"So rare that diehard fuzz junkies say you'd have a
better chance of winning the lottery than finding a physical 45 rpm single by
one of the bands featured on their latest installment." -- Dangerous Minds
"Does for proto-metal what Lenny Kaye's Nuggets did for
garage rock." -- Brooklyn Vegan
The forthcoming edition of the popular compilation series
featuring long-lost 60s-70s proto-metal and stoner rock singles, Brown Acid:
The Fifth Trip, is streaming in full starting today ahead of its release on
Halloween. Hear Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip in its entirety at Brooklyn Vegan
HERE. (Direct YouTube HERE.)
Tiny Mix Tapes recently featured the anthology with the
rousing "Icky Bicky" by 70s Canadian rockers Flasher HERE. Glide
Magazine hosted the mammoth sounds of Mammoth's eponymous "Mammoth"
HERE.
The series, curated by L.A. label RidingEasy Records and
retailer/label Permanent Records recently received the pinnacle of
endorsements: Lenny Kaye, creator of the legendary Nuggets compilation series
(and guitarist in Patti Smith Band & Creem Magazine scribe), picked up his
own copies of the previous editions, seen on Instagram HERE.
Dangerous Minds featured the previous collection The Fourth
Trip around its 4/20 release HERE.
About Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip:
We're back! And the hits just keep coming. For the fifth
lysergic journey, we've assembled 10 heavy slabs of obscure rock the likes of
which have never been seen before... not in this form anyhow. And as usual, the
tracks from these impossibly rare records have all been fully cleared through
the artists themselves. We've gone to great lengths to get the best possible
master sources, the worst case scenario being an original 45. 'Cuz it ain't
worth doing unless you do it right.
The legendary Captain Foam kicks off this Trip like an anvil
to your skull with a rollicking stomper sounding like The Who with Matt Pike's
thunderous guitar tone. "No Reason" is a track we've been wanting to
share with you boneheads since the start. Captain Foam (aka Richard Bertram)
wasn't easy to find, but lo and behold, our super sleuths located him and got
his blessing to include the A-side of his sole single here for you. Good luck
finding an original copy of the record. It's rarer than raw beef.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. The other nine tracks
continue the onslaught in typical Brown Acid form. You may be familiar with
George Brigman's psychedelic punk masterpiece "Jungle Rot", but you
don't know Split
until you've heard the charmingly disjointed bedroom-fi production of
"Blowin' Smoke". Finch sounds way out of time (1968) and place (Milwaukee) on the
grungeadelic anthem "Nothing In The Sun". Cybernaut's heavy prog -
giving their Canadian cohorts Rush a run for their money - and Flasher's
"Icky Bicky" boogie prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that our
neighbors to the north can rock with the best of 'em. Meanwhile, Fargo's hallucinogenic BBQ sauce soaked
"Abaddon" and Mammoth's fittingly beefy eponymous riff-monger
continue the long line of heavies from the Lone Star State. Ohio based screamers Lance features members
of Inside Experience, whom you might recall from the Third Trip. Zebra's gritty
rendition of "Helter Skelter" is most likely the way Charles Manson
heard the song in his head. And finally, the mysterious and previously unheard
Thor appears here exclusively and for the first time ever with their unknown 45
track "Lick It". Many thanks to our pal Mike Vegh for turning us on
to this one.
About the Brown Acid series:
Some of the best thrills of the Internet music revolution is
the ability to find extremely rare music with great ease. But even with such
vast archives to draw from, quite a lot of great songs have gone undiscovered
for nearly half a century -- particularly in genres that lacked hifalutin arty
pretense. Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and passionate record
collectors had the stamina and prowess to hunt down long forgotten wonders in
dusty record bins -- often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at
ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like Nuggets, Pebbles, ad
nauseum, have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping
alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera. However, few have delved
into and expertly archived the wealth of proto-metal, pre-stoner rock tracks
collected on
Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip.
Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A./Chicago retailer Permanent
Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection
of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the growing compilation series.
Partnered with Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a
selection of songs that's hard to believe have remained unheard for so long.
"I essentially go through hell and high water just to
find these records," Barresi says. "Once I find a record worthy of
tracking, I begin the (sometimes) extremely arduous process of contacting the
band members and encouraging them to take part. Daniel and I agree that
licensing all the tracks we're using for
Brown Acid is best for everyone involved," rather than
simply bootlegging the tracks. When all of the bands and labels haven't existed
for 30-40 years or more, tracking down the creators gives all of these tunes a
real second chance at success.
"There's a long list of songs that we'd love to
include," Barresi says. "But we just can't track the bands down. I
like the idea that Brown Acid is getting so much attention, so people might
reach out to us."
Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip will be available everywhere on
LP, CD and download on October 31st, 2017 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders
are available for digital (with immediate download of the first single) at
Bandcamp, physical pre-orders at RidingEasy Records.
Artist: Various Artists
Album: Brown Acid: The Fifth Trip
Label: RidingEasy Records
Release Date: October 31, 2017
01. Captain Foam "No Reason"
02. George Brigman "Blowin' Smoke"
03. Finch "Nothing In The Sun"
04. Cybernaut "Clockwork"
05. Fargo "Abaddon"
06. Mammoth "Mammoth"
07. Flasher "Icky Bicky"
08. Lance "Fireball"
09. Zebra "Helter Skelter"
10. Thor "Lick It"
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