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Old 01-14-2013, 04:27 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I think on deciding which was superior in the 1960s British or American psychedelia its really case of apples or oranges, or tea or coffee. Personally I feel the American bands that did psychedelia Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe and the Fish and Moby Grape etc really embraced that 1960s west coast hippy culture that went hand in hand with psychedelia and the Byrds Fifth Dimension probably kicked off the whole psychedelic genre anyway. I think Byrd's David Crosby summed it up nicely and said it was music for "cool cats"

Now whilst the British bands matched the American ones in terms of quality, they really jumped onto a music fad in psychedelia and I think they saw it as an exciting genre to explore.
In my opinion, the main difference between British & American psychedelia is that one later evolved into country rock and the other later evolved into progressive rock. I know which I prefer.
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Old 01-17-2013, 08:10 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I don't mean to sound snarky, but Country Joe and the Fish are one of the reasons I've always considered American psychedelic very inferior to British.
They were pioneers, I didn't say they were better than anyone else.


The first use of the term in relation to music was by the Holy Modal Rounders. H.P. Lovecraft were amongst the first bands to start playing psych music, as well as Kaleidascope and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

In my opinion though, the first ever band to really play psychedelic music was Captain Beefheart.

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I'm British and I liked Country Joe and the Fish. I've got a feeling Barry Melton worked with Welsh band Man, but I confess I could find nothing using Google.
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There is a thread on them but it didn't garner much attention and Janszoon is totally wrong about this band. They recorded two of the best psychedelic albums ever.

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There is a thread on them but it didn't garner much attention and Janszoon is totally wrong about this band. They recorded two of the best psychedelic albums ever.

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The song that I had my first psychedellic break through to was "Journey To The Center Of Your Mind " by the Emboy Dukes.............That was a mind blower.
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The feedback at the opening of the Beatles "I Feel Fine" is often considered the first psychedelic element of a rock/pop song. Recorded Oct. 1964.



Though I suppose one element of a song doesn't mean the whole song is "psychedelic."
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The first time i experienced psicodelia was when i heard brian enos song "this" in a giant speaker sound system. i realized what sound production could do and with the proper equiptment be able to make a listener experience.
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