Having a Flashback Friday - Airplane Induced

You can whip the horse's eyes, and make them sleep...and cry

@jsalerno277 all good!  There is (was) nothing in the world like a Grateful Dead concert and I don't think there ever will be. I feel, well, grateful that I was able to experience some of that magic.  

And you are spot on with Phil - guy was a genius.

@jimijam - "Successful hills are here to stay...."

@hifiguy42 It’s not that I do not like the studio albums, I love them.  Great tunes on all.  But you only get a tease of the counter rhythm/melody play between Garcia, Lesh, and the keyboard group progression over the years (McKernan, Godchaux, Constantine, Hornsby, and Saunders).  I much appreciate the studio albums for their musical composition.  However, I get to go on an emotional journey in the improvisational complexity and musicianship of the live albums.  To me, the latter is what the Dead is about. 

@hifiguy42 It’s not that I do not like the studio albums, I love them.  Great tunes on all.  But you only get a tease of the counter rhythm/melody play between Garcia, Lesh, and the keyboard group progression over the years (McKernan, Godchaux, Constantine, Hornsby, and Saunders).  I much appreciate the studio albums for their musical composition.  However, I get to go on an emotional journey in the improvisational complexity and musicianship of the live albums.  To me, the latter is what the Dead is about. 

Another deadhead over here, but I love the studio albums as much as the live stuff. Saw them over 100 times back in the day and enjoyed every show, even the tepid ones (including Jerry's last show here in Chicago).

This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip, the best part
I really like

Spell checks a killer but I am sure you can read past my errors.  

@cooper52   What’s Love(pun intended)?  The Collectors are.  Now there’s an obscure reference  on point to the discussion.  They did not get air-time in New York or probably all  areas outside of Canada and the US SF Bay AreaVery melodic and heady. Very off the beaten path.  Excellent reference, well done. And the able bearing the groups name is well engineered for the time.  For those using Cobuz you can stream a try and bring yourself back to the 60s.  

I had the good fortune to have spent my high school years in the late 60s in the San Francisco area, and got to experience psychedelia in all its glory. And yes, I misbehaved in all the typical ways for the era.

I have two go-to flashback albums:

Quicksilver Messenger Service (their 1st album)

And this largely forgotten corner of the genre: The Collectors (admittedly, this one's what I'd describe as a guilty pleasure)

They were a Canadian band who only recorded 2 albums, but they were immensely talented and had a terrific lead singer.

The last time I tripped (spring of 1968), I was achieving lift off just as the first track on Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing At Baxter's album was beginning. I can't hear that album without getting a mild flashback.

@jsalerno277 - very well said! I don't have any use for GD studio albums; to me, that has always been besides the point; they were always all about live performances. But I do have every one of the big annual box sets they've released, and I've got the vinyl versions of a few of those shows, too. 

@larsman I am also a Dead fan often getting lost in their constantly changing rhythmically and melodically changing patterns all while staying within the confines of the original song structure and finishing with the original rhythm and melody.  Amazing musical complexity.  The improvisation pattern of change, similar to jazz but in rock structure, brings you on a journey of changing elevations. Lesh, also high on my list of favorite bassists, takes a different path from traditional bass playing like Cassidy.  Lesh plays complex counter rhythms and melodies to Garcia’s lead while Cassidy plays melodically to the direct composition.  Both play cords on the base to enhance melodic composition.  Both will have you in awe of their technique on close listening.  From an audiophile perspective I find their studio albums all generally well done.  But that is not where all the beauty is.  The live albums is where what I have spoke is lives and they are a mix of good to bad engineering from an audiophile perspective.   I attended too many performance to list in the late 60s and 70s.   

@jsalerno277 - I'm a Deadhead! But I don't need to 'flash back' as I listen to them just as much now; that's timeless music. 

@jtcf - yes, I enjoyed looking through the windowpane on several occasions, too! 

@thecarpathian - went from being a hippie to a punk to a post-punker to an indie rocker, and on and on and on right up through today. Didn't leave any of it completely behind....  

I am supprised no Dead Heads have posted.  Or others of a similar style like The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Moby Grape, and The Quicksilver Messenger Service.

Nice to see you old hippies survived and thrived! 😉

I listened to Abraxas over and over from about 1:00 am until birds sang as the sun rose, staring at the cover of the album pretty much the whole time. It was truly magical, and I get a little taste of that psilocybin ride every time I hear the chimes during the opening of the album. 

Hearing "Whiter Shade of Pale" is the one that instantly puts me in the zone.Micro dot and little squares of paper with a heart printed on them....

I will reviset Country Joe and the Fish.

@ larsman you are correct!

But "Umma Gumma" was made specifically for that purpose. Most people say they don't like that album, but they have never "heard" it

😉🤔🤭

@arcam88 - that sounds a lot like my old buddy at college, Purple Microdot! Yes, most any music did different things under that influence. A big fave was Country Joe and the Fish's 'Electric Music for the Mind and Body'.... 

Pink Floyd "Umma Gumma" and 

"Wish You Were Here" 

+ a tiny purple pill of which I was sure couldn't possibly affect me.

BOY WAS I WRONG!🙃🫠😉

I’m Only Sleeping and Rain by the Beatles.  Both composed and performed while under the influence by John Lennon.  Backwards guitars and vocals.  Trippy.  

