The First Edition. 1967 Reprise (LP). From a store in Pueblo (Oct). Fine popsike from Kenny Rogers' first band. Safe and harmless psych with a couple of underground moves to attempt street cred. No chance. Good Housekeeping would approve. Second tier Mamas and Papas essentially. Not a sound any rational person would associate Kenny Rogers with. Gotta start somewhere.
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds. 1972 Harvest (LP). From the same sale as The Amboy Dukes (Aug). The last of the classic Pink Floyd albums for me to reacquire. And the first back out the door. I thought I liked this one more than I do. Atmospheric, but ultimately dull effort. I think had it been totally instrumental psych I'd be more enamored with it. Maybe if I find a cheap cassette or CD I'll hold onto it, but I'll take the money for the LP.
*The Amboy Dukes. 1967 Mainstream (LP). From a friend's garage sale (Aug). Ted Nugent's debut psych album. Pretty good effort, mixing his hard rock tendencies with flower power sounds and ideas. B1 is fairly dull but most of this is satisfying on some level. Is that Nuge playing the sitar? Hard to even fathom. I'm keeping this for now, though it does lack catchy themes.
*various artists - Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! 2010 World Psychedelic Funk Classics (1970-1983) (CD). Online acquisition (Aug). As I noted on those African comps from Now Again, I really enjoy these compilations of obscure cuts from areas of the world not known for rock music. In this case, India. Especially when you get a thick booklet chock full of interesting liner notes for each artist and piece. Most of these come from Bollywood soundtracks, a genre known as Filmi. Not particularly psychedelic or funky, but the title isn't misleading either. Unique but rather conservative on the whole. Atomic Forest being the primary exception, and they are quite famous for just that.
* - Keeping for the collection
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