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Description of Psychedelic

 
At the peak of the British Invasion of the early 1960s, American folk music was working its way into youth culture; the revolution was at hand. Bands began to shift their focus from traditional rock 'n' roll subject matter -- girls, cars, and sex -- toward both the social issues and the drugs of the day. Guitarists added fuzz to the British sound, creating dreamy, spacious textures. The influences of Free Jazz were felt as well, as musicians explored improvisation and Eastern music. Hear Roger McGuinn's Indian-influenced opening guitar notes in the Byrds' "Eight Miles High," or George Harrison's sitar. Vocal choruses were loaded with echo, the lyrics tackling social protest and surrealist imagery. Today, acts from all over the world play music directly descended from psychedelia, from the Athens, Ga.-based the Apples In Stereo to the British Bevis Frond, to the creative Noise Pop group the Flaming Lips.
 

Top Psychedelic Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
$1.29
2. Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
$1.29
3. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 Pink Floyd
$1.29
4. Money Pink Floyd
$1.29
5. Time Pink Floyd
6. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
$1.29
7. Wouldn't It Be Nice The Beach Boys
$1.29
8. Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
$0.99
9. For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield
$1.29
10. Us And Them Pink Floyd
11. Breathe (Breathe In The Air Pink Floyd
$1.29
12. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1 Pink Floyd
$1.29
13. The Great Gig In The Sky Pink Floyd
$1.29
14. Speak To Me / Breathe Pink Floyd
$1.29
15. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
$1.29
16. Surfin' U.S.A. The Beach Boys
$1.29
17. California Girls The Beach Boys
$1.29
18. Mother Pink Floyd
$1.29
19. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One) Pink Floyd
20. On The Run Pink Floyd
$1.29
21. Touch Of Grey The Grateful Dead
$0.99
22. Brain Damage Pink Floyd
$1.29
23. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix
$0.99
24. Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix
$0.99
25. Welcome To The Machine Pink Floyd
26. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
$1.29
27. Have A Cigar Pink Floyd
$1.29
28. Hey You Pink Floyd
$1.29
29. Friend Of The Devil (Remastered Version) The Grateful Dead
$1.29
30. Learning To Fly Pink Floyd
$1.29
31. Dogs Pink Floyd
$1.29
32. Young Lust Pink Floyd
$1.29
33. Eclipse Pink Floyd
$1.29
34. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) The Moody Blues
$1.29
35. I Get Around The Beach Boys
$1.29
36. Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues
$0.99
37. Happy Together The Turtles
$0.99
38. Any Colour You Like Pink Floyd
$1.29
39. Goodbye Blue Sky Pink Floyd
$1.29
40. Riders On The Storm [New Stereo Mix] (Advanced Resolution) The Doors
$1.29
41. God Only Knows The Beach Boys
$1.29
42. Don't Worry Baby - (single version) The Beach Boys
$1.29
43. Pigs On The Wing 1 Pink Floyd
$1.29
44. Ripple The Grateful Dead
$1.29
45. Pigs (Three Different Ones) Pink Floyd
$1.29
46. Sunshine Superman Donovan
$1.29
47. Sugar Magnolia The Grateful Dead
$1.29
48. Fun, Fun, Fun The Beach Boys
$1.29
49. Little Wing Jimi Hendrix
$0.99
50. A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum
$0.99
 

Psychedelic Key Albums

 
Lavender Popcorn (1966-1969)
$8.99
Paisley Pop: Pye Psych & Other Colours 1966-69
$8.99
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
$9.99
Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
Sunshine Superman
$9.99
The Madcap Laughs
$7.99
Younger Than Yesterday
(Bonus Tracks) $12.99

 

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Psychedelic Key Artists

 
13th Floor Elevators

The Elevators are among the
most important bands to
ever come out of Texas,
merging psychedelia,
garage rock and pre-pun...

Count Five

This San Jose, Calif. group
had only one hit, "Psychotic
Reaction," but earned high
praises from rock critic
Lester Bangs.

Donovan

Donovan was one of the
key artists of the
revolutionary 1960s. He
started his career as
Britain's answer to Bob Dy...

Love

They were the true
progenitors of West Coast
psychedelia. The Doors'
said their goal was to be "as
big as Love." The band liv...

Pink Floyd

The premier psychedelic
band of the 1970s, Pink
Floyd formed in 1965,
incorporating jazz and
insanity into their music....

Spirit

Often overlooked
Psychedelic Prog Rock
band primarily active in the
'60s. Their biggest hit was "I
Got A Line On You." Spirit...

Strawberry Alarm Clock

Strawberry Alarm Clock
were a psych-pop outfit
whose greatest hit was the
Summer of Love anthem
"Incense and Peppermints...

Syd Barrett

Roger Keith Barrett (a.k.a.
Syd) is the founder of Pink
Floyd and one of the
psychedelic era's most
innovative musicians. Syd...

The Beatles

The Beatles gained
enormous popularity with
genius songwriting,
beautiful harmonies and
non-stop experimentation...

The Blues Magoos

Gritty garage-psych band
that launched out of the
Bronx, NY in 1967 with their
Top Ten hit, "(We Ain't Got)
Nothin' Yet."

The Byrds

The Byrds applied ringing
guitars to Dylan songs,
explored the outer reaches
of psychedelia and
kick-started Country Roc...

The Doors

With Jim Morrison's poetry
and Robby Krieger's rock
'n' roll, the Doors conjured
the gods of sex and drugs
and '60s freakout. Jimbo,...

The Grateful Dead

Rumbling, woozy guitars,
woozier vocals and
evocative lyrics are the
hallmarks of this American
institution. The purely Am...

Vanilla Fudge

In the '60s, Vanilla Fudge
took pop songs off the radio
and added massive amounts
of psychedelia and metal to
them. Bassist Tim Bogert a...

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