13th Floor Elevators lp was released November ’66 The Deep release date is unclear ,but thought to be late October/early Nov. ........................ Rusty Evans started off as rockabilly, releasing his first lp ,"I lived,I loved,I lost" in '63. Then there was the "Songs of Our Land" lp which - as you may think from the title - had Guthrie/Seeger folk moves. I think two other lps followed - none of interest here. He shared Greenwitch venue with the likes of folkies like Fred Neil and Dylan. (Crosby too.) 2 Folkways lps and "All Night Singers" with two women in the band. In '65, Rusty first dipped into "psych"-lite with the single "1983" on Musicor label. Later he had connections with the excellent Tripsichord Music Box, Its A Beautiful Day and 5th Pipe Dream. The Deep kicked-off as a clearly garage/folkrock. (I never could hear much psych here, but,afterall, this was psych in its most rudimentary stage. Because of the (unfortunate) front cover where "Psychedelic Psoul" is put directly above Freakscene, peeps - what is the word? - misconstrued it to think the band named P.Psoul. (An even better example of confusion-rendering is the Joyride/Friendsound lp.) The trouble with The Freak Scene lp is the throw-away counterculture-narration track. "Draft Beer Not Students" is plain irksome (and very dated) fill. The other thing is that it was recorded high into the treble. This can grate if you take in the whole lp - however short it is - at one listen. Oh yeah - there is a slowed-down version of the classic, "Million Grains of Sand" on the Marcus lp -bitta orchestrated as well. |
Sammmmmy has not listened to The Deep lp for over 20 years now, but, on recently taking the short 31 minutes ,Sammms be distinctly under-whelmed on the psychedelic front. |
I have a trade copy of "Wild In The Streets" lp. Groups titled The Gurus and 13th power (or summart loike that). The movie starred Hal holbrook ,Shelly Duval and Richard Prior. The lead character was called Max Frost. Isn't there a band, max Frost and the Troopers" or summat, which did the track "Shape of things to come"? |
Where you getting this 12/31/1965 date from? Wot is "ABKCO"? Lundborg's Acid Archives: " August, 1966 Rusty Evans & the DEEP record the "Psychedelic Moods" LP in Philadelphia" The RELEASE date would have been later. Like I said ,Oct or Nov '66 ...... Sammy has the origional 13th Floor Elevators lp on yellow/lime International Artists label. Of course, no date to be found anywhere. |
When
you want to go extreme Trans Cosmic-Trip Express, and utterly flip your
lid -like Beany Boy and Cecil the Seasick Serpent - try TAKEHISHA KOSHUGI's
"CatchWave" lp ,('75). Greg Pawleko really goes for this one in his catalogue and warns that them who fly the heights dont necessarily come back down. But a warning word - this is not yer melodic prog.Pretty it aint. Pure harrowing/mesmerizing Kosmic. Rather sparse, avant -lots of distorted vocals. Sammmmy never checked, but Im certain this former leader of Taj Mahal Travellers and East Bionic Symphonia ('76),appears on the legendary Nurse With Wound Reference List (which all RIOists and noise-gardeners should indelibly commit to memory.) |
So then Lundborg in his book is wrong.....on this important point???? ............. Donovan ,Autumn '65 (but not released till later): "Well, I’ll buy you sugar cube. I’ll buy you sugar cube. I’ll buy you a sugar cube, If you just gimme some of your love, gal. I don’t want to go for no trip. I don’t want to go for no trip. I don’t want to go for no trip. If you just gimme some of your love, gal." |
