VA - Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

AFRICAN PSYCH

VA - Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

African psychedelic music was never a single sound. It was not a scene in the way London, San Francisco or Berlin were scenes. It emerged in fragments, in port cities, university halls, roadside studios, national radio rooms, desert camps, nightclubs, political ceremonies and half-functioning pressing plants. Across the continent, musicians absorbed rock, funk, soul, traditional rhythms, spiritual music, electric blues and homemade electronics, then reshaped them into something stranger and far more personal. What survives on these recordings is not simply “African rock” or “Afro-funk.” It is the sound of musicians discovering entirely new emotional languages in real time.

This collection follows that journey across four discs, each one moving deeper into a different psychological space.

CD1 begins at ignition point. Raw guitars, distorted organs, fuzz pedals and ecstatic rhythms collide with highlife, Afrobeat and local ceremonial traditions. These recordings carry an incredible sense of possibility. Bands like Witch, Ofege and The Funkees were not imitating Western psychedelic music, they were transforming it into something rooted in entirely different landscapes and spiritual traditions. The energy is youthful, restless and alive.

CD2 moves inward. Rhythm becomes ritualistic, hypnotic and cyclical. Desert blues, modal repetition and trance structures begin to dominate the music. The pulse slows down, but the intensity deepens. Here, artists such as Tinariwen, El Wali and Fela Kuti stretch music into long-form spiritual movement. Songs become journeys rather than performances. Time itself starts to dissolve.

CD3 represents the electric city at night. Psychedelia mutates into urban groove systems, cosmic disco, deep funk and hypnotic repetition. Synthesizers appear beside traditional percussion. Studio experimentation becomes part of the language. Artists like William Onyeabor, Manu Dibango and Steve Monite create music that feels futuristic even decades later, balancing dancefloor motion with something deeply mysterious beneath the surface.

By CD4, the journey reaches dissolution. The music becomes spacious, reflective and dreamlike. Voices drift through desert air, rhythms fade into memory, and songs feel suspended between continents, histories and states of consciousness. What remains is atmosphere, emotion and distance. The recordings by Francis Bebey, Ali Farka Touré, Mamani Keïta and Tinariwen do not simply close the collection, they transform it into something almost cinematic, as though the listener is slowly travelling beyond the physical world these recordings came from.

Many of these tracks survived against impossible odds. Small pressings, unstable political climates, collapsing studios, disappearing master tapes and decades of neglect nearly erased this music entirely. Yet the recordings endure because they contain something timeless, discovery. The feeling of musicians pushing beyond known forms and finding sounds that still feel radical today.

This box set is not intended as an invitation into a different way of hearing music, where rhythm becomes landscape, repetition becomes trance, and psychedelia is not escapism but transformation. And it is not a definitive anthology. It is but a structured listening environment, one that encourages one to hear psychedelia not as a sound, but as a series of evolving systems of perception across African musical history. (B)

