Off - my early Psych intro (Was Re: Floyd 67-74 Japanese and bootleg collecting)

[Steve Freight]

All this talk of floyd and the Psych era reminded me of the track that got
me into 60's psych music in a big way.

I had an early copy of this credited to The Moving Finger. Took me years to
find this on CD later as always searching under the wrong band name (Second
Hand).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYOA6LO8cqg

Steve

On 2 February 2015 at 16:48, mary sullivan <maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net>
wrote:

> They were my teen-age musical heroes in the early years till the
> self-indulgence and more commercial aspects became more than the
> experimental nature of the music.  They were like musical gods to me,
> especially with Echoes, which altered my mind without any chemical
> alteration the first time I heard it, and it will always be a favorite of
> mine.  That's what drew me to Hawkwind, they were what Floyd could have
> been, perhaps.   They were there at the right time for me, and I still
> always enjoy a listen to a nice Floyd track.  The live shows are great, but
> the engineering on Echoes is just so cool from the version on Meddle.  I do
> need to get that, soon.
>
> A nice snowy day for music, I hope you all enjoy your day too,
>
> Mary
>
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> Subject: Re: Floyd 67-74 Japanese and bootleg collecting
>
> On 1/31/2015 7:16 PM, Jason C. Hillenburg wrote:
> > Floyd, for me, was a band for my teenage years. I wore the black print
> off
> my cassette copy of The Wall as a teen, but you can't get me to listen to
> it
> now. Too self-indulgent and marred with self-pity. There's a handful of
> tracks from other albums that merit my time. The Final Cut is admirable for
> its absolute refusal to give the listener comfort or entertainment.
> Obscured
> By Clouds, however, is a real gem.
> >
> Thank you for that insight.
>
> I did not have the option of Pink Floyd being a band for my teenage years.
>
> Err, come on.  It's not like anyone has an option as to which bands are for
> their teenage years.
>
> But I had not thought about it before your posting.
>
> You made me think.
>
> As uncomfortable as that is, I still thank you. (-8
>
> Err, "a band for my teenage years"?
>
> What happened?  Did you grow up?
>
> As I was typing this I was giving a first listening to a Linda Ronstadt
> footie that I picked up at the most recent Lansing record show.  I did not
> realize when I grabbed it that it was from the point in her career when she
> was channeling Frank Sinatra.  Err, yeah, she grew up.  Damn shame about
> that.  Thank heavens she recovered.
>
> Time to go listen to "Ummagumma" again.
>
> John McIntyre
> mcintyre at pa.msu.edu
>



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