The Open Mind - Selftitled
One of the first bands that I've discovered. With only a single album released, these guys influenced many bands. "Thor the Thunder God", "My Soul and My Will", "Magic Potion" are great songs. Must-listen album for everyone interested in heavy/psychedelic rock.
Album information:
01-Dear Louise
02-Try Another Day
03-I Feel The Same Way Too
04-My Mind Cries
05-Can't You See
06-Thor the Thunder God
07-Horses And Chariots
08-Before My Time
09-Free As The Breeze
10-Girl I'm So Alone
11-Soul And My Will
12-Falling Again
13-Magic Potion [bonus track]
14-Cast A Spell [bonus track]
15-Day And Night [bonus track]
16-Get Out Of My Way [bonus track]
Band information:
The band was formed in the mid 1960s by four musicians from Putney, South London. Initially named The Apaches formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. Nye left in 1965 and another friend, Terry Schindler, joined instead. The band became The Drag Set, who released a little-known single in February 1967, "Day and Night" / "Get Out of My Way". Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to The Open Mind and in July 1969 released a self-titled LP which has since become a highly sought-after collectible. The band, however, is best known for its druggy August 1969 single, "Magic Potion", which did not appear on the album.
The Open Mind disbanded in 1973; its members wanted to move into jazz-influenced music, but The Open Mind was too well known as a psychedelic band. The band members (minus Phil Fox) went on to form Armada, which lasted about three years but did not release any recorded material.
Despite their paucity of recorded material, The Open Mind have proven to be influential in the psychedelic rock genre, their single "Magic Potion" having been covered by bands such as The Seers and Sun Dial.
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