BEYOND THE CALICO WALL - V/A Excellent acid-punk sampler! LAST COPIES! COMP LP

We thought this one was out of print, but found a few jackets at the pressing plant!  LAST COPIES  of classic 60s psych!

Excellent acid-punk sampler put together by New England collector Erik L. Issued fairly late in the game but recycling lots of weird psych numbers for the first time. A few tracks fall into the pointless-noise/novelty category but overall this was one of the best comps of the early 90s. All of the pieces are unbridled master strokes of the proto-punk D.I.Y. mentality married to the equally inspired garage rock psych of the mid- to late '60s.

In a significant nod to collectors, none of these sides can be found on run-of-the-mill "best-of" anthologies, and there are only a mere handful that are available in any other incarnation.

The material ranges from highly infectious pop melodies such as Duffy's spry rocker "Come Back Come Back" or the speed-fueled madness of the Waterproof Tinkertoy's trippy "Continuation."

There are also a fair amount of indescribably acidic and downright far-out cuts, including the repetitive "Suzie's Gone" by the Afterglow and the rambling of Ceylib People's "Changes."

In addition to the plethora of unearthed gems, Beyond the Calico Wall features a few familiar titles -- such as the faithfully extended 11-plus minute reworking of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" from 6 Feet Under as well as Rasputin & the Mad Monks' jet-propelled rendering of "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)." Bhagavad Gita includes a mid-tempo distortion-driven electric guitar wailer titled "Long Hair Soulful," which was co-written by Chuck Mangione -- who included his version on his Eyes of the Veiled Temptress (1988). It is unknown if the famed jazz flügelhorn player was once a member of this Ohio-based band.Playground.

Tracklist

A1             –Park Avenue Playground             The Trip            

A2             –The Hooterville Trolley             No Silver Bird            

A3             –Afterglow*             Susie's Gone            

A4             –The Flower Power             Mt. Olympus            

A5             –The Pulse*             Burritt Bradley            

A6             –Rasputin & The Mad Monks             I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)            

A7             –Alva Snelling             Clock On The Wall            

B1             –The Spontaneous Generation             Up In My Mind            

B2             –Cosmic Rock Show             Psiship            

B3             –The Greek Fountains             An Experimented Terror            

B4             –Duffy (10)             Come Back, Come Back            

B5             –The Pebble Episode             Tripsy            

B6             –Bohemian Vendetta             Paradox City            

B7             –Demons Of Negativity             Resurrection