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CD1

01 Witch - Introduction 3:14

02 Cicada - Let the Bread Flow In 3:29

03 Osibisa - Music for a Gong Gong (Single Version) 4:38

04 Monomono - Give The Beggar A Chance 5:57

05 Moussa Doumbia - Keleya 6:42

06 Ofege - It's Not Easy 4:20

07 Sorry Bamba - Porry 8:17

08 BLO - Time to Face the Sun 4:03

09 The Funkees - Dancing Time 3:19

10 Question Mark - Love 5:12

11 Marijata - No Condition is Permanent 7:04

12 El Rego et Ses Commandos - Feeling You Got 3:44

13 Thermometers - Babalawo 3:35

14 Nkengas - Anyi Bundi Igbo 3:07

15 Fubura Sekibo - Psychedelic Baby 3:10

16 Tunji Oyelana and The Benders - Ifa 4:59

17 Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing 2:59

18 Amanaz - Khala My Friend 3:40

19 Hygrades - In The Jungle (Vocal) 3:17

20 Tony Grey & The Black 7 - The Feelings 4:47

CD2

01 Tinariwen - Cler Achel 4:23

02 Tamikrest - Adagh 3:09

03 Imarhan - Temet 5:01

04 El Wali - Dreams and Nostalgia 4:20

05 Les Abranis - Akoudar 4:13

06 Orchestre National de Mauritanie - Chabab El-Bilad 2:09

07 Orchestra Baobab - Diarabi 5:15

08 Nass El Ghiwane - Essiniya 6:48

09 Super Mama Djombo - Dissan na m’bera 5:12

10 Attarazat Addahabia, Faradjallah - Albaki 7:06

11 Assagai - Telephone Girl 3:27

12 Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Alu Jon Jonki Jon 12:41

13 Orchestre Regional De Kayes - Sanjina 6:00

14 Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love and Death 8:19

15 William Onyeabor - good name 10:08

16 Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity 4:23

17 Peter King - Ajo 4:00

18 Opotopo (Easy Kabaka Brown) - Agboho 8:53

19 Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His International Brothers - Ajoyio 6:39

20 Philip Cohran and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach 17:30

CD3

01 William Onyeabor - Fantastic Man 6:26

02 Ebo Taylor - Heaven 6:04

03 Manu Dibango - Big Blow 5:39

04 Francis Bebey - New Track 8:17

05 Segun Bucknor - Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow 12:34

06 Mombasa - Nairobi 7:30

07 Steve Monite - only you (disco jam) 6:29

08 Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans - False Lover 3:22

09 Black Truth Rhythm Band - Save D Musician 8:06

10 Orlando Julius & His Afro-Sound - Afro-Blues 6:11

11 Amadou & Mariam - Ce N´est Pas Bon 4:22

12 Getatchew Mekurya - Eywat Setenafegagn 5:05

13 Hykkers - I Want a Break Thru' 3:02

14 Buari - Karam Bani 4:22

15 Dr Victor Olaiya's International All-Stars - Kinringjingbin 4:29

16 Question Mark - Love 5:12

17 Funkees - Slipping Into Darkness 4:23

18 Tony Grey & The Black 7 - The Feelings 4:47

19 Ice - Time Will Tell 4:45

20 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey - Minsato Le, Mi Deyihome 3:19

CD4

01 Francis Bebey - The Coffee Cola Song 5:05

02 Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder - Ai Du 7:10

03 Mamani Keïta - Yelema 4:45

04 Boubacar Traore - Mali Twist 5:57

05 Malouma - Yarab 5:02

06 Ismael Lo - Tajabone 4:04

07 Oumou Sangare - Saa Magni 7:36

08 Salif Keita - Madan 5:07

09 Youssou N'Dour - Birima 3:47

10 Farafina - Dounounia 5:22

11 Ali Hassan Kuban - Mabruk (Egypt) 6:33

12 Waves - Wake Up You 4:01

13 Rokia Traoré - Kounandi 5:23

14 Dhafer Youssef - A Kind of Love 4:51

15 Group Bombino - Amidinine 4:35

16 Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou - Imidiwan 3:42

17 Tinariwen - Izarharh Tenere 5:01

18 Bassekou Kouyate & Lobi Traore - Banani 3:39

19 Getatchew Mekurya - Eywat Setenafegagn 5:05

20 Hugh Masekela - Stimela (Coaltrain) 6:26

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VA - Zulu Stomp!! South Africa Garage Beats!! [2010]

SOUTH AFRICAN

VA - Zulu Stomp!! South Africa Garage Beats!! [2010]

Issued by No Smoke Records in 2010, Zulu Stomp!! South Africa Garage Beats!!uncovers a vibrant corner of 1960s popular music that remained largely hidden from international audiences for decades. Drawing together rare recordings from South Africa's beat, garage, rhythm-and-blues, and pop scenes, the collection captures the excitement of young musicians engaging with the global rock explosion while developing a character all their own.

