P.F. Sloan - Twelve More Times (1966)

Hey guys, after a nearly 2 month hiatus, I'm finally back, and I sprained my ankle so I got a week off work, which means I should be able to get quite a few more albums up here to make up for the 2 month break.

I've uploaded a couple P.F. Sloan 45's here before, but in case you don't know, P.F. Sloan is most known for writing hits such as "Eve Of Destruction" for Barry McGuire, "Let Me Be" for The Turtles (which is on this album), "Secret Agent Man", and quite a few others. Jimmy Webb wrote a song called "P.F. Sloan", which became a minor hit for The Association. And, Brian Wilson's controversial therapist, Eugene Landy, had claimed to be P.F. Sloan in interviews. He also helped arrange "Vibrations In C" with Calgary folk-pop maestro Barnaby Bennett, for release on The Tetraktys' classic Die Brucke. There's also rumors that around the same time he was working with folk-pop maestro Barnaby Bennett, he was attending private song-writing sessions with the much fabled Friar Chris. It's all pieces of the puzzle.

This is P.F. Sloan's second solo album. Originally released in 1966, it has more of a full LA folk-pop sound than his previous work. In my opinion, this album is P.F. Sloan's best solo album, and has his best songs. "The Man Behind The Red Balloon" is one of my all-time favorites, and the version of "Here's Where You Belong" is much better than the version on The Grassroots - Feelings. "Halloween Mary" is a real heavy-hitter, and it can also be found on the fairly-recent Where The Action Is: LA Nuggets collection. Though you could complain that this album is almost a little too Bob Dylan influenced, the songs are still all great in their own merits, and I highly recommend it to fans of 1960's LA, folk-pop, and of course, Bob Dylan.

Certified For Trippers.

Tracklist:
1. From A Distance
2. The Man Behind The Red Balloon
3. Let Me Be
4. Here's Where You Belong
5. This Precious Time
6. Halloween Mary
7. I Found A Girl
8. On Top Of A Fence
9. Lollipop Train (You Never Had It So Good)
10. Upon A Painted Ocean
11. When The Wind Changes
12. Patterns Seg. 4

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RIP Macho Man

Today is a very sad day. The great Macho Man Randy Savage has left this world due to a car accident. He will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Macho Man, you've inspired me to be a man, and there's no way I could have ever paid this back to you. I owe you a tremendous debt, and I promise that for the rest of my life, I will be a man. I love you Randy, and my life will never be the same now that you're gone.

oooohhhh yeaahhhh part 2

Gabor Szabo - Dreams (1969)

Gabor Szabo was introduced to me by the great Friar Chris, it was a mellow trip transfer. He once told me that he could see himself listening to Gabor Szabo in Toronto, and then he moved to Toronto. Whether or not he listeend to Gabor Szabo when he got there is unknown, but he moved back a year later and was still listening to Gabor Szabo when he got back. Kind of psychedelic jazz music. Real mellow stuff. Certified for trippers.

Tracklist:
1. Galatea's Guitar
2. Half The Day Is Night
3. Song Of Injured Love
4. The Fortune Teller
5. Fire Dance
6. The Lady In The Moon
7. Ferris Wheel

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Ooooh yeah

WWF Summerslam 1996

Certified for trippers.


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P.F. Sloan - Karma (A Study Of Divinations) 45 (1966)

Any posting of Die Brucke has to shine a light back to the roots of that trip, and that trip came from a 45 released in 1966 by Philip Sloan. The only psychedelic trip 45 Philip Sloan ever released as a solo artist.

Tracklist:
1. Karma (A Study Of Divinations)
2. I Can't Help But Wonder Elizabeth

Download: mediafire

The Tetraktys - Die Brucke (2008)

Original trip album from Calgary's psychedelic wizard. Here's what Jarome Iginla has to say about it:

"It was a great period of cross pollination, of advancement, really, where the Trippers definitely heard Die Brucke loud and clear. Here’s Die Brucke to deal with. Friar Chris also told me that the Trippers specifically went in to make an album better than Die Brucke. That album turned out to be Sgt. Tripper, which Friar Chris said may or may not have been better. He wasn’t sure that it was better. He did however know that the age of the true trippers, which many had thought died in 1969, was still very much alive.

After years of spiritual trip transfers, two trip wizards were together in the physical state at last.

One thing he absolutely knew for sure was that Vibrations in C on Die Brucke, which wouldn't be what we know it to be today without the arrangement/recording advice from trip pioneer with the red balloon P.F. Sloan (best known for Secret Agent Man, Eve of Destruction, and his work with The Grassroots), was the first song to lead the trip in the direction that any future (and current) pop-artist owes a tremendous debt to. The song was recorded over a period of 3 years, with a reported 250 recording sessions, which included 88 different musicians, and an estimated total cost of $60000 to produce. Barnaby Bennett, describes the song as his "psychedelic gospel for Jehova 1". This song really will take you on a journey to the express way of your mind!"

Free download: http://thetetraktys.bandcamp.com/album/die-br-cke-in-which-the-yo-yo-string-is-revealed-as-a-state-of-mind

Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)

Jason Pierce's band before Spiritualized. Total stoner rock/neo-psych. Cool shit. Definitely receives the Certified Trippers Seal of Approval. Ripped from the 2010 Fire records reissue on 180 gram vinyl.

Tracklist:
1. Take Me To The Other Side
2. Walkin' With Jesus
3. Ode To Street Hassle
4. Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation (Flashback)
5. Feel So Good
6. Things'll Never Be The Same
7. Come Down Easy
8. Call The Doctor

Download: mediafire

The Beach Boys - Smile (surfin records bootleg) (1971)

This bootleg started showing up at just about every single record store I shop at last summer. A friend of mine told me he was talking to one of the dudes that work at one of the record stores and he said they didn't even know they were getting in a Smile bootleg and they had thought they originally ordered a reissue of Smiley Smile. The quality isn't the greatest but it's still a cool mix of the Smile songs, and includes a lot of tracks that are missing from 2004's Brian Wilson Presents Smile. And since Al Jardine was lying about an official Beach Boys Smile being released, this will have to do. This also receives The Certified Tripper Seal of Approval.

Tracklist:
1. Our Prayer
2. Heroes And Villains
3. Barnyard
4. Do You Like Worms
5. The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine
6. He Gives Speeches
7. Wonderful
8. Child Is Father Of The Man
9. Cabin Essence
10. Look
11. Good Vibrations
12. I Wanna Be Around/Friday Night
13. Vega-Tables
14. Wind Chimes
15. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
16. I Love To Say Da Da
17. You're Welcome
18. Surf's Up

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The Tetraktys - Lime (2010)

Newest album from local tripper Barnaby Bennett's The Teraktys. When I listen to this I feel like I'm on a magic carpet ride through kaleidescopic mushroom pillows, and when the smoke clears, the story continues to carry me through corridors and pathways paved with marmalade daisies which lead me to the doors of perception where I'm inter-spiritually connected with Robert Anton Wilson and Tandyn Almer and we skip through platypus fields to the whimsical gates. On the other side of the gates I'm left with a trembling desire to pursue the afterglow of the ever present love machine. This receives a Certified Tripper Seal of Approval.

Free download: http://thetetraktys.bandcamp.com/