Many people consider The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" to be the first psychedelic song, but honestly, the earliest renderings of the genre (to my knowledge) can be traced to Joe Meek's I Hear a New World (1960) album.
However, I find it to be extremely difficult to pinpoint the creation of certain genres to just one specific area (like a band, album, or song). You're only able to do this with very few of them (industrial music being one). So really... I am sure there are multiple examples of early psychedelic music.
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