The energy arrives immediately. Electric guitars jangle and crunch, drums push songs forward with youthful urgency, and harmonies reflect the influence of British beat groups that dominated the decade. Yet these recordings never feel like simple copies of overseas trends. There is a distinct local flavour throughout, shaped by South Africa's unique musical environment and the realities of a country undergoing profound social and political tensions.

One of the set's greatest strengths is its variety. Some tracks burst with dancefloor energy and garage-rock directness, while others lean toward polished pop, soulful rhythm-and-blues, or harmony-rich beat music. The sequencing reveals a scene far more diverse than many listeners might expect, full of musicians experimenting with new sounds while remaining rooted in their own cultural surroundings.

Beyond its historical value, the collection succeeds because the performances themselves remain so engaging. The recordings possess a freshness that survives well beyond their era. Enthusiasm, invention, and a sense of possibility run through every disc, creating the feeling of a scene discovering itself in real time.

More than a compilation of rare tracks, Zulu Stomp!!documents a moment when South African musicians absorbed international influences and transformed them into something distinctive. The result is both an enjoyable listen and an important piece of musical archaeology, revealing a rich chapter in 1960s garage and beat music that deserves a place alongside the better-known stories of London, Liverpool, and Los Angeles. (B)

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01 A-Cads - Watch Your Step 2:32

02 Upsetters - Daddy Rolling Stone 2:09

03 Freedom's Children - Satisfaction 2:48

04 John E Sharpe & The Squires - LSD 2:55

05 Ronnie Singer - I Want You 2:06

06 Bill Kimber and The Couriers - Come On, Come On, Come On(1) 2:25

07 Bats - Get Your Baggies On 2:16

08 Invaders - Thinking About You Girl 1:50

09 Hoochie Coochies - I'm A Boy 4:14

10 A-Cads - Roadrunner 2:36

11 004's - I've Got News for You 3:24

12 John E. Sharpe & The Squires - Walking The Dog 2:24

13 Zeroes - Work All Day (Sleep All Night 2:50

14 Johnny Kongos & The G-Men - 900 Miles 2:32

15 Navarones - Blue Blue Feeling 2:42

16 Kynd - Hideway 2:12

17 Hank Squires - Sick and Tired 2:17

18 Finders Keepers - Man of The Sea 2:23

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VA - PSYCHEDELIC BERLIN (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

BERLIN ROCKS.

VA - PSYCHEDELIC BERLIN (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Psychedelic Berlin did not arrive fully formed. It emerged slowly, shaped by a city learning to reinvent itself through sound. In the late sixties, the first wave gathered in rooms like the Zodiak Free Arts Lab, where Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Agitation Free, and Conrad Schnitzler treated electricity as a raw material. Their records on labels such as Ohr, Pilz, and Brain carried long improvisations that felt closer to sculpture than song. Berlin was divided, yet the music reached outward, using repetition and texture to create a sense of space that the city itself could not offer. These early groups built a vocabulary of drones, phased guitars, and modular synth lines that defined the period from 1968 to 1975 and gave the city a new identity.

The next shift came when Hansa Tonstudio became a meeting point for local experimenters and visiting artists. Between 1976 and 1989, the studio’s large Meistersaal room added its own character to recordings made there. David Bowie’s Berlin-era work, including pieces such as “V-2 Schneider” and “Sense of Doubt,” alongside Iggy Pop’s Berlin-period recordings such as “Nightclubbing,” reflect this environment where sound was shaped as much by space as by performance. Tangerine Dream also continued to develop their studio-based explorations in this broader Berlin context. At the same time, German groups such as Malaria!, Palais Schaumburg, and Liaisons Dangereuses pushed rhythm and electronics into sharper, more urban forms. Psychedelic Berlin moved from cosmic drift to architectural tension, replacing the open landscapes of the early seventies with the metallic pulse of a city living beside the Wall. The music remained exploratory, but the mood darkened, and the sense of place became more defined and immediate.

