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1970’s Rock Concert and Culture Chronicles . . . . . . . In Celebration of Jimi’s Birthday November 27, 1942: Ride Shotgun with Monster Mike on a Hard-Core Psychedelic Road Trip to make it to the Forum on 4/25/70 to experience HENDRIX!

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– In Celebration of Jimi’s Birthday, November 27, 1942 –
Ride Shotgun with Monster Mike On A Hard-Core Psychedelic Road Trip To Experience Hendrix At The Forum On 4/25/70!

As told by Monster Mike, Tribal Chieftain, who practiced Lugosi, Karloff and Lorre impersonations with Westchester High School friend, classmate, and future SNL icon, Phil Hartman.

“Ok, here’s the brain dump on the Hendrix concert; but first here are the players – my roommate in the Westwood apartment was six foot six; so I’ll call him “Big Bill”.  He knows lots of smugglers and was one of my main connections.  “Bob”, originally from Inglewood, but lived in the Santa Cruz area, lived in the last house up a four mile road in Aptos – up above the Hobbit walk place – small world.  He was also a big time dealer and good friend of Big Bill.  “Nancy”, very pretty, was my date for the concert, but into downers; ugh!

Here’s The Whole Story: Jimi Hendrix is playing at the Forum and I can’t miss the most awesome rock guitar player ever.

Saturday night and I’m doing my usual pre-concert ritual for tickets, good tickets of course.  I have a standing offer to supply whatever mood enhancers for the person and his or her friends who will supply me with 2 tickets.  Whatever they want I’ll get and supply all night and into the next day. Boom!  I get two excellent tickets in a group of 10 friends – floor sets, 16th row!  This is going to be memorable. Three weeks before the concert and I can hardly wait.

One week before the concert and my roommate Big Bill needs to go to our friend’s house in Santa Cruz so the two of them can make a major Afghan primo surfboard hash deal. Only one problem Big Bill’s car isn’t working – and the only way he can get to Bob’s place in the Santa Cruz Mountains is for me to drive.  This all should be done for my timely return to see Jimi.
I got the tickets and how can I miss the best guitarist in the world?

We make the drive to Santa Cruz on Monday and on Tuesday Big Bill and Bob take off to exchange a couple hundred pounds of the best Afghan surfboard hash between a couple of unknown persons.  I spend the time with Bob’s girlfriend and his sister, getting high and just enjoying the beautiful mountains.  Big Bill and Bob don’t return until Thursday night, but they do return with 20 pounds of the best mind-zonking Hash in the world.  We partake of the goods just scored until early Friday morning finally going into a sleepy bliss.

No early risers back then, breakfast is at noon.  Then back to the consumption of copious amounts of Hash.  By 2:30 pm the 5 of us have consumed another ounce and a half of zonking city. Needless to say the buzz is mind boggling.  OK, I’m not thinking straight, but all the time I keep saying I’ve got to get back to Los Angeles for the Hendrix concert tomorrow night.
I can’t miss this gig. It’s going to be epic.

Now “Big Bill” isn’t going to the concert nor anyone else in this group. I barely know what’s
going on, but I do know Big Bill wants to stay and kick back in the mellowness of the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Even though I know all of this, we all drop some white double dome acid.
What am I thinking?  Must be too high to not join the party.  By 4 pm it’s on – it’s full adventure time.

Now it’s 6 pm and hallucinating like crazy, but if I don’t go now I’ll never go.  Big Bill keeps trying to talk me into staying.  I gotta’ go.  Big Bill has no other way back.  We leave.
This is a 6 and a half hour drive, we’ll be carrying a couple pounds of the Afghan Hash, and what the Hell am I doing?  I’m going to see Jimi!  What else!  Yes, he was that good.

We make it back to the apartment about 1 am the day of the concert. This was the wildest drive I’ve ever driven.  Between the road, the lines on the road, constantly moving and the fictitious animals running across the road, I have no idea of how we made it.  I do remember the rainbows going in every direction from the oncoming headlights.  So beautiful, and so many, but so distracting.  Who wants to watch the road when the colors are so mesmerizing? Don’t know how many times Big Bill had to tell me not to brake for some non-existent animal or person.

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Luckily only one gas stop and a couple of stop lights were encountered. Hard to tell red, green, yellow, purple, blue, or whatever.  One thing is for sure, I wasn’t going to fall asleep on this trip. Too many things going on and too numerous to relate to – plus the over-riding desire to see the best guitarist ever.

After a quick respite I get up, eat, and start calling my date and the others to gather the list – the mood enhancer list, that is.  It’s 3 pm and the concert is starting soon, but nothing will stop my experience tonight.

Got the list together, pick up my date, and meet up with the concert friends to pass out the mood enhancers.  My date, Nancy, voluptuous and just plain pretty, besides being a first date, is not quite as interested as I thought in the concert.  She wants to take 5 or 6 reds.  These are downers.  Like drinking a 5th of whisky. UGH!  No fun.  A pretty rag doll.  I do more of the popular-at-the-time Double Dome. Large amount.

Finally at the concert!  And what a concert!  Voodoo Child is the best live rock song ever.  The first notes just suck you in.  Besides being in Psychedelic Heaven we partook of the newly acquired surfboard Hash.  Even Nancy falling asleep couldn’t dampen the atmosphere.  How does that happen, guess you’ll have to ask her.  Wish the concert never ended.  Musical bliss, especially
when one’s senses are enhanced by mind altering substances.

Concert ends, I take Nancy home, she finally partly woke up, good riddance, and go to a friend’s house to enjoy the rest of the mood enhancers.  Pass out more to those who wished something more.  More of that Afghan smoke.  Get home sometime Sunday; while it’s still daylight.

Now that I think about it, I’m lucky to have made this concert, I drove a lot of times on psychedelics, but this has to be the most epic I ever experienced; as much of the drive was a hallucination on some other planet. But like I said, nothing was going to stop me from seeing Jimi at the Forum!

Amazing surviving some of those times.”

Amen, Brother. 

Happy Birthday Jimi!

And thanks for Rockin’ our world.
Lookin’ forward to seeing you in the next one!

 

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1960’s and 1970’s Culture Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . Six Sixties & Seventies Sexy Pinback Buttons!

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SIX SIXTIES & SEVENTIES SEXY PINBACK BUTTONS!

Check’em out Folks, these are nearly half a century old from a time when wearing buttons accessorized not only one’s outer clothing style but was also a fun statement of one’s inner feelings as well.  These were colorful signs of free speech, satire, protest, humor, endorsement, and anti-establishmentarianism.

Presented in found, unrestored condition from the depths of 00individual’s collections, it would appear from the overall theme of this featured select group of surviving accoutrements that 00individual didn’t dwell on worldly political issues like the war, injustice, freedom of speech and equality, no, he wore buttons that expressed the really important subject matter of the day – SEX!

Lissen’up Kids, everything you ever heard about Free Love of the ’60s and ’70s was true!

The Sexual Revolution allowed people to lighten-up and let the confining puritanical view of sex in which they were raised to just wash away.  People who were now unrepressed and uninhibited could enjoy each other’s bodies and love-making without societal shame, guilt, fear of virtually non-existent sexually-transmitted diseases, and most importantly, thanks to the Pill, without fear of unwanted pregnancy.  All of this contributed to what would better be termed as Sexual Liberation; for now when there was sexual attraction people could act on those impulses with the joy of freed minds and bodies.  Groovy!

From 1967 to 1977 00individual was 16 to 26 years old; in his sexual prime, during the prime of the sexual revolution.  He was not a sex fiend, but just like his peers, it was hard not to take advantage of the existing permissiveness.  As an example, out of the five girls at 00individual’s 12th grade high school art class table, he dated four, and had considerable sex with two – not bad for a seventeen year old in 1968, but not unusual either.

00individual continues to thank all of the Gods responsible for allowing him his life experience in this place in time for all of the right reasons.

And Ironically 00individual is a Proud Member of the Historic,
Numerically-Sexy,
Once Every Hundred Years,
High School Graduating Class of ‘69!

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And may the Class Of 2069 have as much enlightenment and fun as their previous Centennial Brothers and Sisters.

GROOVY!

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1960’s & 1970′s Album Track Gems . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOP 13 “JUNGLE DRUMS” TRIBAL BEATS!

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1960’s & 1970′s Album Track Gems
TOP 13 “JUNGLE DRUM” TRIBAL BEATS

Drums.  A driving beat.  Muscles flex.  Heads nod.  Bodies move.  Primal urges rise.

Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson – 1961

Jungle Fever
The Tornados – 1962

Mona
The Rolling Stones – 1964

I Want Candy
The Strangeloves – 1965

I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Dr. John, the Night Tripper – 1968

Soul Sacrifice
Santana – 1969

Go Up, Moses
Roberta Flack – 1971

Tokoloshe Man
John Kongos – 1971

When The Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin – 1971

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac – 1972

Obscured By Clouds / When You’re In
Pink Floyd – 1972

Man Of The World
Robin Trower – 1973

The Jungle Line
Joni Mitchell – 1975

WHEW!

 

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1960’s Top 99 Soul ‘n’ Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Classics

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1960’s TOP 99 SOUL ‘n’ RHYTHM ‘N’ BLUES  CLASSICS

The mid-to-late late ’50s, all of the ’60s, and most of the ’70s was the height of popular Soul R ‘n’ B groups, singers, and their songs.  This was an incredible time for 00individual as he was nine in 1960 up through eighteen in 1969 – and he grew up with, and has very fond respect and love for these Rhythm and Blues and Soul songs.

