Arkivet
A podcast exploring the world of psychedelic and esoteric music
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Black Blind Light Mixtape
08/07/2022
Black Blind Light Mixtape
A new mix of acoustic and lysergic folk music. Tracklist: Thomas Mera Gartz - En Lycklig Sång Poor Richard - The Gulls Amory Kane - Four Ravens (single version) Yellow Autumn - Energy Spilld Mjölk - Glasverandan Glenn Saiger - Dark Side of the Moon Art Gee - Tea Gardens All That the Name Implies - Black Tuesday Chris Rawlings - Song of Creation Rabindra Danks - Lords Sweet Name Logos - Peace Chas Rose - Ballad For World Heroes Moonstone - Black Blind Light Vandy - Wishing Well Owen B - All We Are Asking Turid - Före Kenora Lachlan Chace McLearn - Lady Come Lightly Sonstar - Save Wild Basin
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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
01/06/2021
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
A new episode to start off the new year, which we surely hope will be a better year. Here we listen to a mixed bag of new discoveries/finds from 2020, including some UK folk, privately pressed westcoast psych, dreamy pop-psych and funky Swedish blues. We also have the honor to play the new single from Kungens män, which will be included in the upcoming 5 LP-box, “Innanför boxen” that will be out in February. Bruce Hamana – Hamana (Canyon Records, 1974) – The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth Shelagh McDonald – First Album (B & C Records, 1970) –Look Over the Hills Cinderella (Imperial, 1971) –From Town to Town Mad Hatters (Fontana, 1966) –I’ll Come Running Red, White and Blues (MNW, 1971) –Far, Far Away Sage – Into the Wind (A & B Records, 1978) –Empty Man Sten Bergman – Lyckohjulet (Gump, 1974) – Vägen är Lång Sally Christopherson – Autumn (Customs Records, 197?) –Autumn Kungens Män – Innanför boxen (Cardinal Fuzz, Adansonia Records och Kungens Ljud & Bild, 2021) –Hamra med slutna ögon You find more info on Kungens män on their .
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The Wheel Turns On Mixtape
11/27/2020
The Wheel Turns On Mixtape
A new mix of privately pressed US and Canadian folk and folk-rock. We also included a few Swedish progg numbers and a great westcoast-sounding band from Japan. Tracklist: Summer Madness - In the Hills of Shiloh Trees - Psalm 46 Handgjort - Worlds on Fire Doug McArthur - One-Eyed Walden David Sinclair - A Tale of Raven Scott Jones - Chattanooga To Lynchburg Trail Randy Palmer - Starlight, Daylight Darragh Nagle - Horse Mesa Chris Rawlings - The Wheel Jim Thompson - Train for Thought Larry Reese - Second Song Sten Bergman - Människofiskare Happy End - Dakishimetai D’Arcy - The Forest Sage - Empty Man Bernt Lööf & Jan Eriksson - Kan ljuset vända åter?
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Interview with Paul Tescher
09/12/2020
Interview with Paul Tescher
Paul Tescher has been collecting records for a long time and started already in the 80s to deal in obscure music. As part of the first generation underground collector he has seen the evolution of the collectors scene, from the beginning to what it is today. In this interview we talk about how he started to collect and sell records and he also share some stories from the weird world of record collecting. He also put together a selection of 6 track to play for us. Paul is still digging records weekly and still manage to find amazing records, although everyone is saying it’s drying up. Bruce Cockburn – Ting/The Couldron (True North, 1971) Spilld Mjölk – Tills döden skiljer oss åt (Svart Mjölk, 1975) Peter Bursch – Witchwood (Pläne, 1981) Anna koka 5 ägg jag är värd i huset – Kaffekokaren (Flärrp-skivor, 1975) Stenblomma – Kungen (Silence,1973) Jennifer Warnes – Sand and Foam (Reprise, 1972)
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Interview with Mark Sabol
07/11/2020
Interview with Mark Sabol
We’ve been in contact with Mark Sabol of Mark and Suzann Farmer for over a year and finally we found the time to record an interview with him. Mark and Suzann Farmer recorded one album, We’ve Been There, in 1978, which is still pretty obscure among collectors. It is mostly known for the moody late-night version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”, and although excellent, this album is far from a one-track-album and I’ve always considered that its true strength lies in Mark’s own compositions. About half of the songs are self-penned and Mark is a competent songwriter and creative arranger, using the sparsely equipped living room recording studio to full use while Suzann has a strong and mesmerizing voice that works well with the material. The overall feel evokes a late-night lounge set at a dimly lit countryside roadhouse and with a minimal instrumentation, including a simple drum machine and a lot of homemade production tricks, they create a mellow but still diverse experience, with enough nuances to keep you returning for repeated listening. The covers generally work well in the mix, and if anything, adds to the lounge vibe and reflex the sound of their live set. In this interview we talk about the making of the album and how it was in the lounge business in the late 70s. We also listen to Dreams, American Child, Waiting For the Dawn and We’ve Been There from the album.
