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Hi everyone, and welcome to the French Vinyl Addict channel on RU-vid!

Born and raised in the northeastern part of France very close to the border with Germany and Switzerland, I get to share my passion for the music and records with the #vc on this channel, and I also talk about my personal story of French vinyl collector who moved to North America. You can call me FVA ;-)

Building up a collection of records was made possible, as far as I am concerned, thanks to numerous interactions with passionate people I have encountered during my many trips,

May this channel be a way to connect all music lovers, and be a gateway between people around the world,

Love of music and French accent served here without extra charge,

The adventure goes on, stay tuned for the next chapter,
Surprisingly cool French gems #vc
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French Vinyl Addict's April '24 #vinylhaul
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French Vinyl Addict's March '24 #vinylhaul
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French Vinyl Addict's February '24 #vinylhaul
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French Vinyl Addict's January '24 Vinyl Haul
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French Vinyl Addict's October Vinyl Haul
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@mescalito
@mescalito 18 часов назад
Pour ma part, j'estime que Maxime Le Forestier et Gérard Manset sont des artistes totalement différents, de nombreux points de vue, mais bon, c'est bien d'en parler - il aurait été, également, pertinent de citer d'autres albums de Manset ( il a une discographie non négligeable). Ceci dit, bon travail, merci pour cette vidéo !
@MGKBOSTON
@MGKBOSTON День назад
Some really cool stuff here FVA! I love some sitar. Do you know of the Montreal band Elephant Stone? I have an original copy of that Ultimate Spinach record. I absolutely love anything Steve Winwood, and have most of it including what you showed. ✌️
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict День назад
Hey thanks Mike, I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection 🙂I never hear of Elephant Stone, I'll check this one out.. The copy of Ultimate Spinach I got is the Akarma reissue, I'm still on the lookout for their second album ''Behold And See''. Take care, FVA
@jeanroblin7024
@jeanroblin7024 День назад
Congratulation for the 700 subscribers ! 🎉
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict День назад
Merci beaucoup Pinape 😊
@paulfillingham2958
@paulfillingham2958 3 дня назад
Saw Quintessence in 1971. Brilliant band.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
It must've been a nice experience, Paul. Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
@johnnykawakid
@johnnykawakid 3 дня назад
Great choices there. Got all that albums. Great video man, keep them coming.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Thanks Johnny, I appreciate that 😊
@frankfrank7921
@frankfrank7921 3 дня назад
There were several obscure but worthy Canadian psych bands like Kensington Market, the Paupers, Bent Wind, Collector, Mars Bonfire and Reign Ghost. Have no idea as to the availability of the vinyl though.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Wow, I didn't know about it. Thanks for the education, Franck 🙂 I'll check these bands out. Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers
@crazyprayingmantis5596
@crazyprayingmantis5596 3 дня назад
Get buzzed and listen to Dom - Dom. This album should come with a warning because it drags you to strange places and you may not return, enter at your own risk. ⚠️⛔️ It sounds incredible on vinyl too.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Some people like this kind of experience...
@vinylemood
@vinylemood 4 дня назад
Excellente vidéo. Je comprends pourquoi ça marche tant ! Je n’avais pas pris le temps de la regarder ! Je vais m’écouter quelques albums du coup. ✌️👏👏🤘Bravo à toi Rom 🤜🤛
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Hey salut Ben, oui je ne m'explique pas un tel engouement pour cette vidéo-là un peu faite à l'arrache avant le live sur la chaîne de Fred. Mais bon je ne vais pas m'en plaindre. Si tu dois en "crash-tester" un commence par Mr Fantasy de Traffic, tu connais certainement Steve Winwood et sa voix te rappellera quelque chose (il avait eu quelques hits en solo plus tard). Merci pour ton retour et bonne journée 😊
@benrankins4446
@benrankins4446 4 дня назад
The Blissful Company artwork is amazing. I really like the early Traffic, before they got too jazz fusiony. I think John Barley Corn Must Die is my favourite of theirs. Nice call on Donovan. The trippiest of his albums in my opinion is A Gift From A Flower To A Garden. Ultimate Spinach is killer. I have never been able to find that Arzachel album. Even a reissue. Really dig what I've heard. I got the RSD reissue of Gandalf. What a great record. Great vid mate, a few I didn't know which a shall be checking out too. Cheers...Ben
@crazyprayingmantis5596
@crazyprayingmantis5596 3 дня назад
Yeah I'm after Azachel as well, been on my list for too long.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Hey Ben! Agreed with what you said about John Barley Corn Must Die. Theses are just reissues I showed (Arzachel on Ethelion), it is far from ''heaven'', but better than nothing. I was fortunate to stumble upon a batch of nice late-60s pysch/reissues on Ethelion that inclued stuff like Arzachel, Czar and T2 back in the days when I was still living in France , since I never saw them since. Thank you for watching, mate. Take care, ++
@benrankins4446
