My good friend Jon Savage has compiled a 6CD mixtape set of Punk Psych. What an amazing racket of crunching beat and lysergic anthems, full of songs called "Mirror Of Your Mind", 'Smell Of Incense', 'People Let's Freak Out', and 'The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind", played by bands called The Blue Things, Freaks Of Nature, The Electric Prunes, and Painted Faces. Seamlessly mixed among these groovin' freakouts are the contemporary singles of "serious artists" like Jimi Hendrix, The Move, Steppenwolf, Soft Machine and (of course) Pink Floyd.I have learned that if you want to be a psychedelic six-string warrior, the following is necessary:1. A rocking beat.2. Loud guitars. Distorted guitars. Loud distorted guitars.3. Lyrics using words like "mirror of your mind".4. A singer who sounds like Them-period Van Morrison.Jon has ripped them all from 45s in his collection, so the sound is magnificent. There's a lot to take in but I'm thinking that the gems should be posted for the greater joy of MOGkind.For starters here's the 45 version of The 13th Floor Elevators, "(I've Got) Elevation.
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