August 26, 2014 Playlist

"Psychotic Reaction" by The Count Five (1966)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Count Five  "Psychotic Reaction"  1966 (USA)
"Psychotic Reaction" made it all the way to #5 on the American Top 40 in 1966, making it quite possibly the best-selling garage rock hit of all time. The group that recorded it was the cheesy-cool band known as The Count Five, who wore Dracula capes and whose album liner notes focused on the fact that all five teenage members were enrolled in college (or at least local vo-tech schools). Ironically, The Count Five's debut album includes two covers of songs by The Who, and get this: The Who never had an American hit as big as "Psychotic Reaction"!! The imponderable enigma of this song and its enduring appeal inspired one of the greatest pieces of rock criticism of all time: Lester Bangs' notorious article "Psychotic Reactions and Carbureator Dung" in which he imagines a series of ever-more-ambitious (but sadly ficticious) albums eminating from The Count Five (Cartesian Jetstream, Lace & Wrought Iron Railings, Snowflakes Falling On The International Dateline), because after all they recorded the greatest garage rock song of all time and they went to college too! The point of Bangs' satire perhaps being that a fun song is really the pinacle of  what rock music is all about, and not the Heavy Pretentious Concepts that infected pop music in the psychedelic/progressive era.
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Eric Burdon & The AnimalsWinds Of ChangeWinds Of Change 1967
UK
Iron ButterflyUnconscious PowerHeavy 1968
USA
The Skull DefektsThe Known UnknownDances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown (N)2014 (Thrill Jockey)Sweden
Archie Bronson Outfit Two Doves On A LakeWild Crush (N)2014 (Domino)UK
White Fence Arrow ManFor Those Recently Found Innocent (N)2014 (Drag City)USA
 
 
The Red Plastic Buddha A House Is Not A Motel (Love)Songs Of Mara (N)2014 (self release)USA
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace Night Of Fear (The Move)Hunger (N)2014 (Castle Face)UK
Wildest Dreams (DJ Harvey) Scorpion BayWildest Dreams (N)2014 (Smalltown Supersound)UK
Chuck Prophet
"Gone Away"
(sic?
Untitled bonus track on pre-release CD)
Night Surfer (N - forthcoming)2014 (Yep Roc)USA
Avers HangmanEmpty Light (N)2014 (self release)USA
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires DereconstructedDereconstructed (N)2014 (Sub Pop)USA
   
 
Claude DenjeanLet's Stay Together (Al Green)Open Circuit1973
France/Canada
Ernie Wilkins & His OrchestraThank You (Sly & The Family Stone)Hard Mother Blues1970
USA
Urbie GreenSpirit In The Dark (Aretha Frainklin)Green Power1971
USA
   
 
The Count FivePsychotic ReactionPsychotic Reaction
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1966
USA
The Count FiveThey're Gonna Get YouPsychotic Reaction
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1966
USA
The Count FiveMerry-Go-RoundB-side 7" single (bonus track on CD reissues) 1967
USA
The CastawaysLiar, LiarA-side 7" single (Nuggets CD box)1965
USA
The Endless PulseNowhere ChickA-side 7" single (Only In America various artists compilation) c. 1968
USA
The Syndicate Of SoundLittle GirlA-side 7" single (Nuggets CD box)1966
USA
The StandellsAnimal GirlA-side 7" single (Best Of The Standells LP)1968
USA
   
 
The 13th Floor ElevatorsYou're Gonna Miss MeThe Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators1966
USA
The Chambers BrothersAll Strung Out Over YouThe Time Has Come1967
USA
The SeedsJust Let GoA Web Of Sound1967
USA
Os MutantesBat MacumbaOs Mutantes1968
Brazil
MC5 Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa) (live)
Kick Out The Jams1969
USA
Death RestlessnessIII (N)rec. 1975-1992 (2014 Drag City)USA
Radio Moscow Rancho Tehama AirportMagical Dirt (N)2014 (Alive Naturalsound)USA
 
  
Bo Ningen InuIII (N)2014 (Stolen)Japan/UK
OOIOO Shizuku Gunung Agung
Gamel (N)2014 (Thrill Jockey)Japan
Woods With Light And With LoveWith Light And With Love (N)2014 (Woodsist)USA
 
  
Elephant Stone The Sea Of Your MindElephant Stone (N)2014 (V2)Canada
Kontakte Sci-Fi RisingFear Of Music EP (N)2014 (self release)UK
Thurston Moore & John Moloney DisputeFull  Bleed (N - forthcoming, release delayed until 2015!)2015 (Northern Spy)USA
Sonic Youth I Love Her All The Time
Bad Moon Rising1985
USA
 
  
Chrome Danger Zone
Inworlds EP1981
USA
      
   
   
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