VA - Pure... Psychedelic Rock (2010)

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Psychedelic Rock
Year Of Release: 2010
Label (Catalog#): Sony Music [88697753132]
Country: International
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock, Folk Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue+.log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 4CD (04:31:17)
Full Size: 1,77 GB



Review by Steve Leggett, All Music:
One could argue whether every track collected in this four-disc set is actually psychedelic or not, however one defines the term when it is applied to pop music, but everything here originally appeared at the close of the 1960s or the start of the 1970s, a time when pop music, and rock in particular, was expanding and playing with the notion of time, space, drugs, and a planet-wide pop culture. All that aside, there are some classic decked-out sides here, psychedelic or not, like the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," the Amboy Dukes' "Journey to the Center of the Mind," Santana's "Soul Sacrifice," Moby Grape's "Omaha," the Byrds' "Eight Miles High," and Argent's "Hold Your Head Up," among dozens of other slightly tilted hits from the era.

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 [04:36]
02. The Youngbloods - Get Together [04:38]
03. The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer In The City [02:41]
04. Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) [03:00]
05. The Byrds - Eight Miles High [03:37]
06. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit [02:32]
07. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Sure [02:15]
08. Lou Reed - Wild Child [04:36]
09. Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head [02:53]
10. The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind [03:36]
11. Paul Revere and The Raiders - Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) [02:54]
12. The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine [02:28]
13. Delaney & Bonnie - Groupie (Superstar) [02:50]
14. Michael Nesmith - Different Drum [03:02]
15. Melanie - Ruby Tuesday [04:36]
16. Spirit - Fresh Garbage [03:14]
17. Santana - Soul Sacrifice [08:50]

CD2:

01. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper [05:11]
02. Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher [05:24]
03. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) [03:18]
04. Moby Grape - Omaha [02:22]
05. Gun - Race With The Devil [03:36]
06. Randy California - Day Tripper [03:02]
07. The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today [03:33]
08. Al Kooper & Stephen Stills - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [03:32]
09. The Fifth Dimension - Sweet Blindness [03:27]
10. Van Morrison - Madame George [05:20]
11. Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic [03:49]
12. Argent - Hold Your Head Up [06:19]
13. Pavlov's Dog - Julia [03:12]
14. Alexander “Skip” Spence - War In Peace [04:04]
15. Tim Hardin - Hoboin' [03:27]
16. Miles Davis - John Mclaughlin [04:24]
17. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball And Chain [09:32]

CD3:

01. The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein [03:29]
02. The Guess Who - American Woman [05:08]
03. Jefferson Airplane - Two Heads [03:16]
04. The Cyrkle - Red Chair Fade Away [02:31]
05. Paul Revere And The Raiders - Kicks [02:28]
06. The United States Of America - Coming Down [02:40]
07. Mountain - Theme From An Imaginary Western [05:07]
08. The Rokes - When The Wind Arises [03:23]
09. Trees - Road [04:35]
10. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Garden Of Eden [04:34]
11. The Electric Flag - Sittin' in Circles [03:54]
12. The Byrds - Mind Gardens [03:48]
13. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Abba Zaba [02:42]
14. Robert Wyatt - Las Vagas Tango Part 1 (Repeat) [08:14]
15. Santana - Singing Winds, Crying Beasts [04:52]
16. Weather Report - Waterfall [06:19]
17. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits [06:52]

CD4:

01. The Box Tops - The Letter [01:55]
02. Spirit - I Got A Line On You [02:42]
03. Johnny Winter - Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo [03:33]
04. Love Affair - Hush [03:41]
05. Stone Country - Love Psalm [02:29]
06. Gene Clark - So You Say You Lost Your Baby [02:08]
07. Moby Grape - 8:05 [02:22]
08. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross [03:06]
09. Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind [03:20]
10. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 [04:00]
11. Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans [02:45]
12. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel [04:08]
13. The Fifth Dimension - Up, Up And Away [02:38]
14. 1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says [02:08]
15. Brewer & Shipley - Witchi-Tai-To [06:58]
16. Grace Slick & The Great Society - Daydream Nightmare [04:37]
17. Sagittarius - Glass [02:29]
18. Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) [07:41]