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 Smoke - Selftitled (1968)

The Smoke - Selftitled

A compilation album of songs recorded in the late 60s.

Album information:

01-Cowboys And Indians

02-Looking Thru The Mirror

03-Self-Analysis

04-Gold Is The Colour Of Thought

05-Hobbit Symphony

06-Daisy Intermission

07-Fogbound

08-Song Thru Perception

09-Philosophy

10-Umbrella

11-Ritual Gypsy Music Opus 1

12-October Country

13-Odyssey

Band information:

The Smoke was an English pop group from York. They consisted of Mick Rowley (lead vocals) (born Michael Rowley, 29 June 1946, Scarborough, Yorkshire), Mal Luker (lead guitar) (born Malcom Luker, 3 March 1946, New Delhi, India), John "Zeke" Lund (bass) (born John Raine Lund, 13 November 1945, York, Yorkshire) and Geoff Gill (drums and compositor) (born Geoffrey Robert Gill, 15 May 1949, York).

The band originally performed around Yorkshire as "The Moonshots", changing their name to "The Shots" when they moved to London. There were two bands playing R & B and other cover versions, one was called Tony Adams and the Viceroys, who included John 'Zeke' Lund on bass; Mal Luker on guitar and Geoff gill on drums. The other band was The Moonshots, who included Mick Rowley on lead vocals and Phil Peacock on guitar. The band then came together as The Shots and made a single for Columbia - 'Keep A Hold Of What You've Got' which flopped. At some point Peacock left the band, who then changed their name to The Smoke.

The Smoke's biggest hit was "My Friend Jack" (German Charts: #2, UK charts: #45); the BBC banned airplay of the song over its alleged drug references. Guitarist Lund later became a sound engineer for Boney M., who recorded a cover version of "My Friend Jack".

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The Savage Resurrection - Selftitled (1968)

The Savage Resurrection - Selftitled

Music by young people for the young people, I guess. Lead guitarist Randy Hammon was 16 at the time. A great band for those that enjoy trippy, psychedelic rock. "Tahitian Melody" stuck with me for a while.

Album information:

01. Thing In E

02. Every Little Song

03. Talking To You

04. Tahitian Melody

05. Jammin'

06. Fox Is Sick

07. Someone's Changing

08. Remlap's Cave Part II

09. Appeal To The Happy

10. Expectations

11. Thing In E (unissued rehearsal recording)

12. Tahitian Melody (unissued rehearsal recording)

13. River Deep Mountain High (unissued rehearsal recording)

Band information:

Founded in 1967, the group was signed to Mercury Records, on which they released their eponymous debut in 1968. Their album was produced by Abe "Voco" Kesh who is famous with his work with the band Blue Cheer andHarvey Mandel. Their sound was close to groups such as Love and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.Singer Bill Harper and bassist Steve Lage quit the band shortly thereafter, leading to the demise of the group. The band continued on touring until late 1968 and then disbanded.

Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond has cited the Savage Resurrection as one of his biggest influences and, in October 2008, performed a live set with guitarist Randy Hammon. There was some suspicion that Randy Hammon was actually Randy Holden due to some citing that was done in Joe Carducci's book, The Pop Narcotic; this seems to be a misconception.

Post 1968

Bill Harper went on to write and perform, notably appearing on an LP and several singles with The Stepford Husbands in the early '80s. Jeff Myer recorded and toured extensively throughout the '70s and '80s with Van Morrison,Jesse Colin Young, Janis Ian, Tom Fogerty, Terry and The Pirates (with Terry Dolan, John Cipollina, and Greg Douglass), and reggae band The Edge (with the Rowan brothers). Former band member Steve Lage, who was born Stephen Allen Lage on August 15, 1947, died on July 25, 2010 in Oakland, California.

Present day

A version of The Savage Resurrection has been performing since 2007. It features original members Bill Harper, Randy Hammon, and Jeff Myer, joined by Mike Stever on bass and Cliff Moser on guitar.

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The Sacred Mushroom - Selftitled (1969)

The Sacred Mushroom - Selftitled

Met the band rather late, thank you to the dear friend who suggested it to me. Late 60s psychedelic rock/pop.

