Psychedelic Classics

[donald]

Great topic.  The middle era Moody Blues (Threshhold, Childrens, Children, Search of the Lost Chord) are great lysergic listening.  And in support of bands labled as prog rock or something, I have to say Floyds Atom Heart Mother is VERY psychedelic ( electric breakfast is a favorite).  And some of Jethro Tull, especially , to me, the Benefit album, very mind bending stuff if one is, um,  facillitating the bending.

[SMiLE Brian]

Great topic.  The middle era Moody Blues (Threshhold, Childrens, Children, Search of the Lost Chord) are great lysergic listening.  And in support of bands labled as prog rock or something, I have to say Floyds Atom Heart Mother is VERY psychedelic ( electric breakfast is a favorite).  And some of Jethro Tull, especially , to me, the Benefit album, very mind bending stuff if one is, um,  facillitating the bending.

The moody blues are great, don't get why the hall of fame snubs them every year along with another favorite of mine, Johnny Rivers.

[Paulos]

This thread is great, I've been getting more and more into psychedelia lately and there are some very good suggestions and information here, thanks guys!

[Aum Bop Diddit]

By no means simply a "psychedelic" record, "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" by Spirit is a classic and certainly contains psychedelic qualities, as does a lot of their work -- "Mechanical World" off their first album for instance.  Check 'em out.

[donald]

It's nature's way of telling you something's wrong
It's nature's way of telling you in a song
It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong

It's nature's way of telling you, summer breeze
It's nature's way of telling you, dying trees
It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong
It's nature's way, it's nature's way
It's nature's way, it's nature's way

It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong
It's nature's way of telling you
In a song, oh-h

It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong, something's wrong, something's wrong

[Griffmanr]

Woah lot's of sweet stuff listed here!! 

My favorite 60's psychedelic albums right now have gotta be...

1. The Millennium - Begin
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. Jimi Hendrix - Any of his 3 studio albums
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. The Who - The Who Sell Out
7. Moby Grape - Moby Grape (Though it's really not psychedelic, just awesome)

and of course

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
 
I just got Present Tense by Sagittarius and I'm pretty excited to listen to it, as I'm a big fan of the Millennium.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Woah lot's of sweet stuff listed here!! 

My favorite 60's psychedelic albums right now have gotta be...

1. The Millennium - Begin
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. Jimi Hendrix - Any of his 3 studio albums
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. The Who - The Who Sell Out
7. Moby Grape - Moby Grape (Though it's really not psychedelic, just awesome)

and of course

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
 
I just got Present Tense by Sagittarius and I'm pretty excited to listen to it, as I'm a big fan of the Millennium.

Great stuff. Based on this list here, I have to ask if you've heard The Bee Gees' 1st or Donovan's A Gift from a Flower to a Garden and Hurdy Gurdy Man? I think they would fit nicely on your list, particularly with the English component you've got here. Oh! And The Left Banke's Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina. Trust me.

[Griffmanr]

Woah lot's of sweet stuff listed here!! 

My favorite 60's psychedelic albums right now have gotta be...

1. The Millennium - Begin
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. Jimi Hendrix - Any of his 3 studio albums
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. The Who - The Who Sell Out
7. Moby Grape - Moby Grape (Though it's really not psychedelic, just awesome)

and of course

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
 
I just got Present Tense by Sagittarius and I'm pretty excited to listen to it, as I'm a big fan of the Millennium.

Great stuff. Based on this list here, I have to ask if you've heard The Bee Gees' 1st or Donovan's A Gift from a Flower to a Garden and Hurdy Gurdy Man? I think they would fit nicely on your list, particularly with the English component you've got here. Oh! And The Left Banke's Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina. Trust me.

I've heard a little bit of The Bee Gee's 1st (Mainly the famous songs and Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You)  I liked what I've heard so far from that.  Haven't really listen to much Donovan or Left Banke.  I'll have to go check them out!

[Reverend Rock]

The psychedelic era is my favorite period in all of popular music (or whatever it should be called).  I never tire of psychedelia, and I've done a lot of CD mixes over the years.  On the first one, I attempted to put together all of my very favorite tracks (all by different artists), and this is what I came up with:

Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)
Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan)
She's A Rainbow (The Rolling Stones)
Eight Miles High (The Byrds)
Daily Nightly (The Monkees)
Just Dropped In (The First Edition)
Incense And Peppermints (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
Open My Eyes (Nazz)
Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
You Keep Me Hanging On (Vanilla Fudge)
Crimson And Clover (Tommy James and the Shondells)
I've Got A Line On You (Spirit)
I Can See For Miles (The Who)
Purple Haze (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
Journey To The Center Of The Mind (The Amboy Dukes)
It's Wonderful (The Rascals)
Soul Experience (Iron Butterfly)
Pictures Of Matchstickmen (The Status Quo)
Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers)
Heaven Is In Your Mind (Three Dog Night)
Light My Fire (The Doors)

[tansen]

I've been on a psychedelia kick recently, owing to the recent discussion of The Zombies' Oddesey And Oracle on this board. First, I dug out some albums I already had in my library:

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Love - Da Capo and Forever Changes
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension, Younger Than Yesterday, Notorious Byrds Brothers
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Past, In Search Of The Lost Chord, et al

Then I began purchasing some gems that I had previously overlooked:

The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Preservation Scoiety
The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
Sagittarius - Present Tense
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing At BAxter's

Any recommendations of where you think I should go next?

Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil (1968), Gilberto Gil (1969)

Gilberto Gil's album from 68 is amazing. Good choice Real.

- Blues Magoos - Basic Blues Magoos
- Steve Miller Band - Brave New World / Children of the Future
- For nice electric harpsichords: Canterbury Fair - S/T
- The Merchants Of Dream - Strange Night Voyage
- Part of Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Spirit Of '67
- The Smoke (U.S.) - The Smoke
- Sweetwater - Sweetwater

Somebody probably already mentioned Donovan - Sunshine Superman ? What about The End - Introspection? And Love - Da Capo?

And in terms of psychedelic era Grateful Dead, I think Aoxomoxoa is better than the previously mentioned GD albums.

[Aum Bop Diddit]

Sweetwater yeah!  One of the first concerts I ever saw was Sweetwater, just after the lead singer's car accident.  I took music theory in college and the prof played their record.  Awesome stuff.

[louielouie]

Cool Topic!

I would like to recommend some of my favourite Psychedelic records:

1. The way they played by The Twilights.
2. Take a Picture by Margo Guryan.
3. She flies like a bird (anthology) by Honeybus.
4. Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix.
5. Piper at the gates of dawn by Pink Floyd.
6. A gift from a flower to a garden by Donovan.
7. Os mutantes and A divina comedia by Os mutantes.
8. Would you believe by Billy Nichols.
9. Present tense by Saggitarius.
10. Evolution and Butterfly by The Hollies.

Of course everything recorded by The Beatles between 1965-1969 and everything that Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys did during the same period,
Also, I would like to mention a couple of psychedelic Pastiche- like records, though  none of them were recorded during the 60's: Dukes of Stratosphere by XTC and A dusk at the cubist castle by Olivia Tremor control, delightful  for those who enjoy psychedelic stuff, brilliant albums really.

[tansen]

Cool Topic!

I would like to recommend some of my favourite Psychedelic records:

1. The way they played by The Twilights.
2. Take a Picture by Margo Guryan.
3. She flies like a bird (anthology) by Honeybus.
4. Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix.
5. Piper at the gates of dawn by Pink Floyd.
6. A gift from a flower to a garden by Donovan.
7. Os mutantes and A divina comedia by Os mutantes.
8. Would you believe by Billy Nichols.
9. Present tense by Saggitarius.
10. Evolution and Butterfly by The Hollies.

Of course everything recorded by The Beatles between 1965-1969 and everything that Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys did during the same period,
Also, I would like to mention a couple of psychedelic Pastiche- like records, though  none of them were recorded during the 60's: Dukes of Stratosphere by XTC and A dusk at the cubist castle by Olivia Tremor control, delightful  for those who enjoy psychedelic stuff, brilliant albums really.

Yup, totally agree with you on the Dukes on Stratosphere which of course is not by XTC, but rather a pseudonym for them. We've got a separate thread discussing OTC (and of montreal) - great, great stuff!

I don't know if i would call The Honeybus' or Margo's album psychedelic, perhaps light psychedelic pop at most. But that's ok, nevertheless excellent albums.

[hapman]

For those who are interested in late 70s / 80s neo-psychedelia, Rhino's Children of Nuggets compilation is highly recommended - lots of great bands (including the Wondermints) were obviously inspired by the first psychedelic era of the late 60s. The Teardrop Explodes albums and the early solo LPs of Teardrop Explodes leader Julian Cope are also well worth seeking out - his second solo, 1984's Fried actually sounds like a long lost obscure psych-pop album from cca 1968.

[Reverend Rock]

I always liked the Dream Academy and World Party as neo-psychedelic heirs.

In the past decade, Sufjan Stevens and Akron/Family keep the psych alive for me.

[BiNNS]

A few days ago i discovered the song "Gemini" by Del Shannon. I cannot for the life of me get that tune out of my head!

[roll plymouth rock]

A few days ago i discovered the song "Gemini" by Del Shannon. I cannot for the life of me get that tune out of my head!

Off his stone cold classic psych album "The Further Adventures of Charles Westover". I like every song on it -- especially Thinkin' It Over! Also really cool is his (until recently) unreleased psych album with Billy Nicholls, Small Faces, Andrew Loog Oldham on Immediate "Home & Away". Dig the psych version of Runaway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsD3iJEzX8

[tansen]

A few days ago i discovered the song "Gemini" by Del Shannon. I cannot for the life of me get that tune out of my head!

Off his stone cold classic psych album "The Further Adventures of Charles Westover". I like every song on it -- especially Thinkin' It Over! Also really cool is his (until recently) unreleased psych album with Billy Nicholls, Small Faces, Andrew Loog Oldham on Immediate "Home & Away". Dig the psych version of Runaway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsD3iJEzX8

Well that's actually not accurate, most of the tracks from 'Home & Away' can be found on 'And the Music Plays On', released first in 78 on LP, and then on CD in 1996 (as a twofer: Live in England/...And the Music Plays On). Okay album though!