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Music in Isolation
04/23/2020
Music in Isolation
Although we officially called it a quit with our 80th episode last summer, we’re back with a one-off episode for all of you who are in a lockdown/quarantine or to everyone who just wants to hear some new music. This episode presents records acquired since the last show and includes a mixed bag of communal folk (Huckle), lounge (Eddie Suzuki), Exotica (Dennise Norwood), Swedish progg (Rabatt and Kvartetten som sprängde) and more. We’re also happy to include the great track “Blanket Fog Descends” from Sven Wunder’s forthcoming album, “Wabi Sabi”. Don’t sleep on this one as it will go quickly. We hope you are all doing well during these crazy times and that the selection can bring some enjoyment while maintaining social distancing. Stay safe everyone! More information on Sven Wunder and Wabi Sabi can be found on . Huckle - Upon a Once Time (Homespun, 1974) -Get Down Trúbrot (Parlophone, 1970) -Ég sé það Jim Thompson II and Preflyte – Message at 33 1/3 (Sky Light Records, 1979) -Eternal Light Brigade Eddie Suzuki – New Hawaii (ESP Hawaii, mid-70s?) -Beauty Near Hanalei Rabatt (Marilla, 1971) -X:et Kvartetten som Sprängde – Kattvals (Gump, 1973) -Gånglåt från Vallahallvägen Dennise Norwood – In the Skin with Me (Dennise Records, 1961) -In the Skin with Me
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Natural Highs Mixtape
12/28/2019
Natural Highs Mixtape
A mix of back-to-nature folk, eastern-tinged psych and acoustic improvisations. “Nature’s beauty is so astonishing, makes you want to be around it all the time, you know it’s even been known to make people high” – Jerry and Nancy Stevens Tracklist: Children of One - Eastern Cloth (Real Records, 1969) Arbete och Fritid - Fantasins Lov (MNW, 1977) Big Lost Rainbow - Ocean (Big Lost, 1973) Huckle - Hello Sunshine (Homespun, 1974) Brent Titcomb - Falling Star (CBC, 1975) Becky Ryan - Pirate (Blossom Records, 1977) Magic Carpet - Alan’s Christmas Card (Mushroom, 1972) Caroline Peyton - Light-Years (Bar-B-Q Records, 1977) David Fishel - Faces to Match the Weather (Kateye Records, 1976) Jerry and Nancy Stevens - Stranded (Troll Records, 1976) Michael Styers - Pan’s Door (No label, 1980) Bob Alster - Hardwood Flats (No label, 1983) Chris Madsen - Sand and Foam (No label, 1983) Expanding Circle - Cova Kom (No label, 1980) Carl Erdmann - Within (No label, 1980) JB Sky-Blue Into Blue (Gypsy-Child Records, 1977) Scotti-Equal Time (Strawberry Records, 1974)
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Full Circle - An Interview with Paul Major
06/28/2019
Full Circle - An Interview with Paul Major
We are honored to have Paul Major with us for the 80th and final episode of Arkivet. Paul has been one of the most influential persons for this podcast as the guru of obscure psychedelic and private press records. In order to have a collector scene, context and coherency are key elements and Paul was one of the first to see the connections and to link private press and real people records to the canon of psychedelic music. Therefore, it is no surprise that many of the records he discovered are true classics and in this episode we play some of the records Paul discovered, and hear him telling the stories of how he found them. We also listen to a few records that are unknown to Paul but that we hope would fit his taste and his well-traveled ears. We couldn’t think of a better way to end this podcast, which has been running for over 6 years and almost 80 hours of recorded material, then to do it together with Paul. We want to thank all of you that have listened to our ramblings and that have participated, in one way or the other, to the show over the years. Thank you all! Darius-s/t (Chartmaker, 1968) -I Feel the Need To Carry On Dark-Dark Round the Edges (Sis, 1972) -Maypole Jazz Bend Me Blues Band (Algar, 1967-68) -Happiness Dream Morgen (ABC Probe, 1969) -Purple Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, 197?) -Is This For Real? Ray Harlowe and Gyp Fox (Waterwheel Records, 1978) -Gettin’ Keyed Sounds of Salvation-s/t (Reflection, 1974) -Overseers The Clap-Have You Reached Yet? (Nova Sol Records, 1972) -Out of the Shadows Also, don’t forget to listen to our previous with Paul and a we did together last time he was in Stockholm.