Album information:

01 - I Don't Like You
02 - You Won't Be Sorry
03 - Catatonic Lover
04 - All Good Things Must Have An End
05 - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
06 - I Take Care
07 - Mean Old World
08 - Lifeline

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The Road - Cognition (1971)

The Road - Cognition

USA, Psyche/Prog

Album information:

01 - Tuely's Day
02 - Tuely And Mary
03 - Make You See
04 - Alone
05 - Wellsville
06 - Power Of Love
07 - If I Ever Needed A Woman
08 - Better Be Sure
09 - 40 Days And Nights (Introduction)
10 - 40 Days And Nights
11 - Make It
12 - Anyone At All
13 - I Want To Go Clear
14 - Play The Game

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The Petards - Selftitled (1968-70)

The Petards - Selftitled

Compilation album released in 1989.

Album information:

1- Golden Glass
2- Shoot Me Up To The Moon 

3- Summerwind 

4- Roses For Kathy 

5- Misty Island 

6- Pretty Liza 

7- The Fountain 

-8 Some Sunny Sunday Morning
9- On The Road With My Bag 

10- Blue Fire Light 

11- Pictures 

12- The Dream 

13- Keep On 

14- My World 

15- Don't You Feel Like Me? 

16- Good Good Donna 

17- Rainy Day 

18- On The Road Drinking Wine 

19- Baby Man 

20- Hello My Friend

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The Paper Garden ‎- Selftitled (1969)

The Paper Garden ‎- Selftitled

Album information:

01 Gypsy Wine
02 Sunshine People
03 Way Up High
04 Lady's Man
05 Mr. Mortimer
06 Man Do You
07 Raining
08 I Hide
09 Raven
10 A Day

Band information:

The Paper Garden was an American psychedelic rock band formed in New York City, New York in 1967. After gathering a sizable following in the Northwest, the group recorded their only album, The Paper Garden, in 1968, which promoted several styles ranging from complex orchestration to hard-edged psychedelia. Following its release, the recordings have since become considered one of the more accomplished artistic statements from the psychedelic era.

Formed in 1967, the Paper Garden consisted of members Joe Arduino (bass guitar, vocals), Sandy Napoli (rhythm guitar, keyboards, sitar, vocals), Paul LoGrande (lead guitar, vocals), Jimmy Tirella (drums), and John Reich (keyboards). With varying talents as multi-instrumentalists, three capable singers, and accomplished songwriters in Arduino, Napoli, and LoGrande, the band almost effortlessly was able to expand upon the complex instrumentals found in the Beatles' Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Paper Garden toured all along the Northeast coast, establishing several pockets of followers in local college campuses. In 1968, the group garnered the interest of record producerGeoff Turner, who was working for Aaron Schroeder's New York-based Musicor Records. Under the assumption that the band would record matetial he heard onstage, Turner signed the Paper Garden to a recording contract, ambitious to produce a group he hoped was on the cutting-edge of psychedelia.

Rather than record the material from their live set, the Paper Garden decided to compose a whole new set of ambitious repertory. The album was much more elaborate and expensive to cut than Turner anticipated; however, he ultimately elected to recording it, complete with string orchestra arrangements, contributions by session trumpeteer, violinist, and trombonist, and intricate vocal harmonies. Music critic Beverly Patterson, writing for It's Psychedelic Baby! magazine voices that The Paper Garden album was "Clearly influenced by the psychedelic hoodoo practiced by the Beatles, trickles of the Idle Race, and the Bee Gees, and even the jolly jugband stylings of the Lovin’ Spoonful, further arise on 'The Paper Garden Presents,' resulting in a record that’s both playful and progressive". Upon release, The Paper Garden was met with positive reviews, but without a single or major record label to support it, the album was a commercial flop.

The Paper Harden disbanded in 1969, and for a while their album was left to lay in obscurity. However, in 2002, Gear-Fab Records released a remastered version of the album. It has since been followed by more reissues on Relics Records in 2012 and Sundazed Records in 2014. The renewed recognition of The Paper Garden has lead to many music critics to conclude the album is a well-executed piece from the psychedelic era.

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