HOUSTON HALLUCINATIONS - Ultra-Rare 60's Texas Psych

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HOUSTON HALLUCINATIONS

(SPACED CITY ON THE BAYOU)

***TEXAS ARCHIVE RECORDINGS -TAR-2***

 **ULTRA-RARE** 60'S  PSYCHEDELIC CLASSICS

COVER MINT / RECORD MINT

MONO/STEREO 

 ***REALLY NICE COPY***

***THIS IS A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE LP***

***CLASSIC TEXAS PUNK- PSYCH from the mid 60'S***

SONG LIST:

EUPHORIA - PICK IT UP

EUPHORIA - IN TIME

EUPHORIA - WALKING THE DOG

EUPHORIA - OH DEAR, YOU LOOK LIKE A DOG

LIVING EYE - RADIO SPOT

PASTELS - YEAH I WANNA KNOW

PASTELS - WEIRD SOUNDS

IGUANAS - I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING

COASTLINERS - MY KIND OF GIRL

NOW SOUND - RADIO SPOT

COUNTDOWN 5 - WILLY AND THE HAND JIVE

COUNTDOWN 5 - SWEET TALK

COUNTDOWN 5 - CANDY

NINTH STREET BRIDGE - HEARTBREAK HOTEL

NINTH STREET BRIDGE - 2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE

CHAPARRAL TRIO - ROXANNE

IN THE MIDST OF THE SKYSCRAPERS, HUMIDITY AND URBAN SPRAWL OF HOUSTON DURING THE MID TO LATE 1960'S AN INTENSE MUSIC SCENE DEVELOPED WHICH PRODUCED MANY OF THE GREAT '60'S ERA TEXAS ROCK GROUPS - FROM THE MOVING SIDEWALKS TO THE FEVER TREE.  THE LOCAL CLUBS, RECORDING STUDIOS AND THE SHEER SIZE OF THE CITY MADE FOR A QUALITY MUSIC SCENE THAT CONTAINED DOZENS OF TALENTED BANDS.  THIS LP IS COMPOSED OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL BY SOME OF THE LESSER KNOWN, THOUGH EQUALLY GOOD GROUPS AND THE FRANTIC DEDICATION THAT TYPIFIES TEXAS '60'S ROCK RADIATES FROM THE MUSIC INCLUDED HERE.

EUPHORIA WAS ORIGINALLY A CALIFORNIA GROUP WHO MOVED TO HOUSTON AND INFLUENCED THE LOCAL MUSICIANS.  THEY PLAYED WITH THE LEGENDARY 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS AND THIS INFLUENCE CAN BE HEARD IN EUPHORIA'S SONGS.  THEY HAD ONE SINGLE RELEASED ON MAINSTREAM RECORDS AND AFTER THEIR RETURN TO CALIFORNIA THEY RELEASED AN LP ON CAPITOL RECORDS.  HOWEVER, NONE OF THE BAND'S AVAILABLE MATERIAL EQUALS THE QUALITY OF THESE FOUR UNRELEASED SONGS THAT WERE RECORDED DURING THEIR STAY IN TEXAS.

THE LIVING EYE WAS ONE OF THE BETTER KNOWN '60'S HOUSTON CLUBS ALONG WITH LOVE STREET LIGHT CIRCUS, THE CATACOMBS AND LA MAISON BALLROOM.  THIS RADIO SPOT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA AND IS DONE BY SCOTT AND VIVIAN HOLTZMAN, FOUNDERS OF FEVER TREE.

THE PASTELS WERE NOT A WELL KNOWN GROUP AND LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THEM.  THEY DID HAVE TWO SINGLES RELEASED ON LOCAL LABELS AND RECORDED THE TWO TRACKS INCLUDED ON THIS ALBUM, WHICH ARE CLASSIC TEXAS PUNK.

THE IGUANAS WERE A FAIRLY WELL KNOWN BAND AND RELEASED TWO SINGLES, WHICH SHOW A MARKED ELEVATORS INFLUENCE.  THEY ALSO HAD A LIVE IGUANA IN THEIR STAGE ACT.  THE SONG INCLUDED HERE IS AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF THEIR BEST SINGLE.

THE COASTLINERS ARE PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN GROUP ON THIS LP.  THEY WERE GENERALLY KNOWN AS 'THE BEACH BOYS OF TEXAS', BUT ON THE CUT INCLUDED HERE DISPLAY A MUCH PUNKIER IMAGE, ALTHOUGH THOSE TIGHT HARMONY VOCALS ARE STILL EVIDENT.  THEY RELEASED SEVERAL SINGLES BUT THIS UNRELEASED SONG MAY WELL BE THEIR BEST EFFORT.  THEIR POPULARITY IS OBVIOUS AS IS SHOWN BY THEIR INCLUSION AS HEADLINERS IN THE NOW SOUNDS BATTLE OF THE BANDS.

NOW SOUNDS IS A RADIO SPOT DONE BY THE FEVER TREE FOR A HOUSTON BATTLE OF THE BANDS-TYPE CONCERT SERIES, SPONSORED BY THE HOUSTON POST.  FROM THE LINE-UPS ANNOUNCED THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT SHOWS.

THE COUNTDOWN 5 WERE FROM NEARBY GALVESTON AND RELEASED FIVE SINGLES ON LOCAL LABELS.  ALL OF THE THREE UNRELEASED SONGS INCLUDED HERE ARE AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN THEIR RELEASED MATERIAL.

THE NINTH STREET BRIDGE WAS A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN GROUP WHO HAD ONLY ONE RELEASED RECORD.  THE TWO UNRELEASED SONGS INCLUDED HERE SHOW A BLUSIER EDGE THAN THEIR RECORD AND THE IDEA OF ADDING LYRICS TO 2120 MICHIGAN AVENUE IS DEFINITELY AN UNUSUAL ONE.

AGAIN, LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE CHAPARRAL TRIO OTHER THAN THEY CONSISTED OF THREE BROTHERS, RECORDED SEVERAL SONGS, AND WERE AMONG THE VERY BEST HOUSTON BANDS.  THREE OF THEIR SONGS WERE RELEASED INCLUDING THE ONE ON THIS LP WHICH WAS RELEASED AS A TEST PRESSING.

ALL RECORDS ARE FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION UNLESS NOTED.  RECORDS HAVE BEEN STORED IN DELUXE INNER LINER AND JACKET ALSO STORED IN QUALITY PLASTIC SLEEVE.

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