HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

for a relative novice...

I mean I have some stuff by the usual suspects such as Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett, The Beatles, Beefheart, Hawkwind....

but what are some other more obscure must have bands/albums I'm missing out on? The trippier the better :)

Ta very much in advance :)

moshka-medicine wrote:

Faust

Gong pre '75

Brainticket

Silver Apples

United States Of America, The

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Awesome, thanks a lot moshka. I remember a mate of mine had some Faust and Gong records and vaguely remember getting wrecked listening to some of those but can't recollect what they sound like at all. Never heard of the others but will check em all out. Nice one, cheers :)

spa5tik0lonz wrote:

god shmoo so many m8....

heres just a few you should check

Teddy and his patches
Yesterdays Obsession
Brain Train
Concrete rubber band
Just landed cosmic kid
Forest of black
Tangerine dream
Tintern abbey
Half machine lip moves

here shmoo about as fucked up and obscure as you can get, if you can find any to hear ill rips them for ya...

spa5tik0lonz wrote:

theirs actually so much of this stuff, it would take me forever to list, but i will go thru my collection and list more...also, check my contributed stuff on my discogs page most of its rare psych 7s i listed

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Wicked, thanks very much for that mosh mate. I do actually have that Chrome album and a few of their others, dunno why I didn't mention them at the start. Brilliant band, way ahead of their time, hard to believe that album is 30 years old. I'll go on the hunt for the others and I may very well take you up on the kind offer of rips if I don't have much joy. Thanks again mate, much appreciated :)

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

I'd never really heard of that band before I came to discogs, dunno how they passed me by all these years. They've clearly been a big influence and inspiration for many as well, really have to check em out.

spa5tik0lonz wrote:

yea, you should check that album "tangerine dream" by kaliedoscope, i think it would be right up your street...

Yea, well ahead of time that Chrome-Half machine, LP, also really liked "alien soundtracks" by them

No probs i can sort you a cdr anytime m8

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Yeah that's a top one as well. I really like Red Exposure as well, that was the first Chrome album I got. More straight ahead but still got that fucked up sound, wicked album. Blood On The Moon is great too, even more straight ahead, more punk than anything but still tops...

I didn't check that link properly, just assmued it must be the band Tangerine Dream! I've been checkin out some Kaleidoscope, yeah sounds great! Early Syd Barrett Piper At The Gates era Floyd sounding, exactly the sort of thing I'm after. Nice one mozza!

RhubarbRhubarb wrote:

How dya do Shmoo. Try these old son:

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (UK 1968) Just buy it!
Pink Floyd - Piper at the gates of dawn (UK 1967) Ditto!
13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (US 1967) Elevators in full acid guzzle mode.
Small Faces - Ogden's nutgone flake (UK 1968) UK pop psych charmer.
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Child's guide to good and evil (US 1968) Their best!
Deep - Psychedelic moods (US 1966) Early psych dementia.
Family - Music in a doll's house (UK 1968) some very zoned out moments.
Outsider - CQ (NL 1968) Brill Dutch psych with a heavy edge
Second Hand - Reality (UK 1968) Dark doomy bad trip psych overload.
Freebourne - Peak impressions (US 1968) Effects effects effects.
United States of America - same (US 1968) Electronic psych masterpiece
Group 1850 - Agemo's trip to mother earth (NL 1968) Dutch acid heads trip into the outer space.
Traffic Sound - Virgin (Peru 1969) Beautiful S. America meets heavy psych trips on mescaline.
Morgen - same (US 1968) Dark psych nightmares.
End - Introspection (UK 1969) Uk psych pop trip out flip out.
July - Same (UK 1968) Very Syd Floyd style.
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron (US 1968) Electronic madness.
Ultimate Spinach - Same (US 1968)
Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle (US 1969) One of my faves - electronic mixed with avant orchestras, soundscapes, spaceyness and dreamy songs.
Silver Apples - Same and Contact (both US 1968) Primal tribal electronic stompers.

