Track Listing

1. A Question Of TemperatureBalloon Farm
2. I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time - The Third BardoThe Third Bardo
3. I Stole The Goodyear BlimpBook Of Changes
4. Sun Lights Up The Shadows Of Your Mind (2007 Digital Remaster)First Crew To The Moon
5. Up All NightS.R.C.
6. Crusader's Smile (2007 Digital Remaster)Morning Dew
7. Your Mother's Homesick Too (2007 Digital Remaster)Fallen Angels
8. April 15thThe Human Beinz
9. Bubble GumKim Fowley
10. Tripping Into SunshineT.I.M.E.
11. The Beauty Of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.)The Steve Miller Band
12. Never Learn Not to Love (2001 Digital Remaster)The Beach Boys
13. IshaChris & Craig
14. Sewer Rat Love ChantThe Raik's Progress
15. One Ring JaneMother Tuckers Yellow Duck
16. Wind ChimesMad River
17. Can You Travel In The Dark AloneGandalf
18. BellsHour Glass
19. Forever Is A DreamFood
20. Urizen (1999 Digital Remaster)David Axelrod
21. Soon There'll Be ThunderThe Common People
22. Sunny Day BlueFargo
23. Bears (1991 Digital Remaster)Quicksilver Messenger Service
24. Ah Feel Like AhcidCaptain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9901 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Tune in, turn on, drop out!
I feel compelled to respond to the first review of this excellent compilation if only to advise potential buyers that my copy of the C.D. plays absolutely fine on the first track by The Balloon Farm. (Interesting to note the Band derived their name from a throw away Bob Dylan quote.)

The excellent liner notes by John Reed draw comparison between The English Pyschedelic Scene and the U.S. equivalent. The biggest difference being that whereas in the U.K. The Scene centered largely around the Capital, and a few major record labels, by contrast the U.S. was much more diverse with Garage Bands flourishing in many different States under lots of differing regional labels.

This compilation provides ample evidence of the depth of that diversity. There are many rich pickings indeed, not the least being the following gems: The Human Beinz "April 15th" a 7 min guitar workout. Mad River's great "Wind Chimes", and The Common People's "Soon they`ll be Thunder" taken from the superb recently reissued Album "Of the People, For the People, By the People". Then we have other delights such as Gandalf, Food and Fargo all making this a very worthwhile addition to any Psyche Collection. Go ahead, Tune in, turn on and drop out.

The Alternate Nuggets
The Beatles were the unwitting founders of Psychedelic music and were soon joined by the Byrds,opening the floodgates for every other American group to inspire the legions of copyists and the idea of "anything goes".
By the end of the 60s there were thousands of groups at it and only a few emerged into the mainstream.Those who didn't went unnoticed for a few decades until the CD Age.
Thus a collection like this is aimed squarely at collectors.
And yet virtually anything given the right exposure had a chance at this time.
The Third Bardo for instance could have been there instead of the Count Five as both plundered the Yardbirds songbook.
The British had actually reminded America of its musical heritage but then so had Bob Dylan earlier.In his case he had to take notice of the British and go electric-whether it was the Animals or the Beatles is a moot point
I stole the Goodyear Blimp-this could have been big if only because it was so unusual.It actually starts off with the famous line "woke up this morning" same as the We Five hit You were on my mind.
With this CD you suddenly have 2 dozen unknown tracks laid on you and you need to hear them many times in order to digest them.
If Psychedelia is your thing then this is manna from Heaven.
As is usual nowadays you get a detailed booklet with rare pix and if you like exploring Unknown Regions then this is as good as anywhere to start