Not all listed were major hits, and some highly-respected and world-class singers and groups were consciously omitted to allow for other righteous singers and groups songs to be recognized.

This was a time when the popularity of the Beatles could still be knocked out of their Number 1 domination by Mary Wells with the classic “My Guy”.

The Stroll, the Twist, the Mashed Potatoes, the Monkey, the Dog, the Bird, the Limbo, the Loco Motion, the Frug, the Madison, the Shimmy, the Jerk, the Hully Gully, the Watusi, the Pony, the Hitchhike, and the Swim were the main dance crazes of the ’60s that stand as highly representative of a time when dancing was fun and so were the matching songs.

Soul and R ‘n’ B were a genre that predominantly centered around love and all of its infinite emotions.  Even for those too young to have had the experience of love’s pains and pleasures, these songs were felt deeply, as the Rhythm connected with the Soul’s primitive longing for connection.  These songs were righteously memorable and meaningful.

Although there are countless songs that a list of 500 would be more concise; this yearly list of the 1960 decade represents important impressive landmarks of a time of innocence and growth of not only the music industry and artists, musicians and songwriters, but for those highly fortunate to have joyfully heard and lived these classics during the peak of Soul and R ‘n’ B History.

Please excuse the extra bold type as it represents nothing; for some reason some are and some aren’t and cannot be changed to regular or bold – it’s a funky free wordpress deal.

While comprising this list, 00individual was once again amazed at being able to sing in his head nearly every one of these, lyrics and all – OK, maybe not totally – but enough to win big on a game show!

Get Down, get Funky, get Bluesy, get Soulful:

1960

 The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind

Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs – Stay

The Miracles – Shop Around

Sam Cooke – Chain Gang

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time

Gary US Bonds – New Orleans

Rosie & the Originals – Angel Baby

The Drifters – This Magic Moment

1961

The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman

Ben E. King – Stand By Me

Dee Clark – Raindrops

Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz

Shep & the Limelites – Daddy’s Home

Roy Hamilton – You Can Have Her

Brook Benton – Fools Rush In

1962

Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You

Barbara George – I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More)

The Contours – Do You Love Me

Booker T. and The MG’s – Green Onions

Gene Chandler – Duke of Earl

Barbara Lynn – You’ll Lose a Good Thing

Chuck Jackson – Any Day Now

Mary Wells – You Beat Me to the Punch

Ketty Lester – Love Letters

Mary Wells – The One Who Really Loves You

The Crystals – He’s a Rebel

The Shirelles – Baby It’s You

The Ikettes – I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Corsairs – Smokey Places

The Orlons – The Wah-Watusi

1963

Little Stevie Wonder – Fingertips – Part 2

Martha and The Vandellas – Heat Wave

Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger

Inez & Charlie Foxx – Mockingbird

The Miracles – You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me

Ruby and The Romantics – Our Day Will Come

Major Lance – The Monkey Time

The Essex – Easier Said Than Done

Marvin Gaye – Can I Get a Witness

Doris Troy – Just One Look

Lenny Welch – Since I Fell for You

The Drifters – Up on the Roof

The Ronettes – Be My Baby

Betty Everett – You’re No Good

The Exciters – Tell Him

The Jaynetts – Sally, Go ‘Round the Roses

Jan Bradley – Mama Didn’t Lie

The Drifters – On Broadway

The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me

Shirley Ellis – The Nitty Gritty

Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle

1964

Mary Wells – My Guy

The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go

Dionne Warwick – Walk On By

The Temptations – My Girl

Martha & the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street

Larks – The Jerk

Little Anthony & the Imperials – Goin’ Out Of My Head

The Four Tops – Baby, I Need Your Loving

1965

The Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself

Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour

Fontella Bass – Rescue Me

Barbara Mason – Yes, I’m Ready

James Brown & The Famous Flames – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (Parts I & II)

Barbara Lewis – Baby, I’m Yours

Martha and The Vandellas – Nowhere to Run

The Packers – Hole in the Wall

Mel Carter – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

The Miracles – Ooo Baby Baby

The Ad Libs – The Boy From New York City

Dobie Gray – The “In” Crowd

Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come

Edwin Starr – Agent 00 Soul

1966

The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood

Sam & Dave – Hold On! I’m A Comin’

The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There

Bobby Hebb – Sunny

James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet

Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces – Searching for My Love

J. J. Jackson – But It’s Alright

Aaron Neville – Tell It Like It Is

Shorty Long – Function at the Junction

1967

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Your Precious Love

Jackie Wilson – Higher and Higher

The Esquires – Get On Up

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – More Love

Bar-Kays – Soul Finger

Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness

1968

Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

Clarence Carter – Slip Away

The 5th Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic

Sly & The Family Stone – Dance to the Music

Sam & Dave – I Thank You

1969

The Temptations – I Can’t Get Next to You

Booker T. & The M.G.’s – Time Is Tight

As the ’60’s decade ended and the ’70s decade began, groups and artists like the Spinners, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Sly and the Family Stone, the Staples Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Ruffin, the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, James Brown, the Impressions, Aretha Franklin, the Miracles, Diana Ross, the Stylistics and many, many other new artists and groups continued strong with music of substance and a righteous groove!

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1970′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . BO HANSSON – LORD OF THE RINGS – 1970/72

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
. . and an early gift for the Holidays!
BO HANSSON
Music Inspired By LORD OF THE RINGS – Charisma CAS 1059 – September 1972 – Int’l
 SAGAN OM RINGEN (Saga Of The Rings) – Silence – December 1970 – Sweden

Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s JRR Tolkian’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books were at their highest interest among college students and fit right in with the Counter-Culture’s Hippie Bohemian Earthy Mystique Lifestyle.  So enamored of Tolkian’s Middle-earth world, many of the Counter-Culture named their children and animal pets after characters in the books – it was a popular cultural touchstone that fancifully accented the fun times.

Fortunately for Rockers and Music Lovers everywhere this Middle-earth fantasy world inspired Swedish multi-instrumentalist, Bo Hansson, to compose, perform and record one of the Best Instrumental Psychedelic Progressive Rock Albums of All Time!

Sagan Om Ringen (Saga Of The Rings) was released in autumn 1970 and became a huge hit in Sweden.  Copies of the album made their way across Britain where the Famous Charisma record label released the album internationally as Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings in September 1972.

To his credit beyond his natural talents, Bo Hansson was admired by Jimi Hendrix; he wrote “Tax Free” for him, and opened for him on Jimi’s Swedish tour dates.

00individual has been fortunate to listen to this album for over four decades and it never, ever, gets old.  And here’s the reason, Hansson tapped into some deeply-rooted primal sounds that not only harken back to tribal eras but present a future landscape at the same time.  These are truly supernatural compositions that have the power to transport one to Middle-earth, a Distant Planet, a Spaghetti Western, a Fantasy Adventure, or an entirely New Dimension.  While each track is distinctly different they represent a flowing cinematic montage.  Here’s an example: Leaving Shire – The Old Forest – Fog on the Barrows.

Experience a strange beautiful rockin’ world of mystery with hot and cold thrills with this absolute Gem of an Album that delivers stoned or straight.

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Music Inspired By LORD OF THE RINGS
Side 1 – 1 Leaving Shire  2 The Old Forest; Tom Bombadil  3 Fog On Barrow Downs; The Black Riders  4 Flight To The Ford; At The House Of Elrond  5 The Ring Goes South
Side 2 – 1 A Journey In The Dark  2 Lothlorien  3 Shadowfax  4 The Horns Of Rohan; The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields  5 Dreams In The House Of Healing  6 Homeward Bound  7 The Scouring Of The Shire  8 The Grey Havens

Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Organ, Guitar, Moog Synthesiser and Bass – Bo Hansson, Drums – Rune Carlsson, Flute – Sten Bergman, Producer – Anders Lind,  Saxophone – Gunnar Bergsten, Sleeve Illustration – Jane Furst

jrrtolkieninsertA full-sized photo insert of JRR Tolkien was included in the Charisma album inner sleeve.

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00individual and Psychedelic Psanta wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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1960’s Culture Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peace On Earth Good Will Toward Men Hippie Batik!

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“Peace On Earth Goodwill Toward Men” Batik copyright 1967/2016 00individual  TLL

1960’s Culture Artifact
HIPPIE BATIK

For the archives – and as a nice 2016 year-ender and 2017 year-beginner “Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of 1967” – here is a timely 1967 tenth grade high school art class project Counter-Culture artifact; a Hippie Batik!

Hippies and the Counter-Culture were into the art of other cultures and enjoyed their clothing designs, patterns and colorways, and expressed the wealth of world-wide cultural arts in homemade clothing and Bohemian coordinates.

Batik is an ancient Indonesian fabric-coloring technique where hot wax is applied to specific areas of material as a dye-resistant “negative paint”.  After the dyed material is dry, the wax is ironed or boiled out of the fabric leaving the negative area blank to be dyed another color.  This can be done repeatedly to create intricate and colorful designs.

Instead of going abstract or with a symmetrical design, 00individual used the literal “sign of the times” and spelled out a statement of fabric art worth hanging on the wall.

This 50″ by 22″ cloth was originally bright yellow and bright red-orange with intricate tiny veins of color that bled out through the deliberately cracked wax.  00individual was able to keep this for 50 years, and although it is faded and has lost its luster, it has not lost its meaning – this is a true historical artifact from a time when these words were heartfelt and true.

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00individual wishes everyone
Peace On Earth Good Will Toward Men
and a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring JANUARY!

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EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!

