- 11 CDs
- Over 200 tracks
- 84 page full colour booklet with rare photos, detailed biographies and full discographies
‘Psychedelic rock and folk from the late 60s & early 70s – driving rockers, freaked-out folk, and exotic pop gems – a wide variety of tunes’ – Dusty Groove
‘A massive collection of swirling psychedelic folk and rock featuring the sitar… It’s difficult to imagine getting more flower-power drone for the dollar anywhere else’ - AllMusic
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream with this new 11-CD box set! Gathering all eleven volumes in the classic Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers series, it’s packed with Eastern-tinged rock, pop and folk from the hippie heyday of the late 60s and early 70s, as well as the more recent psychedelic revival. Featuring acts from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as India, Germany, Sweden, Holland, Australia and elsewhere, it comes complete with a packed booklet offering background info and images, making it a truly essential trip back to psychedelia’s incense-shrouded golden age.
Track Listing:
Volume 1
- RAY BROWN & MOONSTONE Story Of Ali
- LINN COUNTY Moon Food
- JK AND CO Magical Fingers Of Minerva
- OMEGA REDSTAR Rettenettes
- THE BASEMENT WALL Tennybopper
- ABACUS Song For Brumhilda
- BROSELMACHINE La Rotta
- GUALBERT Luz De Invierno
- DARIUS I Feel The Need To Carry On
- BLONDE ON BLONDE Spinning Wheel
- THE PRETTY THINGS Bracelets
- THE FREDERIC Morning Sunshine
- THE FLAMES Solitude
- JULY The Way (alt, take)
- WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND A Child’s Guide To Good And Evil
- FRATERNITY OF MAN Wispy Paisley Skies
- THE MISTY WIZARDS It’s Love
- RAMASES Molecular Delusion
- COB Let It Be You
- LORD SITAR I Am The Walrus
- THE VAMPIRE’S SOUND INC Psycho Contact
Volume 2
- US 69 I’m On My Way
- MERRELL FANKHAUSER & HMS BOUNTY A Visit With Ayshia
- THE PAPER GARDEN Man Do You
- MEIC STEVENS The Sailor & Madonna
- STATE OF MICKEY & TOMMY I know
- THE GHOST Abyssinia
- MANDRAKE MEMORIAL Dark Lady
- 1ST CENTURY Looking Down
- PEOPLE Lucky John
- SAGRAM Heavenly Feeling
- BOBBY CALLANDER Sade Masoch
- MUSHROOM’S GOD Draped In Shades
- THE ORIENT EXPRESS For A Moment
- ELMER GANTRY’S VELVET OPERA Air
- ERKIN KORAY Kardi Daglar
- POPUL VUH Nosferatu
- BRAINTICKET Watchin’ You
- CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND Living In The Past
- BIG JIM SULLIVAN She’s Leaving Home
- DR TIMOTHY LEARY Freakout – Turn On Tune In
Volume 3
- THE MOPS Anthem
- AMBOY DUKES Psalms Of Aftermath
- ST MIKAEL Bom Bom Mahadev
- STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK Black Butter
- SAFFRON All Your Ambition
- TRUTH Thoughts
- UNITED STATES OF EXISTENCE Makin’ My Scene
- MEIC STEVENS Yoric
- TRAIN Dreams And Realities
- THE THIRD RAIL The Invisibile Man
- HURDY GURDY Peaceful Open Space
- MYSTIC ASTROLOGIC CYRSTAL BAND Factory Endeavour
- CHIM KHOTARI Eleanore Rigby
- THEM Black Widow Spider
- BOBBY CALLENDER Rainbow Colors
- RAY BROWN & MOONSTONE Start Of A New Day
- THE STORYBOOK Psych-out Sanctorum
- KROKODIL Sunlight’s Beautiful Daughter
Volume 4
- MECKI MARK MEN Free
- STUNT’S BLUE LEG EXPEDITION Caves Of Her Mind
- THE UGLY DUCKLINGS I Know What To Say
- JOHNNY THOMPSON QUINTET Color Me Columbus
- MOONKYTE Where Will The Grass Grow
- DANTALION’S CHARIOT This Island
- NICK CARTER Prayer To St Peter
- THE TWILIGHTS Time Motion Study Man
- THE FOLKSWINGERS 8 Miles High
- ANANDA SHANKAR Renunciation
- THE NEW TWEEDY BROTHERS Wheel Of Fortune
- WIZZ JONES One Grain Of Sand
- KUNI KAWACHI & FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND Graveyard Of Love
- FULL MOON BAND Morning Is Born
- CHIM KOTHARI Indian Beat
- A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND Incense & Peppermints
- THE LEMON PIPERS The Shoemaker Of Leatherwear Square
- MEHRPOOJAH Love Dance Of The Lemmings
- COB Music Of The Ages
- POPERA COSMIC Aurore Cosmic
Volume 5
- THE BOOK OF AM I Am That Living Soul
- THE SHOCKING BLUE Waterboy
- THE POPPY FAMILY Free From The City
- MAGIC CARPET Feather Time
- SAFFRON Vision Is A Lonely Word
