A Psychedelic Psauna
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A Psychedelic Psauna is the name of a compilation album
released by record label Delerium
in 1991.
The album was intended to celebrate the birth of the label and to promote the first artists who were signed, mainly psychedelic
bands. Many nowadays famous bands were featured, such as Porcupine Tree
, Ozric Tentacles
and Sun Dial
among others.
The album was released as a double LP
.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
released by record label Delerium
Delerium Records
Delerium Records was a UK record label, that specialised in psychedelic music which ran from 1991 to 2003, and was notable in promoting the careers of bands including Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Kava Kava, Mandragora, Sons of Selina and Moom and for starting the Freak Emporium and Molten...
in 1991.
The album was intended to celebrate the birth of the label and to promote the first artists who were signed, mainly psychedelic
Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
bands. Many nowadays famous bands were featured, such as Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
, Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...
and Sun Dial
Sun Dial
Sun Dial is a British space rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon.-History:The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-'80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums...
among others.
The album was released as a double LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
.
Track listing
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- Mind Train Jam – SundialSun DialSun Dial is a British space rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon.-History:The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-'80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums...
- Don't Be Afraid – Magic Mushroom Band
- Lost & Wild – Nick Riff
- Poisoned Air – The Petals
- Linton Samuel Dawson – The Porcupine TreePorcupine TreePorcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
- Snobs – Poisoned Electrick HeadPoisoned Electrick HeadPoisoned Electrick Head is an English psychedelic indie rock/punk band formed in 1986 in St Helens, Merseyside, England. The band is best known for the 1994 independent chart hit "Out of Order" and for its fantasy-costumed stage act. Poisoned Electrick Head split up in 1998 and formally reformed...
- Cold Rain & Snow – The Bevis FrondThe Bevis FrondThe Bevis Frond is a British musical group whose range covers hard edge to melancholy vintage indie rock to poetic, "classic-rock" songcraft with a thick Walthamstow accent. Nick Saloman is the band's frontman and songwriter...
- Don't Know If I Should – Alice's Orb
- Summers End In San Francisco – John Fallon
- The Quest – The Gothics
- Hello Or Goodbye – Tyrnaround
- Black Ferris Wheel – The Coloured Plank
- Ritual People – Cosmic Kangaroos
- Mr & Mrs Creature – Reefus Moons
- 13 Ghosts – Marshmallow Overcoat
- Conspiracy – MandragoraMandragora (band)Mandragora are a space-rock/world dance-music band from Brighton, England, whose formative output can be described as psychedelic rock with ethnic sounds and tribal rhythms. Formed in 1983, the band have released 5 albums of their own, and a collaborative album with Phil Thornton...
- Freakbeat – Dr Brown
- Erp Riff '83 – Ozric TentaclesOzric TentaclesOzric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...
- That River – The Jasmine Love Bomb
- Do The Jerk Off – Dimentia 13
- The Stalk – The Trodds
- Nightmare – Treatment