ANOTHER CHANCE TO HEAR 1960s PSYCHEDELIA
Author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled, Derek Shelmerdine in conversation with John Lebang
Podcast of the original show
originally broadcast 28 October 2018
…..1960s Psychedelia
The development of psychedelic music in the mid-late 1960s. This the 21 October 2018 broadcast of The John Lebang Show. As well as the music genre, we’ve also added information about where those 1960s and ’70s bands and artists can be found on their current tours. All in the 1960s Psychedelia podcast…
1960s Psychedelia podcast
Links to the tour information for each artist/band can be found below…
COMPANION BLOG
1ST RECORD TO REFERENCE LSD
May 1960 The Gamblers (Los Angeles)
released Moon Dawg! c/w LSD-25 – both instrumentals
Bruce Johnston: piano – later in The Beach Boys
Larry Taylor: bass – later in Canned Heat
ON TOUR – Canned Heat – includes Larry Taylor
Canned Heat tour dates and venues
America…..28 November to 13 January 2019 + Out of Miami, Fl: Rock Legends Cruise…..14-18 February 2019
ON TOUR – The Beach Boys – includes Bruce Johnstone
Mike Love and Bruce Johnstone have licenced the name “The Beach Boys”:
The Beach Boys tour dates and venues
Canada, USA, St Maarten and UK…..8 November to 25 June 2019
EARLY SONG REFERENCE TO “PSYCHEDELIC”
early 1964: The Holy Modal Rounders recorded – eponymous 1st album
track – Hesitation Blues – “psychedelic feet in my psychedelic shoes”… got the psychedelic blues”
EARLY (SOME SAY THE FIRST) PSYCHEDELIC DANCEHALL
21 Jun 1965: The Charlatans started residency on the Red Dog Saloon’s opening night, Virginia City, Nevada.
THE RED DOG SALOON – still going strong…
The Red Dog Saloon
Open mike – Wednesday 7.30pm + live bands at the weekend
EARLY UK SINGLES – HINTING AT PSYCHEDELIA
30 Jul 1965: The Kinks – released See My Friends
ON TOUR – Dave Davies
Dave Davies tour dates and venues
America…..9 to 21 April 2019
ON TOUR – Kast Off Kinks
Kast Off Kinks tour dates and venues
UK…..8 November to 7 December 2019
1 Oct 1965: The Yardbirds – released Evil Hearted You
FIRST ACID TEST
27 Nov 1965: First Acid Test/ event, held at Santa Cruz
Ken Kesey and His Merry Pranksters – This event is often referred to – birth of psychedelic rock
AMERICAN PSYCHEDELIA ON THE HORIZON
late 1964: Quicksilver Messenger Service – formed in San Francisco
Lineup included David Freiberg – bass
ON TOUR – Maybe…
On David Freiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service’s website
“Happy 2018 – Appearances to be announced”
13 Jan 1966: Velvet Underground’s 1st gig with Nico
Andy Warhol’s multi-media experience – Exploding Plastic Inevitable
early 1966: The Sanctions/Jim and the Lords became “The Electric Prunes”
1966 May: Electric Prunes released Ain’t It Hard – 1st single, no commercial success
Mid-1966: Three Sixpence released Long Days Care – 1st single
Morphed into Strawberry Alarm Clock – Ed King later joined Lynyrd Skynyrd
ON TOUR – The Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Strawberry Alarm Clock tour dates and venues
Los Angeles, CA, Whisky a Go Go…..17 November
FIRST ALL-OUT PSYCHEDELIC BAND
10 Feb 1966: 13th Floor Elevators – review describing them as “Psychedelic Rock”
Oct 1966: Released their 1st album The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
ON TOUR – Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson tour dates and venues
America and Canada…..2 to 10 November
BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA ON THE HORIZON
13 Mar 1966: Pink Floyd played at the Spontaneous Underground for the 1st time, a regular Sunday night gig at the Marquee
ON TOUR – Nick Mason
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour dates and venues
UK…..29 April to 4 May 2019
ON TOUR – Roger Waters’ Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them tour dates and venues
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico…..3 November to 9 December
mid-1966: The Incredible String Band released their 1st album, The Incredible String Band
MAINSTREAM BANDS EXPERIMENTED WITH PSYCHEDELIA
18 Jul 1966: The Byrds released their third album Fifth Dimension – contained Eight Miles High
Sometimes called the 1st psychedelic record.