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Westcoast Jams
06/08/2019
Westcoast Jams
Here we engulf ourselves in some westcoast jams, with bands that doesn’t necessarily have to come from the west coast but all playing that laid-back breezy Californian vibe. Among the highlights of the show is the extremely rare self-titled mini-album by Al Manfredi, which he pressed in about 100 copies for demo purposes and with only very few known to exist today. Also the highly acclaimed Kristyl album is worthy a mention, as it is not only a solid album but one of the true classics in the private press world and discovered already in the ´80s by the legendary Paul Major. Furthermore, we want to highlight the underrated debut of Help Yourself, which in our opinion, is one of the best westcoast-sounding albums from the UK. With that said, we hope you will enjoy our selection of (mostly) 7 minutes westcoast jams. Al Manfredi-s/t (Band n’ Vocal, 1973) -Blue Gold Help Yourself-s/t (Liberty, 1971) -Old Man Snakegrinder-And the shredded Fieldmice (Alligator Shoes, 1977) -Love Junkie Turnquist Remedy-Iowa By the Sea (Pentagram, 1970) -All Gone Blues Act II Lacewing – s/t (Mainstream, 1971) -Paradox Kristyl – s/t (No label, 1975) -The Valley of Life
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Swedish Psychedelic Music Part 2
05/16/2019
Swedish Psychedelic Music Part 2
We seldom highlight music from our home country but in this episode we turn the spotlight on some Swedish underground and psychedelic bands. In the episode we listen to some of the most obscure bands of the Swedish underground, like Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers, which only release was a test pressing with just a few copies made, but we also play well established acts, such as Nature and Mecki Mark Men. To add some confusion, we also throw in a Finnish band, Cirius, and the reason for the inclusion is that they do a little-known but great version of Bosses Låt (originally recorded by the Swedish band Fläsket Brinner). On top of this, we also listen to some contemporary Swedish progressive music with Pocket-Size and the track Clairvoyant from their new album Immortality (released in December 2018). Raunchy (Scam records, 1975) -Flygmaskinen Nature-Earthmover (Sonet, 1974) -Mystery Brew Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers (No label/test pressing, 1970) -It’s Raining Mecki Mark Men (Philips, 1967) -Midnight Land Cirius-Cirius II (Blue Master Special, 1974) -Bossen Laulu (Bosses Låt) Älgarnas Trädgård-Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden (Silence, 1972) -Saturnus Ringar You find more info on Pocket-Size and upcoming shows on their and . For more on Swedish psychedelia, check out this previous . Thanks to Stefan Kéry from for providing with information for this episode.
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Late Night Vibes
04/30/2019
Late Night Vibes
In this episode we go into a late-night mood with some nocturnal psychedelic and private press records. For many of the artists featured in this episode the information is scarce and most of them are still flying under-the-radar, so we hope to shed some light on these great records and hopefully you’ll find something new and interesting that you have not heard before. Jazz Bend Me Blues Band (Algar, 1967/68) -Lady Weaver Moonlyte – Better Late Than Never… (Astro Records, 1974) -Magic Stencils Jimmy Thompson (Dek Records, 1969) -In My Dreams Last of the Unknowns (Thundermen, ?) -1, 2 Many X´s Ben Bogaardt – s/t (Can-Aussie Distributors, 1971) -U.F.O. Tim Callander – Future (IJCM, 1979) -Headin’ To Redwood Thanks to Aaron Dunn for help with background info on the Brothers Bogaardt.
