Group 1850 - Dream of the Future

 

Short bio:
Group 1850 was a psychedelic rock band from the Netherlands, considered by many to be one of the finest acid rock acts Europe has ever produced. The band was founded in 1964 in Hague, using the name Klits, renaming themselves Group 1850 in 1966 when their debut single, "Misty Night/Look Around", appeared on the tiny Yep label. Though few copies were pressed, it established them as one of Holland's most original bands (alongside the Outsiders and Q65) and they soon signed to Philips. More singles ensued, in a highly psychedelic vein, including the brilliant "Mother No-Head".

Their debut album, "Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth", appeared in late 1968. The album's concept is incomprehensible, but its superb songs and musicianship have ensured its lasting cult reputation, and it has been called one of the most truly psychedelic albums ever recorded. A UK release did not help the band gain a footing outside Holland, and Philips dropped them soon afterwards. Their next album, 1969's "Paradise Now", appeared on the Dutch Discofoon label in 1969 and was only marginally less acid-influenced than its predecessor. The band were sporadically active through the 1970s, especially notable were another excellent single, 1971's "Fire/Have You Ever Heard", and  the largely instrumental album "Polyandri" in 1975.


My introduction to Group 1850 was the track "Mother No-Head", one of the stand out tracks which appeared on the compilation album "The Rubble Collection 5" released in the early 90s. I heard nothing else by the band until I bought the reissue of their first album on CD, which came out on the Pseudonym label in 1997. Not really knowing what to expect, I wasn't too impressed by the first couple of tracks (I'm still not a great fan of those 2 songs which is why they don't appear on this anthology) but the rest of the album is mostly excellent. I say mostly because track 3, the 13+ minutes of "I Put My Hands on Your Shoulder" was partially ruined (for me) by the 5 minutes of spoken word/phased drum solo in the middle of the song. I've taken the step of removing that part from the song, which I'm sure some of you will find quite unforgiveable! Sorry, but I prefer my edited version.

The bio states that "Agemo's..." is "one of the most truly psychedelic albums ever recorded". Not sure about that statement, I can think of several other albums from the 1960s that are more "truly" psychedelic. Personally, I think the 2 albums afterwards are better, "Paradise Now" has no weak tracks whatsoever so it was tough choosing which tracks to include here. "Polyandri" saw the band evolving into a more progressive rock sound, but for me has a couple of weak tracks. A shame this was their final studio album, it would've been interesting to hear how much further they would have evolved with future releases.

All of the tracks featured here can be found on the excellent 8 CD box set "Purple Sky: The Complete Works and More" which was released in 2019. As well as the 3 studio albums it also incudes 2 live albums, plus 2 CDs which features all of their singles plus various demo recordings & outtakes. An added bonus is the solo album recorded by Peter Sjardin recorded in 1969 but not released until 1982. As usual origin of each track & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy!


  1. Mother No-Head (3:24)
  2. Frozen Mind (3:38)
  3. Refound (3:04)
  4. ?! (6:55)
  5. Fire (2:28)
  6. Pumping Up the Rubber Trees (3:11)
  7. You Did It Too Hard (2:10)
  8. Sun Is Coming (So We're Calling You) (2:59)
  9. I Know (La Pensee) (3:10)
10. Hunger (4:55)
11. Dream of the Future (2:32)
12. Cages (5:17)
13. Zero (3:28)
14. Reborn (3:04)
15. Lonelyness (2:01)
16. We Love Life (Like We Love You) (4:27)
17. Silver Earring (4:10)
18. Have You Ever Heard (3:33)
19. I Put My Hands on Your Shoulder [short version] (7:32)
20. Friday I'm Free (2:52)
21. Thousand Years Before (4:31)

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A Collection of Oddities - Volume 3