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Oi Oi Mr. Rhubarb!! Aint seen you about in a while. Howz tricks me ole mucker? :)

Thanks very much for all the tips bud. Obviously I already have that Floyd album but apart from 13th Floor Elevators who I've heard of I don't know any of those. Will be checkin em all out. Fun!! :)

Cheers Rhubarb mate :)

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

One of my favourites :)

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Course I've heard of Small Faces as well. Aren't they the ones who did Itchycoo Park? Dont know any of their stuff other than that tune..

moshka-medicine wrote:

this is a *bit* of a stretch... their first few albums are "rock" oriented but really raw... this period is followed by a "classical" sounding prog ambient thing which is followed by their "serial" minimal arpeggio orient thing. dont ask me about post 1976, i just dont know. of course i might be generalizing a bit but...

i think the best TD album is "Zeit" followed by "Atem".. the arpeggio stuff is ok, but i have never given it a heavy listen in recent years..

You might really like Ash Ra Tempel.. their first album is like the german answer to Santana's Santana - Caravanserai. pure sky church music.

some people on the faust list REALLY like bands like Magma (6) and Van Der Graaf Generator ... these are reoccuring subjects every 6 months with lots of gushing and raving.

i also do not see Residents, The above. this band is a must. Residents, The - Fingerprince will flip your whig.

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

moshka, you've done the same as me and not checked the link properly. mosh hasn't linked to the band Tangerine Dream, it's an album by a UK band called Kaleidoscope, hehe :)

moshka-medicine wrote:

^^ wowie-zowie. duh.

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

Cheers for the other tips btw moshka mate. I remember a mate of mines dad had a massive collection and he was well into the Residents. I remember him playing some and I didn't dig it at all but then I was only 11 or so then. A lot of music I didn't 'get' then I love now so will give em another go :)

jupiterboy wrote:

Can would have to be on the list. Tago Mago being a good place to start.

Amon Düül II is fantastic. Phallus Dei, Yeti & Wolf City—all classics.

Cluster, Cluster II—also a classic.

And if spacey is really your bag Popol Vuh may be the band for you.

I am a huge Robert Wyatt fan, and would suggest giving Rock Bottom a listen. If you like that he is still making great music—his two most recent releases being fine examples.

spa5tik0lonz wrote:

as rhubarb mentioned....get that
Morgan-st/LP fucking amazing lp this.....

spa5tik0lonz wrote:

a few strange tripped out things to check
Brainticket-Cottonwool hill(the track "places of light" is a killer)
C.A. Quintet-Trip thru hell LP
Lime frost-Post bellum blues(Moody tripped out lyrics, reverb, effects)
Gong-You lp(Track "Isle of everything" killer)
Arzachel-st/LP(Love this LP, i have three different copies, rarest on evolution)
The Viceroys-Five steps to hell(dark moody lyrics, about death)
Spoils of war-ST/lp(silver apples style, electronic tripped out psych, would love to own the 7s, got a reiisue...)

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

This thread has done wonders for my music collection and made me very happy for the last month or so. I'd like to go into detail about what I bought and what i think of them all but I'd be here all night! Let me just say - Ash Ra Tempel, they were one of the first I checked simply because I liked their name and fuck me, that's some of the best shit I've ever heard! Got their first two albums and absolutely adore them. Took a bit of hunting down and they weren't cheap but my they were worth it! And Amon Duul II, oh my goodness, truly amazing! Probably the best recommendations I've ever had! As I said I could go on and on but that'll do for now, will probably be back later with some more comments. Thanks again to all for the great recommendations!

nik79 wrote:

In my mind is this moment... (casual order)

Sun Also Rises
Mellow Candle
Spaceman 3
Experimental Audio Research
Tim Buckley
Jan Dukes De Grey
Ithaca
Sundial
Darkside
Dragline
J.Bone Cro
ST 37
Tribe Of Cro
No Strange

Bands from different years, all very interesting

oneseven wrote:

oneseven wrote:

Caravan

The Incredible String Band

moshka-medicine wrote:

i just picked up this because it got repressed:

Sperm* - Shh! Heinäsirkat

wild LP. think the best noise guitar "riffs" from sonic youth but add in raw electronics, some horns bleeting a wailing.. deconstructionist madness. id equate it with some sun ra, throbbing gristle, stockhausen...as well.

moshka-medicine wrote:

^^i just heard that

Pekka Airaksinen - One Point Music

is getting a repress too in early fall (this is first hand information..btw) which is very nice as the original runs 500e+

a bit more raw than the sperm lp, certainly more experimental oriented.

HRD_Shmoo_XIII wrote:

I'm leaving the forum as i don't really have anything to contribute but before I do I just want to say thanks again to all for the recommendations. I have found some fantastic music as a result of this thread so thanks once again people. Cheers.

acidica wrote:

i love this thread, i have purchased so many gems from this thread !!

bigups