Formed to indulge their fascination with the psychedelic pop and rock of the late 1960s.
The Dukes of Stratosphear were a fictional English psychedelic-pop group who were, in reality, a side project and alter ego of XTC. Formed in 1984 in Swindon, Wiltshire, the Dukes allowed Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory to indulge their fascination with the psychedelic pop and rock of the late 1960s without the expectations attached to the XTC name.
This “Stand Out Single” reached No. 10 on the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, making it the group’s only U.S. Top 40 hit.
“Reflections of My Life” / “Rollin’ My Thing” was one of the most important singles in the history of the Scottish pop-rock group Marmalade, and it marked the beginning of the band’s association with Decca Records after their successful CBS period. Released in the United Kingdom on November 14, 1969, on Decca F 12982, the single paired the introspective
This “Stand Out Single” spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in February 1969, remaining there for two weeks.
Released in late 1968, “Crimson and Clover” marked a dramatic artistic shift for Tommy James and the Shondells. Up to that point the group had built its reputation on energetic pop-rock hits such as “Hanky Panky,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” and “Mony Mony,” but Tommy James wanted to move into a more psychedelic and atmospheric direction.
The product reflected and exploited the psychedelic themes and rebellion of the era.
Albert’s Hippy Sippy was a controversial novelty candy released in the late 1960s by the Albert Candy Company, based in Stamford, Connecticut. Emerging at the height of the counterculture movement, the product reflected and exploited the psychedelic themes and rebellion of the era. Hippy Sippy consisted of a small, colorful plastic syringe filled with tiny candy pellets, often multicolored and vaguely resembling pills or drugs.
You can take what’s mine, you can share my bed, you can go where I go, you can cry when I’m dead
I was blown away the first time I heard “Nazz”. It is a great rockin’ album by the psychedelic rock/pop group Nazz released in 1968. In Philadelphia, the band was founded by guitarist and principal songwriter Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. Their name was derived from the Yardbirds’ song “The Nazz Are Blue” from the 1966 “Roger the Engineer” album.
It’s what you might call a kind of an arrangement
When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange for them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.