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Not Your Average Joe
02/24/2019
Not Your Average Joe
We have put together an eclectic mix of unique artistic expressions in this show. The tracks doesn’t follow a specific genre but all are from the parallel universe of privately pressed music. For the episode we’ve also been in contact with who helped us to fill in some gaps regarding his debut album “Lack of Sleep”. We end this episode with and the great track Condor Sunflower from their long-awaited new EP. David S Mull (Alpine Records, 197?) -Far From Home Garrett Schroeder – Lack of Sleep (Earth Records, 1979) -Maze of Dreams Del Buckingham-No Gimmicks (Genera, 1974) -Wrong Is Right Ingegärd Nordell – Känsla (Retone, 1973) -Vart Steg Du Tar Warhorse – Seduction (No label, 1979) -She Looks So Good Michael Kamper – s/t (No label, ?) -The White Haired Lady Steve Akin (Ash Records, 1970) -I’m Trippin’ Alone Thanks to Jonathan Kirby of Numero Group and Garrett Schroeder for helping us with background info for the episode.
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The Perennial Philosophy Mix
02/14/2019
The Perennial Philosophy Mix
A new mix of folk, spiritual psych and post-hippie mindsets. Aldous Huxley – Excerpt from Visionary Experience Vol. II Sounds of Salvation – Love III Hosanna – Why Are Thou Disquieted? Brent Titcomb – Tibetan Bells Murari – The One Who Loves Me Best The Two Rivers! – Cast Out From the Castle Dennis Loren – Let Go Michael Cassidy – There Is a Light Michael McGrath – The Awakened Severance and Cassidy – Feather In the Wind Bob Patterson – Bed of Roses Patterson and Pults – Loneliness Is Only In Your Own Mind Don Ebbett – Fire In the Sky Windwords – Take Me Away Ebbanflo – The Unicorn Song Demi Heure – Clochers et Maisons Garrett Schroeder – Maze of Dreams
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Mystery Jukebox with Jens Unosson
01/16/2019
Mystery Jukebox with Jens Unosson
In this episode we introduce a new concept for the podcast and we call it the Mystery Jukebox. The idea is simple, we let a collector or listener send us a secret playlist, which we have no pre-knowledge about and let the selector take us on a journey to the unknown. After we have listened and discussed each of the track the artist identity will be revealed for us and you. For the first episode in this series Jens Unosson have selected 11 tracks for us. Jens is a long-time collector and psychedelic scholar from the deep forest of Northern Sweden. When he’s not tending to his farm he runs an on-line webpage, , where you can find weird and esoteric records for sale. As this is a secret playlist we will not disclose Jens´ selection by writing it out beforehand and ruin all the fun for you guys and girls. Hope you’ll like it!
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Cosmic American Music Part 2
12/02/2018
Cosmic American Music Part 2
Here we return yet again to the concept of Cosmic American Music, as we didn’t have the time to play you all of the tracks in . In this second part, we mix lesser-known records with some true classics as well as revisiting a few artists that we have already listened to in pervious episodes. We also highlight two great new acts, and . James Matthew VII will have his debut LP “Cosmic Folk Ballads” released next year and we listen to his composition “Stoned When I Pray”, while Dalton Correction put out their debut in 2017 on Possible Records, and from that one we play “Yarará”. JB Sky-Reach for the Sky (Gypsy Child Records, 1977) -Lonesome Cowboys Euphoria – A Gift From Euphoria (Capitol, 1969) -Sweet Fanny Adams Bob Patterson (R.D.P, 1971) -Darlin’ Good Girl Alexander “Skip” Spence-Oar (Columbia, 1969) -Broken Heart Scotti-For Friends (Strawberry, 1974) -Brand New Day Cambridge-Share A Song (Green Dolphin, 1977) -Share A Song Mark and Suzann Farmer – We’ve Been There (MSJ, 1978) -Waiting For the Dawn
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It's Completely Hypnotic
11/05/2018
It's Completely Hypnotic
We’re thrilled to finally have our friend Anders Alexander with us on the show. Anders is a record collector and dealer from Southern Sweden (now living in Stockholm) who’s been hunting records since the 80s. Nowadays he sells records under the name Vinylkatten at record fairs and in his own pop-up record store. For the show, he brought an eclectic mix of records, ranging from under-the-radar gems and dollar-bin alerts to psych grails, and we promise an episode filled with psychedelic saxophones, cocaine flutes (Anders favorite instrument), troglodyte rock and hypnotic vibes. Bob Seger System (Capitol, 1968) -Death Row Adam (Mala, 1966) -Eve The Facedancers-s/t (Paramount, 1972) -Dreamer’s Lullabye Baris Manco (Türküola, 1972) -Ölum Allahin Emri Wizz Jones-Right On (CBS, 1972) -One Grain of Sand Amazing Friendly Apple (Decca, 1969) -Magician Joseph-Stoned Age Man (Scepter, 1970) -I Ain’t Fattenin’ No More Frogs For Snakes The Electric Toilet-In the Hands of Karma (Nasco, 1970) -Within Your State of Mind