ON TOUR – Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn tour dates and venues
America…..9 November to 16 March 2019
ON TOUR – Richard Hillman
Chris Hillman tour dates and venues
America…..9 November to 19 December
ON TOUR – David Crosby
David Crosby tour dates and venues
America…..2 November to 8 December
6 Aug 1966: The Beatles released Revolver – included Tomorrow Never Knows
ON TOUR – Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney tour dates and venues
Japan, France, Denmark, Poland, Austria, UK and USA…..1 November to 26 June 2019
PSYCHEDELIA WAS COMING OF AGE + UK COUNTERCULTURE
Oct 1966: Gig to launch International Times at the Roundhouse
UK’s 1st underground newspaper.
9 Nov 1967: 1st issue of Rolling Stone magazine
14 Oct 1966 Pink Floyd’s 1st “underground” performance.
ON TOUR – Nick Mason
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour dates and venues
UK…..29 April to 4 May 2019
ON TOUR – Roger Waters’ Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them tour dates and venues
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico…..3 November to 9 December
1966 Nov: The Electric Prunes released I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night – it gave them their 1st hit, US #11 and UK #49.
They only had 1 more hit single, Get Me to The World on Time 1967 – US #27 in April and UK #42 in May.
23 Dec 1966: UFO club opened in Tottenham Court Road, London – 1st psychedelic club.
SUMMER OF LOVE
14 Jan 1967: Billed as Pow-Wow: A Gathering of The Tribes Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Haight-Ashbury become the centre of the hippy universe. This event brought beat generation and hippie culture together. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, LSD guru Timothy Leary, counter-culture figure Jerry Rubin and music from Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane
1967: Timothy Leary released the album Turn On, Tune in, Drop Out.
1 Feb 1967 Jefferson Airplane released their second album Surrealistic Pillow – included White Rabbit and Somebody to Love
ON TOUR – Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship tour dates and venues
America…..2 November to 30 March 2019
ON TOUR – Electric Hot Tuna and Acoustic Hot Tuna
Electric Hot Tuna and Acoustic Hot Tuna tour dates and venues
USA and Mexico…..10 November to 26 January 2019 + 8 September 2019
10 Feb 1967: British group the Smoke released My Friend Jack – “My friend Jack likes sugar lumps…”
10 Mar 1967: Pink Floyd released their 1st single, Arnold Layne
ON TOUR – Nick Mason
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour dates and venues
UK…..29 April to 4 May 2019
ON TOUR – Roger Waters’ Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them tour dates and venues
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico…..3 November to 9 December
17 Mar 1967: Jimi Hendrix released his second UK single, Purple Haze.
1st-ever single released on Track Records.
29 Apr 1967: 14-Hour Technicolor Dream, infamous British freak-out held at Alexandra Palace in London.
Two-stages, mixed media happening, with a mixture of light shows, music and poetry. Act included: Pink Floyd (with Syd Barrett), The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Move, Alexis Korner, Graham Bond, Yoko Ono, The Pretty Things, Soft Machine, John’s Children (featuring guitarist Marc Bolan) and The Creation.
ON TOUR – Nick Mason
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour dates and venues
UK…..29 April to 4 May 2019
ON TOUR – Roger Waters’ Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them tour dates and venues
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico…..3 November to 9 December
ON TOUR – Arthur Brown
Arthur Brown tour dates and venues
UK and Germany…..4 to 18 November
ON TOUR – Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band
Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band tour dates and venues
UK…..1 November to 20 December
ON TOUR – Pretty Things – LAST EVER GIG
Pretty Things tour dates and venues
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Portugal and UK…..1 November to 13 December
13 December gig at the O2 Arena, London is billed as “The Pretty Things Last Ever Show” – with special guests include David Gilmour and Van Morrison.
