The ultimate one man band outsider from the 1920's - 1960's who's original albums are very rare indeed making this CD very welcome indeed.Abner may have been the first musician to play the electric six string banjo and captivated audiences by extrovert mannerisms singing songs on subjects ranging from LSD to "What's 6" long and has 2 nuts at the end". You have to hear this guy to believe it as it's a true glimpse at real Americana and compiles the best tracks from Abners original LP's including "Cocaine Blues","VD","I Wanna Job","I'm So Depressed" and more.
Expanding on the popular and highly renowned Acid Archives website, which has over 15.000 visitors per month, this book version adds 100s of albums and reviews not listed on the web, as well as lots of images, rare band photos and LP sleeves. The book features release details and in-depth reviews for more than 4,000 obscure LPs from the USA and Canada, 1965-1982, including reissue data and value ratings. The main genres are psychedelia, garage, folk & folkrock, hippie rock, progressive rock, and hard-rock. There is also a wide selection of interesting and rare singer-songwriter, harmony pop, soft rock, lounge-rock, avant-garde, vanity-pressings and 'outsider' albums. This is the first ever comprehensive guide to the vintage musical underground of North America, and opens up a gigantic field of outstanding music that has earlier been exclusive and hard to grasp. There’s also a buyer’s guide, a glossary, a historical background, fun Top 10 lists, and much more. 280 pages, perfect-bound quarto with thick full color soft-cover, and a foreword by Mike Stax of Ugly Things magazine.280 pages, perfect-bound quarto with thick full color soft back cover.
A short lived Swedish band from the '60's that specialised in psychedelia, they were one of the most prolific and unique experimental power trios to emerge from the Scandanavian underground. Only releasing one single (and that was just in Finland), this is the complete recordings of the group plus some ultra rare live tracks recorded in Finland. The group emerged from the R&B beat band T-Boones in the summer of '67, the sixteen page booklet details their emergence onto the scene and their short lived creative burst.
Limited 2 x LP vinyl edition of 500 copies. A short lived Swedish band from the '60's that specialised in psychedelia, they were one of the most prolific and unique experimental power trios to emerge from the Scandanavian underground. Only releasing one single (and that was just in Finland), this is the complete recordings of the group plus some ultra rare live tracks recorded in Finland. The group emerged from the R&B beat band T-Boones in the summer of '67.
20 years before bands like the Hives, Sweden was already well known for it’s amazing garagerock through bands like the Creeps, Crimson Shadows, The Stomachmouths and of course maybe the sharpest of them all; the Backdoor Men. The mighty Backdoor Men originally started up as the mod-band Pow in 1982 but when the amazing vocalist Robert Jelinek, who was also in The Creeps, joined forces with them the they changed their name to The Backdoor Men. The rest is garage rock history. For the first time you can hear all their recordings and read their exciting story. Lots of unreleased bonus tracks, a groovy booklet with extensive liner notes giving an uncensored, first hand, peak in to what really happened + lots of photos etc. It’s all here! Ultimate mid-1980s jangly garagerock/pop/folk from Sweden!
Hilarious mini album featuring members of the Word Of Life, playing psychedelic cocktail bar music! Outstanding pastiche cover art! On the Xotic Mind/Subliminal Sounds label...
One of the essential US private pressings. Stunning US psych from early '70's with a mystical edge. Great guitar work loaded with fuzz and cool songs that evoke a kind of religious, mystical vibe. Wrapped in a perfect '60s style production this is a real gem from start to finish..... Miss it at your peril. CD issue comes complete with six extra bonus tracks and is official!
One of the essential US private pressings. Stunning US psych from 1972 with a mystical edge. Great guitar work loaded with fuzz and cool songs that evoke a kind of religious, mystical vibe. Wrapped in a perfect '60s style production this is a real gem from start to finish..... Superb quality reissue..... Miss it at your peril....
A much requested re-release of Dungen’s amazing debut album, which originally was released back in 2001 as a 500 copies ltd edition vinyl LP only and has since then been sold-out. So this is the first time it's available on CD. This CD features this beautiful album + several previously unreleased tracks from the same time period.
The third (2004) and most astounding, album from the young and talented Swedish multi-instrumentalist psych head Gustav Ejstes, aka Dungen. 'Ta det lugnt' is a beautiful multifaceted musical trip straight into the Swedish forests. It offers Dungen's most exciting and adventurous recordings and features stunning musicianship, stellar vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, flute, violin, groovy bass, swinging drums, electric and acoustic guitars and screaming fuzz. Spellbinding Swedish folkrock psych. This is a definite must-buy!!
2007's opus,(and beautiful limited silver foil slipcase) we're hearing the end results of an outpouring of success and support - one which has, for once, inspired the creative processes at hand to make something wholly new and original, yet remaining within the same sphere of emotions that fostered Dungen's three previous albums. Gustav Ejstes, Dungen's founder and principal member, made Tio Bitar (translated, "Ten Pieces") - a bracing display of psychedelic rock, presented with a bright, avid confidence largely by himself, with the assistance of guitarist Reine Fiske. Gustav wrote the songs, and played all of the instruments on his own, with Reine on many lead guitar and bass parts; his style of play puts him well within the top ranks of modern guitar heroes past and present. A psychedelic masterpiece that will put each listener in a higher state of mind. Please note the initial (limited) pressing has deluxe silver packaging.