After reunification, the city changed again. New rehearsal rooms, clubs, and independent labels appeared, and a younger generation revisited the long-form approach of the early pioneers. Bands like Colour Haze, Electric Moon, and Samsara Blues Experiment recorded albums that stretched across entire sides of vinyl, using heavy riffs and extended jams to create a renewed form of immersion. Their releases on labels such as Elektrohasch, Nasoni, and Sulatron show how the psychedelic impulse adapted to a louder, more communal environment. Berlin’s history remained present, but it was reinterpreted rather than repeated.

In the years after 2010, the focus widened further. Berlin’s electronic and experimental scenes expanded across neighbourhoods such as Neukölln and beyond, with artists including Moderat, Pantha Du Prince, Objekt, and Toresch working with rhythm and atmosphere in ways that echo earlier decades while using contemporary production tools. The city’s psychedelic character shifted toward clarity and detail, shaped by digital production but still grounded in repetition, texture, and mood.

Across these eras, the constant element is curiosity. Psychedelic Berlin represents a refusal to settle, a belief that sound can describe a city more accurately than words. It continues to evolve because Berlin continues to change, and each generation finds its own way to listen. (B)

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Track lists

CD1: Zodiak Rising

01 Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule (Part 1) (7' Single) 3:26 1972

02 Agitation Free - You Play for Us Today 6:15 1972

03 Ash Ra Tempel - Amboss 19:56 1971

04 Cluster - Plas 6:20 1971

05 Klaus Schulze - Satz - Gewitter 5:39 1972

06 Mythos - Oriental Journey 8:16 1972

07 Murphy Blend - First Loss 7:51 1970

08 Walpurgis - Queen of Saba 5:13 1972

09 Annexus Quam - Osmose I 4:13 1970

10 Conrad Schnitzler - Electric Garden 5:34 1978

14 Klaus Schulze - Mental Door 22:58 1975

12 Ton Steine Scherben - Warum Geht Es Mir So Dreckig 5:09 1971

13 Agitation Free - Laila Pt 2 5:05 1974

14 Ash Ra Tempel - Daydream 5:22 1973

15 Metropolis - Superplasticclub 4:41 1974

16 Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket 18:47 1974

17 Wallenstein - Lunetic 11:58 1973

18 Agitation Free - First Communication 6:25 1973

19 Ibliss - Margah 6:21 1972

20 Tangerine Dream - Wahn 4:28 1973

CD2: Hansa by the Wall

01 David Bowie - V-2 Schneider 3:10 1977

02 David Bowie - Sense of Doubt 3:58 1977

03 David Bowie - Neuköln 4:34 1977

04 Tangerine Dream - Madrigal Meridian 20:35 1978

05 David Bowie - Weeping Wall 3:28 1977

06 Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps 8:03 1981

07 Mania D - Track Four 3:29 1980

08 Ideal - Blaue Augen 3:30 1980

09 Palais Schaumburg - Wir bauen eine neue Stadt 3:27 1981

10 Die Haut - Der Karibische Western 5:32 1983

11 Malaria! - Kaltes klares Wasser 3:51 1981

12 Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque (12'' Version) 5:02 1981