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As if to literally open the doors to a whole new universe of music; the January 4th release of the debut album by The DOORS started the year and decade off with a very high-water mark that established the level of historic sounds to come. 

Primed with 1966’s introduction of Psychedelic Sounds ushered in by The Yardbirds’ Shapes of Things and Over, Under, Sideways, Down, Donovan’s Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow, The Stones’ Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby? and Paint It Black, Bob Lind’s Elusive Butterfly (Of Love), The Count 5’s Psychotic Reaction, Love’s 7 and 7 is, and Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys’ Psychedelic Masterpiece Good Vibrations; 1967 was destined to become the historic Psychedelic year for Heads and Music Lovers everywhere.  

Let’s Rock:

January 1: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implements radio non-duplication rules: FM stations must broadcast at least 50% original content, and not simply simulcasts of their AM sister stations.  FM DJs now had the opportunity to play the Counter-Culture’s music and connect personally with a generation without regard to AM chart status and hype.

Januarythe DOORS 4: “The DOORS” – The DOORS  debut album is released and is immediately embraced by Rockers and the Counter-Culture and set the stage for ’67’s Psychedelic Vibe.

January 8: Don’t trust anyone over 30 – Elvis Presley turns 32.

January 13: The Rolling Stones’ “Let’s Spend the Night Together” is released.  Topping their monster #1 sexually-frustrated
(I Can’t Get No) “Satisfaction” single with the further-to-the-point song’s title, The Stones cemented their Bad Boys of Rock title.

January 14: Sonny & Cher release the classic, “The Beat Goes On”; a perfectly-timed anthem
and time-stamp of the libersonny-cher-the-beat-goes-onating fun feeling in the air . . . and the beat goes on.

January 13: 00individual  gets high on Marijuana for the first time! It was around the second week of January, give or take, while riding shotgun cruising around with his best friend, TFS in his ’55 Ford Fairlane, when TFS posed a question to 00individual, “If he had a joint would he smoke it with him?” 00individual eagerly said yes, as his buddy reached in his pocket and pulled out a hand-rolled tapered cigarette.  He lit it, took a hit and passed it.  00individual inhaled deep as instructed and held the hit as long as he could.  When he finally let out the smoke, a sense of what felt like supernatural calm overcame his physical body as well as his mind. After a couple more tokes, he looked at his buddy and they were both smiling wide, trippy smiles.  And with that, at nearly sixteen, 00individual had his first profound spiritual experience – and was introduced to a highly-beneficial life-form who would become a life-long best friend – Marijuana.

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January 14: The Human Be-In was an event in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park .  20,000 people gathered for the Human Be-In to protest the illegalization of LSD. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service played.  It was a prelude to San Francisco’s Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol of American Counter-Culture and introduced the word “psychedelic” to suburbia.

January 15: First Superbowl: the Green Bay Packers (NFL) smash the Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) 35-10 in the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

January 15: The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.  At Ed Sullivan’s request, the band change the lyrics of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” to “Let’s spend some time together”. Jagger rolls his eyes at the camera every time he sang “Sullivan’s” lyrics.

January 16: The Monkees begin work on the album “Headquarters”, the first album to give them complete artistic and technical control over their material.

January 17: The Daily Mail newspaper reports 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire; and Guinness heir Tara Browne is killed in a car wreck. These articles inspire lyrics for The Beatles’ song “A Day in the Life”.

January 18: “A Fistful of Dollars” a 1964 Italian film is released in the U.S.
For the very first time the Wild West is portrayed realisticafistful; no clean-shaven, clean-clothed cowboys who looked like they walked right out of the dressing room – no, these were dirty, grimy, flies a buzzin’, yellow teeth, unshaven men who hadn’t see a bath in weeks. With the righteous signature Spaghetti Western sound of gunfire, ample violence, superb score by Ennio Morricone, and innovative direction by Sergio Leone, this single movie changed Hollywood and the world’s image of the West to one that certainly seemed real as opposed to surreal.  And then there was Clint Eastwood.

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January 20: The Rolling Stones album “Between the Buttons” is released; a rockin’ follow-up to “Aftermath” packed with two sides of classic gems.

January 29: Mantra-Rock Dance, the “ultimate high” of the Hippie era thus far is organised at The Avalon ballroom in San Francisco; featuring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Moby Grape, beat poet Allen Ginsberg and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in support of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

January 30: The Beatles shoot a promotional film (music video) for their forthcoming single “Strawberry Fields Forever” at 1,000 acre Knole Park in Sevenoaks, West Kent, England.

The late December 1966 movies are included as they were more well known and still in theaters up into 1967, than they were at the end of 1966.
December: 17: Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (Japan), 20: Murderers’ Row, The Sand Pebbles, 21: Gambit, Grand Prix, 30: One Million Years B.C. (U.K.)
January 18: Born Losers, Come Spy with Me, The Venetian Affair, Warning Shot, 19: Hotel

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Here’s a sample of songs from the middle of January that perfectly exemplifies the diversity of genres that were being enjoyed at the beginning of ’67 – what a mix!

Top 20 Hit Singles for January 14, 1967:
1 Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
2 I’m A Believer – The Monkees
3 Tell It Like It Is – Aaron Neville
4 That’s Life – Frank Sinatra
5 Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
6 Good Thing – Paul Revere And The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsey
7 Tell It To The Rain  – The 4 Seasons
8 Standing In The Shadows Of Love – The Four Tops
9 Georgy Girl – The Seekers
10 Mellow Yellow – Donovan
11 Words Of Love – The Mamas & The Papas
12 (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – The Monkees
13 Sugar Town – Nancy Sinatra
14 At The Party – Hector Rivera
15 Nashville Cats – The Lovin’ Spoonful
16 Talk Talk – The Music Machine
17 I’ve Passed This Way Before – Jimmy Ruffin
18 Born Free – Roger Williams
19 Color My World – Petula Clark
20 (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet – Blues Magoos

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is just stokin’ up and ready to leave the station,
headed for eleven more monthly Psychedelic stops and side-trips on the way through
Historic Psychedelic 1967!

All Aboard!

Next stop – February 1967!

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1970′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . TERJE RYPDAL – Odyssey – 1975

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TERJE RYPDAL – Odyssey
ECM 1067/68 – August 1975

Riding right up there at the top o’ the ‘GLIDE is this monumental double album of sublime sounds by Terje Rypdal – totally awesome.

Consider this music Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis channeling through John McLaughlin on Heroin at some outer space late night totally hip club on the fringes of ethereal madness and electronic bliss, with a ton o’ heavy blues, a dose of Tangerine Dream, and woozy cool laid-back sax jazz that Rolls with the Spirit of righteous Rock!

Got that?

Now imagine that music stretched-out into long, languorous musical masterpieces of ten to twenty minutes each and you have the essence of Terje Rypdal’s “Odyssey”.

Smack in the middle of a decade in transition from Classic Rock to the stirrings of electronica and true jazz-fusion; “Odyssey”, by Norwegian guitarist and composer Terje Rydal, introduces a totally
unique sound of music that is at once powerful yet melancholy to the point of mesmerizing and hypnotic.

Perfectly composed to lend to soundtrack scores and used by Michael Mann in his De Niro/Pacino “Heat” film; Rypdal creates surreal Psychedelectraglide landscapes of pure adrenaline and
Quaaludes.

Please sample what’s available, as there is nothing this man has laid down that’s not worthy of repeated listenings!  And Odyssey is a perfect example.

“ODYSSEY” – All compositions by Terje Rypdal:”
Darkness Falls” – 3:33,  “Midnite” – 16:45,  “Adagio” – 13:16, “Better Off Without You” – 7:37, “Over Birkerot” – 4:48,  “Fare Well” – 11:25,  “Ballade” – 5:55,  “Rolling Stone” part 1 – 23:54,  “Rolling Stone”-  part 2,  “Rolling Stone” – part 3

. . . and with a cool bitchen-ass name like Terje Rypdal, one would expect nothing less than sonic mastery.

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1970’s Culture Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Peter Blatty – Heavy ’70s “The Exorcist” Icon 1928 – 2017

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William Peter Blatty – Heavy ’70s “The Exorcist” Icon – 1928-2017

William Peter Blatty, 89, transcended on January 12 leaving physical plane culture and humanity with an impressive legacy in book and film.

Blatty did what no one has ever done, (except for Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds), and that is administer a virtual LSD experience to general audiences. This exquisite historic, horrific, deeply religious, and utterly mind-bending film directed by William Friedkin from Blatty’s best-selling book, “The Exorcist” is a perfect example of why 1970’s cinema was the last great film era.

Since the late ’60s and early ’70s 00individual had delved into Occult knowledge, and on the day after Christmas ’73 he found himself standing in line looking at the scary window prop on the side of the Westwood National theater for the first showing of “The Exorcist” as the line wrapped around-the-block behind him.  The ambiance of standing with his girlfriend under the darkened sky and drizzly rain with two Nuns right behind him in line was already kinda weird.  00individual’s girlfriend read Blatty’s book and stated that it was a documentary; a movie based on real events.

Well, for 00individual this film was real and an Occult wake up call.  He had been spared.  He was shown that his sincere efforts sitting naked surrounded by candles invoking arcane text in attempts to connect with “others” had the potential to get extremely messy.  So, understanding the possible implications of past serious experiments, 00individual strode the neutral path forever after.  The Exorcist delivered a real karmic warning and was considered by 00individual as “a word to the wise is sufficient.”

