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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Mystic Tide - Solid Sound, Solid Ground (1965-69)

Mystic Tide - Solid Sound, Solid Ground

Mystic Tide, a band way ahead of their time. A psychedelic garage rock band, one of the best I dare say. This album was recorded between 1965 and 1969, it includes 18 tracks, most of them are favorites. You will find mellow tracks such as "I Wouldn't Care", and "Why". Then, you will find the hard stuff, "Frustration", "Mystic Ship" and "Psychedelic Journey". I love this band.

Album information:

1. I Wouldn't Care

2. Why

3. Stay Away

4. Search for New Love

5. Mystic Eyes

6. Frustration

7. Running Through the Night

8. Psychedelic Journey, Pt. 1

9. Psychedelic Journey, Pt. 2

10. Mystery Ship

11. You Won't Look Back

12. You Know It's True

13. It's Simple Sister

14. Mystery Ship (ver2)

15. Frustration (ver2)

16. Silver Rails - Going Home

17. See the Light

18. Solid Ground

Band information:

The Mystic Tide were an American rock band who have been credited for creating some of the first psychedelicanthems. They have also been called one of the best garage bands of the mid 1960s.

The group formed on Long Island and released a total of four singles between 1965 and 1967, all of which were written by the band's guitar player, Joe Docko. The band broke up in 1967 after little commercial success. Many years later in 1994 Docko recorded some new material and that along with three demos, the band's four original singles, and their B-sides would be put out as a CD by Distortions records. Released more than 25 years after the group had disbanded,Solid Sound/Solid Ground, was the first and only album the band ever made.

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The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)

The Monks - Black Monk Time

The Monks is a garage rock/proto-punk band, apparently formed by American soldiers in Germany. You will find angry lyrics and heavy bass lines. Songs "I Hate You", "Shut Up" and "I Can't Get Over You" are my favorite in the album, though very different in sound.

Album Information:

01 - Monk Time

02 - Shut Up

03 - Boys Are Boys and Girls Are Choice

04 - Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy

05 - I Hate You

06 - Oh, How To Do Now

07 - Complication

08 - We Do Wie Du

09 - Drunken Maria

10 - Love Came Tumblin' Down

11 - Blast Off!

12 - That's My Girl

13 - I Can't Get Over You

14 - Cuckoo

15 - Love Can Tame the Wild

16 - He Went Down to the Sea

Band Information:

The Monks were an avant-garde garage rock band, formed by American GIs who were based in Germany in the mid- to late 1960s. They released one album, Black Monk Time, which was characterized by repetitive, unconventional, and often primitive music and chanted lyrics.

They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made. The Monks stood out from the music of the time, and have developed a cult following amongst many musicians and music fans.

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The Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded (1965-66)

The Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded

Another English Garage rock band with psychedelic sound. "Children of the Sun", "I Unseen", "Find A Hidden Door"; this "lost" album has many great records. My favorite must be "I Cried My Eyes Out For You", this song gives me the chills, for some reason.

Album information:

01 - Children Of The Sun

02 - My Mind

03 - Who Do You Love

04 - I Unseen

05 - Find A Hidden Door

06 - I Can Take You To The Sun

07 - I'm Not Talking

08 - Who's Been Talking

09 - I Need Your Love

10 - You Don't Have To Go Out

11 - I Cried My Eyes Out

12 - Like I Do

13 - Untitled

Band information:

One of the great lost '60s albums. Side one includes all six of the tracks the Misunderstood recorded in England in 1966, with magnificent guitar work and nervy, ambitious (if a bit overtly cosmic) songwriting that combines some of the best aspects of the Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds and Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd. Remember that Pink Floyd and Hendrix had yet to record when these sides were waxed; they aren't derivations, but genuinely innovative and groundbreaking performances. Side two contains seven pre-psychedelic demos from their U.S. garage days in the mid-'60s that, while not nearly as important as their 1966 work, are solid, crunching R&B-soaked rock in the tradition of their chief British influences.

