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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Format | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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13th Floor Elevators | Slip Inside This House | Easter Everywhere | decal | 1993 | CD | originally 1967. Check out the awesome new 10-CD box set here | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
SRC | Up All Night | VA: Ah Feel Like Ahcid: 24 Psychedelic Artefacts from the EMI Vaults | EMI / Zonophone | 2007 | CD | From 1969. This track originally appeared on the band's LP titled "Milestones". | 0:07:37 (Pop-up) | |
The Outside In | You Ain't Gonna Bring Me Down to My Knees | VA: Green Crystal Ties, Volume 4: Mind Expanding 60s Psychedelia | Collectables | 1998 | CD | From 1966 | 0:10:35 (Pop-up) | |
The Voice | The Train To Disaster | VA: Chocolate Soup | Reverberation | 1995 | CD | Originally from 1966. This track features Miller Anderson, later of Savoy Brown. | 0:13:40 (Pop-up) | |
Blues Magoos | Tobacco Road | Kaleidoscopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos | Mercury | 1992 | CD | From 1966. Bronx, NY! This cut originally appeared on their first LP "Psychedelic Lollipop." Check out this wild clip here | 0:16:36 (Pop-up) | |
The Accent | Red Sky At Night | VA: The Psychedelic Scene: 25 psychedelic classics digitally remastered from the original master tapes | Deram / Decca | 1998 | CD | Originally from 1967. | 0:20:53 (Pop-up) | |
Black Diamonds | I Want, Need, Love You | VA: Ugly Things | Raven | 1992 | CD | From Australia. 1967. And here they are doing it "live" on the beach | 0:24:10 (Pop-up) | |
Michel Polnareff | Time Will Tell | VA: Wildworld, Volume 1: Earthshakers | Wildworld | 2002 | CD | 1966. France. | 0:27:08 (Pop-up) | |
Dearly Beloved | I'm Not Coming Back | VA: Let's Talk About Girls! Music from Tucson 1964-1968 | Bacchus Archives | 1997 | CD | from 1966. | 0:29:35 (Pop-up) | |
Lincolns | You Can't Come 'Round Anymore | VA: It's A Kave-In! Wild Oz sixties punk from the caverns of time!! | Kustom65 | 1998 | CD | from 1966, but originally unreleased! | 0:32:11 (Pop-up) | |
Simon Raven | I Wonder If She Remembers Me | VA: Diggin' For Gold, Volume 1: A Collection of Demented 60's R&B/Punk & Mesmerizing 60's Pop | Way Back | 1997 | CD | from 1966. | 0:34:17 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
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VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
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Wimple Winch | Rumble on Mersey Square South | Tales From the Sinking Ship 1964-1968 | RPM | 2009 | CD | from 1967. | * | 0:44:24 (Pop-up) |
Dragonfly | Celestial Empire | VA: Nederbeat Dutch Nuggets | Hunter Music/Universal | 2003 | CD box set | From 1968. The Netherlands! | 0:48:40 (Pop-up) | |
Bootjacks | The Circle | VA: Searching For Shakes: Swedish Beat 1965-1968 | Amigo Muzik | 1999 | CD | From 1966. | 0:51:14 (Pop-up) | |
Sounds of Silence | Blame Myself | VA: Pretty Ugly | Incessant Noise | 1997 | CD | Originally from 1967. Australia! | 0:54:56 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970 |
0:57:23 (Pop-up) |
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Sinners | Nice Try | VA: Pebbles, Volume 1 | ESD | 1989 | CD | 1966. Montreal! | 1:02:07 (Pop-up) | |
Ariane | Tu Voudrais Que J'oublie | VA: Ultra Chicks, Volume 2: Lolita Ya-Ya! | ? | 1998 | CD | 1966. France! | 1:04:13 (Pop-up) | |
Iveys | I'm Too Shy | VA: 94 Baker Street: The Pop-Psych Sounds of the Apple Era 1967-1969 | RPM | 2003 | CD | Pre- Badfinger! An unreleased demo from 1968! | 1:06:50 (Pop-up) | |
Green | where have i been | Green | atco | 1969 | LP | From the Chicago area. This LP should have been officially reissued/remastered at this point, but it hasn't... Sundazed take note! | 1:09:36 (Pop-up) | |
