V.A. - Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music

Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music
Various Artists
LP
QDK 049

[Artist] - [Song Title]

1. Kissing Spell - Yellow Moon
2. Los Jaivas - Foto de la Primera Comunión
3. Los Vidrios Quebrados - La Primavera de Miss L.O'B.
4. Aguaturbia - Erótica
5. Blops - Los Momentos
6. Sacros - La Realidad
7. Los Mac's - La Muerte de Mi Hermano
8. Blops - Pisándose la Cola
9 (B1). Embrujo - Canto sin Nombre
10. Los Beat 4 - Pobre Gato
11. Aguaturbia - I Wonder Who
12. Tumulto - Tu, Yo y Nuestro Amor
13. Blops - Pirómano
14. Escombros - Magnetism
15. Los Beat 4 - Civilización
16. Congregación - Cuantos que no Tienen y Merecen
17. El Congreso - Así Serás


"Chilean Psychedelic Music" — pretty nicely descriptive, I would think. It sounded better to me the first time compared to last night, but there are some good moments on here. "Foto de Primera Comunión" is strangely hypnotic to me, and "La Muerte de Mi Hermano" is a right-good protest song from a tumultuous Chile in the late Sixties and early Seventies. "Pirómano" sounded pretty cool to these ears, Aguaturbia is sure to delight proper-minded people everywhere, and "Magnetism" is a most curious-sounding record, sort of a "25 or 6 to 4" gone horribly haywire. I still have only heard a little bit of the Love, Peace & Poetry series, but it's not let me down yet.

V.A. - Love, Peace & Poetry: Asian Psychedelic Music

Various Artists
Love, Peace & Poetry - Asian Psychedelic Music
LP
Normal Records QDK LP 029

(artist - song title:)

1. Teddy Robin & the Playboys - Magic Colours
2. Erkin Koray - Istemem
3. San Ul Lim - It Was Probably Late Summer
4. Justin Heathcliff - You Know What I Mean
5. Baris Manco - Derule
6. Cambodian Rocks - A2
7. The Mops - Blind Bird
8. Yuya Uchida & the Flowers - Greasy Heart
9. 3 Hür-El - Gönül Sabreyle Sabreyle
10. The Fentones - Simla Beat Theme
11. Mogollar - Katip Arzvhalim Yaz Yare Böyle
12. Confusions - Voice From the Inner Soul
13. The Quest - 26 Miles
14. Jung Hyun and the Men - Korean Titel A2


This is the third installment in the Love, Peace & Poetry series, each installment of which focuses on a different part of the world. I've only heard two of the installments so far, including this one, but they're both so full of wonderfully unique, exotic, psychedelic sounds that I simply cannot help but hunger for the others. This particular installment looks at Asia, from Türkiye ("Turkey") to Japan (and other stops, of course). My personal picks after two listens are "It Was Probably Late Summer," "You Know What I Mean," "26 Miles" and the final, nearly-ten-minute track by Jung Hyun and the Men, the actual title of which had not yet been translated to English at the time of this LP's release. I still have no idea what to think of the Cambodian Rocks cut.......

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar (self-titled)
LP
Reprise Records 6398

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash
2. Snow Flower
3. Light My Fire
4. Mamata (Affection)
5. Metamorphosis
6. Sagar (The Ocean)
7. Dance Indra
8. Raghupati

Nevermind those critics who call this "exploitation"; this is a great album! "Classical" styles of Indian music meet then-modern technology (moog synthesizer!) and rock & roll from the west. Truly far-out! I recommend this to all!