Arkivet
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsArkivet (the Archive) is a podcast about underground music from the 60s and 70s - focusing on psychedelia, progressive and folk.
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Black Blind Light Mixtape
August 07, 2022 19:51 - 1 hour - 152 MBA new mix of acoustic and lysergic folk music. Tracklist: Thomas Mera Gartz - En Lycklig Sång Poor Richard - The Gulls Amory Kane - Four Ravens (single version) Yellow Autumn - Energy Spilld Mjölk - Glasverandan Glenn Saiger - Dark Side of the Moon Art Gee - Tea Gardens All That the Name Implies - Black Tuesday Chris Rawlings - Song of Creation Rabindra Danks - Lords Sweet Name Logos - Peace Chas Rose - Ballad For World Heroes Moonstone - Black Blind Light Vandy - Wishing We...
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
January 06, 2021 18:53 - 1 hour - 123 MBA new episode to start off the new year, which we surely hope will be a better year. Here we listen to a mixed bag of new discoveries/finds from 2020, including some UK folk, privately pressed westcoast psych, dreamy pop-psych and funky Swedish blues. We also have the honor to play the new single from Kungens män, which will be included in the upcoming 5 LP-box, “Innanför boxen” that will be out in February. Bruce Hamana – Hamana (Canyon Records, 1974) – The Meek Shall Inherit the Ea...
The Wheel Turns On Mixtape
November 27, 2020 08:04 - 58 minutes - 108 MBA new mix of privately pressed US and Canadian folk and folk-rock. We also included a few Swedish progg numbers and a great westcoast-sounding band from Japan. Tracklist: Summer Madness - In the Hills of Shiloh Trees - Psalm 46 Handgjort - Worlds on Fire Doug McArthur - One-Eyed Walden David Sinclair - A Tale of Raven Scott Jones - Chattanooga To Lynchburg Trail Randy Palmer - Starlight, Daylight Darragh Nagle - Horse Mesa Chris Rawlings - The Wheel Jim Thompson - Train for Tho...
Interview with Paul Tescher
September 12, 2020 11:44 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBPaul Tescher has been collecting records for a long time and started already in the 80s to deal in obscure music. As part of the first generation underground collector he has seen the evolution of the collectors scene, from the beginning to what it is today. In this interview we talk about how he started to collect and sell records and he also share some stories from the weird world of record collecting. He also put together a selection of 6 track to play for us. Paul is still digging record...
Interview with Mark Sabol
July 11, 2020 17:58 - 52 minutes - 73.8 MBWe’ve been in contact with Mark Sabol of Mark and Suzann Farmer for over a year and finally we found the time to record an interview with him. Mark and Suzann Farmer recorded one album, We’ve Been There, in 1978, which is still pretty obscure among collectors. It is mostly known for the moody late-night version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”, and although excellent, this album is far from a one-track-album and I’ve always considered that its true strength lies in Mark’s own compositions. About ...
Music in Isolation
April 23, 2020 19:07 - 1 hour - 106 MBAlthough we officially called it a quit with our 80th episode last summer, we’re back with a one-off episode for all of you who are in a lockdown/quarantine or to everyone who just wants to hear some new music. This episode presents records acquired since the last show and includes a mixed bag of communal folk (Huckle), lounge (Eddie Suzuki), Exotica (Dennise Norwood), Swedish progg (Rabatt and Kvartetten som sprängde) and more. We’re also happy to include the great track “Blanket Fog Descen...
Natural Highs Mixtape
December 28, 2019 22:02 - 59 minutes - 113 MBA mix of back-to-nature folk, eastern-tinged psych and acoustic improvisations. “Nature’s beauty is so astonishing, makes you want to be around it all the time, you know it’s even been known to make people high” – Jerry and Nancy Stevens Tracklist: Children of One - Eastern Cloth (Real Records, 1969) Arbete och Fritid - Fantasins Lov (MNW, 1977) Big Lost Rainbow - Ocean (Big Lost, 1973) Huckle - Hello Sunshine (Homespun, 1974) Brent Titcomb - Falling Star (CBC, 1975) Becky Rya...
Full Circle - An Interview with Paul Major
June 28, 2019 05:26 - 1 hour - 141 MBWe are honored to have Paul Major with us for the 80th and final episode of Arkivet. Paul has been one of the most influential persons for this podcast as the guru of obscure psychedelic and private press records. In order to have a collector scene, context and coherency are key elements and Paul was one of the first to see the connections and to link private press and real people records to the canon of psychedelic music. Therefore, it is no surprise that many of the records he discovered a...