A decade later 00individual was a USPS “Postman to the Stars” in Malibu as a T6, a position that required that he knew / memorized five routes, one-third of Malibu, to relieve each Postman’sninthmnyl day off.  Part of one route he delivered was the Malibu Colony where 00individual became familiar with the actors and directors who lived there.  Due to the fact that retaining specific and general trivia was a big part of his mutant strain of Hyperthymesia, 00individual was able to converse as an informed individual about film, culture and esoteric stuff.

Blatty had a beach-front house, # 29 if memory serves, and rented it out while renting a house just across the alley/street within the Colony; others did this too – summer beach-front rentals for one month could cover their entire summer’s mortgage, rent, and then some.  Most entertainment people were home a lot and very congenial, and 00individual spoke with Blatty on several occasions, especially about the whacked “Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane”, his novel that he wrote, directed and produced in 1980 as “The Ninth Configuration”. Where “The Exorcist” was an all out thriller horror religioso event, 00individual could tell that the Ninth Configuration’s reality / sanity subject matter was closer to Blatty’s heart, and 00individual had seen his movie, loved it, and had some brief but memorable cosmic conversations with him about the Occult, the power of religion, life after death, and the mysteries of the world, and specifically reality and sanity – topics that collide and blend – things he surely knows a little bit more about right now.

William Peter Blatty gave 00individual his first truly religious spiritual experience with “The Exorcist”.

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“It’s not a matter of whether there is a God or a Devil, its about believing in it All with no limits.  Imagination manifests – everything is real, everything exists.  Be prepared.  Let nothing astonish.”

Still, seen in secluded, quiet, darkened-room conditions the appreciation of the adrenaline producing thrills and scares that “The Exorcist” still evokes, says volumes.

Blatty and Friedkin – the ’70’s Dynamic Duo.

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1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . The ROLLING STONES – Between The Buttons January 20, 1967 – 50th Anniversary!

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January 20, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of “Between The Buttons”!

By the time 1967 arrived the British Invasion had peaked – although the Brit allure was still strong, the times moved fast, and other genres were too hot to ignore: Hard Rock, Hard Rock Blues, and Psychedelic Rock were on the rise.  That said, there were still a few more British album releases by groups with that hard-to-define element that made the whole British scene so cool.

Before The Rolling Stones paid tribute to Their Majesty they sealed the Pop/Rock ‘60s deal with an absolute gem of an album, Between The Buttons; a perfect mix of Pop, Rock, Power Pop, Ballads, and Psychedelia.

00individual is a devoted Stones fan and lived life from Now! to Exile religiously and BTB has always been a fave and is as solid an era album, track for track, as their future masterpieces Bleed and Sticky.  This was their swansong as R’n’B and Pop Hit-makers before their full immersion as the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band with the gritty Classic Rock of Beggars Banquet.  Let it be known that Charlie Watts gets a workout on this album – he is the undisputed driver of BTB.btbblackbtbblack

Side one of kicks off with a typical Stones rocker, Yesterday’s Papers 2:04, then really picks up steam with My Obsession 3:17, and nestles into the melancholy magic of Back Street Girl 3:27, Connection 2:08 returns to the rock of Obsession and segues into the frenetic She Smiled Sweetly 2:44, which builds to even more frenzy with Cool, Calm & Collected 4:17.  Side two continues the Watts Workout with All Sold Out 2:17, then the psychedelically-tinged Please Go Home 3:17, Jagger’s accusatory Who’s Been Sleeping Here?  3:55, Watts still at it – and, its all about chicks, Man Complicated 3:15, then the truly whacked climax of Miss Amanda Jones 2:48, and after all of that, Rockers get to bathe in the afterglow of the fun stoned classic Something Happened to Me Yesterday 4:55 which finishes the album acknowledging their shift in consciousness – or altered states of mind –  through experimenting with Marijuana and psychedelics – as their next release would clearly reveal.

The U.S. “BTB” February release had the hits Let’s Spend The Night Together and Ruby Tuesday minus the “Flowers” album’s Backstreet Girl and Please Go Home.

“Well, thank you very much and now I think it’s time for us all to go.
So from all of us to all of you not forgetting the boys in the band
And our producer, Reg Thorpe, we’d like to say “God Bless”
So, if you’re out tonight, don’t forget, if you’re on your bike, wear white
Ev’ning all.”

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring FEBRUARY!

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EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!

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Primed with 1966’s introduction of Psychedelic Sounds ushered in by The Yardbirds’ Shapes of Things and Over, Under, Sideways, Down, Donovan’s Sunshine Superman and Mellow Yellow, The Stones’ Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby? and Paint It Black, Bob Lind’s Elusive Butterfly (Of Love), The Count 5’s Psychotic Reaction, Love’s 7 and 7 is, and Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys’ Psychedelic Masterpiece Good Vibrations; 1967 was destined to become the historic Psychedelic year for Heads and Music Lovers everywhere.

Just as amazing was the creative explosion in art that blended the past and the future into bold and extreme designs that were found in nearly every form of media and mediums.  Psychedelia was hip, fun, and the visual and audio cosmic jolt that society needed, and received.  Far Out!

Let’s Rock:

February 1: Jefferson Airplane release “Surrealistic Pillowjefferson-pillow
the monumental landmark album that verified the beginning of the Height of Psychedelic Culture.  Nothing says Psychedelic more than White Rabbit.  Eternal thanks to Grace.

February 1: The federal minimum wage in the United States increased from $1.25 an hour to $1.40 an hour.
However, Cost of a new home: $24,600.00, Cost of a new car: $2,750.00, Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.33, Median Household Income: $7,143.00, Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05, Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.49, a gallon of Milk: $1.03.

February 1: Pink Floyd signs with EMI.

February 3: Jimi Hendrix records “Purple Haze”.

Februarysmothers 5: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour debuts on CBS television hosted by Tom and Dick Smothers.  The comedy variety show was a huge ratings success, a verifiable hoot, and dangerously funny.  Credit goes to the roster of writers and regular performers; Steve Martin, Don Novello (“Father Guido Sarducci”), Rob Reiner (“Mike ‘Meathead’ Stivic”), Lorenzo Music (Carlton The Door Man on Rhoda, Garfield on Garfield and Friends, Peter Venkman on The Real Ghostbusters), perennial Presidential candidate Pat Paulsen, Bob Einstein (“Super Dave Osborne”, “Marty Funkhouser”, and “Officer Judy”), Einstein’s brother, Albert (who works professionally as Albert Brooks), and resident Hippie Leigh French (“Share a Little Tea with Goldie”).  The television premiere of Mason Williams‘ hit record, Classical Gas, took place on the show, and Williams himself received an Emmy for his work as a staff writer.
The series showcased new musical artists that other comedy-variety shows rarely gave airtime to, due to the nature of their music or their political affiliations.  George Harrison, Joan Baez, Buffalo Springfield, Cass Elliot, Harry Belafonte, Cream, The Who, Donovan, The Doors, Janis Ian, Yank Barry, Jefferson Airplane, Peter, Paul and Mary, Spanky and Our Gang, Steppenwolf, Simon and Garfunkel, Ray Charles, The Hello People and Pete Seeger all performed despite the advertiser-sensitive nature of their music.
The Smothers Brothers’ righteous ongoing battle with the CBS censors over their show’s “radical political and counter-cultural views” resulted in their cancellation on April 3, 1969.  

February 6:  Muhammad Ali WBC world heavyweight boxing champion defeats the WBA’s heavyweight champ, Ernie Terrell, at the Houston Astrodome.

February 10: The Beatles record “A Day in the Life” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing an “orgasm of noise” with Michael Nesmith of the Monkees in attendance.

February 12: Keith Richards‘ home is raided by police – no arrests were made at the time, but Richards, Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser would redlands3a6subsequently be arrested and convicted of possession of drugs.  On June 29, Richards would be sentenced to one year in prison, and Jagger to three months. Newspaper headlines; “Nude Girl At Stones Party” were meant as lurid sensationalism of an alleged “nude Marianne Faithful on a rug with a candy bar scenario”, and was printed in hopes of further demonizing The Rolling Stones and Rock ‘n’ Roll. But it didn’t work; both Jagger and Richards’ convictions were overturned.  Fraser pleaded guilty on charges of possession of heroin and was sentenced to six months hard labor.

February 13: The Beatles released the songs “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” on the same 45 rpm record as a “double A-sided” single in the United States, with a release in the UK four days later.

February 18: New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison announced at a press conference that he believed that the assassination of John F. Kennedy had been a conspiracy.  As this claim gathered credibility, it would ignite the distrust of the Government, the media, the CIA, the FBI, NASA, and to all authority establishments – and serve as the trigger for the birth of the “Conspiracy Theory Era”, which is currently stronger than ever.

February 21: 00individual turns 16!  For his 16th birthday he soon acquired a car that celebrated its 16th birthday also – a 1951 Buick!  The car was $33.00, but new transmision seals were needed for $66.00 – so for $99.00 and 33 cents a gallon for gas 00individual and his two-door 4103310-1951-buick-super-8seatBuick Super Dynaflow were mobile and good to go. Although he had been inconspicuous while driving cars since he was 14, he was now legal, and a car meant independence, the ability to expand his territory at will, and a place to get high, and to have fantastic back-seat sex on a regular basis.
This Buick behemoth had a straight eight under the hood and a roomy, private, luxurious back-seat —->
better than some bedrooms!  Groovy!

February 22: David Ferrie, 48, was found dead in his New Orleans home only four days after Jim Garrison had announced his plans to indict alleged conspirators in the John F. Kennedy assassination. Ferrie had been a flying service operator who had been accused by Garrison of being a “get-away pilot” for participants. United Press International noted at the time that Ferrie was “at least the 14th person to die who had something to do, directly, indirectly, or by the slightest of connections, with the assassination of President Kennedy and its aftermath” in the 39 months since November 22, 1963.  And so it begins . . .