- WENDY KASSELMAN Lonely Girl
- ELYSE WEiNBERG Oh Deed I Do
- CALENDULA Dance Of The Red Moon
- MONTREAL Infinity
- FIT & LIMBO Gopher Hat
- PENTANGLE Once I Had A Sweetheart
- RED CHAIR FADEAWAY All Your Old Tricks
- SHEILA CHANDRA Storm Trance
- SHEILA CHANDRA Lament Of McCrimmon (Song Of The Banshee)
- SALLY EAT ON Flowers In The Air
- ANANDA SHANKAR Cyrus
- WYLDE OLDE SOULS The Sun God
- KALI BAHLU How Can I Tell My Guru
Volume 6
- TOMORROW Real Life Performed Dream
- THE SHINY GNOMES Temple Bells
- THE FOX Butterfly
- MYSTIC ASTROLOGIC Sunbeams & Rainbows
- THE COSMIC GARDENS Way Of Going
- THE NOVA LOCAL Forgotten Man
- FAMILY Face In The Clouds
- JOSEPH – Cold Biscuits & Fish Heads
- CHEOPS Salem Bibi
- 3 HURI-EL Aglarsa Aram
- GRAIL – Grail
- TOMERCLAUS – Jeg Vil Gerne
- PARONI PAAKUNAINEN Mango Pu
- MAGNA CARTA The Bridge At Knaresborough Town
- THE CLICK Many Times Jimbo
- CATHARSIS Melba
- THE FALLEN ANGELS I’ll Drive You From My Mind
- VIOLETTA DE OUTONO Within You Without You
- THE DAVID Another Day Another Lifetime
Volume 7
- EUCLID Lazy Livin
- THE UNSPOKEN WORD Anniversary Of My Mind
- ORIENTAL SUNSHINE Oriental Sunshine
- WOLFGANG DAUNER QUINTET Take Off Your Clothes To Feel The Setting Sun
- TRUTH Archimedes Pad
- BIT A SWEET Speak Softly
- FLOWER TRAVLLING BAND Dhoop
- TALES OF JUSTINE Sitting On A Blunestone
- THE TWILIGHTS Devandra
- WIZZ JONES America
- THE SADDHU BAND I Give You Johnee
- OREGON Rejoicing
- LAWSON & 4 MoRE Halfway Down The Stairs
- PREGNANT INSOMNIA Wallpaper
- THE MIRAGE Tomorrow Never Knows
- BRAND X Sun In The Night
- UNKNOWN Untitled ?
Volume 8
- The Churchills - Debka
- Bill Plummer & The Cosmic Brotherhood - Journey To The East
- Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock
- David Hemmings - Anathea
- Gates Of Freedom - The Earth Is The Lord's
- The Koala - Strange Feelings
- Blossom Toes - Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head
- 101 Strings - Karma Sitar
- Greenwood, Curlee & Thompson - Little Willy
- The Forum Quorum - Girl Make Up Your Mind
- Iron Butterfly - Slower Than Guns
- John Renbourn - Lamento Di Tristan
- Charlie & Esdor - Da Klagar Mina Grannar
- The Living Room - Just A Little Song
- The Seventh Seal - Spiritual Springs
- Balsara & His Singing Sitars - Strawberry Fields
- Humble Pie - The Light Of Love
- Quintessence - Notting Hill Gate
- Sri Atma - Ajit
Volume 9
- Apocolypse - Let It Die
- No Strange - Smiling Time
- Gandalf - Can You Travel In The Dark Alone
- Zodiac - The Fire Fighters
- The Surprise Symphony - Lion Song
- Universe - Jade
- Alex - Purple Sally
- The Dave Pike Set - Mathar
- Gabor Szabo - In Search Of Nirvana
- The Superfine Dandelion - Ferris Wheel
- The Hobbits - I'm Just A Young Man
- Folkswingers - Norwegian Wood
- Them - Time Out For Time In
- Chad & Jeremy - Sunstroke
- Pierrot Lunaire - Narciso
- J.A. Ceasar - A Psychedelic Opera...Excerpts
Volume 10
- Galliard - Ask For Nothing
- Shawn Phillips – Stargazer
- Brian Bennett – Tricycle
- Sopwith Camel – Dancin’ Wizard
- Rick Hayward – Light In The Sky
- The Honeydew – Never By Me
- The Flower Pot – Wantin’ Ain’t Gettin’
- The Sugar Shoppe – The Attitude
- The Fallen Angels – Most Children Do
- Doug McArthur – Dreams & Visions
- Rebecca & The Sunny Brook Farmers – What Do You Think Of The War?
- William Truckaway – I Go Slow
- The Ceyleib People – Zendan
- Twinn Connexion – I Think I'll Just Go And Find Me A Flower
- The Free Spirits – I’m Gonna Be Free
- The World Of Oz – Like A Tear
- The Virgin Sleep – Love
- Tony Scott – Homage To Lord Krishna
Volume 11
- CHRIS THOMPSON Hugo Spellman
- VOLKER KRIEGEL Zoom
- INDO-BRITISH ENSEMBLE Yaman (The Colonel's Lady)
- RAW What To Do
- THE PANBERS Rock & The Sea
- THE DAVID People Saying, People Seeing
- THE WHATT FOUR Dandelion Wine
- BIG JIM SULLIVAN Tallyman
- ZOOT MONEY Soma
- THE MORGANS Rasal
- THE LEWIS & CLARKE EXPEDITION House Of My Sorrow
- VAMPIRES’ SOUND INCORPORATION Dedicated To Love
- GORDON JACKSON The Journey
- FRIEND & LOVER Room To Let (To Rowena With Love)
- SAGITTARIUS Glass
- BLUE CHEER Babaji (Twilight Raga)
- SHOCKING BLUE Acka Raga
- QUINTESSENCE Chant