VA - I Said, She Said, Ah Cid, The Exploito Psych World Of Alshire Records 1967-71 [2018] (3 x CD's)

ALSHIRE RECORDS

VA - I Said, She Said, Ah Cid, The Exploito Psych World Of Alshire Records 1967-71 [2018] (3 x CD's)

Probably the most prolific budget label of the Sixties, California-based Alshire was also the most interesting, with owner Al Sherman and his equally notorious sidekick Dave Miller, employing leading LA session men and local studio auteurs to supply finished masters that were then issued (and endlessly repackaged) in a variety of fictitious group names.  Initially a US-only concern, by mid-1969 Alshire had become something of an Anglo-American enterprise after Sherman hired Pye producer Jack Dorsey - who, in addition to taking over the label’s long-running 101 Strings series, brought in a number of English pop and rock bands who contributed (often without their knowledge) to Alshire’s bulging release schedules.

A 3CD set, I Said She Said Ah Cid gathers together the cream of Alshire’s late 60's / early 70's roster, incorporating key LPs (The Animated Egg and the extraordinary Astro-Sounds...); an entire CD of music from scandalously overlooked psych/rock band The California Poppy Pickers and highlights from elsewhere in the Alshire catalogue and an attempt to update the music of Hank Williams for the acid-rock generation. The result is the first-ever anthology of Alshire's work, while the accompanying 32-page booklet includes many rare photos, band quotes and a 10,000 word essay that examines in detail the murky, labyrinthine world of Alshire for the first time.  (hmv.co.jp)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Animated Egg A Love Built On Sand 3:03

02 Animated Egg Inside Looking Out 2:56

03 Animated Egg I Said, She Said, Ah Cid 2:12

04 Animated Egg "T"Omorrow 2:29

05 Animated Egg Sure Listic 1:45

06 Animated Egg Sippin' And Trippin' 2:07

07 Animated Egg Dark 1:50

08 Animated Egg Down, Down And Gone 2:18

09 Animated Egg Sock It My Way 3:23

10 Animated Egg That's How It Is 3:26

11 101 Strings Ode To Billie Joe 3:20

12 101 Strings I'm A Man 2:45

13 101 Strings Karma Sitar 3:11

14 101 Strings California Dreamin' 2:21

15 101 Strings Stone Baroque 2:16

16 101 Strings San Francisco (Flowers In Your Hair) 2:54

17 101 Strings A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2:28

18 101 Strings Blues For The Guru 4:19

19 101 Strings Never My Love 2:39

20 101 Strings Strings For Ravi 3:15

21 101 Strings Flameout 2:49

22 101 Strings Re-Entry To Mog 3:30

23 101 Strings Space Odyssey 1:39

24 101 Strings Astral Freakout 2:58

25 101 Strings Orbit Fantasy 2:57

26 101 Strings Barrier X-69 2:15

27 101 Strings A Disappointing Love With A Desensitized Robot 2:26

28 101 Strings Trippin' On Lunar 07 2:05

29 101 Strings Where Were You In 192? 1:50

30 101 Strings A Bad Trip Back To '69 2:18

CD2

01 California Poppy Pickers Wipe Out '69 2:13

02 California Poppy Pickers Come Back 2:29

03 California Poppy Pickers Clean Up Your Own Backyard 2:19

04 California Poppy Pickers Crystal Blue Persuasion 3:22

05 California Poppy Pickers Bun Buster 1:56

06 California Poppy Pickers Why Don't We Do It In The Road 2:37

07 California Poppy Pickers Sunshine Summer Days 1:56

08 California Poppy Pickers Get Back 3:48

09 California Poppy Pickers Do Ya Do Ya 2:48

10 Aquarius Let The Sunshine In 3:16

11 California Poppy Pickers Hair 3:05

12 California Poppy Pickers It's Written All Over My Face 2:35

13 California Poppy Pickers Horsefly 2:43

14 California Poppy Pickers Special Delivery 2:45

15 California Poppy Pickers Back In The U.S.S.R. 2:50

16 California Poppy Pickers Augie From Bakersfield 2:44

17 California Poppy Pickers Hushabye 2:47

18 California Poppy Pickers Yellow Submarine 2:47

19 California Poppy Pickers With Vigor 1:54

20 California Poppy Pickers Narrow People 4:02

21 California Poppy Pickers Blues For Berkley Street People 3:17

22 California Poppy Pickers Spirit In The Sky 4:39

23 California Poppy Pickers Born On The Bayou 4:03

24 California Poppy Pickers Get Together 4:09

25 California Poppy Pickers Brick Walls 2:45

26 California Poppy Pickers Honky Tonk Women 2:52

CD3

01 John Bunyan's Progressive Pilgrims Sabre Dance 4:19

02 Modern Sounds My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 2:21

03 Autumn My Little Girl 2:59

04 Heads Of The Family Troubled People 2:22

05 Doctor Marigold's Prescription Visions Of A Hobo 4:18

06 Mustang Golden Gate Freakout 1:54

07 Icarus Thing's Thing 1:56

08 Jane & Eve And The Creations Street King 2:34

09 John Bunyan's Progressive Pilgrims Mozart's Dilemma 4:57

10 Capt. Skid Marks Chick-A-Boom 2:55

11 Doctor Marigold's Prescription Land Of Fusan 4:17

12 Brownhill Stamp Duty Pigeon 2:34

13 Autumn Sun Sunshine 2:45

14 John Bunyan's Progressive Pilgrims Spaced Out 3:39

15 Modern Sounds Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2:26

16 Heads Of The Family Lodi 3:06

17 Mustang Haight-Ashbury Time 2:43

18 Doctor Marigold's Prescription Can't You See I'm Right? 3:10

19 Icarus Love Is A Thing 2:39

20 John Bunyan's Progressive Pilgrims Apricot Brandy 3:04

21 Modern Sounds Kaw-Liga 2:44

22 Jane & Eve And The Creations More Than Now 2:44

23 Doctor Marigold's Prescription Tie Me Down (Casanova) 2:07

24 101 Strings Whiplash 3:34

25 101 Strings Instant Nirvana 4:25

26 101 Strings All You Need Is Love 2:21

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