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Artiste : 13th Floor Elevators
Album : Easter Everywhere
Année : 1967
Genre : Psychédélique Rock

Pouah! Ca suinte les sixties, dîtes moi ! Bon ça paraît plutôt logique vu que l’album date de 1967 et que les auteurs forment un groupe emblématique de cette période. A l’écoute de cette galette on s’envole vers un excellent trip psychédélique où tout plein de couleurs nous bariolent la vue. Des petits échos vaporeux nous accompagnent tout au long de ce voyage coloré. Sûrement les premiers effets des pilules de LSD qui se font sentir ! A moins que ce soit le jug électrique de Tommy Hall qui en est l’origine.
Superbe musique propice à une expérience hallucinatoire, enfoncé dans un bon canapé ! Mais cet état léthargique n’enlève en rien cette sensation de légèreté que l’on éprouve à l’écoute de ces douces mélodies. On se sent libre de toute attache. On entre dans un état second. On se met doucement à léviter comme l’indique le morceau ‘I’ve Got Levitation’.
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Live where your heart can be given
And your life starts to unfold
In the forms you envision
In this dream that's ages old
On the river layer is the only sayer
You receive all you can hold
Like you've been told.

>>> knowledge is power <<< expand your mind >>> 2 ∞
13th Floor ElevatorsEaster Everywhere

The description and playlist below are from the weekly radio show (A Brief History Of…) that my friend and I host on WSUM 91.7fm Madison (the University of Wisconsin's radio station). We selected songs we felt were either historically important or just representative of each specific topic. Please comment if you feel we missed something or just to give your opinion. Remember, however, that we do this show in an hour (about 50 minutes of music). Track length is a major factor in our decisions (shorter is usually better). Thanks!

A Brief History of…The Psychedelic Era covers the vital period of musical experimentation in the mid- and late-60s that included artists and bands from many sub-genres of both American and British rock and roll. The show begins with an explanation of the connection between the prevalent mind-altering drugs and the creative music explosion of the period. The final segment shows the importance of psychedelic music from this brief period on the future of rock as…

This is a list of the records I got in Japan in three cities. I saw plenty of other stuff but I only got the bargains mainly.

Kyoto - Joe's Garage
Tony Rice - Cold on the Shoulder - Has Vassar Clements and Bela Fleck on it so I took a chance - about £2
13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere - about £8
Jerry Garcia - Garcia- about £5
It's A Beautiful Day - Choice Quality Stuff... Anytime - Forgot price

Kyoto - Jet Set Records
US 69 - Yesterday's Folks - repressing, forgot price
My Generation - A Mod Compilation, but it has The Action and The Locomotive on it - about £5

Hiroshima - A Random Vintage Shop - All these records were for promo playing in a radio station, they have interesting comments written on the covers.
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen - Country Cassanova- about £1.50
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt - about £1.50
Goose Creek Symphony - Do Your Thing Don't Touch Mine - about £1.50

Hiroshima - Groovin' Records Fair
Hot Tuna - First Pull Up, Then Pull Down - about £5
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I was just archving some of my old research paper and I can across one did for college reading writing about 1960's counter-culture. I just thought those of you who appreciate 60's rock and hippie culture might want to read this.

1960's: The Rhythm, The Rhyme, The Culture, The Time
written by Kristy Parker

The beginning of the 1960's was relatively the same as the 1950's. But by the middle of the decade, huge changes were occurring in not only the government but in people's general mindset. The Vietnam War was responsible for taking thousands of lives and the innocence of a younger, idealistic generation. Vietnam, among other social changes such as women's rights, civil rights, and the gay power movement caused society to split into two halves: one "straight" and one "counterculture." The largest, most famous groups of the counter culture experience were the "hippies." The hippies rebelled against straight laced society in their attempt to search for freedom, mind expansion, and brotherly love. …