you had listed them later in the thread...sorry.


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^ Art and Arzachel are already listed, but thanks for the suggestions anyway. Wink

I'm glad you mentioned Egg - they're coming up very soon in Prog Britannia 7, just as soon  as I've added the albums for Black Sabbath, Cressida & Dr. Z. Smile


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