Westcoast Jams
June 08, 2019 07:16 - 59 minutes - 101 MBHere we engulf ourselves in some westcoast jams, with bands that doesn’t necessarily have to come from the west coast but all playing that laid-back breezy Californian vibe. Among the highlights of the show is the extremely rare self-titled mini-album by Al Manfredi, which he pressed in about 100 copies for demo purposes and with only very few known to exist today. Also the highly acclaimed Kristyl album is worthy a mention, as it is not only a solid album but one of the true classics in the...
Swedish Psychedelic Music Part 2
May 16, 2019 05:42 - 1 hour - 105 MBWe seldom highlight music from our home country but in this episode we turn the spotlight on some Swedish underground and psychedelic bands. In the episode we listen to some of the most obscure bands of the Swedish underground, like Paul Edoh’s Class Breakers, which only release was a test pressing with just a few copies made, but we also play well established acts, such as Nature and Mecki Mark Men. To add some confusion, we also throw in a Finnish band, Cirius, and the reason for the inclu...
Late Night Vibes
April 30, 2019 14:04 - 41 minutes - 68.1 MBIn this episode we go into a late-night mood with some nocturnal psychedelic and private press records. For many of the artists featured in this episode the information is scarce and most of them are still flying under-the-radar, so we hope to shed some light on these great records and hopefully you’ll find something new and interesting that you have not heard before. Jazz Bend Me Blues Band (Algar, 1967/68) -Lady Weaver Moonlyte – Better Late Than Never… (Astro Records, 1974) -Magic St...
Not Your Average Joe
February 24, 2019 18:53 - 1 hour - 117 MBWe have put together an eclectic mix of unique artistic expressions in this show. The tracks doesn’t follow a specific genre but all are from the parallel universe of privately pressed music. For the episode we’ve also been in contact with Garrett Schroeder who helped us to fill in some gaps regarding his debut album “Lack of Sleep”. We end this episode with Thunder Tillman and the great track Condor Sunflower from their long-awaited new EP. David S Mull (Alpine Records, 197?) -Far From H...
The Perennial Philosophy Mix
February 14, 2019 19:56 - 1 hour - 119 MBA new mix of folk, spiritual psych and post-hippie mindsets. Aldous Huxley – Excerpt from Visionary Experience Vol. II Sounds of Salvation – Love III Hosanna – Why Are Thou Disquieted? Brent Titcomb – Tibetan Bells Murari – The One Who Loves Me Best The Two Rivers! – Cast Out From the Castle Dennis Loren – Let Go Michael Cassidy – There Is a Light Michael McGrath – The Awakened Severance and Cassidy – Feather In the Wind Bob Patterson – Bed of Roses Patterson and Pults – Lonelin...
Mystery Jukebox with Jens Unosson
January 16, 2019 20:01 - 1 hour - 133 MBIn this episode we introduce a new concept for the podcast and we call it the Mystery Jukebox. The idea is simple, we let a collector or listener send us a secret playlist, which we have no pre-knowledge about and let the selector take us on a journey to the unknown. After we have listened and discussed each of the track the artist identity will be revealed for us and you. For the first episode in this series Jens Unosson have selected 11 tracks for us. Jens is a long-time collector and psyc...
Cosmic American Music Part 2
December 02, 2018 13:56 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBHere we return yet again to the concept of Cosmic American Music, as we didn’t have the time to play you all of the tracks in part 1. In this second part, we mix lesser-known records with some true classics as well as revisiting a few artists that we have already listened to in pervious episodes. We also highlight two great new acts, James Matthew VII and Dalton Correction. James Matthew VII will have his debut LP “Cosmic Folk Ballads” released next year and we listen to his composition “Sto...
It's Completely Hypnotic
November 05, 2018 19:32 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBWe’re thrilled to finally have our friend Anders Alexander with us on the show. Anders is a record collector and dealer from Southern Sweden (now living in Stockholm) who’s been hunting records since the 80s. Nowadays he sells records under the name Vinylkatten at record fairs and in his own pop-up record store. For the show, he brought an eclectic mix of records, ranging from under-the-radar gems and dollar-bin alerts to psych grails, and we promise an episode filled with psychedelic saxoph...
