I remember one song from these guys, “White Bird” that really rocked at the time. It still works really well as delivered on this live recording. This outfit had such a cool psychedelic rock sound. It was clearly related to a lot of the other psychedelic rockers of the era, but yet it was also unique. The violin really added a lot to the mix, too. This package is quite cool because it includes not only the audio CD, but a bonus DVD. The recording quality isn’t without its issues, but for a live recording from the late 1960s it’s quite good.

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This powers in with a killer psychedelic rock groove. As the vocals join this really feels a lot like Jefferson Airplane. They take it almost into a blues rock sound later in a killer instrumental movement. That said, it’s still got a driving rhythm section to keep it grounded in rock music. We’re pulled out towards space music as this continues. A vocal movement sees a return to more pure psychedelia and it grows out from there via a psych rock instrumental movement. There’s a crescendo and then the percussion rules as we’re taken into space to segue into the next piece.

Although still based pretty purely in psychedelia, somehow I can make out hints of Deep Purple’s “Child in Time” here. There are also some Celtic leanings on the cut.

Somehow this tune just seems to work better than the rest. It’s probably my favorite tune here. It’s got almost a Led Zeppelin blues meets psychedelia vibe. It also earns a parental advisory for the lyrics. It’s a killer tune.

Overall, this isn’t that different from the music that preceded it. That said, it’s still a great tune and there’s an awesome bass driven jam later that’s quite cool.