February 23: The Beatles make a taped appearance on American Bandstand, where they premiere their new music videos for the songs “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever“.

February 25: The Pontiac Firebird*, the firstfirebird8c3defef
“Muscle Car” from the Pontiac division of General Motors, is introduced at the Chicago Auto Show.

February 25: Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader, begins speaking out at length against American involvement in the Vietnam War.

February 28: President Johnson asks the U.S. Senate for the introduction of what would become the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (PBS).

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending
February 18, 1967:
1  KIND OF A DRAG – The Buckinghams
2  I’M A BELIEVER – The Monkees
3  RUBY TUESDAY – The Rolling Stones
4  GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers
5  (We Ain’t Got) NOTHIN’ YET – The Blues Magoos
6  LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE – The Supremes
7  98.6 – Keith
8  TELL IT LIKE IT IS – Aaron Neville
9  THE BEAT GOES ON – Sonny and Cher
10  GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group
11  GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME – Tom Jones
12  STAND BY ME – Spyder Turner
13  THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE – The Casinos
14  I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (Last Night) – The Electric Prunes
15  SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON – The Royal Guardsmen
16  MERCY, MERCY, MERCY – “Cannonball” Adderley
17  PRETTY BALLERINA – The Left Banke
18  MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY – The Bob Crewe Generation
19  BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ – Johnny Rivers
20  IT TAKES TWO – Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston

OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is on the move, pickin’ up steam and headin’
for ten more monthly Psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through
Historic Psychedelic 1967!

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Please keep all extremities, real or imagined,
inside open windows while the train is in motion!

Next stop – March 1967!

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*The Firebird wasn’t the real first muscle car. The real war started in 1962 when the big three started the factory sponsorship of NASCAR. Chevy with the 409, Ford with the 427, and Chrysler with the 413 engines, even though they were in full sized cars. The real era started when GM put the 389 with tri-power (3 2-barrel carbs) in a 1964 Pontiac Tempest and called it a GTO. The big 3 went crazy until the gas crisis of 1971. – Detailed info courtesy of Monster Mike

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1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . PINK FLOYD . . . A Saucerful Of Secrets

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PINK FLOYD – A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS – Tower ST 5131 – June 29, 1968

1968 was a heavy year; 1967’s Psychedelic Rock still reigned, but it was in a cosmic growth spurt.  The days of incense and peppermints gave way to a stranger brew; with Pink Floyd’s second album A Saucerful Of Secrets the psychedelic sound barrier was broken and Rock ventured out into space.

This would be the only Pink Floyd studio album with all five members’ involvement and would mark founder Syd Barrett’s exit and baton pass to his art school friend David Gilmour as Syd’s LSD-triggered eccentricities and episodes became detrimental to himself and the band.

Pink Floyd’s live performances featured experimental Psychedelic Art Rock with lengthy jams evidenced by their debut album’s “Interstellar Overdrive”.  Along with this album’s title track, “A Saucerful of Secrets”, and tracks “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” and Let There Be More Light, they captured the essence and foundation that Pink Floyd would build on throughout their career.

ASOS also elevated Floyd from the flock; their distinct ambient sound came from a more serious and darker place.  This sense of otherness and psychedelic space exploration was eminent in all of their compositions, including ballads and lighter fare – no matter what Floyd did there was the psychedelic tinge of a good trip that could be heard and felt to the marrow of one’s bones.

A Saucerful Of Secrets  Side one: 1. “Let There Be More Light” Roger Waters – 5:38
2. “Remember a Day”  Richard Wright – 4:33,  3. “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” Waters – 5:28,  4. “Corporal Clegg” Waters – 4:13
Side two: 1. “A Saucerful of Secrets”  I. “Something Else” (3:57)  II. “Syncopated Pandemonium” (3:07) III. “Storm Signal” (1:34)  IV. “Celestial Voices” (3:19)”  Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Nick Mason Instrumental, wordless vocals by Gilmour, Wright – 11:57
2.  “See-Saw”  Wright – 4:36,  3. “Jugband Blues” Syd Barrett – 3:00.

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For those many music and art appreciators this album’s cover always had a strange mystery about it.  It clearly represented hallucinatory over-lapping imagery as space and planets swirl among interwoven mystical tapestries.  It wouldn’t be until many years later that proof of what lie beneath was revealed.

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The Marvel comic book character Dr. Strange was created in 1967 and a page from the comic (Middle) was used as a vaporous psychedelic imprint.  The comic caption to the bottom right of the “Saturn” spiral in the actual album cover (Top) can now be plainly seen.  The overlaid images better reveal the “Strange” elements (Bottom).

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Pink Floyd’s natural ability for creating amazing soundscapes led to the inevitable evolution of their next album release, “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the film More” , and later film soundtrack “Obscured By Clouds ( La Vallee”).  And there was the 1972 semi-documentary “Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii”, and 1982’s live action film “Pink Floyd: The Wall”.

They further made Rock and Soundtrack History in 1973 with their own full length film and soundtrack of “Dark Side Of The Moon” presented live on tour in 1975
00individual was there – front row center – three nights!

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1970′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . HEART – Dreamboat Annie – February 14, 1976

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DREAMBOAT ANNIE – Mushroom Records MRS 5005 – February 14 1976

Friday the 13th and February the 14th seem to be based on the ultimate deaths of men who suffered the “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” syndrome; where one’s positive altruistic beneficial actions often go unappreciated or are met with outright hostility.

Friday, Oct. 13th, 1307 France’s King Philip IV had the dedicated righteous protectors, the Knights Templar, rounded up as a falsely-accused “corrupt order” within the church, and then had them tortured and executed for heresy.

February 14th 270 AD was when St. Valentine was executed for arranging lovers to meet and marry while under a military ban on marriage.

On February 14th: 00individual’s Grandmother was born in 1900, the Gangland St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was in 1929, 00individual got married in 1977, and Heart released an amazing solid Rock album, “Dreamboat Annie” in 1976.

While still thrilling, back in 1976 Classic Rock was in fast decline; Singer/Songwriters and Disco dominated, and the “Love Songs of the ’70s” filled the airwaves.  Rock had splintered into so many different genres it became diluted.  Punk and Glam were on the rise and created a much-needed adrenaline shot to keep the Rock Machine stoked, but other than stalwarts The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, the Classic Rock playing field thinned – as did the Rock Spirit which had been so strong for so long.

However, not all hope was lost as it took three women to really kick some major Rock ‘n’ Roll Ass and jump-start the Good ol’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Spirit.  The first two were Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, the third was Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders.

Heart was known in the Pacific Northwest and Canada as “Little Led Zeppelin” and with very good reason; their perfectly-balanced blend of Ballads and searingly-hot Rock impressed everyone who heard them.  The Wilson sisters had what countless bands desperately wanted – Heart; as in, Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The Wilson Sisters made a huge impact and immediately gained a solid fan base with this album and saw the beginning of a legendary career/band.

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Side one:
“Magic Man” – 5:28
“Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)” – 1:10
“Crazy on You” – 4:53
“Soul of the Sea” – 6:33
“Dreamboat Annie” – 2:02
Side two
“White Lightning & Wine” – 3:53
“(Love Me Like Music) I’ll Be Your Song” – 3:20
“Sing Child” (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Steve Fossen, Roger Fisher) – 4:55
“How Deep It Goes” (A. Wilson) – 3:49
“Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)” – 3:50

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1960’s Culture Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967, 1968, 1969 High School Rock ‘n’ Roll Binder – 50 Year Old Cultural Artifact and High School Vibe!

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1967, 1968, 1969 HIGH SCHOOL ROCK ‘n’ ROLL BINDER
50 year old Cultural Artifact

00individual had creative ways to express his teenage angst.  Subtlety was key, rebellious outbursts only alerted the authorities as to who was trouble, whereas rebellion that slowly builds from within creates an ongoing and more sincere satisfying mode of rebellion and covert action.

Within the confines of a classroom on any given day, some teenagers find it maddening to be chained to a desk and chair for nearly an hour per class – for a teenager this is torture.
So, to maintain his cool 00individual began in 1967 to write, doodle and paint, – tape, mutate, and abuse, – befriend, respect, and cherish his binder for the entire three years of high school – 10th, 11th, 12th grades – as teen-age rebellion against, well, buying a new one every year.

The back became a solid layer of masking tape on cardboard serving as a pocket for secret papers but wasn’t very interesting, however, some pages and dividers inside were – Classroom Doodle Art Ignites Nearly Half Century Professional Art Career.

00individual’s Westchester High School 3-Ring Binder shows a random array of artists and bands that were popular over that very potent three year period.  Etched in ballpoint pen for the archives are the names discernible and barely: Eric Burdon and the Animals, The Music Machine, The Who, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Kinks, The Doors, Them, Bob Dylan, The Nashville Teens, Herman’s Hermits, The Seeds, Jay and the Americans, Dick Dale, Roger Miller, The Stones, The Kingsmen, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Yardbirds, The Ventures, The Marketts, The Byrds,  The Young Rascals, The Standells, The Beau Brummels, The Guess Who?, Jan and Dean,  We 5, and The Beach Boys.