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Let's Get Personal
10/08/2018
Let's Get Personal
We’ve been doing this podcast for over five years now and recorded 70 episodes, including 23 interviews with other collectors and musicians. Over the years some have asked us about how we got into collecting records, so in this episode we’re going to tell you about our personal musical journeys and how we got deeper into the psychedelic rabbit hole. The records in this episode represent a development in terms of taste or collecting and while my selection is all about the psych classics, Viktor throws in a wild bunch of songs. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (Elektra, 1969) -Ramblin’ Rose Dantalian’s Chariot (Columbia, 1967) -The Madman Running Through the Fields Tom Waits – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Anti-, 2006) -Two Sisters West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Part One (Reprise, 1967) -Leiyla King Khan & the BBQ Show (Goner, 2005) -Waddlin’ Around Mu – s/t (RTV, 1971) -Blue Form Gandalf – s/t (Capitol, 1969) -Me About You Frank Ocean (Blonded, 2018) -Moon River Darius – s/t (Chartmaker, 1968) -Blow My Mind Perry Leopold – Experiments in Metaphysics (no label, 1970) -Cold In Philadelphia
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Cosmic American Music Part 1
08/14/2018
Cosmic American Music Part 1
Inspired by Numero Group’s compilation we felt we wanted to do a take on that theme. However, as neither of us have so much country records in our collections this episode turned out to be a little bit more eclectic with songs inspired by American roots music in general, so it will be some country-tinged tracks but also blues and folk. As we had more tunes lined up than we could squeeze into this episode we will return with a part 2 of this theme. Featured in this episode is also two contemporary artists, and , as we continue with our new segment of playing modern music. Part-Time Lover will release an EP in October on in Cleveland and included here is one of the tracks, “Magic Child”. Evan Haywood is just finishing up his second album “Perfumed Gardens” and we play “Ashes of Oblivion” from the LP. George Law – s/t (Bongwater Records, 1977) -Clouded Mind Drendall, Thrower and Friends – Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues (Deacon Productions, 1972) -Papa Never Let Me Sing the Blues Peter Grudzien – Album nr. 2 (in Two Sides) “The Garden of Love” (Subliminal Sounds, 2007) -Kiss Me Another Kathy Ford – s/t (The Great Arts and Farces Company, 1980) -Kid From Colorado Dennis – Lay By Me (Roadside Records, 1978) -Open the Door Bureman & O’Rourke – Strawberry Pickin’s (Pearce, 1974) -Genevieve The Trio – s/t (No label, 1969-70/2015) -Kind Sir
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DJ-set with Paul Major
08/13/2018
DJ-set with Paul Major
This is part of a DJ-set that we did together with Paul Major at Geronimo's FGT in Stockholm, July 2018. Darius - I Feel the Need to Carry On St John Green - Canyon Woman Daisy Chain - All Because of You Anonymous - Who’s Been Foolin’? Jade Stone and Luv - Reality Marcus - Sweet Inspiration New Dawn - Life Goes On Peter Grudzien - The Unicorn Dark - Maypole Jeff Liberman - Phenaphen no. 3 Last Call of Shiloh - Marriage Supper of the Lamb Help - Life Worth Living Relatively Clean Rivers - A Thousand Years Snakegrinder - Love Junkie Tripsichord - Fly Baby Bent Wind - Riverside Creation of Sunlight - David D.R. Hooker - This Thing Stonewall - Outer Spaced Travis - Lovin You’ Majic Ship - Life’s Lonely Road Zerfas - You Never Win Erik - Rebel Woman The Red House - Mary Anne Conception - Babylon Frank Monroe - Looking At You Village STOP - Vibration Clap - Out of the Shadows Steve Morgen - Beggin’ Your Pardon (Miss Joan)
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News From the Singles Department Part 2
07/20/2018
News From the Singles Department Part 2
Here we continue to explore some great psych 45s (press for part 1). The focus in Part 1 was more on heavy psych and hard rock while in this epsiode we listen to some classic psych and folk-psych sounding singles. We also do a follow-up on Conception (which we included in Part 1) as we been in contact with more people involved in the band and we now have a more complete history of the group. In this episode we also introduce a new segment to the podcast where we highlight some newly released tracks and first out is the band Salt Lick with their heavy sounding Doctor (of Love). The Red House (Big K, 1969) -Mary Anne Simple Simon and the Piemen (Regency, 1967) -People of Time Plastic Cloud (Allied, 1968) -Shadows of Your Mind Conception (Perfection, 1969) -The Game David Santo (Phoenix, 1968) -Rising of Scorpio Yankee Dollar (Dot, 1969) -Reflection of a Shattered Mind Gerry Pond (Reprise, 1966) -The Sometime Girl Two Rivers! (Manfred Janssen/Jim Vautour) (CBC, 197?) -Sweet Harmony For more info on Salt Lick press
