Born In The Garage Vol.6 Acid Fuzz & Heavy Dreams (1967–1970)

 

  By the late sixties, something was beginning to change. The beat and garage sounds that had dominated the first half of the decade were evolving into something louder, heavier and far more psychedelic. Amplifiers grew bigger, fuzz became thicker, and songs ventured into increasingly uncharted territory.

  Acid Fuzz & Heavy Dreams captures that moment of transformation. It was a fascinating period when garage punk, acid psychedelia, embryonic hard rock and the first glimmers of proto-heavy all coexisted in the same swirling musical landscape. There were no fixed rules yet, and that was precisely what made the era so exciting.

  Throughout this session you'll encounter bands stretching the boundaries of traditional garage into darker, heavier and more electrified territory. Street-level psychedelic anthems like "Plastic People," lysergic excursions such as "Flying Thru The Sky" and "Psychedelic Pill," walls of blistering fuzz and records that already hint at the crushing power soon to be unleashed by bands like Blue Cheer, MC5, The Stooges and Black Sabbath.

  Cult favourites including SRC, The Amboy Dukes, The Litter, Josephus and Damnation of Adam Blessing appear alongside far more obscure groups that left behind little more than a handful of recordings before fading into obscurity. Yet they all shared the same ambition: to push rock music towards something louder, freer and less predictable.

  The result is a collection of overdriven guitars, voices drifting somewhere between reality and hallucination, crushing riffs, hypnotic organs and performances charged with raw electricity. Music born in basements, small recording studios and smoke-filled clubs where sheer volume was becoming an artistic statement in its own right.

  Born In The Garage Vol. 6 documents one of the most exhilarating moments in rock's evolution.

  The precise moment when garage began dreaming in acid...

and hard rock opened its eyes.

Trashlist:
01. Wildwood - Plastic People (1968)
02. The News – Blue Shoes (1968)
03. Spontaneous Generation - Up On My Time (1968)
04. Smith Vinson – Hallucinations (1969)
05. Mastermind - Turn Of The Head (1969)
06. Watkin's Phase - Hard Way To Go (196?)
07. Tyde - Psychedelic Pill (1969)
08. Spaced - Flying Thru The Sky (196?)
09. SRC - Up All Night (1969)
10. Chateaux - Reverence Man Part (1969)
11. The Amboy Dukes - You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire (1968)
12. The Shy Guys – Black Lightening Light (1968)
13. Bhagavad Gita - Long Hair Soulful (1967)
14. The Litter – Blue Ice (1969)
15. Josephus – Condition (1970)
16. Damnation of Adam Blessing – Cook Book (1969)
17. Bearded Clam – Please Don't Leave Me Blue (1970)
18. Tribal Sinfonia - Something Has You Turned Around (1970)
19. Bump - Spider's Eyes (1970)

A Teenage Sound Disaster by Mr. Fuzzley