ON TOUR – Soft Machine
Soft Machine tour dates and venues
UK, Netherlands, Germany and USA…..3 November to 4 February
PSYCHEDELIA PICKED UP A HEAD OF STEAM
May 1967: Traffic released Paper Sun (UK)
ON TOUR – Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood tour dates and venues
UK and Ireland…..20 to 28 February 2019
12 May 1967: Tomorrow released My White Bicycle (UK)
April 1967: Three Sixpence released Birdman of Alkatrash c/w Incense and Peppermints as their fifth All American label single. Changed their name to Strawberry Alarm Clock shortly afterwards.
19 May 1967: Strawberry Alarm Clock released Incense and Peppermints c/w The Birdman of Alkatrash This was their 1st release on Uni label – the A & B-sides were flipped from their All American label release of the song as Three Sixpence. It gave them their 1st US hit single, a #1. They had one more American hit single, Tomorrow in January 1968, #23. No UK hit singles.
ON TOUR – The Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Strawberry Alarm Clock tour dates and venues
Los Angeles, CA, Whisky a Go Go…..17 November
1 Jun 1967: The Beatles released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the UK.
2 Jun 1967 The Beatles released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in America.
ON TOUR – Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney’s Freshen Up tour dates and venues
Japan, France, Denmark, Poland, Austria, UK and USA…..1 November to 26 June 2019
24 Jul 1967: Full-page advertisement in the British The Times newspaper to Legalise Pot. This was funded by the Beatles, in response to the jailing of John “Hoppy” Hopkins.
5 Aug 1967: Pink Floyd released their 1st album Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The album’s title taken from the title of Chapter 7 of Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, hich was one of Syd Barrett’s favourite books.
ON TOUR – Nick Mason
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets tour dates and venues
UK…..29 April to 4 May 2019
ON TOUR – Roger Waters’ Us + Them
Roger Waters Us + Them tour dates and venues
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico…..3 November to 9 December
23 Sep 1967: Tyrannosaurus Rex made their live debut at Middle Earth in London – psychedelic folk duo, Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrine-Took.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
6 Oct 1967: London psychedelic club UFO closed its doors.
6 Oct 1967 Death of Hippie march in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco. The march was a mock funeral with coffin for imaginary character “Hippie”, killed off by overexposure and rampant commercialism.
Oct 1967 British music magazine Melody Maker ran an article titled, Who Killed Flower Power.
THERE WERE STILL SOME GREAT RELEASES
Nov 1967: Love released their third album Forever Changes – Mojo magazine put it as #2 best psychedelic album ever.
Nov 1967: Cream released their second album, Disraeli Gears – included Sunshine of Your Love.
Dec 1967: Traffic released their 1st album, Mr Fantasy album. The track listing was very different for the American release and the album was called Heaven is in Your Mind.
ON TOUR – Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood tour dates and venues
UK and Ireland…..20 to 28 February 2019
Dec 1967: The Rolling Stones released Their Satanic Majesties Request – this was the first Stones album to receive a mixed reception from fans and critics alike.
Apr 1968: Tyrannosaurus Rex released their 1st single Debora – Initially the psychedelic-folk duo were not well received but they found a champion in DJ John Peel.
May 1968 Quicksilver Messenger Service released eponymous 1st album.
ON TOUR – Maybe…
On David Feiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service’s website
“Happy 2018 – Appearances to be announced”
PSYCHEDELIA STARTED TO BURN OUT
Mid-1968: The Electric Prunes split up.
24 Oct 1968: LSD made illegal across America.
1969: The Charlatans split up.
1969: Roky Erickson pleaded insanity to avoid a jail sentence, after being caught with one joint. He was committed from 1969 to 1972. Essentially the end of the 13th Floor Elevators.
ON TOUR – Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson tour dates and venues
America and Canada…..2 to 10 November
1972: Ed King joined Lynyrd Skynyrd – left Strawberry Alarm Clock in 1971. Strawberry Alarm Clock fell apart in the early 1970s.