Billy Nicholls | Girl from New York | Would You Believe | Sequel/Castle | 1999 | CD | Originally recorded in 1968 for Andrew Loog Oldham's "Immediate" label but never released. Features members of the Small Faces | 1:12:36 (Pop-up) | |
Love | Your Mind And We Belong Together | Forever Changes | Elektra / Rhino | 2001 | CD | This is a bonus track on the 2001 CD reissue of this album. It was originally on the single that followed this album in 1968. | 1:16:47 (Pop-up) | |
Burgundy Runn | Stop! | VA: Teenage Shutdown, Volume 10: Teen Jangler Blowout! | Teenage Shutdown | 1998 | CD | From 1967. Arizona! | 1:20:00 (Pop-up) | |
Byrds | Why | Fifth Dimension | Columbia / Legacy | 1994 | CD | 1966. Bonus track. This is the single version -- originally the b-side of "Eight Miles High." | 1:22:00 (Pop-up) | |
Dillard & Clark | Lyin' Down the Middle | The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark / Through the Morning Through the Night | A&M Records | 1998 | CD | 1968. A bonus track on this comp of the band's two LPs. | 1:24:52 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970. |
1:27:04 (Pop-up) |
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London Knights | Go To Him | VA: The Cicadelic 60s, Volume 3: 1965-66 Folk Rock | Collectables | 1993 | CD | from 1966. | 1:35:15 (Pop-up) | |
Jake Holmes | Dazed and Confused | The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes | Radioactive | 2000 | CD | From 1967. The original version of a tune that was covered by Led Zeppelin on their first LP without noting the proper Jake Holmes' songwriting credit! | 1:37:39 (Pop-up) | |
Brigands | (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man | VA: SIxties Archives, Volume 5: US Punk from the '60s | Eva | 1991 | CD | from 1966. | 1:41:13 (Pop-up) | |
Simple Simon and the Piemen | People of Tyme | VA: People of Tyme: Canadian Garage Beat '66 | ? | 1999 | CD | 1967. Montreal! | 1:43:31 (Pop-up) | |
Tintern Abbey | The Naked Song | VA: Psychedelic Jumble, Volume 1: What's the Rush, Time Machine Man? | Rev-Ola | 2007 | CD | an unreleased demo from 1968. | 1:46:00 (Pop-up) | |
Les Sultans | To Say You're Sorry | Les Sultans | disques merite | 2001 | CD box set | Originally from 1967. Montreal! | 1:47:46 (Pop-up) | |
The Action | Wasn't It You? | The Ultimate Action | Edsel UK | 1990 | CD | from 1966. | 1:50:29 (Pop-up) | |
Status Quo | When my mind is not live | The Technicolour Dreams of the Status Quo: The Complete 60s Recordings | Castle/Sanctuary | 2001 | CD box set | Originally From 1967. This the mono mix. | 1:53:16 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970. |
1:55:55 (Pop-up) |
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Sweet Smoke | Mary Jane Is To Love | VA: Marijuana Unknowns | Stoned Records | 1997 | CD | From 1969 | 2:06:38 (Pop-up) | |
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity | Ellis Island | VA: Hammond Heroes: 60s R&B Organ Grooves | Bear Family | 2005 | CD | from 1968 | 2:08:46 (Pop-up) | |
Os Brasas | eu tentei fazer voce feliz | va: hearts of stone (coracoes de pedra) brasilian 60s beat and garage | magica | CD | from 1967. | 2:12:53 (Pop-up) | ||
Small Faces | don't burst my bubble | The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette | Immediate | 1999 | CD box set | from 1968. | 2:15:16 (Pop-up) | |
Deep Purple | Love Help Me | Shades of Deep Purple | Power Sound | 2001 | CD | From the band's 1967 debut LP. | 2:17:25 (Pop-up) | |
Billy Preston | Billy's Bag | Soul Derby: The Complete Vee-Jay Recordings 1964/1965 | Vampisoul | 2003 | CD | from 1965 | 2:21:15 (Pop-up) | |
Underground Balloon Corps | (Heart) Made of Soul | VA: Teen Blast USA! Volume 2 | Gyro | 2003 | CD | From 1967. These guys were from Philadelphia, PA. | 2:24:52 (Pop-up) | |
Winston's Fumbs | Real Crazy Apartment | VA: Nuggets II - Original artyfacts from the british empire and beyond 1964-1969 | Rhino | 2001 | Boxed set | From 1967. Original organist for the Small Faces. | 2:26:56 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970. |