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Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour (1968)

Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour

Originally known as The Weeds, with distinct vocals of Fred Cole, a garage band with psychedelic influence, this band has a place on my archive. "You Must Be A Witch", "Don't Look Back" and "Who's It Gonna Be?" are my favorite songs. Beautiful sound, enjoy!

Album information:

01. You Must Be A Witch

02. Underground Railroad

03. Baby, Don't Go

04. Who'll Read The Will

05. It's Only A Reflection

06. Don't Look Back

07. Don't Close The Door On Me

08. It Ain't How Long

09. It's Makin' It

10. I'm Gonna Be There

11. You Don't Give No More

12. Sin

13. Someone I Know

14. Through My Window

15. Mr. Madison Avenue

16. Who's It Gonna Be

Band information:

The Lollipop Shoppe were a 1960s psychedelic garage rock band.  They were originally known as The Weeds and featured Fred Cole, now of Dead Moon. After The Weeds signed to UNI Records (a now-defunct subsidiary of MCA), their new manager, "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bubblegum music. The band's actual recordings, including the 1968 LP Just Colour, are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of garage rock and psychedelia. The album and its single, "You Must Be a Witch," are regarded as period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. The album has been bootlegged; the Music Maniac label has announced a reissue but it has not appeared. The Lollipop Shoppe released one more single, "Someone I Knew" b/w "Through My Window", before breaking up in 1969. They reunited as The Weeds for a 1971 single.

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Lightning - Selftitled (1968 - 1971)

Lightning - Selftitled

I think of this compilation (?) album as a mixture of heavy psychedelia, classic rock and a bit of garage rock. Which means you'll find something just for you, from "William" to "Eagle" to "1930", you'll see a difference in style and sound. "Eagle" is my favorite from this band.

Album information:

01 Prelude To Opus IV

02 Hideaway

03 When A Man Could Be Free

04 Madame Sunrise

05 1930

06 Freedom (Is Live With Giving)

07 They've Got The Time

08 (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

09 William

10 Of Paupers And Poets

11 (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle

12 What Have I Now

13 Rat

14 Hideaway [Edited 45 Mix]

15 Freedom [Edited 45 Mix]

16 William Tell Overture (The Lone Ranger Theme)

Band information:

A Minnesota-based rock band that grew out of White Lightning, a "power trio" consisting of ex-Litter guitarist Zippy Caplan, bass guitarist Woody Woodrich, and drummer Mick Stanhope. Woodrich is said to have pioneered the use of redline compression on his instrument, before such compressors were generally available to the public. The music heard here was performed by this trio and a quintet formed by the addition of second guitarist Ronn Roberts and percussionist Bernie Pershey, who can be heard operating a xylophone on "When a Man Could Be Free." Technically, at least, Lightning was the name usually applied to the five-piece band.

They engaged in such colorful crowd-pleasing routines as an electrified rendering of Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" (first performed in this version at the New City Opera House during the autumn of 1968), and a freaky take (à la Jeff Beck's "Bolero") on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" that featuredStanhope singing through a Moog synthesizer. "Of Paupers and Poets" was first released as a 45 rpm single on the Hexagon record label and made it to number five on the Top 40 in Minneapolis/St. Paul in January 1969. "They've Got the Time" was composed on September 18, 1970 in response to the death of Jimi Hendrix and was also dedicated to Janis Joplin and Brian Jones. Lightning was well received at rock festivals throughout the Middle West. They opened for (and reportedly upstaged) Grand Funk Railroad on December 31, 1970 at a concert in Des Moines, IA. One source claims that White Lightning (named after a notoriously potent brand of lysergic acid) existed in five distinct combinations between the years 1968-1974, and that six different Lightnings came and went between 1969 and 1990. None of these Lightnings are to be confused with Detroit's short-lived post-Guardian Angel five-piece unit that went by the name of Lightnin'.

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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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