Pspyched!
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Pspyched! is a 1999 compilation album
of psychedelic rock
and indie from bands on the Beggars Banquet
label. Billed as 'The Secret Underworld of Alternative Nuggets' http://www.beggars.com/artists/catalogue/pspyched/index.htm, it aimed to be a Nuggets
for the 1990s http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/00_02/wet_ink/music_mp/145_pspyched.shtml.
Many of the tracks were originally released on the label's indie off-shoot Situation Two
.
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...
of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts 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 United States and the United Kingdom...
and indie from bands on the Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet
- Personnel :The Rolling Stones* Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on "Parachute Woman"* Keith Richards – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of "Salt of the Earth"* Brian...
label. Billed as 'The Secret Underworld of Alternative Nuggets' http://www.beggars.com/artists/catalogue/pspyched/index.htm, it aimed to be a Nuggets
Nuggets
- Music :* Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, a compilation of U.S. psychedelic rock released between 1965 and 1968...
for the 1990s http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/00_02/wet_ink/music_mp/145_pspyched.shtml.
Many of the tracks were originally released on the label's indie off-shoot Situation Two
Situation Two
Situation Two, aka Situation 2, was a record label created in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the larger Beggars Banquet label. At the time, Beggars Banquet records were distributed by WEA Records; so, to appeal to the indie audience and to get releases into the indie charts, the Situation Two...
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Track listing
- The DarksideThe DarksideThe Darkside were an indie rock band formed in 1989 by former members of Spacemen 3. After releasing two studio albums they split up in 1993.-History:...
- 'Guitar Voodoo' (6.15) - Ripe - 'The Plastic Hassle' (7.21)
- Polyphemus - 'Scrapbook of Madness' (3.40)
- The Icicle Works - 'One Time' (5.16)
- Thee HypnoticsThee HypnoticsThee Hypnotics were a 1990s British garage/psychedelic/hard rock band. They were part of the early alternative rock scene, releasing two full-length albums and an EP from 1989-1990 before taking an enforced hiatus due to their drummer breaking his back in a car accident while they were on tour in...
- 'Justice in Freedom' (8.36) - Mercury RevMercury RevMercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a...
- 'Young Man's Stride' (2.42) - Radial SpangleRadial SpangleRadial Spangle was an indie rock band from Norman, Oklahoma, United States, that released two albums in the 1990s.The band was formed in 1991 by Alan Laird , April Tippens , and former Flaming Lips drummer Richard English...
- 'Birthday' (4.13) - LoopLoop (band)Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his wife, Bex, and active until 1991.-Career:The band was formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson , with wife Bex on drums. Bex was soon replaced by John Wills and Glen Ray, with James Endeacott on guitar...
- 'Arc Lite (sonar)' (4.26) - Tones on TailTones on TailTones on Tail was an "eclectic" musical side project of Daniel Ash of Bauhaus, along with art school friend, flatmate, and "Bauhaus roadie" Glenn Campling in 1982. After the breakup of Bauhaus in 1983, they were joined by drummer Kevin Haskins. Their music was described by one critic as...
- 'Rain' (8.23) - Sun DialSun 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...
- '3000 Miles' (5.35) - The Del-ByzanteensThe Del-ByzanteensThe Del-Byzanteens was a New York-based No Wave band active in the early 1980's. The band comprised Phil Kline ; Jim Jarmusch ; Philippe Hagen ; Josh Braun ; and Dan Braun...
- 'Girl's Imagination' (6.44) - Carnival Art - 'Neon and Debuachery' (3.43)
- Rollerskate SkinnyRollerskate SkinnyRollerskate Skinny were an Irish band that enjoyed their greatest success during the 1990s.-History:Ken Griffin, Ger Griffin and Steve Murray had been in The Hippyshakes in the 1980s. Later the band became "Shake" and was characterized by a strawberry logo...
- 'Bow Hitch Hiker' (7.24) - Shady - 'Sugar Sugar Sugar' (3.51)
External links
- Beggars Banquet page for album (now defunct as of 2011)
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/pspyched-r421069 Allmusic entry