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September 25, 2020: Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 2 - Chapter 1: Jello Biafra pt. 15 - Pseudo-Psychedelic & Psychedelic Pt. II
Today's show is gonna be complicated as I continue to pour through budget psyche and try to untangle the confusing webs created by these labels to make themselves more cheap cash through deception with re-packaging and re-purposing music, especially that of The Projection Company and The Animated Egg, etc.
Although most of this episode is based on the Jello Biafra section on Pseudo-Psyche, I’m also including bonus tracks inspired by the research of DJ Georgy Girl from her article “Astro-Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000.” I had never heard about The ID material until I read her article found here: https://lorihajitura.com/2017/03/08/astro-sounds-from-beyond-the-year-2000/?fbclid=IwAR1U_6IzVW2FQkhl9U7ZVTEVBAnDTnhKvQ4SbWHTue4MRuNIsBkQvkmTi-g
There is much debate about how The ID was formed and who was truly behind the music and where the session tracks originated that were later used for The Animated Egg LP and later on 101-Strings - Astro-Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000.” ID and Animated Egg Bassist Glenn Cass attempted to write the “True Story of The ID” in a review on Amazon.com. At the end of his explanation he claims: “The Id was not Jerry Cole's band and the album was not Jerry's idea. We were five friends who came together to do this project. Concerning all the other record labels that released out-takes of the Id. There were no out-takes.
Arnold was so cheap we did not cut anything extra. The extra album on World in Sound is not the Id out-takes. It's a bunch of s*** from some other session we did and Jerrys the one who gave it to world in sound without us knowing about it. The other albums out there are from other sessions we did and we did a bunch.
Jerry evidently got his hands on some of our old sessions masters and reworked them such as the animated Egg which I found myself playing bass on.”
This full article by Glenn Cass can be found on an Amazon review thread here: https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Sounds-Id/dp/B001CESP9Q/
In another statement, below the Cass article on the same Amazon page, written by a relative of Arnold Sukonick aka Paul Arnold, he/she claims “It was Arnold that conceived and put this all together and hired these sessions musicians.”
Whatever the truth is, I’m just a messenger posting info from various sources. This subject itself is a complicated web. You can draw your own conclusions about it all. I’m just playing audio examples representing some of these things and I know I'm only scratching the surface.
-Your DJ
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Artist | Track | Album | Format | Comments | Images | Approx. start time |
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(Bonus Intro Track) Little Joe Curtis | Mini-Skirt | The Young Sound of ’68 | LP | Better version of this track as promised, turns out it was a balance problem, the vocals are more quiet in the right speaker. Another version found on The Young Sound of Today LP and also on the Somerset/ Stereo Fidelity LP “Here Comes Some Soul From Otis Redding And Little Joe Curtis”, as brought up on a previous budget label episode. | ||
The Young Sound of Today (Real Artist: The Animated Egg) | I Said, She Said, Ah Cid | Block Busters | LP | In case you forgot, here is this song, repackaged once again. This became the track “Tripping’ on Lunar 07” on the Astro-Sounds LP | 0:03:22 (Pop-up) | |
101 Strings | Trippin' on Lunar 07 | Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 | LP | 0:05:41 (Pop-up) | ||
The Mustang (aka Paul Griffin) | Golden Gate Freakout | Organ Freakout! | LP | Best thing about this track is the title | 0:08:34 (Pop-up) | |
The Mustang (aka Paul Griffin) | Joshua Got Busted | Organ Freakout! | LP | (NO Animated Egg tracks on this LP) | 0:09:43 (Pop-up) | |
