The Third Bardo - Selftitled (60s)

The Third Bardo - Selftitled

Garage rock/psychedelia, compilation album of songs recorded in the late 60s.

Album information:

01 - I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time
02 - Rainbow Life
03 - Dawn Of Tomorrow
04 - Lose Your Mind
05 - Rainbow Life (Alternate)
06 - I Can Understand Your Problem

Band information:

The Third Bardo was an American psychedelic and garage rock band from New York City, New York that was led by singer Jeff Monn. Their name is a reference to the book The Tibetan Book of the Dead.

The group existed for a brief time in the late 1960s. In 1967 they released their only single, "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time", a song co-written by Rusty Evans (aka Marcus Uzilevsky), a former folk singer and leader of the psychedelic protopunk band The Deep, and Vicky Pike, the wife of the record's arranger and producer Teddy Randazzo. "Five Years" received some radio exposure until it was pulled for its perceived drug references, and only years later was recognized as a 1960s garage rock classic due to its inclusion in compilations such as the critically acclaimed Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 box set.

Though short-lived, the band still performed in local Manhattan venues during their existence, including the Arthur's and Ondine. They also appeared on the Cleveland-based television show Upbeat.

The Third Bardo only had one recording session, which yielded six tracks in all, and released one other song as a B-side, "Rainbow Life." Their technique of Eastern melody and distorted guitar made the single distinctive to the rock scene.

The band broke up in 1967, soon after recording, and Monn began a solo career as Chris Moon. He released an album named The Chris Moon Group in 1970.

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The Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out (1967)

The Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out

Perhaps not as obscure as other bands on the blog, Chocolate Watchband is still an underrated band. This Psychedelic garage rock album includes one of my favorite songs, "Dark Side of the Mushroom". I must also mention "Come On". Enjoy.

Album information:

01. Let's Talk About Girls

02. In The Midnight Hour

03. Come On

04. Dark Side Of The Mushroom

05. Hot Dusty Road

06. Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In)

07. Gone And Passes By

08. No Way Out

09. Expo 2000

10. Gossamer Wings

11. In The Midnight Hour (Previously Unissued Version)

12. Milk Cow Blues

Band information:

The Chocolate Watchband is an American garage rock band that was based in San Jose, California. The band, formed in 1965, went through several lineup changes during its existence, but developed a sound heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones. Combining typical psychedelic and garage rock components, the band's sound was marked by David Aguilar's lead vocals, and experimental intensity of an early protopunk band. The band's rebellious musical posture, combine with psychedelic-inspired guitar distortions andkeyboards, made them one of the harder-edged groups of the period.

The band was signed to Tower Records in 1966 and released their first single, "Sweet Young Thing", in 1967. Later in the year, the band released their debut album, No Way Out. Though the album was nationally unsuccessful, the band became a frequent attraction in San Jose and the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1968, their second album, The Inner Mystique, was released and included the band's most popular song, a cover version of "I'm Not Like Everybody Else". By 1969, the band released their final album, One Step Beyond, however it was not as highly regarded as their past work, and the band broke up in 1970.

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Morning Dew - Selftitled (1967)

Morning Dew - Selftitled

Morning Dew is a GREAT band. I love this band. There are 10 songs in the album and all of them are a favorite. If I had to pick, "Cherry Street" and "Something You Say" would be the two on top. Listen to this album!1!!11!!

Album Information:

01. Crusader's Smile

02. Upon Leaving

03. Young Man

04. Then Came The Light 

05. Cherry Street

06. Gypsy

07. Something You Say

08. Country Boy Blue

09. Save Me

10. Epic

Band Information:

The Morning Dew was a very successful rock band from Topeka, Kansas during the 1966 to 1971. The band toured through-out the Mid-West and was one of the hottest psychedelic bands of the era. This site is a tribute to their humble beginnings and rise to one of the more regionally recognized bands of the time. The Dew has released many re-releases and has been featured on complilations since that time to the present. Some of these re-release of material can be purchased through Cicadelic Records.

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Kaleidoscope - Discography (1967-71)

Kaleidoscope - Discography

Another great band from England. If you care for lyrics, this band will get to you. Every song on the albums are worth listening. They were later known as Fairfield Parlour, continued with the same quality of music.

Album information:

(1967) - Tangerine Dream

(1969) - Faintly Blowing

(1971) - White-faced Lady

Band information:

Having performed since 1963 under the name The Sidekicks, they became The Key in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they signed a deal with Fontana Records in January 1967 with the help of the music publisher Dick Leahy. The group consisted of Eddy Pumer on guitar, Steve Clark on bass and flute, and Danny Bridgman on drums and the vocalist Peter Daltrey, who also played various keyboard instruments. Most of the band's songs were compositions of Pumer's music and Daltrey's lyrics. While the group did not achieve major commercial success in its time, it retains a loyal fan-base and its recordings are remembered in high regard.

The band's first single "Flight from Ashiya" (b/w "Holidaymaker") was released on 15 September 1967 by Fontana Records, a little earlier than the band's first albumTangerine Dream. The song was telling about an impending plane crash. The single got critical acclaim and quite an amount of radio airplay but failed to reach the charts. Years later, the song has appeared on many compilation albums, including Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969, the second box set of the Nuggets series and Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery. Two months later, Tangerine Dream - also produced by Dick Leahy - was released. The album included "Flight From Ashiya", "Please Excuse My Face" and "Dive into Yesterday" which are now considered some the band's best songs. Meanwhile the band were aired performing live on several BBC radio shows. A new single was released in 1968 called "Jenny Artichoke" (b/w "Just How Much You Are") that was inspired by Donovan's, "Jennifer Juniper".After the release the band traveled around Europe, and when in Netherlands supported Country Joe and the Fish at the Amsterdam Concert Hall. Faintly Blowing, again produced by Leahy, was released later, in 1969 by Fontana Records. This time the band's sound was heavier but the tracks still included psychedelic elements with notable lyrics but it failed to reach the charts. After the failure of Faintly Blowing, they released two more singles and, after a radio session in BBC Maida Vale Studios, the band took a new name to avoid confusion with the US group.

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Flat Earth Society - Waleeco and the Space Kids (1967-68)

Flat Earth Society - Waleeco

A band with a strange name, I wonder what they were thinking. Nevermind the band's name, this great album has 29 tracks, starting from the 14th, the rest of the tracks are by the Lost. Psychedelic rock and garage rock goes so well together. You'll find lots of songs to your liking, I'm sure.

Album information:

01. Feeling much better 

02. Midnight hour 

03. I'm so happy 

04. When you're there 

05. Four and twenty miles 

06. Prelude to the town monk 

07. Shadows 

08. Dark street downtown 

09. Protrait in grey 

10. In my window 

11. Satori 

12. The Lost w. Space Kids - part 1 

13. The Lost w. Space Kids - part 2 

Band information:

Flat Earth Society's Waleeco is a mid-level psychedelic organ-and-guitar-driven rock record, with a more focused sense of song construction than many such efforts in the late '60s, although the results aren't all that special. A highlight is "Shadows," which sounds like a super tough variation on the Association. [The 2006 CD reissue combines Waleeco with material that the Lost, another Boston band of the time, recorded in 1967 as incidental music for Space Kids, an audio fairy tale.]

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