What are some good bands that fit into this category, besides the obvious (later Beatles, Beach Boys, Zombies) or more modern bands (along the lines of OTC, Elephant 6). I'm in the mood for some good old phychadelic pop music.

Get the original Nuggets comp.

I've been meaning to check that out. I'll definitely look into that.

Cotton Mather
Oranger
Beachwood Sparks
The Creation
The Move
Les Orme
Minders

Not to be nitpicky but you'll need to help me with what's so psychedelic about your examples.

I'm going to assume you really want more 60's orchestral pop and recommend:

The Left Banke
Montage
Billy Nicholls
Colin Blunstone solo
Emmitt Rhodes
The Millennium
Sagittaurius


With stronger psych:

Pretty Things
Soft Machine
Twink
Syd Barrett Solo & Barrett led Pink Floyd
13th Floor Elevators

Elements of both:

July
JK & Co
The Misunderstood

Yes, my examples were terrible and not particularly psychadelic, but thanks for the suggestions.

os mutantes

Not really psyche, but check out The Hollies and Paul Revere & The Raiders.

Others:

The Golden Dawn
Kak
Nirvana (UK)
Tomorrow
The Smoke
Early Bee Gees
Love
Lollipop Shoppe
Early Funkadelic/Parliament ("Maggot Brain" & "Osmium")
Rodriguez
Wendy & Bonnie
Linda Perhacs
Mellow Candle
The Lemon Pipers

I was going to list their first album. Also, check out Alice Cooper's "Pretties For You" and Audience's self-titled debut.

The Bangles (their first album, in particular)
Dream Syndicate

This site chocoreve has a whole blotter page of psychedelic sounds to bittorrent right into your groovy pad. peace, man.

Plasticland
The Rain Parade
Outrageous Cherry
Game Theory
The Three O' Clock
The Soft Boys
The Hysteric Narcotics
Opal

For newer bands, no one beats the Green Pajamas. anyone heard the new one?

Wow...this far down the list, and no one's mentioned Kaliedoscope, Tomorrow, Love, or The Strawberry Alarm Clock yet...or The Lyres for newer stuff...

P'shaw...

Seriously you have to get 'Hallucinations - Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vault'. It was released earlier in the year so it should be easy to pick up. There's 24 tracks on it and not one of them is less than great. Provided you like weirdness of course.

Lyres are more garage than psych at least in my book. I did mention Tomorrow and Love. Kaliedoscope are a good band. I assume you mean the UK version, there were several bands named Kaliedoscope.

<<Syd Barrett Solo & Barrett led Pink Floyd >>

Yes. Specifically, 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'.

Psychedelia was an underground phenomenon in the mid-'60s and, like many underground phenomena, it eventually went overground. It didn't take too long — once the Beatles delved into the style on 1966's Revolver, it was just a matter of time. Where straight psychedelic music actively pushed boundaries, psychedelic pop, by and large, took those innovations and applied them to concise, catchy pop songs. The psychedelic effects were used as trippy dressing — sitars, fuzz guitars, tape effects, backward guitars, even Beach Boys harmonies, were all blended into something trippy, but usually not too freaky, since the tight song structures and melodies gave everything a framework. At times, psychedelic pop songs were studio creations, but there were organic bands such as Sagittarius whose psychedelia was considerably bright and melodic; there were distinct Beach Boys influences, but they weren't as bubblegum as, say, the Lemon Pipers' "Green Tambourine." Because it had a stronger pop content, psychedelic pop had a slightly longer shelf-life than psychedelia, existing into the early '70s, which is a little odd. What's even stranger is that some psychedelic pop is more interesting than average psychedelia, since it had weird, occasionally awkward blends of psychedelia and pop conventions — the Neon Philharmonic's 1969 album The Moth Confesses is a prime example of this.


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Iron And Beer, I made this compilation a while ago, with the help of the obnerites. hope it helps.

01. kinks - picture book
02. nightcrawlers - little black egg
03. zombies - care of cell 44
04. beatles - nowhere man
05. dave clark 5 - because
06. hollies - king midas in reverse
07. syd barrett - terrapin
08. donovan - happiness runs
09. beach boys - vegetables
10. left banke - pretty ballerina
11. bee gees - holiday
12. small faces - ooh la la
13. harry chapin - six string orchestra
14. pure prairie league - aimee
15. tremoloes - here comes my baby
16. buffalo springfield - hot dusty roads
17. crosby, stills, nash, & young - our house
18. simon & garfunkel - 59th street bridge song
19. them - here comes the night
20. mamas & the papas - dream a little dream of me

Thanks. Looks good.

i heartily second everything dr. winston has said. The Millenium, left banke (and some of the montage) and Billy Nicholls records are especially close to my heart. I think the left banke CD is out of print now unfortunately. There are a boatload of psych comps out there some broken down by soft vs. hard (the association vs. blue cheer) some by region. the regional ones are pretty sweet. there's a couple of new ones on turkish psychedelia that have some surprising stuff....

Also check out Rev-ola REcords and Sundazed Records for great reissues. Rev-ola has turned me onto a bunch of stuff over the years.

Anyone who heartily seconds my posts is a welcome addition to the board! I had no idea that the Left Banke were out of print. I'm sure given the added interest they seem to be receiving that it won't be long-lived.

Midnight Records is a great place to pick up some of these if you're having a hard time finding them. I checked and they don't list the Left Banke so I'd assume al pastor is right about that being oop. They have a wonderful selection and reasonable prices but you have to know what you're looking for. Unfortunately they don't provide much information at all about individual cds/records.

Also, if you can make it past the god-awful title track, The Young Rascals "Groovin'" is a great record.

There's a British band from the 60s I don't think was mentioned called Honeybus. There's a 2 disc comp called She Flies Like a Bird that is pretty good.

Definitely check out the Technicolor Web of Sound web radio station. Here's the last 20 songs they played:

22:41:26 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Oh, Sweet Mary
22:37:28 The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
22:35:19 Tangerine Zoo - Like People
22:32:45 Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke And Sasafrass
22:30:07 The Electric Prunes - Hey Mr. President
22:27:28 George Gallagher & The Pathfinders - Dawn
22:24:26 The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry
22:19:16 The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey
22:14:50 Deep Purple - Hush
22:11:32 The Five Day Week Straw People - Five Day Week Straw People
22:10:34 Movie Ad - 'The Damned'
22:09:21 Colours - 'Love Heals + Bad Day At Black Rock, Baby' Single Ad
22:08:20 Neil Diamond - Buick Automobile Ad
22:06:12 J.J. Cale - Outside Looking In
22:04:16 The Minute Men - Disillusion
22:02:20 Clear Light - She's Ready To Be Free
21:58:55 Jefferson Airplane - Crazy Miranda
21:56:41 Giles, Giles & Fripp - How Do They Know
21:54:48 Small Faces - Mad John
21:54:39 Acid Talk - Tune In

On the website there's a huge A-Z by Artist listing of all the songs they play, which is a pretty good resource.


Nope--sadly out of print according to the Rhino Handmade website (it was a limited edition).