13 Tangerine Dream - Thru Metamorphic Rocks 14:31 1979

14 P1; e - 49 Second Romance 2:49 1980

15 Nena - Nur geträumt 3:40 1983

16 Element of Crime - Blaulicht und Zwielicht 3:42 1985

17 Die Ärzte - Zum Bäcker 2:11 1984

18 Die Tödliche Doris - Stümmel mir 3:38 1981

19 Crime & the City Solution - Six Bells Chime 5:41 1985

20 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Carny 7:59 1986

CD3: Reunification Fallout

01 Samsara Blues Experiment - Double Freedom 22:44 2011

02 Kadavar - Black Sun 6:14 2012

03 Colour Haze - Aquamaria 8:46 2004

04 Vibravoid - Colour Your Mind 5:23 2013

05 My Sleeping Karma - Sandi 8:06 2008

06 Camera - Ausland 5:52 2012

07 Magnificent Brotherhood - Mindgarage 4:11 2009

08 Coogans Bluff - Magic Bubbles 4:52 2011

09 Spacelords - Spaceship Breakdown 9:38 2011

10 Rotor - Rotor - 3 5:30 2006

11 Pancakes - Stars in The Underground 8:27 2005

12 Space Invaders - Two Skulls 12:48 2013

13 Space Debris - Phonomorphosis 19:43 2008

14 Liquid Visions - Morning Rain 10:07 1998

15 Neumeier-Genrich-Schmidt - Moonlight Flight 11:43 1996

16 Pancakes - Man on The Moon 11:11 2005

17 Electric Orange - Wald 10:12 2014

18 Hypnos 69 - My Journey to The Stars 6:53 2004

19 Zone Six - Stoned Wash 21:30 1998

20 Samsara Blues Experiment - Singata (Mystic Queen) 11:30 2010

CD4: Neukölln Nights

01 Camera - Ego 6:54 2012

02 Zement - Journeys to a Beautiful Nowhere 9:29 2023

03 Third Sound - You Are Not Here 3:47 2022

04 Heat - Daymare 8:11 2021

05 Samavayo - Intergalactic Hunt 5:12 2018

06 Sun Or The Moon - Trippin' on Mars 8:11 2023

07 Zement - Station to Station 3:06 2023

08 Underground Youth - Fill The Void 5:19 2021

09 Odd Couple - Flügge 4:12 2016

10 Tarwater - 70 Rupies to Paradise Road 2:43 2000

11 Kombynat Robotron - Wallinghausen 9:44 1998

12 Toresch - Laquella 5:54 2016

13 Janitors - Long Way Back 7:05 2018

14 Schneider TM vs. KPT.Michi.Gan - The Light 3000 4:10 2003

15 Minami Deutsch - Tunnel 5:46 2018

16 Apparat - Black Water 4:43 2011

17 Günter Schlienz - Two Big White Dogs 5:44 2018

18 Pretty Lightning - Jangle Bowls 3:30 2019

19 Dharma Chain - Somewhere 5:21 2023

20 My Sleeping Karma - Glow 11 7:11 2009

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VA - The Psychedelic Colours of 60's London [2006] (2 x CDs)

ROCK

VA - The Psychedelic Colours of 60's London [2006] (2 x CDs)

Issued in 2006 by Pazzazz, The Psychedelic Colours of 60's London surveys one of the most imaginative periods in British popular music. Drawing together well-known names and lesser-known discoveries, the collection captures the moment when London's musicians began pushing beyond the limits of conventional pop and into more adventurous territory.

What emerges is not a single style but a creative scene. Psychedelic pop, blues-rock, folk influences, ornate arrangements, and experimental studio techniques all appear throughout the set. Artists embraced new sounds, unusual instruments, and increasingly ambitious production methods while still retaining a strong sense of melody.

The collection benefits from its broad perspective. Alongside celebrated recordings by artists such as Small Faces, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac, and Humble Pie are tracks from performers who never achieved the same level of recognition but contributed significantly to the era's restless creativity. Together they reveal a London music scene that was far deeper and more varied than the familiar psychedelic highlights alone might suggest.

Rather than presenting psychedelia as a collection of studio effects and colourful imagery, these recordings demonstrate how experimentation became woven into British songwriting itself. The result is a compilation that functions both as an enjoyable listen and as a snapshot of a remarkable cultural moment, when pop music expanded its horizons and London's artists helped redefine what popular music could be. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Small Faces - Tin Soldier 3:21