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 17

  1. Paul Jones - Strangely Human Sound (3:45)
  2. Náttúra - Out of the Darkness (5:30)
  3. Churn Milk Joan - Caravaan (4:49)
  4. Eloïse Decazes & Eric Chenaux - L'amante du Dauphin (3:10)
  5. Captains of Industry - Lifeline (3:24)
  6. Howard Eynon - French Army (2:16)
  7. Tommy Haggard Orchestra - Pealed Tomato (2:11)
  8. Quarteto em Cy - Incelensa (4:00)
  9. Jane Weaver - Arrows (2:31)
10. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - In Madrid/Rainbow Lollipop (7:14)
11. The Good Missionaries - Keep Going Backwards (3:48)
12. Vox Dei - Cuero (5:01)
13. Zomes - Syster (2:37)
14. Alex Chilton - I Can Dig It (3:46)
15. Célia - A Hora é Essa (3:02)
16. Roger Ruskin Spear - Trouser Press (2:58)
17. Kayaak - Abeilles (4:30)
18. Vanishing Twin - It Sends My Heart into a Spin (3:34)
19. Kane Strang - You Think (2:22)
20. The Unspoken Word - Waking Up (3:19)
21. The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band - The Adventures of Sinsai (4:55)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 11

 

 

This volume shouldn't really have gone under the Spaghetti Tree banner. The first few months of 2016 there were so many excellent albums being released I was somewhat impatient to wait until the end of the year and post as a "Best of", so decided to compile a best of 2016 (so far) as volume 11. Not as musically diverse as previous and later volumes, it does rather disrupt the theme of these compilations, and apart from Volume 14 where again I did a premature best of 2016, was never repeated.

One more thing to mention is that I have changed one track from this volume which features on mixcloud: After posting the mix I realised I'd included a Ty Segall song which was already on Volume 9, so for here I have swapped it for another track from the same album. This error prompted me to keep a record of all tracks on each volume, to avoid repeating a track in the future (which of course was an utter failure!), and has made recompiling these mixes a much easier task!

  1. The Limiñanas - The Dead are Walking (3:25)

  2. Ty Segall - Candy Sam (3:15)

  3. The Coral - It’s You (3:27)

  4. Modular - Las Flores del Gurú (2:40)

  5. Matt Bartram - Break It (3:31)

  6. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Song for Thirza (6:03)

  7. Causa Sui - Mondo Buzzo (8:25)

  8. Shonen Knife - ImI (Emoji) (2:38)

  9. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Wah Wah (2:57)

10. Cate Le Bon - We Might Revolve (3:46)

11. Khun Narin - Sao Ubon Ro Rak (2:46)

12. Damien Jurado - Exit 353 (3:11)

13. Lush - Burnham Beeches (3:06)

14. Higher Authorities - The Clone (4:51)

15. Steve Mason - Another Day (3:42)

16. CFM - Habit Creeps (2:06)

17. Mogwai - Little Boy (3:48)

18. Tales of Murder and Dust - Mirror (5:21)

19. UXO - User (3:40)

20. Doug Tuttle - On Your Way (3:05)

21. Wire - Fishes Bones (3:02)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 6

 

  1. God Bullies - Senojmot (1:10)

  2. Robert Calvert - The Aerospaceage Inferno (4:17)
  3. Abwärts - Verzählt (3:00)
  4. Lynnfield Pioneers - Astral Plane (3:18)
  5. The Gadgets - U.F.O. Report N°1 (1:57)
  6. Elia y Elizabeth - Fue una Lágrima (2:54)
  7. Wild Carnation - No Doors in Kansas (3:14)
  8. Doctors of Madness - B-Movie Bedtime (3:16)
  9. Gulp - Vast Space (3:16)
10. Arrington de Dionyso with Gal Lazer Shiloach - Barongan (3:18)
11. Petra Haden - Sunrise (3:03)
12. Jane - Love Song (3:51)
13. Bob Lind - Not That I Would Want Her Back (2:45)
14. Kaos - Uzbuna (4:28)
15. Atomic Forest - Mary Long (3:14)
16. Charles Hayward - You and Me (3:33)
17. Magma - Weïdorje (4:28)
18. The Insect Trust - Ragtime Millionaire (3:20)
19. The Lucy Show - A Million Things (3:27)
20. Crash - File ou Passe (4:19)
21. Gong - Tried So Hard (4:36)
22. The Chrome Cranks - 50's French Movie (3:21)
23. The Hubbels - Hippy Dippy Funky Monkey Double Bubble Sitar Man (3:03)