ON TOUR – The Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Strawberry Alarm Clock tour dates and venues
Los Angeles, CA, Whisky a Go Go…..17 November
1972 Quicksilver Messenger Service split up.
ON TOUR
On David Freiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service website: http://dfquicksilver.com/
“Happy 2018 – Appearances to be announced”
1960s Psychedelia
SYNDICATED RADIO STATIONS – LINKS AND TIMES
RocknRoll Firsts August John Lebang Show
John Lebang Show:
Is initially broadcast on Alien X Radio on Sunday 21 October at 8.00pm EST and then syndicated all of the following week across America, the UK, Australia, Germany and The Netherlands
The times shown on the left-hand side are all
…..Eastern Standard Time (EST)
To listen in the UK:
…..5 hours ahead. (e.g. 4:00 pm EST is 9.00 pm in the UK)
To listen in Brisbane, Australia:
…..15 hours ahead (e.g. 6.00 am EST is 9.00 pm in Brisbane)
To listen in Germany:
…..1 hour ahead (e.g. 4.00 pm EST is 10.00 pm in Germany)
To listen in the Netherlands:
…..1 hour ahead (e.g. 4.00 pm EST is 10.00 pm in Netherlands)
SUNDAY 21 October (Eastern Standard Time)
8:00pm: Alien X Radio Detroit, MI
MONDAY 22 October
11:00am: Alien X Radio Detroit, MI
2.00pm: Filling the Void
6.00pm: WKKX Western Reserve Radio
11:00pm: 102.7 WSNR Treasure Island, FL
TUESDAY 23 October
5.00am: RadioVegas.rocks Las Vegas, NV
5.00pm: Naja Radio Morgan Hill, CA
WEDNESDAY 24 October
Midnight: WRPR Rat Pack Radio St Petersburg, FL
8.00am: DBLA Radio Brisbane, Australia (that’s 11.00pm Thursday in Brisbane)
4.00pm: Rockin’ Waves
6.00pm: Identify Radio Lincoln/Matlock, UK (that’s 11.00pm in the UK)
10.00pm: Tampa Bay FM Tampa Bay, FL
THURSDAY 25 October
Midnight: IRN Tampa, FL
3.00am: Get Smashed Radio Marysville, Seattle and Washington, WA
10.00am: Radio KSCR Los Angeles, CA
2:00pm: Digital Revolution Radio
4.00pm: Radio KSCR Los Angeles, CA
5.00pm: Naja Radio Morgan Hill, CA
FRIDAY 26 October
2.00am: WQRY 106 Lisbon Falls, ME
1.00pm: Good Talk Radio
2.00pm: WRFN 1025 Northampton, UK (that’s 7.00pm in the UK)
4.00pm: Veterans Families Radio UK (that’s 9.00pm in the UK)
5.00pm: Raw Talk Radio Tampa, FL
6.00pm: EN5 Radio Barnet, UK (that’s 11.00pm in the UK)
6.00pm: WKKX Western Reserve Radio
SATURDAY 27 October
11.00am: Indie Radio Network Mt Pleasant, MI
11.00am: Code Zero Radio Iowa
4.00pm: KOR Radio Somerset, UK (that’s 9.00pm in the UK)
6:00pm: Vulcan Sound Radio UK (that’s 11.00pm in the UK)
11:00pm: Radio LUV
SUNDAY 28 October
midnight: United Sound Choice Breda, The Netherlands
5:00am: WON 920 The Apple New York, NY
9:00pm: Bubba Radio Network
ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
Many of the stories here can be found in Derek Shelmerdine‘s book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
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Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from from its roots to punk in the mid-1970s. Not just the history of the music but also the world events which helped to shape it, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights struggle.
The book’s unique three-part structure, Timeline – What Happened Today? – Pocket Histories, enables the reader to dip in and out, whilst providing a wealth of information about: the music and world events; births and deaths; covers and originals; recording sessions and record releases; fabled ‘lost’ albums, failed auditions; landmark concerts and festivals; how major bands came together; and rock’n’roll high jinx with bats and mud sharks…
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