THE JOHN SHAKESPEARE ORCHESTRA "Fade Out"

Sloshy spies and deceit in the vein of the theme from the Prisoner. Splashy and TV oriented, with saucy horns and slip-her-a-Mickey martini thinking.
Prisoner Lounge Instrumental Mono

THE COCKTAIL CABINET "Breathalyzer"

A bit of fuzz and organ, a slushy British sounding melody riff played out on the console organ, you have everything you need to know. Like Brian Auger at the mall.
Psychedelic Mall Instrumental Mono

JOHNNY KEATING "Getaway"

Big guitar, lightweight playing, nearly Klezmer oboe, and you have one bizarre number with a sloshy tumbler feel and a speedy edge. Orchestral strangeness from under the bed.
Psychedelic Klezmer Instrumental Mono

THE REMO FOUR "Rock Candy"

Jammin', then some more jammin', and finally, some jammin'. tasty piano rolling out a buncho notes, but it never gets beyond the jam stage. It hints of some of the lighter material from Wig Wam, but without the charm.
Piano Jam Instrumental Mono

RUFFLE "Go Mean"

Nothing mean about this bongo and orchestral spy fluff. You can just see the liquid color double images and body painted nymphs writhing in ecstasy - oh, wait, that was a movie...
Hollywood Psychedelic Instrumental Mono

GARRY BLAKE "Look Out Now"

If this isn't Henry Mancini's "A Shot In The Dark," then there's no Santa Claus (don't burst my bubble). Aside from copping the melody and most of the arrangement, it's like Mancini was writing about a carnival instead of Peter Sellers.
Psychedelic Lounge Instrumental Mono

ERIC DELANEY'S BIG BEAT 6 "Big Beat"

Surf guitar twang, a "Walk On The Wild Side" feel, and an adventurous rhythm. The horns in the lead take it to the movies. Interesting, if only for it's inventiveness.
Surf Lounge Instrumental Mono

APARTMENT ONE "Step Inside"

Implying you're outside, "Step Inside" meanders through a long introductory jam only to land in a mindless guitar noodle exercise. This transition repeats itself repeatedly in a redundantly redundant fashion. Only the faux harpsichord makes it interesting.
Circular Lounge Instrumental Mono

TIMEBOX "I Wish I Could Jerk Like My Uncle Cyril"

Not one single ounce more than a standard blues riff. Not one iota of new or recreative music. But, hey, the hand clapping party sounds and vibes are cool.
Lounge Blues Jam Instrumental Mono

JIMMY NICOL "Husky" HUSKY

An organ "Hole In The Wall" or "Wade In The Water" kinda super-simple boring do-da. Uttering "husky" with a moron voice does not improve it.
Organ Instrumental Mono

BONNIE GRAHAM "Zoom, Widge and Wag"

Yeah, and where does this bus go? Nowhere, man... The percussion is pretty cool, reminiscent of Sandy Nelson, but the big organ and horns stuff is just too much, especially when the chorus shouts "Pow!"
Psychedelic TV Instrumental Mono

THE MIDAS TOUCH "Sulphur Flowers"

"Sulphur Flowers" is built upon an interesting rhythm and spooky distorted guitar. Odd effects, spacy sounds, weird scenes, and strings... It's like Family trying to be Pink Floyd.
Psychedelic Flower Shop Instrumental Mono

THE DAVE PIKE SET "Mathar"

The sitar raga rock sound gets a booster chair for its birthday. Rising to the occasion, the Dave Pike Set make this meandering piece float like smoke in an opium den. More interesting than most here, and kinda psychedelic in a mystical kinda way. It doesn't mathar, does it? (Sorry ed.)
Psychedelic Sitar Instrumental Mono

THE ELIMINATORS "The Eliminator"

The Eliminators do a nice job with this. "Eliminator" is on the soft side, but it has a surfy edge via warm whammy, and it infects the listener. Bells toll for a spaghetti western influence. A little dramatic in that British way, but still very cool.
Indian Instrumental Mono

GRAPEFRUIT "Theme For Twiggy"

Almost as thin and wistful as miss Twiggy herself, "Theme For Twiggy" floats softly upon a saffron cloud as if the to imply that she who hums when she walks fast is somehow above us all. The big production mid section, with it's chorus and all, is beyond redemption.
Psychedelic Fashion Instrumental Mono

LES YPER SOUNDS "Teen Tonic "

This is the kind of thing studio producers created when psychedelia came along. They had nor more clue about this than they did about surf or hot rod, but that certainly didn't stop them. In some ways, it's like Mike Deazy's Friar Tuck and his Psychedelic Guitar. Electro tweak, organ weirdness.
Psychedelic Lounge Instrumental Mono

CHARISMA "Bizwambi"

Brian Augerisms pumped out all through this carnival for lost drug addicts. No, it's not really interesting, just thumpy.
Psychedelic Carnival Instrumental Stereo

ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN "Moon Walk"

Sorta like a merger between Pink Floyd's "Money" and Cabaret Voltaire's cover of the Seeds "No Escape," this slushy wanderer is waiting at a bus stop near you, where it presents an endless array of electro tweak and predictable guitar lines. Yet, it somehow has a perverse attraction about it.
Psychedelic Tweaky Instrumental Mono

ELECTRIC SANDWICH "China"

"China" is a tribal Fillmore kinda thing, with a great relentless bass and drum line, swelling electro-echo-guitar effects and an evolving drugged out lead guitar. It's not melodic, but it is very effective and quite an adventure in the have of a bygone era.
Psychedelic Instrumental Stereo

LARD FREE "Warinobaril"

Slow and very slowly evolving, "Warinobaril" boasts a hazy vision of a far off land where you only think you can partake of the herb without hassle. Some of the disturbing guitar stuff is very edgy, especially for the time. It's a little like an evolving drone behind a mad axman. What'cha gonna do without lard anyway?
Psychedelic Lounge Instrumental Stereo

POP DRIVE LTD. "Wild Jam"

There must be a reason for this, but I can't quite find it. It's not in the flute lead. It's not in the fluffy melody line. Nor is it in the non-directional jam. Oh, wait, it's a jam. That makes it OK!
Psychedelic Jam Instrumental Stereo

THE PROGRESSIVE SEEKERS "Western Drag"

Distant psychedelic blues harmonica over a relentless bass line, with a haunting and slightly enticing sound. I wish I hated this, but I don't. It's kinda fun.
Psychedelic Blues Instrumental Stereo

LES YPER SOUNDS "Jericho Jerk "

Electro tweak for the sake of electro tweak. Much of what happened when electronics entered the music world via Moog and Dick Hyman was more about being odd than interesting. While this fits that description, there's a strange attraction to this track. Lots of cycling sounds and reverb and echo keeping the jam afloat.
Psychedelic Lounge Instrumental Stereo

ARZACHEL "Queen Street Gang"

Very slow jammin' evening softness, with the beat that hip-hop would later adopt as if it was the only beat. It doesn't really go anywhere, but it is a pleasant ride on a subway.
Psychedelic Lounge Instrumental Stereo