Let's Get Personal
October 08, 2018 18:07 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBWe’ve been doing this podcast for over five years now and recorded 70 episodes, including 23 interviews with other collectors and musicians. Over the years some have asked us about how we got into collecting records, so in this episode we’re going to tell you about our personal musical journeys and how we got deeper into the psychedelic rabbit hole. The records in this episode represent a development in terms of taste or collecting and while my selection is all about the psych classics, Vikt...
Cosmic American Music Part 1
August 14, 2018 19:58 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBInspired by Numero Group’s compilation Cosmic American Music we felt we wanted to do a take on that theme. However, as neither of us have so much country records in our collections this episode turned out to be a little bit more eclectic with songs inspired by American roots music in general, so it will be some country-tinged tracks but also blues and folk. As we had more tunes lined up than we could squeeze into this episode we will return with a part 2 of this theme. Featured in this epis...
DJ-set with Paul Major
August 13, 2018 20:12 - 2 hours - 114 MBThis is part of a DJ-set that we did together with Paul Major at Geronimo's FGT in Stockholm, July 2018. Darius - I Feel the Need to Carry On St John Green - Canyon Woman Daisy Chain - All Because of You Anonymous - Who’s Been Foolin’? Jade Stone and Luv - Reality Marcus - Sweet Inspiration New Dawn - Life Goes On Peter Grudzien - The Unicorn Dark - Maypole Jeff Liberman - Phenaphen no. 3 Last Call of Shiloh - Marriage Supper of the Lamb Help - Life Worth Living Relatively Clea...
News From the Singles Department Part 2
July 20, 2018 21:04 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBHere we continue to explore some great psych 45s (press here for part 1). The focus in Part 1 was more on heavy psych and hard rock while in this epsiode we listen to some classic psych and folk-psych sounding singles. We also do a follow-up on Conception (which we included in Part 1) as we been in contact with more people involved in the band and we now have a more complete history of the group. In this episode we also introduce a new segment to the podcast where we highlight some newly re...
Interview with Lance Barresi
May 24, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBWe’re so glad to have Lance Barresi of Permanent Records joining the show again. Last time we spoke was more than a year ago and a lot has happen since. In this episode we focus on the newly released “Sixth Trip” of the Brown Acid Compilation Series and we listen to five tracks from this volume. Lance also gives us a first listen to a track for the “Seventh Trip”, which will be out on Halloween this year. We also listen to Spiny Norman - a band featured on the second Brown Acid volume but wh...
News From the Singles Department
May 04, 2018 21:06 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis episode doesn’t follow a particular theme but instead focus around some recently acquired 45s. Although the theme is not clear it turned out to be a pretty heavy episode with some hard rock-sounding tunes, like Babylon, Rebel Woman and Lovin’ You (which was recently included on the Brown Acid compilation series). Other highlights includes a nice version of The United States of America’s Coming Down, done by an unknown band, which only known recording is an acetate we recently came acros...
Interview with Reine Fiske
March 23, 2018 20:31 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBReine Fiske is well-known as a musician in various bands and musical constellations, most notable as the guitarist of Dungen, Träden and The Amazing. Besides his own musicianship, Reine has long been a devoted record collector with an impressive collection of experimental, psychedelic and progressive music. In this episode, he plays some incredible rare and extraordinary records for us, such as Christian Yoga Church, one of finest psychedelic commune recordings ever made, as well as an aceta...
What's the Concept?
January 31, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBThe concept album format really started to evolve during the psychedelic era of the late ‘60s, and reached its height in the progressive scene of the early ‘70s, where the album became the main artistic expression. Here, we highlight some unusual concept and context-based albums, with some concept ideas being stranger than others. We hope you find the selection interesting and that you seek out some of these albums to listen to them as a whole (to fully grasp the meaning of the concept!). ...
Psych Records on a Shoestring
January 10, 2018 18:39 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBWe’re continuing our series of episodes of cheap quality records. In this episode, we’re mainly focusing on psych 45s but we also included a few full length LPs, which all coast around $10 and are easy to find. As usual, the bulk of the artists are from the US but we also mix it up with some affordable Italian prog and Swedish progg. We hope that some of these record are new to you and something that you look for next time you're out digging. Scorpion (American Recording Company, 1973) -I...