There’s a gold sticker from 00individual’s St. George drum kit, Dymo 3D orange plastic embossed tape “D.H.D”, for the “Dirty Half Dozen”, (a band of six guys, 00individual included, whose dirty deeds of mischievousness got them into trouble), also in orange embossed tape is “My Dog”; the answer when the “I Like” tab is lifted, a Batman logo, and a Psychedelic Freak Out above 007 at the top and the Badyear blimp.  The S.M.A. stood for everything conceivable from Suck My Ass to Shanghaied Magic Aspirin, and the requisite “girlfriend’s name on stuff” is blurred for anonymity.  The surfer painted in model oil paints is of the “Hot Curl” MPC model kit character, and the sidewalk surfer is a 00individual original design influenced by Rick Griffin’s “Murphy” and Ed Big Daddy Roth’s “Weird-Ohs Monsters”.

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Even though Westchester High was the last school of the L.A. City School District to finally drop the archaic Code of Dress, (and only after 00individual had graduated), while he was there he was part of an underlying “new code” that could not be regulated or enforced, and that was the exploration of the new world that his head was experiencing that Marijuana had opened.

Right at the beginning there was an Occult/secret knowledge feel among those few who had been “experienced”, they had gained a knowledge that connected them in a cosmic fun way.  Knowing glances in the school’s hallways, secret meetings to exchange goods, clandestine meeting places to get high; the whole scene was very cool, and a balancing act between the new world and the old world – between the life among the “straights” and a life among “kindred spirits”.

They were seeing school and the world through a new lens, literally – as sunglasses avoided many “stoned faces don’t lie” situations, and figuratively – as seeing reality clearly for the first time.
That’s the tricky part about gaining awareness; once your consciousness is raised, it can never be lowered.

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High school will forever be a place of 1) honing one’s social skills, 2) seriously preparing for a specific career and getting good grades, 3) prep for a potential scholarship in sports, or 4) getting by as best as one can.  00individual was part of the first and last group.  He knew that institutionalized education was not for him, he knew that nothing other than a few academic facts and decent social skills were all that were really needed, for with his new sense of self he was empowered and ready to enter real life and the job market.

However, he gave West L.A. Junior College (built on M.G.M.’s Back-lot 3) a half-semester shot, but left when the opportunity for a job in an art department supplanted the need for college.
At eighteen in 1969 he moved out of the home he grew up in and began to continue his life’s education in the real world.

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Thanks to some unknown inherent ability, 00individual was able to have the foresight, and in most cases some sort of outside protection and preservation, to be able to retain key artifacts over the decades that are representative of the Era and the Vibe of the ’60’s and of the ’70’s.

The Anarchist Cookbook and Archaeological Weed

Six Sixties & Seventies Sexy Pinback Buttons!

1967 High School Art Class Project Psychedelic FREAK OUT Board Game!

00individual’s Psychedelic Toy Chest

1968 Counter-Culture Art, the Female Psyche, and High School Art Class Girls!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring MARCH!

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EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!

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00individual was among those blessed to be born into this incarnation and into this existence at the most concentrated explosion of the Cultural Epoch of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and the real-time experience in his teens and twenties that matched truly historic events of each decade, is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

The 1960s are acknowledged as the Height of Pop Culture – and 1967 as the Pinnacle!

Let’s Rock:

March 1: Buffalo Springfield re-release their December 1966 self-titled debut album to include Stills’ zeitgeist classic, For What Its Worth.

March  7: CBS Reports aired the first television news documentary in U.S. history to report on gay and lesbian issues.69fillmorewest

March  9: The Fillmore West opens six nights a week.

March  11: The first list of endangered species was issued by Stewart Udall, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior with a total of 78 animals in the U.S. that were threatened with extinction.

March 11: Pink Floyd release their 1st single Arnold Layne.

March  12:  The Velvet Underground release their debut album “The Velvet Underground with Nico” with classics Heroin, Venus In Furs, and I’m \Waiting For The Man.vu

March: Donovan releases his Mellow Yellow album with psychedelic standout title track.

March 16: U.F.O.s! The first of two unexplained incidents happened at Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Great Falls, Montana, where the U.S. Air Force had missile silos for its Minuteman ICBMs.  According to later accounts, crews in the areas had seen unidentified objects hovering near or over the silos of the Echo Flight section, and starting at 8:45, the launch facilities of ten missiles began going offline and inoperable.  Eight days later, at the Oscar Flight section of Malmstrom AFB, another set of missiles went offline after a UFO was seen.

March 17: deadThe Grateful Dead release their debut self-titled album.

March  18: The Beatles hit #1 with Penny Lane.

March  18: The first demonstration of “slow motion instant replay” on television was shown to viewers of ABC Wide World of Sports.

March  20: The Supremes get psychedelic and release The Happening – title single from the movie of the same name.

March  24: University of Michigan holds first “Teach-in” after bombing of North Vietnam.

March  25: The Turtles have a #1 hit and Summer of Love “theme song” with Happy Together. 00individual went to local dances when local Surf Rock band The Crossfires were The Turtles.

March 25 – April 2: The Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K’s Easter Shows.

March 26: New York’s Central Park “Be-In” (Easter Sunday Love-In) 10,000 attend.

March 27: Bob Dylan releases Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.Bob_Dylan_-_Bob_Dylan's_Greatest_Hits

March 30: The Beatles finish recording their Sergeant Pepper album and take cover photos.

March 31: Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time at the Astoria London.

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending March 18, 1967:
1 PENNY LANE – The Beatles (Capitol)
2 HAPPY TOGETHER – The Turtles (White Whale)
3 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ – Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
4 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE – The Supremes (Motown)
5 RUBY TUESDAY – The Rolling Stones (London)
6 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE – The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)
7 SOCK IT TO ME-BABY! – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
8 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH – Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
9 MY CUP RUNNETH OVER – Ed Ames (RCA Victor)
10 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE – The Casinos (Fraternity)
11 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER – The Beatles (Capitol)
12 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) – Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
13 THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME – The Marvelettes (Tamla)
14 KIND OF A DRAG – The Buckinghams (U.S.A.)
15 DARLING BE HOME SOON – The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
16 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS – Lesley Gore (Mercury)
17 I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
18 I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
19 EPISTLE TO DIPPY – Donovan (Epic)
20 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)

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MARCH MOVIES
March 8: Mad Monster Party?
March 8: The Taming of the Shrew (Italy/US)
March 9: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’
March  12: The Busy Body
March 14: Ulysses
March 15: Frankenstein Created Woman (UK)
March 15: In Like Flint
March 21: Hombre
March 21: Thoroughly Modern Millie
March 22: Easy Come, Easy Go
March: The Happening

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Night Train is leaving the city for nine more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through
Historic Psychedelic 1967!

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While on the Psychedelic Night Train be sure to visit the Midnight Munchie Car
before enjoying free concerts ’til dawn in the Jam Car. 

Next stop – April 1967!

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1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . CTA – Chicago Transit Authority – April 28, 1969

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!
CTA / CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY  – 
Columbia GP8 – April 28, 1969

Before Jazz Rock Fusion was a term, there was CTA.  While this new Jazzy/Brass form of Rock initially took a quick bit of music appreciation, it was soon fully embraced by the Counter-Culture and Rockers everywhere.

Once Chicago Transit Authority was legally forced to change their name, they became Chicago, the incredibly consistent and prolific hit-makers destined for major success with Middle Of the Road/ Album Oriented Rock and Pop and Easy Listening radio stations and audiences.
Here’s the proof:
July 1969 “Questions 67 and 68” “Listen” Oct. 1969 “Beginnings” “Poem 58” March 1970 “Make Me Smile”  Chicago II “Colour My World” June 1970 “25 or 6 to 4”  “Where Do We Go from Here” Oct. 1970 “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” Feb. 1971 “Free” Chicago III “Free Country” April 1971 “Lowdown” “Loneliness Is Just a Word” June 1971 “Beginnings” (A-side) June 1971 “Colour My World” (B-side) Chicago II Sept. 1971 “Questions 67 and 68” (A-side) Sept. 1971 “I’m a Man” (B-side) July 1972 “Saturday in the Park” Chicago V “Alma Mater” Oct. 1972 “Dialogue (Part I & II)”  “Now That You’ve Gone” June 1973 “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” Chicago VI “Jenny” Sept. 1973 “Just You ‘n’ Me” “Critic’s Choice” Feb. 1974 “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long”  Chicago VII “Byblos”  June 1974 “Call on Me” “Prelude to Aire” Oct. 1974 “Wishing You Were Here” “Life Saver” Feb. 1975 “Harry Truman” Chicago VIII “Till We Meet Again” April 1975 “Old Days” “Hideaway” Aug. 1975 “Brand New Love Affair (Part I and II)” “Hideaway” June 1976 “Another Rainy Day in New York City” Chicago X “Hope for Love” July 1976 “If You Leave Me Now” “Together Again” March 1977 “You Are on My Mind” “Gently I’ll Wake You” Sept. 1977 “Baby, What a Big Surprise” Chicago XI “Takin’ It On Uptown” Jan. 1978 “Little One” “Till the End of Time” May 1978 “Take Me Back to Chicago” “Policeman” Oct. 1978 “Alive Again” “Love Was New” Dec. 1978 “No Tell Lover” “Take a Chance” March 1979 “Gone Long Gone” “The Greatest Love on Earth” Aug. 1979 “Must Have Been Crazy” Chicago XIII “Closer to You” Oct. 1979 “Street Player” “Window Dreamin'”

BUT with their debut double album one gets the true feel of this group of highly accomplished musicians and vocalists with an absolute love for Rock ‘n’ Roll powered by a rockin’ Horn section that marked a special time of the unique vibe of the last year of the 1960 decade.

