Psychedelic Years Revisited(Re-Up)

Review by Lindsay Planer :
This three-CD U.K. collection is the companion to Psychedelic Years, Vol. 1 (1991); both include 50 seminal platters from either side of the Atlantic. Rather than simply retreading material that is easily obtainable on a plethora of other "oldies" compilations, Psychedelic Years Revisited delves into a secondary layer of harder-to-locate hits and deep-catalog album cuts from a wide spectrum of artists ranging from well-known pop/folk rockers such as the Byrds ("5D [Fifth Dimension]" and "Change Is Now") to the virtually and utterly obscure Freudian Complex ("Lake Baikal"). Disc one includes one and a half dozen cuts that are parenthetically corralled under the moniker "Back in the U.S.A." and run the gamut from early contributions by Captain Beefheart ("Abba Zabba") and criminally unknown Bay Area psych rocker Kak ("Rain") to the trippy side of one-hit wonders such as the Electric Prunes ("Get Me to the World on Time") and the Lemon Pipers ("Through With You"). Disc two crosses the pond with 18 platters from "Back in the British Isles." Once again, more established acts such as Traffic ("Paper Sun") and Cream ("Sweet Wine") are juxtaposed with the comparatively obscure Art ("Supernatural Fairy-Tales") and Heavy Jelly ("I Keep Singing That Same Old Song"). In between are initial works from Electric Light Orchestra predecessors the Move ("I Can Hear the Grass Grow") and Keith Emerson's pre-ELP combo the Nice ("America"). Disc three is the proverbial sweet windowpane (or microdot) on the proceedings with an additional 14 "Far Out" numbers. Included here are some of the greatest "lost" classics and somewhat obscured psych from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft ("Electrallentando"), Nico ("Evening of Light"), and Steppenwolf precursors the Sparrow ("Isn't It Strange"). Accompanying the discs is a 24-page liner-notes booklet containing brief annotative paragraphs, photos, and pertinent discographical information. Although a majority of the material on Psychedelic Years Revisited has been issued on artist-related discs as well as other compilations -- such as the Nuggets series -- there are few as thorough or as consistently entertaining

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CD1:
01)The Electric Prunes - Get Me To The World On Time
02)The Byrds - 5D (Fifth Dimension)
03)Love - Your Mind And We Belong Together
04)Spirit - Dark Eyed Woman
05)Captain Beefheart - Abba Zabba
06)Kaleidoscope- Little Orphan Annie
07)Kak - Rain
08)The Sopwith Camel - Cellophane Woman
09)The Left Banke - Desiree
10)Ultimate Spinach- Ego Trip
11)The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Centre Of The Mind
12)The Velvet Underground - What Goes On (Live)
13)Nico - Little Sister
14)The Vacels - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
15)The Lemon Pipers - Through With You
16)Eric Burdon & The Animals - Monterey
17)Eric Burdon & The Animals - Sky Pilot
18)H.P. Lovecraft - The White Ship

CD2:
01)Traffic - Paper Sun
02)The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
03)Cream - Sweet Wine
04)Nirvana (UK) - Rainbow Chaser
05)The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
06)The Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun
07)Les Fleurs De Lys - Circles
08)The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Devil's Grip
09)The Purple Gang - Granny Takes A Trip
10)The Nice - America
11)Art Supernatural - Fairy Tales
12)Quintessence - Gungamai
13)Steamhammer - Passing Through
14)The Incredible String Band - Log Cabin Home In The Sky
15)Dr. Strangely Strange - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
16)Eire Apparent - Yes, I Need Someone
17)Man - Sudden Life
18)Heavy Jelly - I Keep Singing That Same Old Song



CD3:
01)The Byrds - Change Is Now
02)Country Joe And The Fish - Bass Strings
03)Country Joe And The Fish - Section 43
04)The Sparrow - Isn't It Strange
05)H.P. Lovecraft - Electrallentando
06)Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)(Live)
07)Love - August
08)Moby Grape - He
09)Kak - Lemonaide Kid
10)Pearls Before Swine - Wizard Of Is
11)Nico - Evening Of Light
12)John Cale - Gideon's Bible
13)Captain Beefheart - Trust Us (Alternate Version)
14)The Freudian Complex - Lake Baikal

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