Not On Discogs
December 27, 2017 21:48 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBFor this episode we’ve put together a selection of lesser-known or possibly unknown (?) records. It’s a strange mix of strange music with all possible genres, including real people, lounge-psych, dreamy psych-pop, breezy soft-rock, folk and hard rock. Dr. Fuzz (Flippist, 1977) -I’ll Be There at the End of the World Randy DeMoss and the Space City Group (Planet Records, ?) -An Angel Blessed Luellen Reese-s/t (Musican’s Co-op International, 1981) -Silvery Waterfall Duke (Joy Records, 1...
Guitar Wizards
December 02, 2017 06:46 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBIn this episode, we celebrate the guitar and highlight some of our favorite guitarists. It’s not only through epic guitar solos and technical skill that make you a great guitarist, instead it’s about creating a mood and a feeling through your instrument. The guitarists featured in this episode have that skill and they really can pull some spellbinding guitar wizard tricks out of their hats. John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble – Middle-Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1968) -The Oud a...
Summer Special - Not One Bummer the Whole Summer
August 01, 2017 19:20 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBSummer is here (and is almost over in Sweden) so we put together a special episode with some favorite summer tunes. The selection in today’s show is not only sunshine pop and breezy vibes but instead we cover a broad range of styles, including heavy Swedish progg, real people, private press psych, downer folk and only one sunshine pop track. A perfect mix for lazy days at the beach. Stone Harbour - Emerges (Stone Harbour, 1974) - Summer Magic Is Gone Michael Farneti - Good Morning Kiss...
The Wild Adventures of the Strange Man - Interview with Michal Hasek
July 11, 2017 13:56 - 1 hour - 128 MBThis is an interview with the Canadian singer-songwriter Michal Hasek, who did several privately pressed albums and performed all over Canada and the US during the ‘70s and ‘80s. In this interview, he share some of the stories from his time as a traveling musician, including hanging out with Alan Watts at the Ottumwa Heights Catholic College and being kicked off stage by Janis Joplin. Michal was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946. Not long after, his family fled from the Soviet Union and after...
As We Travel Mixtape – Hippie Anthems and Lysergic Manifestations
May 18, 2017 13:53 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBWe’ve put together a new mix of mind-manifesting music, including some singer-songwriter tunes, communal folk, hippie idealism and plenty of hand drums. Thrower, Spillane and McFarland – Crow (Ranger, 1973) F.B. Worster – Autumn’s Child (MPI, 1974) Turid –Stjärnor och Änglar (Silence, 1975) Cymbeline – Sixth Image (Green Light, 1971) Bob McBride – 90 Degrees on the Moon (Capitol, 1973) Peter Kelley – I Been Told (Sire, 1971) Ptarmigan – Go Dancing (Columbia, 1974) Lila – ...
Episode 15 - More Than Motown, The Private Press Sound of Michigan
May 06, 2017 17:21 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBOur friend Rodney Pate sits in with us on this episode to talk about Michigan area bands from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Rod is a DJ and collector from Ann Arbor Michigan, and has been focusing on collecting local private press records. He also has his own radio show, Right On Radio at the long running freeform radio station WCBN based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he plays an all-analog show of obscure psychedelia and conducts interviews with artists from the area. For this epis...
Episode 14 – The Affordable Care Act, an Exclusive Selection of Cheap Quality Records
April 23, 2017 05:46 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn this episode Viktor take a stand for the cheap record and have picked out some affordable but still great singer-songwriter and folk albums for the show. In this age of high-bidding eBay auctions, record flippers and monster rarities everywhere it is easy to forget the vast amount of cheap quality music that is still around and easy to find. So in this episode we try to remember that great music doesn’t have to come with a big price tag. Cheap vinyl – for your health! Jerry Merrick - ...
Episode 13 - A new age for New Age? Interview with Douglas Mcgowan
April 09, 2017 12:01 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBIn this episode we talk to Douglas Mcgowan of Numero Group about the misunderstood genre of New Age music. Douglas is the curator of the New Age compilations, “I Am the Center” and “The Microcosm” and he also runs the successful reissue labels, Yoga Records and Ethereal Sequence, which have re-released some fantastic music over the years. New Age has been a part of psychedelic culture that we have found difficult to get a hang of and we’re therefore glad that Douglas joined this show and gav...
Episode 12 - Psychedelic Folk Music!
