Garage/Psych Comps What Are These Things? Compilation Ratings The Garage Band Experience Were You in a Band? Discussion Forum & Info Exchange	Find a Garage/Psych Compilation By Title A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Main   By Label By Series By Location   Search for in AllTrackArtistCompilationSeriesLabel rating 6 Acid and Flowers Timothy's Brain TB-104 (1996) Location: US Info Theme: Late-1960s psychedelia Obscurity: Moderate Sound: Average Artwork: Very Good Information: Poor (No general liner notes. No release information.) Running Time: 61:14 Review The good news about Acid and Flowers is that it contains a lot of interesting music, most of which is not available on other CD compilations, the sound quality is good and the artwork is definitely cool. The bad news, however, is that this compilation includes no information about the groups or recordings included on it. The track list on the back cover is just about worthless (is it artist-song title or song title-artist? Which one is track 13?) The track list in the booklet isn't much better, as it doesn't list the track numbers. Anyway, it appears that most of the tracks on this compilation are late-1960s psych, with the garage element kept to a minimum. The compilers of Acid and Flowers clearly favored strong melodies and complex vocal harmonies, and they preferred swirling organ to fuzz guitar. While these recordings clearly came after the heyday of garage punk, the music on Acid and Flowers does not venture into prog rock territory, and most of the tracks on this compilation are consistently good. If you don't mind context-free psych then this is definitely your compilation, but for those of us who want to know something about where this music came from, Acid and Flowers is not as good as it could have been. Tracks 1.   Crystal Chandelier - "The Setting of Despair" (2:45)   2.   Last Word - "Bidin' My Time" (2:13)   3.   Whatever - "The Valley of Death" (2:20) 4.   Allies - "I'll Sell My Soul" (2:45)   5.   World Column - "Lantern Gospel" (3:27)   6.   Hobbits - "Strawberry Children" (3:23) 7.   Picture - "Evolution" (4:24)   8.   West Coast Branch - "Colors of My Life" (2:30) 9.   Morticians - "It's Gonna Take a While" (2:36)   10.   First National Band - "When Once It Was Good" (2:42)   11.   Savage Genreation - "You're Not Going to Change My World" (3:03) 12.   Starfires - "There's Still Time" (1:59)   13.   Hindenburg Lyon - "Eden" (2:13) 14.   Ford Theater - "Jefferson Airplane" (3:04)   15.   Lords - "Death Bells at Dawn" (2:48) 16.   United Travel Service - "Wind and Stone" (3:21)   17.   Culver Street Playground - "East River Lovers" (2:54)   18.   Utopia Carwash - "Loneliness" (3:20) 19.   Venus Flytrap - "The Note" (3:14)   20.   Rainy Daze - "In My Mind Lives a Forest" (2:49) 21.   Zero Tolerance - "Acid and Flowers" (3:24)   Airplay on "Turn Me On, Dead Man":     tracks in the occasional rotation   What do you think of this compilation?   Name Email Rating -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 10=best, 0=worst Comments:	Question? Comment? Join the discussion about Garage/Psych Compilations on the "Turn Me On, Dead Man" Discussion Boards
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