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Friar Tuck And His Psychedelic Guitar by Friar Tuck released on Mercury in 1967.

Plain and Fancy wrote on their blog:

...The album they recorded may have been conceived and commissioned as a cash-in on the burgeoning hippie movement, but there are no peace and love clichés in the grooves Instead, it comprises deranged cover versions (including a spectacularly lethargic take on Sweet Pea, a recent hit for Roe), set to almost avant-garde guitar parts, with deranged mutterings and sounds endlessly floating in and out of the mix. Though the first side can be interpreted as skewed easy listening, the self-penned second side is a multi-layered suite that reveals fresh eccentricities on every listen...

https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/05/friar-tuck-friar-tuck-and-his.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLH3BEw9Sa0&list=PLG-InimcgCwMMrTysmzXsak3Q-pZ17kmS&index=1

#FriarTuck #Psychedelia #Music #CurtBoettcher #MikeDeasy

Andi Chorley Dec 30

Eternity's Children Review by Jason Ankeny

..Although the presence of producer Curt Boettcher guarantees comparisons to like-minded .. acts like the Association and Sagittarius, Eternity's Children's lush, overlapping harmonies were all their own, and their songs cut an impressive swath of stylistic territory, from the gorgeous, bossa nova-like "My Happiness Day" to the gritty blue-eyed soul of the Chips Moman-produced "The Sidewalks of the Ghetto." Some of their material was certainly suspect -- songs like "Sunshine Among Us" and "Get Outta Here" strive unconvincingly for psychedelic-era edginess, while "The Thinking Animal" is an embarrassing stab at social relevance -- but the good far outweighs the bad, and cuts like "Mrs. Bluebird," "Your World," "Again Again," and "Sunshine and Flowers" are essential listening for anyone enamored with the West Coast harmony-pop sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_H6hSxz__s&list=PLRQKT-Cu2_2QJWAvJB-l-ygaCF9_4QliZ&index=1

#EternitysChildren #CurtBoettcher #SunshinePop #Music #Psychedelia

Andi Chorley Dec 11

Begin is the sole studio album released by the American music group the Millennium released in August 1968 on Columbia Records.

Begin was the second album to use sixteen-track recording technology following Simon & Garfunkel's album Bookends. The group wrote songs in a style later described as sunshine pop, a style noted for its influence of psychedelia with rich harmony vocals and lush orchestrations. Due to the album's complex recordings and long studio time, it became the most expensive studio album recorded by 1968.

...Begin continued to receive positive reviews after the album was re-issued in the 1990s, with AllMusic finding it to be a "bona fide lost classic" and that it was on the same level as "more widely popular albums from the era", and Pitchfork declaring it "probably the single greatest 60s pop record produced in L.A. outside of the Beach Boys." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZnW_wzROY&list=RDbXZnW_wzROY&start_radio=1

#TheMIllenium #CurtBoettcher #SunshinePop #Psychedelia #Music

Andi Chorley Nov 25

And Then... Along Comes the Association is the debut studio album by the Association, released on Valiant Records in July 1966.

And Then... Along Comes the Association saw the group experiment with luscious vocal harmonies that anticipated the musical textures of Boettcher's later groups the Millennium and Sagittarius. In addition, the album incorporated a wide assortment of influences, including folk-rock, psychedelia, baroque pop, and remains a cornerstone of sunshine pop. Along with the hit singles "Along Comes Mary" and "Cherish", notable tracks on the album include the reflective "Enter the Young" and the Addrissi brothers' "Don't Blame It on Me". The partnership between the Association and Boettcher—while innovative and commercially successful—was cut short after Boettcher began to overreach his authority in the group's musical direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggr3Aj6sOfA&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmQrKXD4WDfKILrWJEyArMGS&index=1

#theAssociation #SunshinePop #Psychedelia #CurtBoettcher #Music #baroquepop #60spop #folkrock