March 26, 2017 15:19 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBFolk music played an important role in the development of psychedelic rock and folk musicians were part of introducing psychedelics to mainstream popular culture in the mid-‘60s, which until then had only been known among “bohemian jetsetters” and academics. In this episode we play some favorite folk-psych acts from different parts of the world. The selection of songs covers a broad spectrum of the genre and includes both group- and communal oriented bands, and solo acts as well as some of ...
Episode 11 - Getting Heavy With Lance Barresi, ‘70s Hard Rock and Heavy Psych
March 11, 2017 19:13 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBWe are proud to have Lance Barresi from Permanent Records as our special guest editor in this episode and he has put together a great tracklist for us with a lot of rare hard rock and heavy psych bands. The majority of the cuts are taken from the Brown Acid compilations, a project that he runs together with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, and in April the fourth trip in the series will be released. Since a young age, Lance has been interested in music, especially unusual and independent...
Episode 10 - Welcome to the Psychedelic Lounge, an Introduction to Lounge Music with Stefan Kéry
February 26, 2017 09:03 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBThis episode we dedicate to Lounge music and due to the vastness of Lounge albums being released we have invited the expert Stefan Kéry for a proper introduction to this brand of music. Lounge differs from many other types of music as it is not a music genre, style or a scene but is instead defined by the setting of where it is performed, namely in a Lounge environment. These bands were hired as the musical entertainment in cocktail bars at motels, resorts etc for the customers to enjoy whil...
Episode 9 - Going Down The Garage-Psych Rabbit Hole with Måns P Månsson Part 2
February 09, 2017 19:25 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn the last part of our two episodes with Måns P Månsson we focus more on the music and keep the talking to a minimum, as this is jam-packed with great garage-psych singles that Måns have picked out for the show. The selection is a mix of major label artists and obscure local presses, and includes both classics like The Third Bardo as well as less-discussed bands, such as The Spontaneous Generation and The XL’s. Just sit down, tune in and enjoy the Roller Coaster ride! The Mystic Tide (Sol...
Episode 8 - Going Down The Garage-Psych Rabbit Hole with Måns P Månsson Part 1
January 27, 2017 20:56 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBIn this episode we’re joined by the psychedelic expert Måns P Månsson and he brought some amazing garage-psych 45s from his exceptional collection to play for us. We also took the chance to ask him a little bit about his own music and the garage scene in 1980s, as well as the Stockholm based psychedelic “commune”, the Lumber Island Acid Crew. As we talked for almost two hours we had to split it up in two episodes and the second part will be released in two weeks. Children Of The Mushroom (...
Interview with Paul Major
January 13, 2017 08:42 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBPaul Major is one of the originators to obscure psych and private press collecting and many of the records he found and documented are now seen as classics, such as Fraction, Peter Grudzien and Marcus. Paul started buying records when the psychedelic movement was at its peak in the late 60s, digging through the local K-mart’s dollar bins looking for anything that looked “psychedelic” and was able to pick up many rarities by today’s standard (e.g. Morgen, Easter Everywhere by The Elevators an...
Arkivet Podcast Christmas Special – Highlights From the First Season
December 24, 2016 11:51 - 1 hour - 137 MBIn this extra-long Christmas special episode, we do a recap of the first season (which we did in Swedish) and highlight some of our favorite music from the episodes. We have picked one or two songs that we like the most, with many being all-time favorites, from each of the episodes to include here. The set of songs will hence, be highly varied and include music from local psychedelic scenes, like Austin, San Francisco and Bosstown as well as specific genres, such as acid-folk, exploitation-p...
Episode 7 - On the Airways of Imagination, A Continuous Exploration of Psychedelic Pop Music
December 17, 2016 19:25 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWe haven’t focused much on pop oriented songs lately so we thought we needed a psychedelic pop episode in this season. This sub-genre of psychedelic music is to our minds strongly linked to major label and with that also a bigger production and more commercial appeal compared to many private press releases. We don’t consider this to be anything negative and there was a lot of creativity at work here as well and some great use of studio sound effects. The majority of the songs in today’s epis...
Episode 6 - DIY and Homemade Recordings in the 1980s
December 03, 2016 20:41 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBIn this episode we focus on the very end of the first psychedelic period, namely the early 1980s. This period still links to the mindset of the late 60s but without becoming retro. Today’s selection is a mixed bag of DIY and later-phase hippie music. Genres in this episode includes folk-rock, singer-songwriters, AOR, real people music and rural rock but each of the artist brings their personal artistic vision into the mix that expand beyond genres to create something truly unique. We have tr...