2:29:47 (Pop-up) |
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Bing Crosby with the Les Paul Trio | It's Been A Long Long Time | The Best of Bing Crosby | MCA | 1999 | CD | From 1945. RIP Les Paul | 2:38:45 (Pop-up) | |
Spirit | Morning Will Come | The Best Of Spirit | Sony | 2003 | CD | Originally from 1968 | 2:41:42 (Pop-up) | |
Thor's Hammer | Show Me You Like Me | From Keflavik, with Love | Big Beat | 2001 | CD | From 1967. Iceland! | 2:44:30 (Pop-up) | |
Moody Blues | People Gotta Go | VA: Rare 60s Beat Treasures, Volume 2 | Gone Beat | 1995 | CD | From 1966. Featuring Denny Laine. | 2:47:32 (Pop-up) | |
Dyke and the Blazers | We Got More Soul | VA: Soul Shots | Rhino | 1988 | CD | From 1969. | 2:49:57 (Pop-up) | |
The Meters | Cissy Strut | Josie | 1969 | 7" | You can find this on Sundazed's 2001 CD reissue of the first Meters' LP. | 2:52:34 (Pop-up) | ||
James Brown | My Thang | Star Time | PolyGram Records | 1991 | Boxed set | From 1974. | 2:55:33 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970. |
3:00:29 (Pop-up) |
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Brick | Dazz | The Best of Brick | Sony | 1995 | CD | From 1976. Edited "radio" version without the flute solo and funky break! Uncool on my part as I should have dug out the original "Good High" LP, but still a great groove. | 3:07:22 (Pop-up) | |
Impressions | the young mod's forgotten story | The Young Mod's Forgotten Story | Curtom | 1992 | CD | From 1969. | 3:10:40 (Pop-up) | |
Tom Jones | Dr. Love | VA: The Mod Scene | Deram / Decca | 1998 | CD | From 1966. | 3:12:33 (Pop-up) | |
Riki Maiocchi | C'e' Chi Spera | CBS/Italy | 1967 | 7" | From 1967. Check out Riki on Italian TV | 3:14:22 (Pop-up) | ||
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
From 1970. |
3:17:27 (Pop-up) |
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Half-Life | Get Down | VA: A-Square (of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records. | Big Beat Records | 2008 | CD | This 1969 track was previously unissued. It appears to contain a variation of the riff from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", but Half-Life cut it before the Sabbath tune was released. The story is here | 3:20:46 (Pop-up) | |
Black Sabbath | A Hard Road | Never Say Die! | Warner Brothers | 1990 | CD | From 1978. Last LP before Ozzy hit the road. You've gotta love THIS! | 3:23:20 (Pop-up) | |
Open Mind | Magic Potion | The Open Mind | Mercury/Germany | 2000 | CD | This is a bonus track on the CD reissue of "The Open Mind" album from 1969. Nice double bass-drum action at the end of the tune there! | 3:28:52 (Pop-up) | |
The Legend | Enjoy Yourself | VA: A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych | Arf! Arf! | 1999 | CD | From 1968. | 3:32:07 (Pop-up) | |
Hawkwind | Lord of Light | Doremi Fasol Latido | EMI | 2001 | CD | From 1973. Single version edit. | 3:34:50 (Pop-up) | |
Satisfaction | Love It Is | va: the electric asylum, volume1 - rare british acid freakrock | Past & Present | 2009 | CD | From 1971. | * | 3:38:41 (Pop-up) |
Sweet | Into The Night | Desolation Boulevard | Capitol | 1988 | CD | From 1975. | 3:41:33 (Pop-up) | |
Cozy Powell | Na Na Na | VA: Dynamite: The Best of Glam Rock | Repertoire | 1998 | CD box set | From 1974. RIP Cozy and thank you for this crazy world record! | 3:45:53 (Pop-up) | |
Raspberries | Ecstasy | Capitol Collectors Series | Capitol | 1991 | CD | Originally 1973, from the LP "Side 3" | 3:49:11 (Pop-up) | |
Cargoe | Feel Alright | va: thank you friends: the ardent records story | Big Beat | 2008 | CD box set | From 1972. | 3:52:45 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Underground Set |
Arcipelago |
VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970 |
RPM |
2007 |
CD |
from 1970 |
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