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Side One: 1.”Introduction” 6:35, 2.”Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” 4:35,  3.”Beginnings” 7:54  Side Two: 4. “Questions 67 and 68″  5:03,  5.”Listen”  3:22, 6. “Poem 58” 8:35 Side Three: 7. “Free Form Guitar” 6:47, 8. “South California Purples” 6:11, 9.”I’m a Man” 7:43  Side Four: 10. “Prologue, August 29, 1968” 0:58, 11. “Someday (August 29, 1968)” 4:11, 12. “Liberation” 14:38

CTA: Terry Kath – electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals, Robert Lamm – grand piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, Hohner Pianet, maracas, Peter Cetera – bass, lead and backing vocals, Walter Parazaider – saxophones, backing vocals, tambourine, Lee Loughnane – trumpet, backing vocals, claves, James Pankow – trombone, cowbell, brass arrangements, Danny Seraphine – drums, percussion.

While Chicago in any form could never be labeled a Psychedelic Band, that didn’t mean that there wasn’t the desire or ability.  Terry Kath, vocalist and guitarist, cuts loose on Side Three with this Psychedelic Masterpiece, Free Form Guitar.  00individual is not a guitarist and can’t read one note of music, but hearing this solo he knows that to some ears this is just noise, but to the Psychedelic Ear it is an Opera, a Full Length Action Movie, a Sonic Spectacle, and a soulful Epic Tour De Force with Kath giving a Jackson Pollack delivery of intuitive and deliberate evocation – in one take. 

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00individual has imprinted memories of rockin’ to this double album on 8 track tape while cruisin’ UCLA and Westwood Village for parties back in ’69.  Truth be known, it was more fun cruisin’ with good friends while gettin’ high, jokin’, laffin’, drinkin’ beer, and rockin’ to the music than any actual parties that were found.
Ain’t it the way – the journey is always better than reaching the destination.

I’M A MAN!

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Opening Tracks Matter! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top 23 Opening Album Tracks of the 1960’s

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Opening tracks matter, which is why most bands were wise to choose an opening track that either hooked the listener in, or set the stage for what was to come – or both.

Some tracks like Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times, Bad Times” Hendrix’ Purple Haze, Lee Michaels’ Hello, Tull’s A New Day Yesterday, King Crimson’s 21st Century Schizoid Man, Blue Cheer’s “Summertime Blues”, and Led Zeppelin’s monster classic Whole Lotta Love are all opening tracks that explode when the needle touches down.

Others create a groove to build on lyrically or musically like LOVE’s “Alone Again Or”Dr, John’s
“Gris-gris Gumbo Ya-Ya”, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s “Fire”, The Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter”, CCR’s “Born On The Bayou”, and The DOORS’ Break On Through.

And some, like The Moody Blues’ “Higher and Higher”, explode and build lyrically and musically and set the mood for the rest of the album.

And then there’s The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand”; probably the single most influential opening track in Rock History.  See: 30 Seconds That Transformed A Generation.


“I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND” – The Beatles – Meet The Beatles January 20, 1964

“HUNGRY FREAKS, DADDY” – The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out! – June 27, 1966

“SUNSHINE SUPERMAN” – Donovan – Sunshine Superman – August 26, 1966

“I FEEL FREE” – Cream – Fresh Cream –  December 1966 UK / January 1967 US

“BREAK ON THROUGH (To the Other Side)” – The DOORS – The DOORS – January 4, 1967

“SHE HAS FUNNY CARS” – Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow – February 1967

“PURPLE HAZE” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced – May 12, 1967

“STRANGE BREW” – Cream – Disraeli Gears – November 1967

“ALONE AGAIN OR” – LOVE – Forever Changes – November 1967

“SUMMERTIME BLUES” – Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum – January 1968

“GRIS-GRIS GUMBO YA-YA” – Dr. John, the Night Tripper – Gris -gris –  January 22, 1968

“HELLO” – Lee Michaels – Carnival of Life – 1968

“COMBINATION OF THE TWO” – Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin – Cheap Thrills – 1968

Prelude/Nightmare/Fanfare/Fire Poem  “FIRE” – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
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“SHAPES OF THINGS” – Jeff Beck – Truth – August 1968

“SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL” – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet – December 6 1968

“GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES” – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin – January 12, 1969

“BORN ON THE BAYOU” – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country – January 1969

“A NEW DAY YESTERDAY” – Jethro Tull – Stand Up- August 1,1969

“21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN” – King Crimson  In The Court Of The Crimson King –
October 10, 1969

“WHOLE LOTTA LOVE” –  Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II  October 22, 1969

“HIGHER AND HIGHER” – The Moody Blues – To Our Children’s Children’s Children –
November 21, 1969

“GIMME SHELTER” – The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed – December 5, 1969

OPENING TRACKS MATTER!

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Progressive Electronica Experimental Kraut Rock Soundtrack Music from the Cult Martial Arts Movie: “MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE”– 1976 . . NEU! – 1972 . . . . . . NEU! 2 – 1973 . . . . . . . . . . TANGERINE DREAM – Rubycon – 1970 . . . . . . . . . KRAFTWERK – Autobahn – 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Martial Arts film genre came on the scene in the early ’70s spurned on by Bruce Lee’s The Big Boss (1971), Fist of Fury (1972), Way of the Dragon (1972) and Enter the Dragon (1973) and by the extremely popular TV series, “Kung Fu” (1972-1975).  Hundreds of “Chop Socky” films were made in Hong Kong and aired on ’70’s late night TV across the U.S.  Of these entertaining flicks there was a singular exception that rose to cult status; Writer, Director, Actor (the One-Armed Boxer) Jimmy Wang Yu’s “Master of the Flying Guillotine”.

“Master of the Flying Guillotine” delivered with arena fights, revenge/avenge storylines, and a whole lot of super-human Martial Arts and aerial leaps and bounds that were the basis for most of the genre.  But MOTFG transcended into something unique with whacked arena fights pre-dating Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter by nearly two decades, and . . . a Flying Guillotine!

But that’s not all!

While the premise of a “Flying Guillotine” was novel enough, the juxtaposed addition of Kraut Rock band’s tracks from their albums (used without consent – but well chosen) created a weird but near psychedelic cool.

MOTFG‘s always deadly serious portrayal of the characters matched the synth-heavy soundtrack highlights and actually deepened the overall weird cosmic feel of the movie and made it a further trip to watch.

NEU! tracks; “Super” (Opening theme) and “Super 16” (Master Fung’s theme) from Neu!’s second studio album, Neu! 2 are used to dynamic effect.

Tangerine Dream’s sixth studio album, “Rubycon” title track “Rubycon, Part One” (The One-Armed Boxer’s theme) is another strange choice that really works.
A decade later, Tangerine Dream created a genre with the soundtrack to William Friedkin’s 1977 “Sorcerer”: and Michael Mann’s excellent 1981 “Thief”.

Kraftwerk’s “Mitternacht” (Suspense theme), “Morgenspaziergang” (courtyard music) and “Kometenmelodie 2” (End credits) were also a trip to hear.  This last track was used to great effect over the end credits as a whacked uplifting ditty after all of the mayhem.  All are from Kraftwerk’s fourth studio album, “Autobahn”. (“Fon, fon, fon, on thee Autobahn.”)

Here’s the more fun part – for 00individual, and Kraut Rock fans who had overdosed on all four of these albums years before seeing the 1976 movie – they got the unexpected rockin’ fun thrill of well-known electronica as background soundtrack music for an ancient China Martial Arts Mayhem movie – Cosmic Rockin’ fun on top of Martial Arts fun!

And besides, individuals and groups of the Counter-Culture were known to get high, crank music volume up and TV volume down, and let real-time synchronicity happen – and enjoy the Trip.

NEU! 1. Hallogallo, 2. Sonderangebot, 3. Weissensee, 4. Im Gluck, , 5. Negativland, 6. Lieber Honig,  Michael Rother – guitar, bass guitar, Klaus Dinger – drums, guitar, koto, Konrad “Conny” Plank – producer, engineer.

NEU! 2  1. “Für Immer” (“Forever”) 11:17, 2. “Spitzenqualität” (“Top Quality”) 3:35,
3. “Gedenkminute (für A + K)” (“Minute’s Silence (For A + K)”) 2:06, 4. “Lila  Engel” (“Lilac Angel”)
4:37, 5. “Neuschnee 78” (“Fresh Snow 78”) 2:32, 6. “Super 16” 3:39, 7. “Neuschnee” (“Fresh Snow”) 4:07, 8. “Cassetto” (“Cassette”) 1:48, 9. “Super 78” 1:36, ,0. “Hallo Excentrico!” (“Hello Excentrico!”) 3:44, 11. “Super”.  Michael Rother – guitar, bass guitar, Klaus Dinger – drums, guitar, koto, Konrad “Conny” Plank – producer, engineer.

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TANGERINE DREAM – Rubycon  1. “Rubycon, Part One” (Composed and played by: Edgar Froese: mellotron, guitar and VCS 3 synthesizer; Christopher Franke: double Moog synthesizer, Synthi A, organ, modified Elka organ and prepared piano; Peter Baumann: organ, EMS Synthi A, electric piano (Fender Rhodes) and prepared piano) 17:18
2. “Rubycon, Part Two” (Composed and played by: Christopher Franke: double Moog synthesizer, gong, Synthi A, and organ; Edgar Froese: organ, mellotron, guitar, gong and VCS 3 synththesizer; Peter Baumann: electric piano (Fender Rhodes), organ, EMS Synthi A, voice and ARP 2600)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KRAFTWERK – Autobahn  1. “Autobahn” (“Motorway”) 22:43, 2. “Kometenmelodie 1” (“Comet Melody 1”) 6:26,3. “Kometenmelodie 2” (“Comet Melody 2”) 5:48,
4. “Mitternacht” (“Midnight”) 3:43, 5. “Morgenspaziergang” (“Morning Walk”) 4:04
Ralf Hütter – vocals, electronics, Florian Schneider – vocals, electronics, Klaus Röder – violin, guitar, Wolfgang Flür – percussion, Konrad “Conny” Plank – sound engineer.

