Kosmik Radiation Radio - Oct 21, 2011 Playlist

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Peacepipe (aka The Human Equation) "Jon Uzonyi's Peacepipe" rec. 1968-69, rel. 1995 (USA)

It's pledge drive time at WORT-FM, and this week also happens to mark the Kosmik Radiation show's 1000th hour on the air! One of my favorite things to do on the show is to highlight obscure artists from the past -- sure everyone loves the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc. -- but have you heard about Pink Fairies or Simply Saucer? In that spirit, one of the most impressive lost recordings of the 1960's is this 1995 CD release collecting up the recordings of Jon Uzonyi (guitar), Gary Tsuruda (drums) and Rick Abts (electric organ). The only music this group released back in the day was an obscure 7" single -- "The Sun Won't Shine Forever" b/w "Lazy Sunday Blues" -- released in 1968 and credited to "Peacepipe" (which was actually just teenagers Uzonyi and Tsuruda overdubbing all the instruments themselves!) The bass-less trio with Abts gigged around the west coast through 1969-70 under the name "The Human Equation", which is how they were best known at the time. They also recorded an album's worth of classic heavy psychedelia which went unreleased for 25 years: this week's classic album.
There is no video of this band, but here are fan clips for the first Peacepipe single "The Sun Won't Shine Forever" and another track from the unreleased 1969 sessions "A Biker's Tune". Some other legendary underground groups featured on the show this week include Australia's The Coloured Balls (who were the missing link between 60's hippie festival rock and the classic "Aussie guitar boogie" style later perfected by AC/DC and Rose Tattoo); the Canadian jazz-rock fusion band Mashmakhan; and the Chicago group named after cult horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

(N) = New Release

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
The Coloured Balls	That's What Mama Said	Ball Power	1973	Australia
Simply Saucer	Illegal Bodies (live)	Cyborgs Revisited	rec. 1975, rel. 1989	Canada

Peacepipe (aka The Human Equation)	The Sun Won't Shine Forever	A-side 7" single (Jon Uzonyi's Peacepipe compilation CD) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
Peacepipe (aka The Human Equation)	Open Your Mind	Jon Uzonyi's Peacepipe CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	rec. 1969, rel. 1995	USA
Peacepipe (aka The Human Equation)	The Day The War Has Ended	Jon Uzonyi's Peacepipe CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	rec. 1969, rel. 1995	USA

The Human Expression	Love At Psychedelic Velocity	B-side 7" single (Love At Psychedelic Velocity compilation CD)	1966	USA
The Human Instinct	Washing Song	Pins In It	1971	New Zealand
Broth	I'm A King	Broth	1971	USA
Three Man Army	Butter Queen	A Third Of A Lifetime	1971	UK

Attila (Billy Joel!)	Tear This Castle Down	Attila	1970	USA
The Edgar Broughton Band	Love In The Rain	Wasa Wasa	1969	UK
Tiger B. Smith	Inside My Head	We're The Tiger Bunch	1974	Germany
Graveyard	Ain't Fit To Live Here	Hisingen Blues (N)	2011 (Nuclear Blast)	Sweden

Joan Of Arc	Night Life Style	Life Like (N)	2011 (Polyvinyl)	USA
Deerhoof	The Merry Barracks	Deerhoof vs. Evil (N)	2011 (Polyvinyl)	USA
Yes	Sound Chaser	Relayer	1974	UK

Van der Graaf Generator	Lost	H To He, Who Am The Only One	1970	UK
Donovan	The Intergalactic Laxative	Cosmic Wheels	1973	UK (Scotland)

Mashmakhan	Days When We Are Free	Mashmakhan	1970	Canada (Quebec)
Lighthouse	Same Train	Can You Feel It	1973	Canada
H. P. Lovecraft	Get Together (Youngbloods/Jefferson Airplane)	H. P. Lovecraft	1967	USA
Terry Knight & The Pack	Love Goddess Of Sunset Strip	Funk-Off: Mark, Don & Terry (compilation)	rec. 1966-67, rel. 1972	USA

Crosby & Nash	Don't Dig Here	digital single (N - also included with 2011 reissue of Another Stoney Evening CD)	2011 (Blue Castle)	USA/UK
Neil Young & The International Harvesters	Motor City (live)	A Treasure (N)	rec. 1984-85 (2011 Reprise)	Canada/USA
Hot Tuna	Mourning Interrupted	Steady As She Goes (N)	2011 (Red House)	USA