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Interview with Lance Barresi
05/24/2018
Interview with Lance Barresi
We’re so glad to have Lance Barresi of joining the show again. Last time we spoke was more than a year ago and a lot has happen since. In this episode we focus on the newly released “” of the Brown Acid Compilation Series and we listen to five tracks from this volume. Lance also gives us a first listen to a track for the “Seventh Trip”, which will be out on Halloween this year. We also listen to Spiny Norman - a band featured on the second Brown Acid volume but which a full length album of unreleased material was released by earlier this year. Besides that we also discuss record collecting in general and the future of vinyl. Truth & Janey (Sound Communications, 1972) -Midnight Horseman West Minist’r (Magic Records, 1971) -My Life Flight (Blecman Records, 1974) -Luvin’, Huggin’, and More Purgatory (Not on Label, 1970) -Polar Expedition Zendik (Pslhrtz, 1970) -Is There No Peace Summit (North Room Records, 1969) -The Darkness Spiny Normen (RidingEasy Record, 2018) -Bell Park Loon
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News From the Singles Department
05/04/2018
News From the Singles Department
This episode doesn’t follow a particular theme but instead focus around some recently acquired 45s. Although the theme is not clear it turned out to be a pretty heavy episode with some hard rock-sounding tunes, like Babylon, Rebel Woman and Lovin’ You (which was recently included on the Brown Acid compilation series). Other highlights includes a nice version of The United States of America’s Coming Down, done by an unknown band, which only known recording is an acetate we recently came across. Special for this episode is that we also had the pleasure to interview Sid Bradley from the band Erik, who shed some light on this little-known group for us, which cut two great 45s in the early 70s. For this episode we have also talked to Charlie Day, who played in Conception, and John Lally from Travis, and they revealed some interesting facts about their groups and the recordings they made. We also wish to thank Lance Barresi from Permanent Records, who helped us get in contact with John Lally. Travis (Starshine Production, 1970) -Lovin’ You Micah (Sterling Award, 1971) -I’m Only One Man Erik -Child of the Sea (Coliseum, 1971) -Rebel Woman (Eden, 1972) Unknown Artist – Coming Down (acetate by an unknown band, 196?) The Group Image (Community, 1968) -Hiya Conception (Perfection, 1969) -Babylon Frank Monroe (Eternity, 1977) -Looking Back at You Home Grown (Westmount Records, 1976) -Here in the West
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Interview with Reine Fiske
03/23/2018
Interview with Reine Fiske
Reine Fiske is well-known as a musician in various bands and musical constellations, most notable as the guitarist of Dungen, Träden and The Amazing. Besides his own musicianship, Reine has long been a devoted record collector with an impressive collection of experimental, psychedelic and progressive music. In this episode, he plays some incredible rare and extraordinary records for us, such as Christian Yoga Church, one of finest psychedelic commune recordings ever made, as well as an acetate copy of Mandrake Memorial’s Medium with a different mix on several of the songs. Reine has also been involved in several reissue projects, including the 3 LP box-set of Pärson Sound, the band that later evolved into Träd, gräs och stenar. Here we listen to their composition Tio Minuter (Ten Minutes), which was originally recorded for Swedish radio in 1967. We also listen to the “dark and epic” music of Jake Holmes and Radiomöbel as well as some fine Turkish psychedelic folk by Ersen. With that said, we hope you’ll enjoy this show as much as we do! Ersen (Şahinler, 1972) -Kozan Dağı Jake Holmes – Letter To Katherine December (Tower, 1968) -Leaves Never Break Christian Yoga Church – Turn On!! Music For the Hip At Heart (Memorare, 1967) -Excerpt from side 1 Mandrake Memorial-Medium (Poppy, 1968, acetate copy) -Smokescreen (with a different mix) Radiomöbel – Tramseböx (Chockskivor, 1975) -Hav Pärson Sound – s/t (Subliminal Sounds, 2001) -Tio Minuter
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What's the Concept?