Episode 5 - The Heavy Metal Kids, Hard Rock and Heavy Psych Sounds Part 2
November 20, 2016 13:14 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBHere we continue to explore some more obscure heavy psych and hard rock singles. Except for the US artists in the episode, we also included two rare Swedish singles by Alexander Lucas and Zane as well as the UK band, Wolfrilla. There are a lot of new favorites for us in this episode and we hope you'll find some too. Zane (MM, 1976) -Step Aside Stone Axe (Rampart Street, 1971) -Slave of Fear Raw Meat (Blue Hour, 1969) -Stand-By Girl Seeds (Productions Unlimited, 1972) -Shuckin’ and ...
Episode 4 - The Heavy Metal Kids, Hard Rock and Heavy Psych Sounds Part 1
November 05, 2016 19:29 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBThis is the first part in our short exposé of heavy psychedelia and hard rock in the late 60s and early 70s. This is a subject we haven’t discussed previously so therefore we’re going to dedicate two episodes on this. The focus of today’s episode is on private pressed singles from the US while the second part will include some UK and Swedish bands as well. The set list is quite eclectic, ranging from acid rock to full-blown hard rock and early metal, where heavy is the common denominator. W...
Episode 3 - Songs From Down the Hall, Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s
October 24, 2016 13:13 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode we continue to explore the seemingly endless singer-songwriter genre, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here the main focus is on private press albums from the 1970s and the episode includes several classics of the genre, such as Alicia May and John Wonderling as well as less obvious choices, e.g. Tom Rosplock, Mick Softley and Kevin Vicalvi. Furthermore, we also included the mountain hiking Texas duo Patterson & Pults as well as a recent favorite of ours, the myst...
Episode 2 - The Esteemed 100 Copies Society
September 10, 2016 04:03 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBIn this episode we discuss some truly rare albums, which were originally released in 100 copies or less, making some of them highly sought-after and very pricey (if you ever get a chance to see a copy). Besides the rarity they also contain some quality psychedelic music that spans most of its subgenres, from acid-folk, psych-pop to garage and heavy psych. We touch upon many subjects, such as the elusive and murky tax-scam business and discuss one of its top records, Stonewall. We also pay a ...
Episode 1 - Psychedelic Heyday: Lysergic Music from 1966 to 1969
September 06, 2016 06:17 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this first episode of season four there isn’t a clear theme. We have just put together a show with some nice psychedelic music from 1966 to 1969, the short period of time when psychedelia went mainstream in our western society. We have also reduced our talking in this episode to make room for more music. The Picture – Evolution (Nasco, 1969) Injun Joe-Indian Priest (Reward, 1969) Geebros-Let Me Find the Sun (Orange, 1968) Adrian Pride-Her Name Is Melody (Warner Bros, 1966) T...
Episode 9 - Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You, Spiritual and Religious Psych
May 26, 2016 18:55 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBIn the last episode of the season we discuss religious and spiritual psychedelia. As you know, we have already talked about the Christian psychedelic scene in an earlier episode but here we take a broader perspective and tough upon some other religious and spiritual beliefs as well, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Eckankar. There is plenty of good records with religiously and spiritually themed psychedelia and in this episode we’re listening to some Jesus Rock by Wilson McKinley and Last Ca...
Interview with Jai Ram Ransom
April 21, 2016 17:56 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBJai Ram Ransom or Jim Ransom as he was known back in the ‘60s and ‘70s started his musical career at the Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village, playing alongside artists like Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs. However, in the early ‘70s Jai Ram decided that he had have enough of the east coast scene, took his guitar in hand and headed for Denver, Colorado. Once at place with the local folk scene he and a fellow New Yorker Laura Benson started the folk and bluegrass label Biscuit City, which over the com...
Episode 8 - Songs from Biscuit City
April 17, 2016 18:21 - 50 minutes - 57.3 MBBiscuit City was a folk and bluegrass label based on the 17th avenue in Denver, Colorado. The label was founded by the two New Yorkers Jim Ransom (now Jai Ram Ransom) and Laura Benson and became a pivotal part of the local Colorado folk scene. During the years 1973 to 1979 they released twenty-five albums in many different genres, including recordings by dulcimer and bluegrass bands, folk artists and singer-songwriters. In today’s episode we take a look at this seldom discussed label and dig...