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Album: The Open Mind
Artist: The Open Mind
Release date:1969
Genre: Psychedelic rock
Scene: London

Raw and diverse psych sound. I really enjoyed this album. Sadly overlooked by it's contemoraries. The only downside of this album is simplistic lyrics

Album: Andromeda
Artist: Andromeda
Release date:1969
Genre: Heavy Psych, Progressive Rock Occult Rock
Scene: London

Also a pretty competent psychedelic album. It's a big pile of material, which is mostly heavy and progressive. This album has the same downside as the previous one, the lyrics are pretty forgettable.

Album: The Great American Eagle Tragedy
Artist: Earth Opera
Release date:1969
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Cosmic Country Country Rock, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock
Scene: Boston

"The Great Eagle Opera" by "Earth Opera" is a complete opposite of the two previous bands. This is an intellectual band from Boston with thoughtful lyrics and calm sound. The titular track is over ten minutes long and sound as a song writing ambition of a real opera:" And call out the border guard \\ The kingdom is crumbling \\ The king is in the counting house \\ Laughing and stumbling \\ His armies are extended \\ Way beyond the shore \\ As he sends our lovely boys to die \\ In a foreign jungle war \\ The queen is in the garden \\ Moaning and weeping \\ She spied the executioner's face \\ While he lay sleeping \\ The king's own judge and jester \\ Leap together from the tower \\ Lie still as fallen statues \\ In the cultivated bower \\ And call out the border guard \\ The kingdom is crumbling \\ The king is in the counting house \\ Laughing and stumbling \\ His armies are extended \\ Way beyond the shore \\ As he sends our lovely boys to die \\ In a foreign jungle war \\ The orchestra assembles \\ And tries in vain to tune \\ While outside in the stable yard \\ The hounds are howling at the moon \\ A blind man in the far off jungle \\ His bamboo hut in flames \\ Sits and whispers to his flute \\ All the unremembered names \\ And call out the border guard \\ The kingdom is crumbling \\ The king is in the counting house \\ Laughing and stumbling\\ His armies are extended \\ Way beyond the shore \\ As he sends our lovely boys to die \\ In a foreign jungle war \\ The king is in the counting house \\ Laughing and stumbling \\ His armies are extended \\ Way beyond the shore \\ As he sends our lovely boys to die \\ In a foreign jungle war..."

Album: A Gathering of Promises
Artist: Bubble Puppy
Release date:1969
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Scene: Texas

Another nice psychedelic album. Mosrly remembered because of a hit song " Hot Smoke and Sasafrass". Abd it's one banger of an openner. Other songs are also good but not as remarkarable. After this album this band moved to San Francisco and became "Demian".

Album: Happy Trails
Artist: The Quicksilver Messenger Service
Release date:1969
Genre: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Jam Band Blues Rock, Jam Band
Scene: San Francisco

This an interesting example of a psychedelic and almost a progressive band mimicking the country rock covar art style. Probably because country rock was so popular at that moment in the states.

Album: The Head Shop
Artist: The Head Shop
Release date:1969
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Experimental Rock, Heavy Psych, Acid Rock, Psychedelic Pop
Scene: New York City

The band "The head Shop" was creating this very theatrical version of psychedelic rock, which sometimes almost feel like a parody of itself. This is a lot like what another band, "Vanilla Fudge" did with the contemporary pop. For example this album contain two remakes of Beatles songs, which are way more dramatic than the originals. Personally, I love this sound but many find it rather pretentious.