02 Chris Farlowe - Out of Time 3:35

03 Rod Stewart - Little Miss Understood 3:38

04 P.P. Arnold - Angel of the Morning 3:16

05 Donovan - Sunshine Superman 4:04

06 Yardbirds - Shapes of Things 2:23

07 Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World 2:50

08 Twice as Much - Sitting on a Fence 3:12

09 Billy Nicholls - London Social Degree 2:22

10 Les Fleur De Lys - Circles 3:01

11 Poets - Baby Don't You Do It 2:27

12 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie 4:13

13 Twinkle - Micky 2:28

14 Twice as Much - The Coldest Night of the Year 3:32

15 Amen Corner - Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven 6:37

CD2

01 P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy 2:55

02 Chris Farlowe - Handbags and Gladrags 3:23

03 Mike D'Abo - See the Little People 2:38

04 John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - I'm Your Witch Doctor 2:11

05 Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul 2:29

06 Playboys - Sad 2:55

07 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to My Lovely? 5:05

08 Nice - Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack 2:49

09 Poets - Some Things I Can't Forget 1:50

10 Mockingbirds - You Stole My Love 2:41

11 Amen Corner - Hello Susie 2:36

12 Apostolic Intervention - (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me 1:57

13 Humble Pie - Home and Away 5:53

14 Duncan Browne - On the Bombsite 2:47

15 Marquis of Kensington - The Changing of the Guard 2:22

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VA - This Can't Be Today, American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988 (3 x CDs)

ROCK

VA - This Can't Be Today, American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988 (3 x CDs)

This Can't Be Today, American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988 pulls together a period that often gets split into scenes and labels, but here it’s allowed to sit as a continuous thread. Covering the late seventies into the late eighties, the set doesn’t treat psychedelia as revival or nostalgia. It comes through as something being reworked in real time, shaped by new bands who were absorbing older forms without trying to replicate them outright.

The early stretch leans into that in-between space. There’s a sense of rediscovery, where jangle, reverb, and melodic drift start to reappear, but with a tighter, more grounded feel than the original wave. The sequencing keeps things close enough that connections form naturally, guitars ring across tracks, voices stay slightly detached, and rhythm sections hold things steady underneath. As it moves forward, the Paisley Underground side becomes more defined, not as a separate chapter but as a gradual sharpening of ideas. Songs feel more structured, arrangements more deliberate, and the interplay between light and shade becomes more pronounced. Nothing breaks sharply, it all accumulates.

The set works through feel rather than argument. Tracks build on each other, small details start to echo, and a wider picture comes into focus. What stays with it is how these bands carried a language forward, not by preserving it, but by letting it shift just enough to remain alive within a different time. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here 3:31