Very,very limited edition of 1,000 copies vinyl LP. Housed in a gatefold sleeve of silver foil cardboard.2007's opus,is the end results of an outpouring of success and support - one which has, for once, inspired the creative processes at hand to make something wholly new and original, yet remaining within the same sphere of emotions that fostered Dungen's three previous albums. Gustav Ejstes, Dungen's founder and principal member, made Tio Bitar (translated, "Ten Pieces") - a bracing display of psychedelic rock, presented with a bright, avid confidence largely by himself, with the assistance of guitarist Reine Fiske. Gustav wrote the songs, and played all of the instruments on his own, with Reine on many lead guitar and bass parts; his style of play puts him well within the top ranks of modern guitar heroes past and present.Please note the initial (limited) pressing has deluxe silver packaging.LAST 3 COPIES.
A white label 12" with 5 previously unreleased tracks. 500 copies only worldwide . "Tyst Minut"; This beautiful song is anunreleased outtake from the mighty "Ta Det Lugnt" album sessions. "Jamna Plagor", a cool track recorded back in 2003:. "Sjutton", a new stellar recording: "Christopher" another new guitar blaster, "Badsang"; a trippy summer song. Universal rock for body and soul! Shrink wrapped black disco bag with sticker.This is a very limited edition.
Life on Earth! Is the talented multi-instrumentalist Mattias Gustavssons, from the Swedish band Dungen, solo project. Together with some fellow travelling kindred musical spirits (musicians from Dungen, The Works, Town & Country and Mia Doi Todd) he has created an amazingly deep and timeless album filled with shimmering vibrant psychedelic folkrock-pop . The basic idea is to make music that celebrates the incredible and absolutely wonderful phenomenon of life on Earth, hoping to spread some joy to any possible listeners. The project has been going on since 2003. Barefoot on tiptoe, in a bubble of magic, swirling elegantly among the stars. Right in between, both after and before, nobody really knows where we came from or where we are going. And if one claims one already knows, one must not forget the eluding future.
Limited to 500 copies, . Life on Earth! is the talented multi-instrumentalist Mattias Gustavssons'( from the Swedish band Dungen, solo project. Together with some fellow travelling kindred musical spirits (musicians from Dungen, The Works, Town & Country and Mia Doi Todd) he has created an amazingly deep and timeless album filled with shimmering vibrant psychedelic folkrock-pop . The basic idea is to make music that celebrates the incredible and absolutely wonderful phenomenon of life on Earth, hoping to spread some joy to any possible listeners. The project has been going on since 2003. Barefoot on tiptoe, in a bubble of magic, swirling elegantly among the stars. Right in between, both after and before, nobody really knows where we came from or where we are going. And if one claims one already knows, one must not forget the eluding future.
We found one copy of this compilation of previously unreleased material by a group of related mid '60s Swedish garage bands. Featuring Klunk's Klan, WWH, Staffan and Martin and LSD this is a fascinating glimpse into Sweden in the '60s. With insert.
A very rare album from 1976 of recordings that Merrell Fankhauser made just after MU split up and whilst he was living in the beautiful jungle surroundings of the Island of Maui. The recordings are very similar in style and execution to those made by MU with wonderful hippy psych/folk stylings featuring Merrell's crystal clear voice backed by acoustic and electric instrumentation..
The band MU was formed in 1969 when Merrell Fankhauser teamed up with Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefhearts band. When it was discovered that the Hawaiian Islands could have remnants of the sunken Mu civilization, the band decided to move to the island of Maui. But by 1974 all but Merrell Fankhauser had left for the mainland. Merrell was now staying with his girlfriend violinist Mary Lee in the two story Tarzan style jungle house which Merrell had built, complete with flowing lily ponds. They did a special Black Crow ceremony with 400 devoted hippies all meditating for peace and harmony for all beings on the earth. Merrell and Mary were the first musicians in the United States to play modern music for the Lama. They lived in the Maui rain forest in their jungle retreat for over seven years. Late in 1975 they visited L.A and recorded the Maui Album. The album recording originally started at MCA Studios in Hollywood with producer Dino Airelli who went on to head up Dark Horse Records for George Harrison. Due to Dinos busy schedule he was unable to finish the album. It was later finished in San Francisco and came out on a small independent label Maui Music. It sold a few thousand copies and disappeared. The album is released here in its entirety with 7 bonus tracks including an unreleased version of "Some Of Them Escaped". This is a true artefact from the Hippy dream of Peace, Love and Harmony for the world!
Mylla came into fruitation at the now legendary illicit club/speakesy BZ in a Stockholm cellar. Mylla is the ultimate psychedelic party-band for the loosely knitted family of musicians centered around the Subliminal Sounds label (like Dungen, The Works, Life on Earth! and St. Mikael and many other Swedish psychsters). Were happy to finally be releasing their debut album "Vanya". The album was recorded in a limestone cottage at a secluded island far out in the Baltic Sea known by sailors for centuries as the "White Hawaii". The island Faro has been closed for all foreigners up until a few years as it contains several top secret army bases. The music is steeped in the Swedish 70s "Prog" tradition. Like Dungen the band sings in Swedish but unlike Dungen the Mylla experience might only be for the natives, but at least its no longer forbidden for anyone to try it out. Gustav Ejstes from Dungen turns up as a guest with his fiddle too.
