Jason Crest - Black Mass

As long as I'm posting songs that I actually uploaded, the season is exactly right for this record. Absolutely nothing else Jason Crest ever did sounded remotely like this. In fact, absolutely nothing else anybody has done sounds like this.

Happy Halloween.

The Dragons - Food For My Soul

Jazz-pop-psych-fusion recorded in '69 but released some time later. The album is called "BFI" (for "Blue Forces Intelligence") and is very much worth seeking for fans of organ-driven sounds with spacey polyphony.

Love - Willow Willow

From whichever cranial crevice it had been holed up in, this later selection by Arthur Lee's band has emerged and been making the rounds in my head of late. And I'm letting it breathe by releasing it to a dynamic audience. Enjoy.

Bulldog Breed - Halo in My Hair

UK mod-rock classic.

Music Emporium - Two selections

Music Emporium put out one glorious album of organ-centric psych-rock in 1969 and seemingly vanished. From that album, the upbeat opener whose title may not be quite right (nevertheless, that's what it says on the album), and also a very "Gentle", beautifully sad piece....

Firesign Theatre - How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All

Psychedelic and comedic spoken word. I think that describes it. Kind of.

Sixth Day Creation - Cherry Pie

This one-off single from Cincinnati is one of the finest songs the Small Faces never performed (to my knowledge). No relation to any other tune with this title (according to one thread on the 'Book that inspired this post).

She Trinity - Climb That Tree

From the 'Tube account that gave us Ruth Copeland (post below), here's an all-female, tri-national rock band with their final B-side, from 1969. A real period piece, this features a crisp, hard, early-progressive sound drenched in guitar and an organ backing, and a kind of Carole King-esque lead vocal. Check out that solo. Psychedelic.

Orange Machine - Dr. Crippen's Waiting Room

Fuzz-psych.

Bent Wind - Touch of Red

Or maybe this is "Mistify". I'm not sure; I don't own this album. I only have the Internet to go by with this one. The original mp3 of this song that I obtained had it labeled "Mistify", but I sense that it's actually this song, if only based on the correlation between the lyrics and the titles of the two pieces. Anyway, true, original raucous garage psych right here.

The Aerovons - Resurrection

I've known the magical opening track from this album for a few years, but I'm only hearing the rest of it now. The resemblance between the title track and "Across the Universe" is quite stark, and now "Say Georgia" immediately calls "Oh! Darling" to mind. Make no mistake: these St. Louisians (is that how you say that?) had one fixed target when they hopped the pond to Abbey Road studios in London (and reportedly made off with some of the Fabs' equipment!). A "fab" listen so far indeed. Hear it now through the magic of YouTube.

"It's a new world of you, and I'm just a stranger here..."