01/31/2018
What's the Concept?
The concept album format really started to evolve during the psychedelic era of the late ‘60s, and reached its height in the progressive scene of the early ‘70s, where the album became the main artistic expression. Here, we highlight some unusual concept and context-based albums, with some concept ideas being stranger than others. We hope you find the selection interesting and that you seek out some of these albums to listen to them as a whole (to fully grasp the meaning of the concept!). A New Place To Live-s/t (Mandala, 1972) -The Moon Tune Mandrake Memorial-Puzzle (Poppy, 1970) -Earthfriend Dr Z-Three Parts To My Soul (Spiritus, Manes et Umbra) (Vertigo, 1971) -Evil Woman’s Manly Child Dreamies-Auralgraphic Entertainment (Stone Theater. 1974) -Excerpt from Program Ten Robert Callender-Le Musée de L'Impressionnisme (Phillips, 1975) - Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec Jimmie Haskell-California ’99 (ABC, 1971) -Jessica Stone
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Psych Records on a Shoestring
01/10/2018
Psych Records on a Shoestring
We’re continuing our series of episodes of cheap quality records. In this episode, we’re mainly focusing on psych 45s but we also included a few full length LPs, which all coast around $10 and are easy to find. As usual, the bulk of the artists are from the US but we also mix it up with some affordable Italian prog and Swedish progg. We hope that some of these record are new to you and something that you look for next time you're out digging. Scorpion (American Recording Company, 1973) -I’m Only Human The Tow-Away Zone (Epic, 1968) -Shabd* Dennis Stoner-s/t (Vantage, 1971) -Lost Along the Highway Dalton, James and Sutton (RCA, 1972) -Esatoria Tritons (Barclay, 1973) -Drifter Thomas Wiehe-Drömskugga (Silence, 1974) -Raga vid de relativas nollpunkt Jordan (Golden Chariot, 1974) -Do You Know What It’s Like *We're discussing the meaning of the word "Shabd" during the episode but without reaching a conclusion. After a quick google we realized that "Shabd" means "word" or "sound" in Hindi.
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Not On Discogs
12/27/2017
Not On Discogs
For this episode we’ve put together a selection of lesser-known or possibly unknown (?) records. It’s a strange mix of strange music with all possible genres, including real people, lounge-psych, dreamy psych-pop, breezy soft-rock, folk and hard rock. Dr. Fuzz (Flippist, 1977) -I’ll Be There at the End of the World Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, ?) -An Angel Blessed Luellen Reese-s/t (Musican’s Co-op International, 1981) -Silvery Waterfall Duke (Joy Records, 1975) -Runaway Girl Charlie Bleak (Main One Records, 1973) -Never You Mind The Weirz-s/t (Parallel Records and Tapes, 1979) -Hard Luck Story
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Guitar Wizards
12/02/2017
Guitar Wizards
In this episode, we celebrate the guitar and highlight some of our favorite guitarists. It’s not only through epic guitar solos and technical skill that make you a great guitarist, instead it’s about creating a mood and a feeling through your instrument. The guitarists featured in this episode have that skill and they really can pull some spellbinding guitar wizard tricks out of their hats. John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble – Middle-Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1968) -The Oud and the Fuzz Myke Jackson – Alone (Yi-Yi Records, 1975) -In Search of a Home David Chalmers – Primevil Road (Same Old Label, 1976) -Houston Jeffery Liberman – s/t (Librah, 1976) -Phenaphen #3 Steve Tibbetts – s/t (Frammis, 1977) -The Secret Bernie Schwartz –The Wheel (Coburt, 1970) -Sunshine Woman
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Summer Special - Not One Bummer the Whole Summer
08/01/2017
Summer Special - Not One Bummer the Whole Summer