First time exact vinyl reissue of the rare, legendary and highly praised LP, dating from 1974, by urban hillbilly one-man-band ‘outsider artist’ Grudzien. The 'first psychedelic country concept' album features bluegrass mountain music Americana from the twilight zone, mixed with tape effects, musique concrete, fuzz guitar, surreal lyrics imagery and themes related to religion, death, sex and other timely concerns. Also included is a bonus LP record, 'the Garden of Love', with some truly amazing and haunting unreleased material spanning the years 1950s-70s. The Garden of Love LP includes, amongst others, a song about wandering around in the desert eating peyote.Limited edition of 500 copies only WORLDWIDE!
The best tracks from Vol's 1 & 2 of this ultimate compilation series of 60's wild and mega obscure garage punk/acid punk. All of the material contained is taken from the rarest US late 60's 45's, most of them never re-issued before. 70 minutes of turned on sounds including Astro's, Fantastic Zoo, Flower Power, Tommy Jett, Scorpion, Elopers, NCG45, Higher Elevation, Monocles and more. This is the real trip housed in stunning acid artwork and extensive liner notes. Ltd to 1000 copies only worldwide.
If you dug volume 1 of Thai Beat A Go-Go, you’ll go crazy over the 2nd volume that includes more incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the 1960s. It concentrates on exotic female pop, go-go funk and rock vocal numbers, beat, a go-go, psych and some very weird tracks, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! There is a lot of work and effort behind these comps and they have taken a long time to compile. Records with Thai 60s-70s rock/pop a-go-go bands are incredible hard, if not impossible, to find as there is no Thai tradition of saving native artifacts from the 1960s.
If you dug volume 1 and 2 of Thai Beat A Go-Go, you’ll go crazy over these incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the late 1960s to early 70s. Vol 3 concentrates on Thai funk, exotic female pop, go-go and rock n roll, amazing moog blasters and of course some very weird tracks, full of extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! Includes the brilliant Don with "Soul Dracula", Flash with "Where Is The Love?", Chantana getting weird with "Changwah Disco" and much more.This is the final volume in this series.
These albums have become two of the ultimate Swedish early 70's underground psychedelic erotica albums.Tom together with a bunch of stoned studio musicians,some beautiful hippie nymphs and a whole bunch of drugged out freaks recorded the albums in both Swedish and English.The English versions have remained unreleased until this point where you can now listen to this XXX rated monster. This is great groovy,wasted acid erotica with loads and loads of heavy fuzz-wah-wah guitars and really over the top erotic/filth (English) lyrics.
The first in Subliminal Sounds series of "Swedish Underground Archives". This series focuses on classic yet mostly unreleased recordings by Swedish Progressive Psychedelic groups from the 1960s-1970s. First out is one of the best ever recordings from the legendary Trad Gras & Stenar (Trees Grass & Stones) The sound is just amazing a stoned lysergic wall of acid guitars jamming away and never letting up, pounding bass, furious drums and mystical howling vocals . A true landmark in psychedelic/progressive history.
First in a series focusing on classic '60s / '70s Swedish psych / prog bands. This is a live set by one of Sweden's most famous underground bands recorded at a hippie festival in 1970. A stoned lysergic wall of acid guitars, pumping bass and percussion etc. and a true landmark item... Limited to 1000 copies... great booklet with photos, info etc.
Formed in 1967 this act have their origin in Swedish psychedelic /experimental bands (Pärson Sound, International Harvester, Harvester). The band dissolved in 1972 but reunited in 1995, ready for new adventures. They still rank as one of the most amazing contemporary psych bands worldwide. During 2002-05, Mikael Högström and his video camera accompanied their gigs. As time went on, it turned into a little project.Mikael showed the band his latest clips and under their merciless eyes and ears, those clips slowly developed into this DVD. The amazing footageand sound documents the band performing in Sweden, USA and Russia. It also contains recordings from other cameras and sound recorders,including a few glimpses from the bands old 8mm movies - an echo from the past. Time 118 min + extra bonus 3 min 21 sec with old film clips from 1970. 4:3 NTSC PCM Stereo Region: 0 DVD 9 Double Layer.
Great '60's styled neo-retro psych pop with a nod towards early Pink Floyd from the band closely linked with Swedish band Dungen. The Works lead singer and guitarist Andreas handled the bass playing for Dungen on their 2004 US tour, and several Dungen members guest on this release. A quintet, all of whom are individually singer/songwriters playing many instruments, hence the depth and intricacy of their sound, The Works are saturated in many influences from the clattering bombast of Keith Moon style drumming to the trippyness of early Floyd like jamming. However in the end, the Works are transcending their influences, becoming more themselves and no one else. Take the Nordic acid test and jack-up on The Works.
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