The Psychedelic Blend was ubiquitous, an experienced eye saw and appreciated the Law of Attraction; strange attracts strange,  deep thoughts attract deep thoughts, synchronicity attracts synchronicity.

There was a time once, not so much now, when all 00individual had to do was subconsciously ask – and usually very quickly an answer would be heard on TV, the radio, seen in print, or overheard in a crowd.  This isn’t crazy talk, this is the Law of Attraction.  When one maintains focus or interest in something, but lets go, answers come.  A definite benefit of an experienced mind is the occurrences of meaningful coincidences; of synchronicity.

Synchronicity, in its highest form, is pure magick.

But not impervious to The Flying Guillotine!

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Opening Tracks Matter! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top 33 Opening Album Tracks of the 1970’s

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Opening tracks matter, which is why most bands were wise to choose an opening track that either hooked the listener in, or set the stage for what was to come – or both.

The Sonic Vibe Heats Up!  The ’70s saw the volume of album releases hit an all-time high across nearly all musical categories – people were diggin’ the vinyl and tape music scene.

00individual was able to limit the Opening Album Track list of the 1960s to 23, but with the 1970s there were too many choices, so a list of 33 was needed.  In either case, the lists are select, and reflect not only the albums they introduced but of the vitality and seemingly limitless inspired direction Rock was taking.

The ’70s creativity spread across genres to create new hybrid Rock styles; Progressive Rock, building at the beginning of the decade, Classic Rock reaching the Pinnacle at the mid-’70s, and Glam, Punk, Metal, and New Wave beginning at the end of the decade.  In between these genres were the strong glimmers of Electronica, Experimental, and Ambient, but all had to compete with Disco – and for a few years in the ’70s Disco was huge – dominated the airwaves – sold a lot of records and tapes.  However, the sheer magnitude and Spirit of Rock persevered, as evidenced by these opening tracks:

“CARRY ON” –  CSN&Y –  Deja Vu

“SUGAR THE ROAD” –  Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green

“ENTROPY / BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY” – Quatermass – Quatermass

“SPEED KING” – Deep Purple – In Rock

“ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW” – Dave Mason – Alone Together

“LIVE WITH ME” – Humble Pie – Humble Pie

“I AM THE WALRUS” – Spooky Tooth – The Last Puff

“SINGING WINDS, CRYING BEASTS” / “BLACK MAGIC WOMAN / GYPSY QUEEN”
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“GONE DEAD TRAIN”– Randy Newman – “Performance” Film Soundtrack

“REVIVAL” – The Allman Brothers Band – Idlewild South

“IMMIGRANT SONG” – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III

“Prelude – NOTHIN’ TO HIDE” – Spirit – 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

MAKE ME MAKE YOU” – Rumplestiltskin – Rumplestiltskin

“THE ANSWER” – Peter Bardens – The Answer

MUSIC IS LOVE” – David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name

“AQUALUNG” – Jethro Tull – Aqualung

“SIMPLE SISTER” – Procol Harum – Broken Barricades

“BROWN SUGAR” – The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

“MAGGOT BRAIN” – Funkadelic – Maggot Brain

“BABA O’RILEY” – The Who – Who’s Next

“MEETING OF THE SPIRITS” – The Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame

“ONE OF THESE DAYS” – Pink Floyd – Meddle

“HIGHWAY STAR” – Deep Purple – Machinehead

THE SYSTEM” – Aphrodite’s Child – 666

OBSCURED BY CLOUDS – Pink Floyd – The Vallee

“LEAVING SHIRE” – Bo Hansson – Lord of the Rings

“A TAB IN THE OCEAN” – Nektar – A Tab in the Ocean

“RADAR LOVE” – Golden Earring – Moontan

“KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE” – Queen – Queen

“QUADRANT 4” – Billy Cobham – Spectrum

“I CAN’T WAIT MUCH LONGER” – Robin Trower – Twice Removed From Yesterday

“MAGIC MAN” – Heart – Dreamboat Annie

“PRECIOUS”– The Pretenders -The Pretenders

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OPENING TRACKS MATTER!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring APRIL!

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00individual was among those blessed to be born into this existence during the most concentrated Cultural events of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and of the real-time experience in his teens in the ’60s, and twenties in the ’70s is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

April was the calm before the Cultural Explosion.  What seemed like (in comparison, thus far) a mundane month, April was merely the respite needed in order to keep pace with what was soon to come.

Let’s Rock:

April 1: Paul McCartney’s supposed death in a fiery auto accident on November 9, 1966, created further rumors that he was replaced by a much more talented look-alike, one William Campbell aka Billy Shears.  By the end of March the truth spread outside The Beatles’ small circle of friends that McCartney did have a double, but not because he died, but because he wanted/demanded time off for writing, composing, reflecting, and family. So for all public appearances, publicity photo-shoots, limited interviews and such, the double took over while Paul was busy creating and enjoying life.  Paul’s successful ruse caused animosity, as John, George and Ringo, felt used and wanted that “double” relief too.  So to make peace, on the first day of April 1967, Paul agreed to resume his role and duties in the band – but the seed to go solo was planted, and as history shows three years later on April 9, 1970, Paul would announce The Beatles breakup – and accompanied with that press release was a copy of his debut solo album “McCartney” – he knew how to max a moment.
Late 1966: Paul (left) William (right) or is it . . . ?

April 7: Tom Donahue, San Francisco DJ begins new radio format – Progressive (KMPX-FM).  Later he was programmer for many other stations including KPPC.

April 7: Canned Heat opened at the Avalon Ballroom.

April 8: Sandie Shaw wins 12th Eurovision Song Contest.

April 9: The Doors appear for two shows at the Cheetah on the Santa Monica Pier, Venice CA. with The Jefferson Airplane.  The Doors, riding high on the success of their debut album are for the first time top billing over the biggest bands from friendly rival San Francisco and playing to their largest crowd to date of over 3,000 – a big night for the band.

April 9: The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.

April 11: Buffalo Springfield, and the Electric Chamber Orkustra appeared at the Rock Garden, 4742 Mission near Ocean.

April 12: Benefit at the Fillmore Auditorium for arrested members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. The Airplane, the Dead, and Moby Grape appeared.

April 14: Country Joe and the Fish performed in the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park on the eve of the Peace March.surveyor3

April 15: Antiwar Protests and Peace March held in New York and San Francisco – Draft cards burned.  100,000 people marched from Second and Market to Kezar Stadium at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Vietnam veteran David Duncan gave the keynote speech.

April 17: Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.

April: Blues Magoos release their second album “Electric Comic Book”. Their debut in November 1966, “Psychedelic Lollipop” was one of the first albums to use the word “psychedelic” in the album title.

April 20: Howlin’ Wolf opened at the Matrix.

April 23: Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov, Russian
Cosmonaut, becomes first in-flight casualty.

April 25: Abortion legalized in Colorado, U.S.

April 25: Jules Feiffer‘s “Little Murders” premieres in NYC,

April 27: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

April 28: Muhammad Ali protests the Vietnam War  and refuses induction into the Army and is stripped of his Championship Boxing Title.

April 29: Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”.

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending April 18, 1967:
1  SOMETHIN’ STUPID – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
2  HAPPY TOGETHER – The Turtles (White Whale)
3  THIS IS MY SONG – Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)
4  BERNADETTE – The Four Tops (Motown)
5  A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU – The Monkees (Colgems)
6  WESTERN UNION – The Five Americans (Abnak)
7  I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
8  DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE – The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)
9  I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
10 JIMMY MACK –Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)
11 SWEET SOUL MUSIC – Arthur Conley (Atco)
12 PENNY LANE – The Beatles (Capitol)
13 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH – Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
14 THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin’ Groovy) – Harpers Bizarre (Warner Brothers)
15 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) – Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
16 BEGGIN’ – The Four Seasons (Philips)
17 AT THE ZOO – Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)
18 WITH THIS RING – The Platters (Musicor)
19 THE HAPPENING – The Supremes (Motown)
20 DRY YOUR EYES – Brenda and the Tabulations (Dionn)

APRIL MOVIES
April 7: The Karate Killers (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)karate-killers-posterApril 14: It’s A Bikini World
April 19:
Fitzwilly
April 24:
Elvira Madigan
April 26:
The 25th Hour
April 26: 
8 On The Lam
April 27:
Two For The Road
April 28:
Casino Royale

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is in Off-Rail Mode crossing over psychedelic sixties landscapes and headed for eight more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

“Psychedelic Train in Off-Rail Mode” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

After concerts ’til dawn in the Jam Car, the Psychedelic Train morphed into Off-Rail Mode, veered off onto the mystical Route 67 in order to stop, let the engines cool-down, and partake in “an orgasm for taste buds” breakfast at the “famous on all levels”,
Psychedelic Coffee Shop

Once back on the rails, relax and take in the scenery.
If the landscapes, lakes, and meadows seem to have an opalescent tinge, that’s courtesy of The Psychedelic Coffee Shop’s “special” brand of coffee.
Next stop – May 1967!

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