Psychedelic posters (1960s)

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Surrealistic Pillow is the second album released in February 1967 for RCA Victor.

Marty Balin – vocals, guitar
Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ, recorder
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals
Jack Casady – bass, fuzz bass, rhythm guitar
Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion


Jerry Garcia – musical and spiritual adviser, guitar 
Rick Jarrard – producer
David Hassinger – engineer
Marty Balin – album design


Recorded in RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood California.


Tracklist:


1.She Has Funny Cars (Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin) – 3:14
2.Somebody to Love (Darby Slick) – 3:00
3.My Best Friend (Skip Spence) – 3:04
4.Today (Balin, Paul Kantner) – 3:03
5.Comin' Back to Me (Balin) – 5:23
6.3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds (Balin) – 3:45
7.D.C.B.A. -25 (Kantner) – 2:39
8.How Do You Feel (Tom Mastin) – 3:34
9.Embryonic Journey (Kaukonen) – 1:55
10.White Rabbit (Grace Slick) – 2:32
11.Plastic Fantastic Lover (Balin) – 2:39

Original Billboard review (1967)

The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (1970)

The Temptations are an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records.

Psychedelic Shack is a 1970 album for the Gordy (Motown) label, which represents the Temptations' full-blown submergence into psychedelia.

Vocals: Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin Dennis Edwards

Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers

Producer: Norman Whitfield

Tracklist:

1. Psychedelic Shack (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 3:53

2. You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 2:46

3. Hum Along And Dance (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 3:53

4. Take A Stroll Thru Your Mind (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 8:32

5. It's Summer (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 2:35

6. War (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 4:13

7. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 4:02

8. Friendship Train (B. Strong, N. Whitfield) - 7:53

Billboard Hot 100 Chart (1970)

Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe (1968)

Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director. Would You Believe is an album recorded in 1968 for Immediate Records.



Vocals: Billy Nicholls 
Guitars: Joe Moretti, Steve Marriott, Big Jim Sullivan 
Bass: John Paul Jones,Ronnie Lane 
Drums: Jerry Shirley, Kenney Jones
Keyboards: Nicky Hopkins, Ian McLagan, Caleb Quaye
Background vocals: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Barry Husband, Denny Gerrard


Arranger: Arthur Greenslade, John Paul Jones, *The Small Faces 
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham


Tracklist:


All tracks composed by Billy Nicholls except where indicated


1. Would You Believe?* (Jeremy Paul) - 2:41
2. Come Again - 2:34
3. Life Is Short - 3:07
4. Feeling Easy - 3:12
5. Daytime Girl - 2:14
6. Daytime Girl (Coda) - 1:36
7. London Social Degre - 2:20
8. Portobello Road - 2:05
9. Question Mark - 2:26
10. Being Happy - 2:28
11. Girl From New York - 3:16
12. It Brings Me Down - 4:39

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)

Pink Floyd were an English psychedelic and progressive rock band founded in the mid-sixties. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is their debut album and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album was released in 1967 by EMI Records in the UK and Tower/Capitol Records in the US.

Band members are:

Drums, percussion: Nick Mason
Bass, vocals: Roger Waters
Farfisa and Hammond Organ, Piano, Vocals: Richard Wright
Guitar, Vocals: Syd Barrett

Producer: Norman Smith
Engineer: Peter Bown

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London (UK).

Tracklist:

1. Astronomy Domine (Syd Barrett) - 4:12
2. Lucifer Sam (Syd Barrett) - 3:07
3. Matilda Mother (Syd Barrett) - 3:08
4. Flaming (Syd Barrett) - 2:46
5. Pow R Toc H (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) - 4:26
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (Roger Waters) - 3:05
7. Interstellar Overdrive (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) - 9:41
8. The Gnome (Syd Barrett) - 2:13
9. Chapter 24 (Syd Barrett) - 3:42
10. Scarecrow (Syd Barrett) - 2:11
11. Bike (Syd Barrett) - 3:21

Billboard Review (1967)

Howlin' Wolf - The Howlin' Wolf Album (1969)

Howlin' Wolf was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.

In 1968, Chess Records made an attempt to modernize the sound of bluesmen Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters by convincing them to record Jimi Hendrix-inspired psychedelic arrangements of their classic songs resulting in the albums Electric Mud and The Howlin' Wolf Album.
Howlin' Wolf strongly disliked the album, and Chess Records referenced this fact on the album's cover. It was released in 1969 on the experimental subsidiary of Chess Records: Cadet Concept Records.

Drums: Morris Jennings

Bass: Phil Upchurch, Louis Satterfield

Guitar: Hubert Sumlin, Roland Faulkner, Pete Cosey (& bowed guitar), Phil Upchurch, Howlin Wolf

Electric Sax: Gene Barge (Horn)

Flute: Don Myrick

Vocals, Harmonica: Howlin' Wolf

Engineer: Ron Malo

Producers: Charles Stepney, Gene Barge and Marshall Chess.

Recorded November 1968 at Ter Mar Studios – Chicago.

Tracklist:

1. Spoonful (Willie Dixon) - 3:52
2. Tail Dragger (Willie Dixon) - 4:33
3. Smokestack Lightning (Chester Burnett)- 3:56
4. Moanin' at Midnight (Chester Burnett, Taub)- 3:15
5. Built for Comfort (Willie Dixon) - 5:11
6. The Red Rooster (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:50
7. Evil (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett)- 4:06
8. Down in the Bottom (Willie Dixon)- 2:45
9. Three Hundred Pounds of Joy (Willie Dixon)- 2:35
10. Back Door Man (Willie Dixon) - 6:30

The Millenium - Begin (1968)

The Millenium was a Californian group founded and produced by Curt Boettcher. Begin is the only album ever released by this band in 1968 for Columbia records. Band members are:


- Curt Boettcher (Vocals, guitar)
- Sandy Salisbury (Vocals, guitar)
- Joey Stec (Vocals, guitar)
- Lee Mallory (Vocals, guitar)
- Doug Rhodes (Bass, harpsichord, piano)
- Michael Fennelly (Vocals, guitar)
- Ron Edgar (Drums, percussions)


Tracklist:


1. Prelude (Ron Edgar, Doug Rhodes) - 1:18
2. To Claudia on a Thursday (Michael Fennelly, Joey Stec) - 3:26
3. I Just Want To Be Your Friend (Curt Boettcher) - 2:34
4. 5 A.M. (Sandy Salisbury) - 2:48
5. I'm With You (Lee Mallory) - 2:35
6. The Island (Curt Boettcher) - 3:18
7. Sing To Me (Lee Mallory) - 2:15
8. It's You (Michael Fennelly) - 3:21
9. Some Sunny Day (Lee Mallory) - 3:22
10. It Won't Always Be The Same (Michael Fennelly, Joey Stec) - 2:57
11. The Know It All (Curt Boettcher) - 2:40
12. Karmic Dream Sequence #1 (Curt Boettcher, Lee Mallory) - 5:58
13. There Is Nothing More To Say (Curt Boettcher, Lee Mallory) - 2:33
14 Anthem (Begin) (Curt Boettcher, Michael Fennelly, Lee Mallory) - 2:39


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