First thing that popped into my head was King Crimson, "In The Court Of The Crimson King", followed in close second with Iron Butterfly "In A Gadda Da Vida".

These 2 (from 1971) are still rambling around inside my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUsFm0BAu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMH9V9OLdg

DeKay

Peggy Lipton, now there's a flashback indeed for me!

Sorry cannot get pick to post

@thecarpathian Had a high school crush on Peggy Lipton aka Julie Barns.  
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@buellrider97 Proof of the big hair circa 1978 on the beach at Kiawah Island, SC

@jsalerno277 

What a fun thread! I was in HS in the early seventies and was already hooked on music. From bubblegum to Soul to Rock, I dug it all. From the Temptations to Rare Earth, Spirit to Iron Butterfly, from The Who to CSN & sometimes Y. But I bet I played more Jefferson Airplane than any other group back then.

@fatdaddy2 John did not write many but Boris is a fav of mine. A great, late night, mood changer.  Creepy, Crawley ….

@61falcon Some classics listed. All available on the streaming service you prefer.  Glad to see a new generation appreciating the classics.  

I was babysitting and discovered a cool 8 track collection including:

Neil Young After the goldrush

The Doors Morrison Hotel

Rolling Stones Forget which album...

And a host of others from the period.

Too bad it was 8 track, but at 15 years I Was just happy to discover new music.

12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus 

Spirit

Newport News VA 1970-1974

" I too miss my long hair, a “Mod Squad Lincoln Hayes Afro, and my muscles..."

I had muscles like Julie Barns...

@jsalerno277

Jefferson Airplane-"After Bathing at Baxters"

Likely the precursor to "Crown of Creation."

First song on "Baxters" is "The Ballad of You, Me and Pooneil."

Last song on CoC is "The House at Pooneil Corners."

Both enjoyable albums.

David

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHAMh2-cviA

Spouse found out awhile ago that this is Real.....

...lately....

4 more years ought to make psychedelics’ popular again.....helped during Nixon, why not Now.....? Another 4 of the weird and the defunct will be hard enough to tolerate and plow through...

"....radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, Oreo, radio, radio,...."

Pardon, I've got to erect my Severe BS Shield and consider....

Oops. Carnegie hall.  Nimble fingers.   Delete B at end. 

@buellrider97 My musical experience was limited to playing classical bass in the middle and high school orchestra, no private lessons, and not pursued after graduation.  I am blessed with near “perfect pitch”.  Near meaning that if a crystal glass rings, I cannot tell what note it is but I can go to a piano keyboard and pick the note out within a half tone.  I can hear a song and play the melody, then build the cords, with horrible technique since I never had lessons.   A goal in retirement is to take lessons.  I often go to live classical performances at the Koch Theater and Cargnie Hall. 
You are so lucky to have grown up at the center of the acid rock universe.  I did frequent the Fillmore East (late known as The Palladium) seeing many artists including The Doors in1968.  I too miss my long hair, a “Mod Squad Lincoln Hayes Afro, and my muscles. B

Circa early 70s, Golden Earring in a small club located in a castle along the shores of lake geneva, Switzerland. I'll spare you the psychedelics used that night, but I remember making an eye to eye connection with their lead guitarist for most of the concert. As if he was taking me on his trip. Unforgetable to this day.

Thanks for sharing your moment, I understand and appreciate your share. Your description makes me wonder if you play an instrument. Yesterday I walked into Ace Hardware and “ Somebody to Love “ was playing on the store system. I just stopped in the isle and enjoyed the moment. Doing the math I’m about 3 years your junior and grew up 2 hours south of SF. My family vacationed in Santa Cruz. The psychedelic SF music is amongst my favorite followed by the British Rock like Deep Purple and Zeppelin. But the psychedelic sound took me to places drugs couldn’t, and I did my share in the 70’s. While most of the music was crude I just loved Quicksilver and Big Brother. I have original handbills framed and hanging over my stereo showing CCR and Jethro Tull at the Fillmore, CSYN with Cold Blood at the Winterland, Quicksilver and Mott the Hoople at Fillmore West. Hendrix at the Santa Clara fairgrounds and Janis Joplin at the Rainbow Ballroom in Fresno. Today I spin vinyl with a tube system and play it loud enough to irritate my wife. It was fun in the 70’s seeing Zepplin on acid, but life is considerably better for me with 3 decades clean and sober. I miss my long hair, my muscles and my Harley’s, but when I hear that music I can’t help but feel overwhelmed with gratitude for all the good times I had. Thanks for sharing your moment with a stranger in California. Blessings , Mike B. 

Album: Are You Experienced?
Singles: Boris the Spider and Hanky Panky

@welcher Excellent.  Did you listen to Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull.  Excellent remastered SQ of some classics.  

@stuartk No Altered States or Doctor’s Delerium episodes (the latter reference with respect to those poor soldiers subject to experimentation in service to the US).  Only induced flashbacks as memories of the past. 

@jsalerno277 

I did plenty of listening while under the influence, way back when, and I still listen to some of that music but don't experience any physiological changes or shifts in consciousness, if that is in fact what you are referring to.

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

Jethro Tull - Aqualong