August 2, 2016 Playlist

"Psychedelic Moods" by The Deep (1966)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Deep "Psychedelic Moods"  1966 (USA)
This was the first album ever released with "psychedelic" in the title, coming out a month or so before the debuts by The Blues Magoos and 13th Floor Elevators. Those other two records are fine albums, but I would say that The Deep is the most far-out of the bunch. A one-off studio group that never performed live, their leader was a Greenwich Village folkie named Rusty Evans (who recently passed away in late 2015), and the producer was a guy who worked on Leslie Gore's hits and then later The Banana Splits TV show. Their only album was recorded on a shoestring budget, and in fact the musicians wrote half of it in the car while they were driving from NYC to the recording studio in Philly! The result is definitely not polished, but spontaneity wrapped in every studio trick available in 1966 results in a disorienting soundscape that is quite "psychedelic" indeed. However, the record label had no idea what to do with The Deep, who truly were ahead of their time (The Velvet Underground & Nico were still in the studio recording their also-very-spontaneous debut when Moods was released). The Deep album sank into obscurity almost immediately, without charting and probably no airplay (their label Cameo-Parkway was too busy hyping their newest superstars, a group with the peculiar name "? and the Mysterians"). The following year, Evans & the same gang tried again with an album called Psychedelic Psoul credited to The Freak Scene, and that album proved just as (un)popular.
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Sly & The Family StoneAre You ReadyDance To The Music1968USA
The Chamber BrothersAre You ReadyA-side 7" single1969USA
The Allman Brothers BandRevivalIdlewild South1970USA
Children of Leir Shades (Lee Hazelwood)as yet unreleased (N)2016 (self release)UK
Thee Oh Sees Web (live)Live In San Francisco (N)2016 (Castle Face)USA
 
 
Boris(Afterburner)Pink2006USA
Deerhoof Life Is Suffering
The Magic (N)2016 (Polyvinyl)USA
Wire Nocturnal KoreansNocturnal Koreans EP (N)2016 (Pink Flag)UK
The Mystery Lights Flowers In My Hair, Demons In My Head
The Mystery Lights (N)2016 (Wick)USA
Ranch Ghost Grow Hair / Grow Teeth
Lookin (N)2016 (Rough Beast)USA
Camper Van BeethovenTake The Skinheads BowlingTelephone Free Landslide Victory1985
USA
   
 
Grateful DeadChina Cat SunflowerAoxomoxoa1969
USA
Grateful DeadMorning DewThe Grateful Dead1967
USA
   
 
The Deep It's All A Part Of Me Psychedelic Moods
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1966
 USA
The DeepShadows On The WallPsychedelic Moods
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1966
USA
The DeepTrip #76Psychedelic Moods
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1966
USA
The 13th Floor ElevatorsRollercoasterThe Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators1966
USA
The Blues MagoosShe's Coming HomePsychedelic Lollipop1966
USA
The ByrdsWhat's Happening?!?!5th Dimension1966
USA
The BeatlesShe Said She SaidRevolver1966
UK
   
 
Cass McCombs / Nightfall Of Diamonds Dark Star / Nightfall Of Diamonds (The Grateful Dead)Day Of The Dead (N - various artists box set)2016 (4AD)USA
Marijuana Deathsquads Truckin' (The Grateful Dead)Day Of The Dead (N - various artists box set)2016 (4AD)USA
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider (The Grateful Dead/trad.)Day Of The Dead (N - various artists box set)2016 (4AD)USA
 
  
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real Hippie DreamEarth (N)2016 (Reprise)Canada/USA
MV & EEFlow My RayLiberty Rose2010
USA
The Walking Faces TimeThe Invisible Planet (N)2016 (Cosmic Primitive)USA
Dinosaur jr. Lost All DayGive A Glimpse Of What Yer Not (N)2016 (Jagjaguwar)USA
 
  
The Mothers Of InventionDog Breath (In The Year Of The Plague) / Legend Of The Golden ArchesUncle Meat1969
USA
Mahavishnu OrchestraAll In The FamilyInner Worlds1976
UK/USA
MagmaMekanik Kommandoh (original version)A-side 7" single1972
France
 
  
CaravanHere Am IBlind Dog At St. Dunstan's1976
UK
      
   
   
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