60s Psychedelic Desert Island Albums

Whenever people mention Da Capo they always make certain to qualify it by saying how bad Revelations is, but I think it's a great jam. Maybe my taste has been irreparably ruined by listening to too many jazz albums, but I enjoy how the band stretches out and it is probably the most psychedelic thing Love ever recorded. The format of the album reminds me of Atom Heart Mother or Meddle, with one side of concise pop songs, the other a nice, extended track to immerse yourself in.

 

Ouch! How could I have overlooked "It's a Beautiful Day?" One of my favorites, too!

 

Traffic's Mr. Fantasy

 

I like the song fine...unlike somE folks...I've grown to enjoy it. The cool I don't know if it's a harpsichord or not but that cool central riff is neat, and there are bits of brilliance scattered in it...but that first side is EPIC, it crushes the amazing forever changes and regardless of my feel for revelations, it pales next to that first side...maybe it wasn't recorded well (as lee cited) maybe it's just impossible to live up to side a, but da capo should be universally hailed as one of the best albums ever and it isn't because of side b.

They tried to do their own going home by the stones, but the stones did that jam better....

 

Agree completely. I enjoy Happy Trails but I love the self titled effort.

 

I feel the same way. If ever forced to only listen to one album from here on out, Forever Changes would be it.

 

I'm with you brother! Love Da Capo was a great album. Way more in the psyche category than "Forever Changes". I was, am, and always a Love fan. Back when "Forever Changes" was first released, many of my fellow Love fans did not know what to make of that record. It was such a departure from the previous records, some did not like it at all.

In most of recent articles written about " Revelation" many now pan it. We loved that song (if you want to call it that) and played it repeatedly. History has way re-writing itself and not always consistent with the reality of the time. Forever Changes is a great record on it's own merits, but it was not originally considered the classic that it is now recognized for.

 

Country Joe & the Fish - Electric Music For the Mind and Body
Traffic - Heaven is in Your
Byrds:Fifth Dimension
Doors: S/T and Strange Days
Jefferson Airplane Surrealalistic Pillow and After Bathing At Baxters and Crown of Creation
Hendrix. Are You Experienced?
Buffalo Springfield, Again
Hawkwind, Space Ritual - Recorded live at Liverpool Stadium and Brixton Sundown

 

It starts out good, gets kind of rough around the 5 minute point, but slowly improves and once the saxophone starts in - gets nice and jammin'!

Oh...and as far as the comparison to The Stones' "Goin' Home" - rumor has it that is was actually The Rolling Stones who were copying Love. They saw Love play a super-long 30 minute rendition of their blues jam "John Lee Hooker" while visiting L.A. and it inspired them to try their own attempt on record with "Goin' Home".

 

Deep Purple - s/t 1969
Billy Nicholls - would you believe
Steppenwolf - the second
SRC
Stones - Between the Buttons
Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
Iron Butterfly - Heavy

Honourable Mention 45:
Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa"

 

Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 1968

 

Revelations does a nice homage to the Stones..Going Home etc. Bluesy Jam.

 

I've always like it, yes it's not to the standard of the first side (what is?) but it's great loud.

 

Family-Music in a doll's House in Mono

 

Now that's interesting - is it a dedicated mono mix??? Would have taken some doing....

 

Fun thread-I would add Ultimate Spinach, Freak Out and Moby Grape-Wow/with Jam. Also Mountain album with "Theme from an Imaginary Western". Oh yeah-In the Court of the Crimson King and Lizard.

 

It is a dedicated mono mix. It has a lot more muscle than the stereo mix.

 

No one has mentioned this so I will: Fever Tree S/T debut, 1968.

 

Won't post anything that has already been mentioned,but I will add
Love Da Capo
Os Mutantes Mutantes (2nd album) A Divina Comedia ou Ando Meio Desligado
Homer S/T
The Chocolate Watchband No Way Out
The Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints
Bohemian Vendetta
The Crying Shames Synthesis
Moby Grape S/T Much better than Wow,IMO
The Electric Prunes S/T
The Amboy Dukes Journey To The Center of The Mind
Regardless of what you think of Nugent,this is a great record.
Touch S/T
The Golden Earring Eight Miles High
Flower Travellin' Band Anywhere
Asgard In The Realm of Asgard

Any list of great psychedelic records needs to include some Shin Joong Hyun.Two of his best psych numbers

And of course
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mwhj7vlj76Y

 

Electric Ladyland,Wheels of Fire,Atom Heart Mother.

 

Also The Monkees Head

 

Great list and I have all of these, but where's #3?

 

I just managed to grab it, it sounds like a different record. Made my day! even my son had to comment on me playing even weirder music than normal....

 

Can't really think of 10 because I take the term "psychedelic" a lot more literally than some others do. That is, I expect blatant psychedelic effects in the music (phasing, echo, etc.) along with hypnotic drone. Anyway, here are my absolute faves:

HP Lovecraft - HP Lovecraft II
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (honestly, I prefer Relics but that doesn't really count since it came later)