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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - On the Edge of Your Mind

 

There's never been a proper WCPAEB compilation over the years, apart from Transparent Day which was released in the 1980s and only comprised of songs from their first 2 Reprise albums. So, I've gathered together my favourite tracks from all 6 albums they released between 1966-1970, including the Markley - A Group album which is considered the final WCPAEB album. Bob Markley decided at the last moment to rename the band to just his surname for this release. Considering he played as much a part of this album as their previous albums, for the sake of this compilation I've reverted the name of the band to what it should be.

 

    1. Overture (1:08)
    2. Ritual #1 (2:06)
    3. Transparent Day (2:15)
    4. Elegant Ellen (2:16)
    5. Sassafras (1:58)
    6. Carte Blanche (2:43)
    7. Will You Walk With Me (2:57)
    8. Until the Poorest of People Have Money to Spend (2:15)
    9. Have You Met My Pet Pig (2:04)
  10. Sarah the Sad Spirit (2:33)
  11. Shifting Sands (3:53)
  12. Ritual #2 (2:00)
  13. A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death (2:38)
  14. Suppose They Give a War and No One Comes (3:38)
  15. Next Plane to the Sun (2:11)
  16. If You Want This Love (2:49)
  17. Give Me Your Lovething (3:48)
  18. Don't Let Anything!!! Stand in Your Way (2:11)
  19. A Child's Guide to Good and Evil (2:25)
  20. Zoom Zoom Zoom (2:09)
  21. Smell of Incense (5:48)
  22. Two People (2:16)
  23. Endless Night (2:15)
  24. 1906 (2:18)
  25. Booker T & His Electric Shock (2:20)
  26. Buddha (2:06)
  27. I Won't Hurt You (2:20)
  28. Eighteen Is Over the Hill (2:39)
  29. Roger the Rocket Ship (2:41)
  30. Watch Yourself (5:18)

Tracks 5, 18, 23 from the album "Volume One", 1966
Tracks 3, 7, 11, 16, 24, 27 from the album "Part One", 1967
Tracks 1, 6, 14, 21, 26 from the album "Vol. 2", 1967
Tracks 2, 8, 12, 13, 19, 28, 30 from the album "Vol. 3 - A Child's Guide to Good and Evil", 1968
Tracks 9, 17, 22 from the album "Where's My Daddy?", 1969
Tracks 4, 10, 15, 20, 25, 29 from the album "A Group", 1970

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A Pocketful of Acid

 

This mix features songs covering the years from 1968 to 1972. Once again, a few well known bands (such as Blue Cheer & Groundhogs) mixed with the more obscure. Most of these songs are, as the title suggests, on the heavier side of rock. So, enjoy the ride...!


 1. Poobah - Mr. Destroyer (6:00)
 2. Groundhogs - Split - Part One (4:28)
 3. Bulbous Creation - Let's Go to the Sea (6:15)
 4. SRC - No Secret Destination (4:17)
 5. Dark - Zero Time (6:45)
 6. November - Men Mitt Hjärta Ska Vara Gjort Av Sten (4:32)
 7. Stone Garden - It's a Beautiful Day (3:28)
 8. Morgen - Purple (4:10)
 9. Stray - Time Machine (4:41)
10. May Blitz - 8 Mad Grim Nits (4:29)
11. J.D. Blackfoot - The Ultimate Prophecy (5:44)
12. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Light Your Windows (2:34)
13. Asoka - Ataraxia (3:25)
14. Elias Hulk - We Can Fly (4:48)
15. Blue Cheer - Just a Little Bit (3:27)
16. Träd, Gräs Och Stenar - Sanningens Silverflod (3:51)
17. Charlies - Like the Purpose Told Me (5:16)


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