VA - Psych Box [2016] (5 x CD's)

BOX OF PSYCH
Previously posted January 15, 2020

VA - Psych Box [2016] (5 x CD's)

For a genre of music, which revels in its mind expanding, otherworldly explorations into sound and beyond, this Cleopatra Records release is rather surprisingly straightforwardly titled. A 5 CD box set lavishly packaged, this is a 77-track trawl through Psychedelia taking in originators from the late 60’s and onwards to the present-day flag bearers of hallucinogenic soundscapes. But any attempt at defining a genre of music, and one as richly diverse as Psychedelic music, must have been an enjoyable but daunting task, as there is always going to be cries of crime worthy omissions of psych innovators, boundary pushing legends, and modern-day purveyors (for example no Frank Zappa, Kevin Ayers, Spaceman 3, Thee Oh Sees, Animal Collective, to name but a few). But let’s not be too harsh and praise the bravery for undertaking such a mind-boggling task and concentrate on the choices selected.

This is a thoughtful collection of Old and Neo Psych and most of the new psych is truly psychedelic. All 5 CDs are great to listen to, the song order was given consideration for "flow", and the sound density is very consistent so that playback is strong throughout. The packaging artwork is *really* nicely done, it is not the usual silly perceived notion of psychedelic art. There is real illustration done for the project with continuity across the whole box of goodies, it is really good looking. Kudos to Cleopatra!  Great mix of newer and older psych artists. Gotta love some of the more obscure groups on here. (Amazon)

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Track Lists

CD1

01    Brian Jonestown Massacre    Going To Hell    2:58
02    Black Angels    Soul Kitchen    3:31
03    Legendary Pink Dots    Damien    6:19
04    A Place To Bury Strangers    Sunbeam    6:43
05    Warlocks    You Destroy    3:48
06    Hawkwind    Opa-Loka    5:10
07    Absolutely Free    Vision's    5:12
08    Movements    Great Deceiver    3:55
09    Chrome    Meet You In The Subway    5:14
10    Nicola Tesla & Thee Coils    Sweet Rays    2:35
11    Rotten Mangos    Tent Rentals    3:13
12    Thunderbeats    Something Inside Me    2:26
13    Third Sound    For A While    4:43
14    Sula Bassana    Lost In Space    6:49
15    Brainticket    Black Sand    4:05

CD2

01    Wild Style Lion Feat. Kim Gord    Love Was In Me    3:02
02    May Company    Wrap Around Porch    3:22
03    See See    Big Bad Storm    3:37
04    Syn    14 Hour Technicolour Dream    2:55
05    Sons Of Hippies    Mirrorball    3:42
06    Deviants    Jamie's Song    3:32
07    Cambrian Explosion    The Sun    6:35
08    Surprise Party    Cut Me    3:45
09    Siena Root    In My Kitchen    9:51
10    Spyrals    Sunflower Microphone    3:42
11    Studio 69    Il Est Juste La    4:07
12    Litter    Action Woman    2:31
13    Las Brujas    Sweaty Windows    5:49
14    Jovontaes    Forever    6:13
15    Spindrift    Red Reflection    5:35
16    Dum Dum Girls    Letter To Hermione    3:18

CD3

01    Nico    All Tomorrow's Parties    4:36
02    Bonfire Beach    Black Tinted Moonlight    3:19
03    Fresh & Onlys    In The Light    4:43
04    Altered Hours    Smoke Your Eyes    4:28
05    Femme Accident    Everything Goes Wrong    4:25
06    Ones    Lady Greengrass    2:40
07    Tales Of Murder And Dust    Laid Bare    4:50
08    Dead Meadow    The Crystal Ship    3:49
09    Sonic Dawn    Japanese Hills    4:43
10    MC5    Gold    3:04
11    Tashaki Miyaki    Take It Or Leave It    3:22
12    Holy Wave    Do You Feel It    3:34
13    Tulips    Winter Winds    2:59
14    Fade In Mona Lisa    Green Carnations    3:00
15    Electric Moon    Spaceman    13:12

CD4

01    Magic Wands    Jupiter    3:43
02    Nektar    It's All In The Mind    3:22
03    Chocolate Watchband    No Way Out    2:23
04    Brujas Del Sol    Occultation    5:44
05    Calliope    Iron Hand    4:13
06    Energy 2000    Zodiacal Light    4:31
07    Floormen    The Place Where The Flat Thing    4:51
08    Striped Bananas    Dark Peace    3:19
09    Indian Jewelry    Kashmir    4:54
10    Wight Lhite    Close To Odd    4:26
11    Surly Gates    Under Your Tongue    4:30
12    Aqua Nebula Oscillator    Innocent Tu Seras Incandescent    4:50
13    Pink Velvet    Allez Prenons Un Autre Verre    2:09
14    Crazy World Of Arthur Brow    Devil's Grip    3:20
15    Black Delta Movement    Macbeth    3:21
16    Aura Blaze    A Glass Of Tears Half Empty    6:15

CD5

01    Iron Butterfly    Possession    2:48
02    Fuzztones    Hallucination Generation    3:15
03    Allah-Las    Stoned    2:35
04    Love, Hippies & Gangsters    This Is What We Want    4:29
05    Onyou    National Strings Attached    8:00
06    Secret Colours    Get To The Sun    4:09
07    Vacant Lots    Julia    2:18
08    Black Moon Circle    The Machine On The Hill    9:27
09    Ttotals    Life Thus Far Out    2:46
10    Nik Turner    Time Crypt    5:31
11    Shuggie Otis    Ice Cream Party (Instrumental)    3:07
12    Kim Fowley    The Trip    2:00
13    Landskap    South Of No North    6:07
14    Lucid Experiment    She's My Melody    3:37
15    Raveonettes    The End    3:22

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