Hiya Stevie,i for one appreciate your contributions,i've not taken part much at all the last couple of years on here because of life really!!I do contribute now and then,i've just read this thread,i can't believe it was 6 years ago this thread was started!!It's good to see some of my old compadries still taking part on here,hats off to everyone of you!
Stevie I see you're looking for recommendations.
Heres a few just from the top of my head:
Colours-Colours(An American group Originally released on the Dot label in 68 but received a fine cd reissue by revola ,part of cherry red!This is a fab wee album,very anglophile in sound to my ears,excellent songwriting,loads of melody and hooks and in my humble opinion a real hotty.Fab pop/psych to my ears!!)


Powder-Kapow!An explosive collection 1967-68(This cd was released by Big Beat a few years ago,you like mid 6os Who or The Nazz?This could be right up your street,real powerful smashing chords,very English mod like sounds,i mean the song"Gladly"could be The Who in disguise!!This is a 26 track cd which also includes recordings as The Art Collection and with New Zealander Ray Columbus!!Very highly recommended by my ears!!)


Richard and Thomas Frost-Visualize(2 brothers who played in Powder recorded a fab pop album in 1969 which never saw the light of day back then,but the good folks at revola unearthed those recordings originally done for the Liberty Label,and who went and released a fine cd of it!!It really is delightful stuff Stevie,fabulous songs,great high end and costly sounding production,why on earth Liberty never released it is a big mystery!!)

Del Shannon-Further Adventures of Charles Westover(Dels psych album releasded by BGO on cd,of course Charles Westover was his real name,when i first heard this album i was amazed and blown away by it,it really is a good un by Del!!I think this may have been a 1968 release.Oboes,Cellos ......woozy songs,a real surprise.Also check ouit Now Sounds cd of his London Recordings he did with Andrew Loog Oldham in 1967,titled"Home and Away",again those recordings lay in the vaults for many years,theyre just exquisite to my ears.EMI released a cd of this but majorly cocked up the liners and booklet!!Goes figures a major label put to shame by a small indie like Now Sounds!!Real pleasure to hear both cds,different beasts but highly enjoyable!!

Bobby Darin-Born Walden Robert Cassotto(this is a fab album by an unexpected source,Darin had done a couple of folk albums but this is a different beast altogether,more rocky sounding with slight psych overtones on some trackds,released in september 1968,like Del Shannon,Darin moving with the times,i also recommend the 1969 Darin album"Commitment",another goody to my ears,both released on cd by edsel records)

The 4 Seasons-Genuine Imitation Life Gazette(another so-called oldie act trying something different,i love this curiosity,the vocals as you may expect are absolutely fabulous and the mnusic is more rock orientated!Of course the UKs Jackie Lomax released the title track as a single.This is defintely an album worth hearing Stevie if you havent already!!)


Stevie thats just a few off the top off my head,3 acts9del Shannon,Bobby Darin,4 Seasons) you really wouldnt look upon doing anything significant in the age of aquarius but hoinestly the albums i have mentioned are very worthwhile giving an ear to.NOT fuzzed up psych,dont get me wrong,so apologies if this was not what you were after,but i just thought to dayglo waters was Chubby Checker and his" Chequered" album recorded in Amsterdam and released in 1970 i believe,fortunately uk label Sunbeam released this on cd with his great single "Gypsy"as a bonus track,Song titles like "Stoned in the bathroom"give the game away,this is a good psych album with to my ears a real UK sound to it!!With a track like "Goodbye Victoria"which to my ears could fit onto a UK pop/psych comp.You may have heard all of those albums i've mentioned,but i love when pre beatles acts tried to move with the times and tried something different.All the cds i've mentioned aint major all out psych at all.Just something different to look at,frtom a late 60s enthusiasts point of view,which i trully am!!Happy listening Stevie!!Thanks for jkeeping the conversations going on here!!!!

Well, these are actually 45s and I'm sure they're comped somewhere but I've managed to pick these up recently and am pleased about it for sure. They're both French and I don't really understand what they're saying but who cares.......
Tac Poum Systeme-Asmodai
5 Gentlemen-L.S.D. 25 Ou Les Métamorphoses De Margaret Steinway :ok_hand:

Have to think about albums though.....hmmm!

'Asmodia':grimacing: is a great 45, the B side isn't bad either (which is about their adventures playing around Paris). Never did pick a copy upo it was always too expensive. Got their second 45 though which is much more like a junk shop glam number and just as good but in that different style. Both single self-financed from the gig money I think.

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