The Mustang (aka Paul Griffin) | Haight Ashbury Time | Organ Freakout! | LP | Once again, this is the “Sockerina” track under a different name also found on the Sock it To Me! and Crystal Blue Persuasion LPs. | 0:12:25 (Pop-up) | |
The Mustang (aka Paul Griffin) | Acid Test | Organ Freakout! | LP | Best track on this LP | 0:15:22 (Pop-up) | |
The Animated Egg | A Love Built on Sand | The Animated Egg | There is also a version of The Animated Egg LP with strings included. It even has the same cover. it’s on the Europa label. | 0:18:11 (Pop-up) | ||
101 Strings | Astral Freakout | Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 | LP | 0:20:43 (Pop-up) | ||
The Animated Egg | "T"omorrow | The Animated Egg | This song became “A Disappointed Love with a Desensitized Robot” on 101 Strings Astro Sounds. | 0:23:44 (Pop-up) | ||
101 Strings | A Disappointed Love with a Desensitized Robot | Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 | LP | 0:26:03 (Pop-up) | ||
The Haircuts and the Impossibles | Bun Buster | Call It Soul | LP | A track that almost sounds Animated Egg related. This LP also includes The Mustang track “Joshua Got Busted” re-titled as “Wilson, Otis and Aretha”. - Your DJ “…and all the covers are from the same photo session.” - Biafra | 0:28:23 (Pop-up) | |
The Haircuts and the Impossibles (actual artist on this track: The Animated Egg) | Sock it My Way | Call It Soul | LP | Became the song “Flameout” on 101- Strings “Astro-Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000” played earlier | 0:30:14 (Pop-up) | |
The Projection Company | What Else | Give Me Some Lovin' | One of the recognizable session recordings by The Production Company, you’re about to hear the complete progression to Astro Sounds. - Your DJ The band description of “PC” found on Discogs: “The Projection Company was a fictional group name tacked onto recordings by a real group headed by Jerry Cole who was working on demo tracks or his RCA album The Id, among other works. An associate of Cole sold the demo tapes to an unknown source and many of the songs and other concepts by Jerry show up on many releases on so called Budget labels, under different names such as the The Stone Canyon Rock Group, The Animated Egg and Call It Soul! by The Haircuts and The Impossibles to name a few.”) | 0:33:45 (Pop-up) | ||
The Haircuts and the Impossibles (actual artist on this track: The Animated Egg) | Inside Looking Out | Call It Soul | LP | 0:35:56 (Pop-up) | ||
101 Strings | Orbit Fantasy | Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 | LP | 0:38:52 (Pop-up) | ||
The Haircuts and the Impossibles | Billy’s Blues | Call It Soul | LP | An example of what else is on this record. Not to be confused with “Billy’s Blues” single by Billy Stewart | 0:40:35 (Pop-up) | |
The Haircuts and the Impossibles | Cherry Pie | Call It Soul | LP | A lame out of place white bread doo-wop number in the middle of it all. This LP also includes The Mustang track “Joshua Got Busted” re-titled as “Wilson, Otis and Aretha” and “Frankie and Johnny” found on the “Now Generation - Sock it To Me!” LP | 0:45:08 (Pop-up) | |
The Haircuts and the Impossibles (actual artist on this track: The Animated Egg) | Down Down and Gone | Call it Soul | LP | Call it Soul by Haircuts and The Impossibles has some strong tracks, too. But after a while I noticed that the strong tracks sounded familiar, and discovered that the label had recycled (retitled and repackaged) the same instrumental tracks over and over! Some are “Astro Sounds” tracks minus the 101 Strings. - Jello Biafra ISM II, pg. 23. | 0:47:26 (Pop-up) | |
101 Strings | A Bad Trip Back to ’69 | Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 | LP | 0:49:43 (Pop-up) | ||
The Id | Don't Think Twice | So after doing the research for this show, I'm convinced that the Astro/Egg tracks are NOT outtakes by The ID. As they didn't have any outtakes, but the same people were involved in the sessions. | 0:53:11 (Pop-up) | |||
