Various Artists - Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)

Two-Piers, the label that brought you ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’ bring you the second instalment in the series ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’. A thrill a minute dive into the crazy awesome world of Garage Psychedelic Rock. From the Psych sound explosion onto the Underground club scene in the US and UK in the mid 1960s, its discovery by a wider audience via the exceptional Nuggets and Pebbles compilation series in the 1970-1980s.

Through its mainstream revival with the Garage sound of the late 1990- early 2000s, to the current crop of exceptional bands flying the Garage Psych flag today, ‘Garage Psychédélique’ takes you on a journey and gives you a little taste of some of the finest music from the scene and the bands that blazed a trail for others to follow…..Sit back and enjoy the ride! From the opening bars of The Sonics ‘Have love Will Travel’ through the Psych workout that is Count Five’s ‘Psychotic Reaction’ to the joys of 60s Beat Psych groups from the US such as The Paragons, The Preachers, The Strangeloves, The Squires, and the eccentric stylings of The Monks. The album careers along at a blistering pace of Garage Psych brilliance, jammed packed full of Underground floor fillers a plenty.

1. The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel

2 Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

3. The Paragons - Abba

4. Kim Fowler - The Trip

5. The Preachers - Who Do You Love 

6. The Strangeloves - Night Time

7. The Monks - Oh, How to Do Now

8. The Bogeymen - Electrocution

9. Harry Nilsson - Jump into the Fire (Single Version)

10. The Eyes - When the Night Falls

11. 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)

12. The Poets - That’s the Way it’s Gotta Be

13. The Squires - Going All the Way

14. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

15. The Chocolate Watch Band - I’m Not Like Everybody Else

16. MC5 - Gotta Keep Movin’

17. The Stairs - Weed Bus

18. The Hives - Main Offender

19. Pond - Fantastic Explosion of Time

20. Novella - Somethings Must Change

21. Thee Oh Sees - Web

22. Allah-Las - Catamaran

23. Moon Duo - Eye 2 Eye

24. White Hills, Gnod - Run-a-Round 

25. Goat - Gathering of Ancient Tribes

26. Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine