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i still wanna hear that 3rd peanut butter album though! it can't be as bad as the 3rd ultimate spinach record, right? (i never understood the spinach haterz! it's a psych snob rule of thumb to dismiss those records, but i have always loved them so - the first 2 . they are sublime and wacky and prog and arty and acid-drenched, and the arrangements are great. who cares if they were phoney baloneys!!??)

I always get Peanut Butter Conspiracy mixed up with Pacific Gas & Electric. one of the things that rocks about Kogan is his JA luv.

Skot I'm so happy to hear that yr Byrd love is growing! you might become a full-on Byrdmaniac just yet!

you need more tuna than that too! all the early stuff is great. the live stuff is great as well. electric, acoustic, i like it all.

no revisionism, just a preference.

but I do love JA. and believe me, I used to hate them too. With a passion! but I dunno, one day it just clicked with me. I guess when I learned to listen to the musicianship a little better ... Jorma, Jack, yes .. really phenomenal. I mean ... "Bear Melt"? more like "FACE MELT"!!! and I got over my Grace hate. now I'm a Grace luvver! she was crazy and insane and great.

I've got this old compilation album called First Vibration from 1969 that was put out by some organization called The Do It Now Foundation. It's got this weird anti-speed painting on the cover and an anti-speed message on the back and it's got "Aritificial Energy" by the Byrds on it and "Amphetamine Annie" by Canned Heat and "The Pusher" by Hoyt Axton. Anyway, it's got this Peanut Butter Conspiracy track on it called "Roses Gone" which is not on either of the first two PBC albums and it's GORGEOUS.

Sandy Robinson was like this fifties, Connie Francis or something type holdover singing for a psych band.

What do you think of Nasdijj?

Mahalo,
Steve Shasta

Mahalo,
Steve Shasta

How can I grow up to be like you?

i have one of those books! i've never read it though. i'll have to read that article.

hmmm, maybe.

i have no idea. i wouldn't recommend it. i lucked out. i have a lot to be thankful for, and i basically spent most of my adult life working shitty jobs, masturbating, drinking, and listening to lots of records. not exactly a recipe for success. the love of a good man/woman can go a long way.

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I love you, Scott.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 1st, 2006 10:05 AM. (Ned) (later)

so many jokes, so many jokes

Nope, never heard of it, jaxon. Jaxon, I'm very disappointed in your non-love for America Eats Its Young. So many great songs on that thing.

What do you know? A four star review of the first album on AMG. Surely, that was another hippie record that must have gotten one or two stars in the old Rolling Stone record guides.

but then for this album they went all doomy organ psych with a bit of jazz and funk. if you listen to this track from diplo's psych/funk mix at 4:15 you can hear it. it's fucking massive.

So true about those covers too. It's like, every copy you would find of the first one would ALWAYS have the blue color flaking off leaving white splotches all over the place, so it looked like the lady was standing in snowstorm or sumthin. It took me forever to find a decent one. Same thing with Marrying Maiden -- all the open white space would always be all browned and dirt-laden and shit; took forever to find a nice sparkly white one

i don't remember why i once wanted to buy this. i even had it scribbled on my list in my wallet.

i think it was on recommendation from you once, but can't remember.

so i put it back

help me out. did you recommend this?

but I've never actually got into the Delaney & Bonnie stuff. I only know the Klapton/Mason/Harrison stuff. but I that Skot is the only person I can recall big upping the D&Bs. So, what do I need Skot? everything?? I'll probably buy it all anyway. I think you would like this stuff too, JaX! do you know "Only You Know & I know" ? that is one hell of a shit-hot cut.

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Fascinating one year period or so for all of the involved, things moved fast. The early "Tell The Truth" / "Roll It Over" single by the D&Ds totally sounds like punk at times.

here's a track of Delanie & Bonnie's that's on the Country Got Soul comp. sounds like prime motown.

The early "Tell The Truth" / "Roll It Over" single by the D&Ds totally sounds like punk at times YOU GOT THAT RITE BRO

this is where I can confess to liking Eric Clapton's s/t solo debut and Dave Mason's Alone Together. A lot.

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