A Deadly Dose of Wylde Psych is another wild compilation from Arf Arf that digs up 26 tracks of long
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lost American psychedelic acid rock from the mid-'60s. These tracks were recorded during an era when garage bands switched from "Louie Louie" and "Gloria" to a darker, yet no less inept, age of acid-influenced sludge. Here's the 4th installment of our highly acclaimed Dose series. Trip on out to 26 excessive tracks (over 78 minutes) of sparkling '60s psychedelic acid reign. Presented here is elusive American psychedelic rock at it's best'from the savage to the sublime, massive to the mesmerizing, and futuristic to flashbacks.
During the 78 minutes of Deadly Dose, listeners are introduced to beyond obscure bands with names
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like Chocolate Moose, Peacepipe, Lime Frost, Nite Watchmen, and Sweet Cherry. Most of these tracks sound like a combination of the Music Machine or Count Five with Barry Melton or Jorma Kaukonen on electric guitar at their most hallucinogenic.
The last part of the seminal Dose comp quartet, maybe the best US psych series ever. This one starts off
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with the super fuzzy B Side of The Sound Apparatus single (the first side is the majestic One from the Aliens-Psychos comp), and never lets go, with one amazing song after the other.
Again, some garage tracks here and there (good ones too; Blue Creed - Need a Friend, Sweet Cherry -
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Funny Things Floating - harsh vocals!, The Leather Pages - Accept Me for Who I Am, The Chocolate Moose - Take a Ride the till now uncompiled It Had to Be You). The heavy sequence of Peacepipe and The Moon-Dawgs will take your breath away. Some songs verge on the proto-metal MC5 territory (The Pawnbrokers - Realize, Finch - Nothing in the Sun). Things get hella groovy with Mid-Winter's Afternoon and Glass Road. And the heaviness resumes with Mother Samwell and Roxanne.
The staple Plastic People makes an appearance . Kickass garage version of Rising Sun and an ultra
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heavy 7 & 7 is. And beautiful moody psych tracks like Lime Frost - Post Bellum Blues, The Tea Company - Come and Have Some Tea With Me, and The Christian Brothers - Feeling Bad. Can't forget the trippy but uncredited wonder Angel Angel Down We Go (with soulful backing vox) and The Moon-Dawgs - Keep On Pushing. Truthful to the series' norm, it packs a heavy rock punch at the end, and finishes with the wacky Color Me Columbuth.
When it comes to psych comps, this may just be the mother of them all! 26 tracks, and virtually every
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one a top-tier masterpiece. It's difficult to point to any real faves, as they're all so good, but one worth mentioning is the closing cut. For many years, the only folks who got to hear this even cooler version of the A-side, were those who had the original single. It's doubtful it will ever be compiled anywhere else, so consider it the cherry on top of this sundae. And it comes with a booklet containing band info! Kudos to Arf Arf for a superlative release. Highly recommended!
Various - A Deadly Dose Of Wylde Psych
Label: Arf! Arf! – AA-091
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
01. Sound Apparatus – Travel Agent Man 3:09
02. Finch – Nothing In The Sun 4:10
03. Nite Watchmen – Mimic Jester 2:34
04. Sweet Cherry – Funny Things Floating 2:54
05. Peacepipe – The Sun Won't Shine Forever 2:49
06. Moon Dawgs – Keep On Pushing 2:26
07. Blue Creed – Need A Friend 2:39
08. Chocolate Moose – Take A Ride 2:18
09. Pawnbrokers – Realize 2:06
10. Christian Brothers – Feeling Bad 2:33
11. Oscar And The Majestics – House Of The Rising Sun '1969' 2:40
12. Liberation News Service – Mid-Winter’s Afternoon 2:32
13. Wet Paint – Glass Road 3:11
14. Waters – Mother Samwell 2:40
15. Chaparral Trio – Roxanne 2:33
16. Lime Frost – Post Bellum Blues 4:21
17. Leather Pages – Accept Me For Who I Am 3:03
18. The Blues Inc. – Seven And Seven Is (Written-By – Arthur Lee) 3:17
19. Wildwood – Plastic People 3:15
20. Portraits – It Had To Be You 3:15
21. (Mikes) Mijal & White – I’ve Been You 3:48
22. Tea Company – Come And Have Some Tea With Me 3:07
23. Unknown Artist – Angel Angel Down We Go 4:07
24. Attack – School Daze 2:52
25. Mass Temper – Gravedigger 3:58
26. Johnny Thompson Quintet – Color Me Columbuth 2:23
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