02 Plasticland - Office Skills 1:46

03 Bangs - Getting Out of Hand 2:16

04 Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos 3:43

05 Fans - True 3:20

06 dB's - Nothing is Wrong (Demo) 4:07

07 Green on Red - Death and Angels 2:17

08 Unclaimed - Deposition Central (The Acid Song) 4:10

09 Vertebrats - Left in the Dark 3:25

10 Dream Syndicate - Sure Thing (Live at KPFK) 4:49

11 R.E.M. - Gardening at Night 3:31

12 Action Now - Try 2:52

13 Tommy Keene - Mr. Roland 5:43

14 Translator - Nothing is Saving Me 5:17

15 R. Stevie Moore - I Go Into Your Mind 2:12

16 Al Bloch - Hangin' Around 3:41

17 Long Ryders - And She Rides 4:32

18 Wednesday Week - Sad Little Dog 2:31

19 Rain Parade - What She's Done to Your Mind 2:57

20 True West - Steps to The Door 3:17

21 Point - Magic Circle 1:54

22 Wire Train - Everything’s Turning Up Down Again 3:34

23 Darius and The Magnets - Saturday at 3:00 P.M. 3:31

CD2

01 Rain Parade - This Can't Be Today 4:38

02 Plan 9 - White Women 3:01

03 Redd Kross - Citadel 3:00

04 Droogs - For These Remaining Days 2:25

05 Plasticland - Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes 2:35

06 Dream Syndicate - Mr Soul (Live at KPFK) 3:30

07 Bangles - The Real World 2:36

08 Long Ryders - Too Close to The Light 4:13

09 Three O'Clock - Her Head's Revolving 3:13

10 Pandoras - It's About Time 2:24

11 Reverbs - Picture an Eye 4:31

12 Twisted - Sheez Wycked 2:06

13 Naked Prey - The Story Never Ends 4:13

14 Meat Puppets - Plateau 2:23

15 Eyes of Mind - With You Again 3:55

16 Tell - Tale Hearts - Come and Gone 3:05

17 Dreams So Real - Everywhere Girl 3:55

18 Impossible Years - Flower Girl 4:09

19 Thee Fourgiven - Anything 4:32

20 Prime Movers - True to Me 3:53

21 Suburban Nightmare - Every Night 3:23

22 Yard Trauma - Must've Been Something I Took Last Night 3:27

23 Romans - Vicki Seventy 2:37

CD3

01 United States of Existence - Welcome Tomorrow 3:20

02 28th Day - 25 Pills 3:24

03 Dumptruck - Back Where I Belong (2024 Mix) 4:02

04 Husker Du - Hardly Getting Over It 6:09

05 Flaming Lips - With You 3:40

06 Game Theory - Regenisraen 3:31

07 Thin White Rope - The Three Song 3:36

08 Camper Van Beethoven - Circles 2:52

09 Drivin' N Cryin' - Count The Flowers 2:58

10 Things - You Can't Deliver 3:57

11 Flying Color - Dear Friend (Single Version) 3:19

12 Winter Hours - Hyacinth Girl 4:39

13 Steppes - Sky is Falling 5:09

14 Green Pajamas - Kim The Waitress 6:07

15 Mod Fun - Hope It's Today 3:39

16 Inn - What's it Like 3:46

17 Absolute Grey - For Some Reason 3:06

18 Dead Moon - Graveyard 2:32

19 Cynics - Took Her Hand 2:45

20 Sneetches - Home Again 2:40

21 Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat 4:07

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VA - Mellow Psych, A Soft Focus on the Psychedelic Drift (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

MELLOW PSYCH

VA - Mellow Psych, A Soft Focus on the Psychedelic Drift (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Mellow Psych lives in that gentle space where the psychedelic impulse turns inward. Instead of fuzzed‑out guitars or kaleidoscopic overload, this set leans toward the softer end of the spectrum, drifting harmonies, warm textures, and a kind of introspective glow that sits just outside the everyday. Across these 4-CDs, private‑press gems sit comfortably beside sunshine‑psych deep cuts, all sharing lightly lysergic colours, melodic ease, and a sense of emotional weightlessness. These aren’t tracks for the dancefloor or the freak‑out, they’re for the quiet hours, when the world softens at the edges and everything feels a little out of phase.

You’ll hear the hallmarks of the style throughout: chiming guitars, hushed vocals, and arrangements that favour space over spectacle. Many of the rarities come from regional 45s and micro‑label LPs, young bands chasing the psychedelic moment with limited means but surprising sincerity. That’s part of the magic. The production may be modest, yet the ideas are vivid. Cuts like “The Phycle,” “Crystalize Your Mind,” and the more fragile folk‑psych moments carry that handmade quality collectors love, small‑run records capturing big, dreamy ambitions.

The first two discs trace the classic era, where melodic psychedelia and sunshine pop overlap in bright, buoyant ways. The third disc turns inward, drifting into pastoral, reflective, and occasionally haunted territory. The final disc widens the frame, showing how the mellow psychedelic impulse continued to evolve long after the sixties, still glowing, still drifting, still inviting.

What ties everything together is the emotional clarity. These tracks aren’t here to overwhelm; they’re here to invite you in. A soft‑focus journey through the quieter corners of psychedelia, rewarding close listening and late‑night immersion. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Aerovons - World of You 2:30 1969