(Bonus Track) The Stone Canyon Rock Group | Don't Think Twice | Mac Arthur Park | An example of an Id track being repackaged elsewhere. - BC “Tapes / Cuts stolen by an associate of Jerry Cole (spacemen, wrecking crew) - all connected / spawned out of the Album "THE INNER SOUND OF THE ID" on RCA records, alot of these recorded after the ID was released, where Jerry Cole and his band were exploring Country rock mixed into the psychedelia, more funky acid than the angular ID album. Some songs and alternate takes only found on this album. Jerry sings on many tracks here. Like other Cole repackages, such as "t-swift and electric bag" don't expect the best sound quality - these were intended as demos. Recommended for anyone that likes early acid rock.” - info by StrangelySatisfying March 23, 2019 on Discogs | 0:55:03 (Pop-up) | ||
The Id | Boil The Kettle, Mother | 45 Single | This seems to be the favorite Id track by many. | 0:57:57 (Pop-up) | ||
(Bonus Track) The Projection Company | Kimeaa | Give Me Some Lovin' | Really great Projection Company track, unused by The Animated Egg project | 1:01:02 (Pop-up) | ||
(Bonus Track) The Generation Gap | Hard Times | Up Up and Away | LP | Another discovery :) I may have gotten this LP from the collection of Otis Fodder as a toss out, trying to remember… I was surprised to find that it was Another faux band budget label LP cashing in on The Animated Egg. It's the track I Said, She Said, Ah Cid ...yet again. | 1:03:39 (Pop-up) | |
(Bonus Track) The Generation Gap | Strange Shadows | Up Up and Away | LP | Another Egg like track | 1:06:21 (Pop-up) | |
(Bonus Track) The Generation Gap | Fool’s Luck | Up Up and Away | LP | More fuzz :) | 1:09:01 (Pop-up) | |
18th Century Concepts | Happy Together | Off On a 20th Century Cycle | LP | LP photo on pg. 22 | 1:12:23 (Pop-up) | |
Les Classels | Avant De Me Dire Adieu | Spectacle | LP | LP photo on pg. 23 | 1:14:44 (Pop-up) | |
The Hellers | It's 74 In San Francisco | Singers Talkers Players Swingers & Doers | LP | 1:17:21 (Pop-up) | ||
The Beachnuts | Cycle Annie | Out Of Sight! | LP | “Another psychedelic exploitation label was DESIGN; they released “Out of Sight” which had some early Lou Reed recordings under the name The Beechnuts.” - Jello | 1:19:31 (Pop-up) | |
Love Machine | Mindblower | Electronic Music to Blow Your Mind By | LP | They put out the Love Machine’s Electronic Music to Blow Your Mind By , which is neither electronic nor mind-blowing: it’s a surf instrumental album with a few spook effects dubbed in a reverb chamber.” - Jello | 1:21:58 (Pop-up) | |
Nirvana Sitar and String Group | Never My Love | Sitar and Strings | LP | 1:24:46 (Pop-up) | ||
Nirvana Sitar and String Group | The Letter | Sitar and Strings | LP | The track from this LP that was chosen to be on the Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 2 CD comp to accompany this book. | 1:27:23 (Pop-up) | |
Satan and Deciples | Satan's First Theme | Underground | LP | 1:29:17 (Pop-up) | ||
The Unfolding | I've Got a Zebra, She Can Fly | How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freak Out Party | LP | 1:36:57 (Pop-up) | ||
The Unfolding | Prana | How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freak Out Party | LP | 1:42:20 (Pop-up) | ||
The Firebirds | Light My Fire | Light My Fire | *The book has this band titled as “The Electric Firebirds” which is a different band/release. | 1:47:46 (Pop-up) | ||
The Firebirds | No More Tomorrows | Light My Fire | It “has some decent fuzz-psych originals on it." - Jello (Pre-metal metal with this track) | 1:50:13 (Pop-up) | ||
Outro track: The Unfolding | Electric Buddha | How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freak Out Party | LP | My track to fade out on, thanks for listening. See you next time!!! It's part 3 of this theme next week actually. Don't listen to my computer. ha | 1:55:53 (Pop-up) |
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