Summer is here (and is almost over in Sweden) so we put together a special episode with some favorite summer tunes. The selection in today’s show is not only sunshine pop and breezy vibes but instead we cover a broad range of styles, including heavy Swedish progg, real people, private press psych, downer folk and only one sunshine pop track. A perfect mix for lazy days at the beach. Stone Harbour - Emerges (Stone Harbour, 1974) - Summer Magic Is Gone Michael Farneti - Good Morning Kisses (Full Moon, 1976) - Nineteenth Summer Dagens Rätt - Sommarregn (IMAS Records, 1972) - Jag ville, jag vore Jeff Eubank - A Street Called Straight (Dorothea Records, 1983) - Summersong Mecki Mark Men - Running In the Summer Night (Limelight, 1969) - Running In the Summer Night Mark Eric - A Midsummer’s Day Dream (Revue, 1969) - Where Did the Girls of the Summer Go Hard Meat - Through a Window (Warner Bros, 1970) -A Song of Summer
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The Wild Adventures of the Strange Man - Interview with Michal Hasek
07/11/2017
The Wild Adventures of the Strange Man - Interview with Michal Hasek
This is an interview with the Canadian singer-songwriter Michal Hasek, who did several privately pressed albums and performed all over Canada and the US during the ‘70s and ‘80s. In this interview, he share some of the stories from his time as a traveling musician, including hanging out with Alan Watts at the Ottumwa Heights Catholic College and being kicked off stage by Janis Joplin. Michal was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946. Not long after, his family fled from the Soviet Union and after a few years living in various countries they eventually settled down in Canada. As a teenager in Toronto in the ´60s, he found himself in the midst of the current folk boom and he soon become part of the community of aspiring musicians hanging out in the hip neighborhood of Yorkville. He started playing coffeehouses and bars all over Canada as well as doing several tours in the Midwest. In 1974 his first album was released on his own imprint, Naja, which received some airplay and was later distributed by A&M (check out Acid Archives for a review of the album). He continued to play throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and privately released two more albums, The Radio Play in 1978 and Night Fear in 1989. We wish to thank Aaron Dunn for helping us get in contact with Michal, David Brown for kind permission to use some of his photos and Nathan Wisnicki for helping out with the recording. Michal Hasek - s/t (1974) -Naja (intro tune) -Strange Man -Kick'N The Ass - Amchitka Alan Watts - This Is It (1962) -Love You Michal Hasek with Sundog - The Radio Play (1978) -The Radio Play Michal Hasek - Night Fear (1989) -Night Fear (second version) Michal Hasek -Northern Lights (bonus material to the CD version of his debut, recorded in the early ‘70s) Michal Hasek - Hasek (compilation) -Nottawasaga (recorded in the early ‘70s)
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As We Travel Mixtape – Hippie Anthems and Lysergic Manifestations
05/18/2017
As We Travel Mixtape – Hippie Anthems and Lysergic Manifestations
We’ve put together a new mix of mind-manifesting music, including some singer-songwriter tunes, communal folk, hippie idealism and plenty of hand drums. Thrower, Spillane and McFarland – Crow (Ranger, 1973) F.B. Worster – Autumn’s Child (MPI, 1974) Turid –Stjärnor och Änglar (Silence, 1975) Cymbeline – Sixth Image (Green Light, 1971) Bob McBride – 90 Degrees on the Moon (Capitol, 1973) Peter Kelley – I Been Told (Sire, 1971) Ptarmigan – Go Dancing (Columbia, 1974) Lila – Beneath The Sky (Lila, 1978) Shawi – Un Air De Printemps (Intervalle, 1981) Om Shanti – We Are Home (Solace, 1977) Kevin Vicalvi – Another Day, Another Time (Starizon Studio, 1974) Kold Duc – Evil Woman (Vat, 197?) John Braheny – Don't Cry For Me (Pete, 1968) Rex Holman – Debbie (Pentagram, 1970) Jerry Merrick – Please Clear the Air (Mercury, 1969) John Berberian – The Fuzz (Excerpt) (Verve Forecast, 1969)
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