02 Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things 2:58 1967

03 Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday 2:31 1968

04 Sunshine Company - Back on the Street Again 2:30 1967

05 Critters - Younger Girl 2:28 1966

06 Cyrkle - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 1:59 1967

07 Tokens - Portrait of My Love 2:21 1967

08 Bards - Never Too Much Love 2:55 1967

09 Montanas - You've Got to Be Loved 2:52 1967

10 Beau Brummels - Turn Around 3:05 1968

11 Bystanders - Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day 3:12 1967

12 Hobbits - Daffodil Days 3:16 1967

13 Appletree Theatre - Hightower Square 2:18 1967

14 Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads 2:54 1967

15 Penny Arkade - Swim 2:43 1968

16 New Wave - Little Dreams 2:30 1967

17 Merry-Go-Round - Time Will Show The Wiser 2:29 1967

18 Roosters - One of These Days 2:46 1966

19 Smoke - October Country 2:45 1968

20 Youngbloods - Sunlight 3:08 1969

CD2

21 Association - Never My Love 3:08 1967

22 Ivy League - My World Fell Down 2:51 1966

23 Sagittarius - My World Fell Down [Single Version] 3:47 1967

24 Left Banke - Desiree 2:40 1967

25 Gentle Soul - Renaissance 3:13 1968

26 Collage - Driftin' 3:02 1967

27 Colours - Bad Day at Black Rock, Baby 3:25 1968

28 Free Design - Kites Are Fun 2:41 1967

29 Chamaeleon Church - Blueberry Pie 3:29 1968

30 Gordian Knot - Carraway Stream 2:48 1968

31 Montage - She's Alone 3:03 1969

32 Smoke - Waterfall 2:43 1968

33 Blue Things - High Life 2:42 1966

34 Critters - Mr. Dieingly Sad 2:47 1966

35 New Inspiration - Mr. Moody 2:33 1969

36 World Column - Lantern Gospel 3:30 1968

37 Peppermint Trolley Company - Company Trust 2:38 1968

38 Bachs - Minister to a Mind Diseased 3:16 1968

39 Hardtimes - Take A Look Around 2:38 1967

40 Lemon Pipers - Through With You 9:06 1968

CD3

41 Vashti Bunyan - I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind 2:15 1967

42 These Trails - These Trails 1:26 1973

43 Devendra Banhart - The Beatles 1:44 2005

44 Moon - Mothers and Fathers 2:04 1968

45 Living Children - Crystalize Your Mind 2:07 1968

46 Deep - When Rain is Black 2:11 1966

47 Common People - Soon There'll Be Thunder 2:22 1969

48 New Colony Six - Things I'd Like to Say 2:23 1968

49 Poppy Family - Shadows on My Wall 2:19 1970

50 Shambles - Clouds All Day 1:56 1996

51 Morning Dew - Crusader's Smile 2:47 1970

52 Dovers - What Am I Going to Do 2:38 1965

53 New Dawn - Dark Thoughts 3:01 1968

54 Freeborne - Land of Diana 3:18 1967

55 Growing Concern - Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled 2:50 1968

56 Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer 3:07 1978

57 Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms 4:33 1970

58 Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band - Flowers Never Cry 2:22 1968

59 Holy Mackerel - Scorpio Red 3:05 1968

60 Search Party - So Many Things Have Got Me Down 9:24 1969

CD4

61 Animal Collective - Prospect Hummer 4:40 2005

62 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Paper M ch  Dream Balloon 2:41 2015

63 Sunforest - Magician in the Mountain 4:14 1970

64 Sweetwater - In a Rainbow 3:19 1968

65 Gandalf - Hang on to a Dream 4:14 1969

66 Rising Storm - Frozen Laughter 3:09 1967

67 Jade Warrior - Yellow Eyes 2:56 1971

68 Fotheringay - The Pond and The Stream 3:19 1970

69 Donovan - House of Jansch 2:46 1967

70 Serpent Power - Endless Tunnel 13:14 1967

71 Third Estate - Look at Me 8:44 1976

72 Growing Concern - Hard Hard Year 4:27 1968

73 Thundertree - Summertime Children 4:14 1970

74 Beau Brummels - Magic-Hollow 2:51 1967

75 Hobbits - Strawberry Children 3:23 1968

76 Vogues - Humpty Dumpty 2:30 1966

77 Deep Six - Rising Sun (Mono Single Version) 2:30 1965

78 Peanut Butter Conspiracy - I'm Falling 2:41 1967

79 Yesterday's Obsession - The Phycle 3:08 1968

80 West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell of Incense 5:50 1968

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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