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Ultra lo-fi and moody loner psyche. Mr Redd felt the call of more trippy times and moved beyond the country vibes of his regular band The Reddymen to create this ode to a grooving hippy girl. He played both the bass and 12 string here to wonderful lysergic effect. The flip is also a trip…in a very different and much darker way. Seek it out.

It's always fascinating when library music attempts to get 'hip". To hear how seasoned studio musicians interpret the 'heavy' sounds of the youth. To illustrate this, I selected 6 tracks from a collection of records designed for use at radio stations. I tried to join them into a cohesive, psychedelic whole. Enjoy the trip!

Moody, lo-fi psyche-garage-soul dealing with, as these records so often do, lost love and heartbreak. There’s a glorious, freeform, looseness to the whole thing which takes the song in some unpredictable and wholly groovy directions. I hope Eileen dug it!

Happy New Year to all! Here's a perfectly tweaked tune to ring in what is sure to be a very tweaked year. This song poem by Michael Apples was given some serious synth-garage-psyche-rock vibes by the sessioners at Columbine Records. The music perfectly suits the slightly lysergic nature of the lyrics. What were the "crystal falls there in the sky" that Mr. Apples felt compelled to write this so...

Happy Holidays to all! I wanted to post something festive and this felt perfect. The Hues Corporation party classic is transformed into a beautiful and spiritual hymn to 'love and devotion". Such a wonderful arrangement that only becomes more poignant when the joy is released in the final part of the song. Blissful.

It's always fascinating when a burst of avant-garde energy bursts forth from the more 'traditional' parts of society. This is a prime example. It's a literal head trip, created to psychedelically inspire a vision of the journey to the afterlife, through really wild musical experimentation. All aboard!

In my opinion, the two (that I know of) Central High School Hootenanny records are total masterpieces ranking among the best school records ever made. This song is a perfect example of why I think that. This monumentally dreamy and evocative cover of this song is far better than any of the other versions I've heard. Which is true of a lot of the songs on these albums.

An incredible, incendiary, primal, ultra-psychedelic burst of total energy from this high school band out of Bohemia, New York. The song is an original composition by their (clearly super groovy) director, Skip West. Kudos and thanks Mr West!

A unique and truly wonderful outsider-psyche song of lost love and heartbreak (as these kind of records often are!). I adore the playful, magical musical arrangement that really complements Rogers heartfelt, yearning vocals. You can hear the equally emotional other side here: ua-cam.com/video/Mw-TIMBNL84/v-deo.html

Lovely and enigmatic psyche-folk song of lost love and regret. I'm always a sucker for a poetic spoken word intro too!

A beautiful, heartbreakingly melancholy, but ultimately uplifting song from this legendary (to me at least) duo. Music will help me through these dark times as it always does.

In tribute to Phil Lesh who sadly died this week, here's a super joyful version of The Grateful Dead's legendary song from their brilliant album American Beauty. I really love the back and forth between the male and female members of the group, who were all attending Williams College in Massachusetts. Sunshine daydream!

A truly magical and gently psychedelic take on a dark, beautiful and enigmatic song by the legendary Tom Rapp of Pearls Before Swine. The addition of lovely female vocals and wonderful, trippy and organic slide guitar really brings something fresh to an already amazing song. Cool to see a band anachronistically letting their freak-folk-flag fly in 1982.

York High School Swing Choir - Fly Like An Eagle

Wells Wolverine Middle School Concert Band - Moonride

Omene Harlims - Bring Out The Good In Me

Ron & Ann Holm/Dave Zimmerman - Dear Mercies Shoes

Stauz - Biker's Lament

Greenbank Senior Public School - Spinning Wheel

Kay Weaver - Where Could You Be?

Jimmy Brown - The Life I Live

Johnny Bello’s Strawberry Cliffs Of Monica - Black Oil

Marilyn Gordon - Red-Winged Blackbird

Benson High School Stage Band - Chameleon

Jim Alexander - Western Troubador

Planet Street - Choose Your Weapon

Rusty Blue and Revision - Power Play

Northeast Junior High School Rock/Show Ensemble - Birthday & Let It Be

The Smith Trio - The Place Prepared For Me