@benrankins4446 3 дня назад
@@frenchvinyladdict I'd be happy with a reissue.
@EmbryonicRobot
@EmbryonicRobot 4 дня назад
Under-appreciated is right. I'm saying that as someone who hasn't heard these records! I have heard of some of these acts, of course, and I have seen Ultimate Spinach mentioned on other channels. My list of things to listen to is ever increasing 🙂
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
@@EmbryonicRobot that is the beauty (or the issue) with the vc. So many things do discover, so little time...thanks for watching Brian, take care
@Polyphemus47
@Polyphemus47 4 дня назад
That first Gandalf album was in heavy rotation on my turntable, back then, and still moves me every time I dig it out of the shelves. I'm so glad you included it!
@Polyphemus47
@Polyphemus47 4 дня назад
The Tim Hardin songs were perfect for psychedelia, lyrically. "Don't you ever wonder, could you travel in the dark...alone?" Wow!
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
@@Polyphemus47 Thanks for stopping by, man. I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection. Cheers, ++
@Thousandaire-n7o
@Thousandaire-n7o 4 дня назад
Among the most phenomenally psychedelic albums----KAK. Another fantastic entry---perhaps the best album ever made, Love's Forever Changes. A premier psychedelic song---Black Sheep by SRC.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
Agreed! Love's Forever Changes is a must-have for any music enthusiast's collection 🙂So many great psych albums actually, I am almost tempted to make a part two 🙂 Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers
@TheVinylLoungeMtl
@TheVinylLoungeMtl 4 дня назад
Bon matin Romuald, petit video parfait pour le « Lève-tôt » que je suis. Honnêtement le seul artiste que je connaisse ici est Traffic et c’est la raison pour laquelle j’adore le VC, toujours à la découverte donc je garde un œil ouvert, bon mercredi à toi 🎶✌🏼
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
Allo Olivier, oui j'ai voulu mettre en lumière des albums un peu plus obscurs qui mériteraient d'être redécouverts. Merci pour ton passage ici. Bonne journée et à bientôt 😊
@TheVinylLoungeMtl
@TheVinylLoungeMtl 4 дня назад
@@frenchvinyladdict ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
@vinylemood
@vinylemood 4 дня назад
Félicitations encore pour tes 700 subs
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
Merci Ben, la folie...ce qui vient de se passer avec la dernière vidéo. L'algo l'a mis à fond en avant. Je suis limite dépassé du nombre de commentaires reçus
@daverice2426
@daverice2426 4 дня назад
Ultimate Spinach sounds like what I thought the Grateful Dead would sound like before I actually heard them
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 3 дня назад
Interesting point of view on the subject. Personally, I'm not crazy about Grateful Dead's entire discography. I like some of their lesser psych songs, for some reason.
@daverice2426
@daverice2426 3 дня назад
@@frenchvinyladdict Yeah, they didn't get a lot of airplay in Detroit so all I had to go by was the name and the awesome skull iconography. Was expecting mind-blowing psychedelia and was severely disappointed when I finally heard them. Much prefer Ultimate Spinach.
@pereplex6933
@pereplex6933 4 дня назад
Bravo pour tes 700. Abonnés, vous nous faites tjr bien marrer franchement sympa, mais moi je fais comment avec ma wantlist qui fais 300pages de votre faute, merci 😓bonne semaine et a dimanche pour de nouvelles aventures,bises
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
Merci cher ami Père Plex ! Oui je sais, notre incitation à la curiosité et aux découvertes musicales a des conséquences sévères sur les budgets vinyle 😆 Merci pour ton commentaire et pour ta fidélité, à dimanche 🙂
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 День назад
Ma wantlist ne grandit pas malgré les vidéos que je regarde sur ces chaines...🤣😂🤘🤘🤘
@twangersturntable
@twangersturntable 5 дней назад
Hey man! Congrata on the amazing milestone. I've seen you on many vids, mostly I believe with our buddy Steve (Alll The World's A Stage), Trev and Marci P. I believe. Also watched the video of lp's that remind you (us) of Steve. Might find myself doing that and jumping on that thread. I have quite a few that make me think of our buddy. Anyway. Cheers man. Here's to the next 700! 🍻✌️🤘🎶🤘
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Thanks for watching, man 😊 We really miss our buddy Steve. He is a wonderful person and he and I have some common taste for certain stuffs. I'll check out your video. Cheers
@ricefieldrecords
@ricefieldrecords 5 дней назад
I was glad to come I'll be sad to go So while I'm here I'll have me a real good time
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Thanks Michael, it was nice having you on this spontaneous stream. Cheers 😊
@REDOPTICALCORP
@REDOPTICALCORP 5 дней назад
Excellent recommendations!! I would also put Faintly Blowing by Kaleidoscope (uk band) on this list. It's a completely under appreciated album and it's not even on Spotify to stream (because the album itself on vinyl is insanely expensive)!
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Thank you very much for your kind comment! Kaleidoscope would totally deserve a mention, indeed. Their debut album (Tangerine Dream) has been on my wantlist for years. I hope to eventually get ahold of a copy of it in Den Bosch in November. Cheers
@REDOPTICALCORP
@REDOPTICALCORP 5 дней назад
@@frenchvinyladdict you know about 7 or 8 years ago they made an excellent reissue of the selg titled album!! I have a copy and it's a great reproduction of the original!! Hope you can snag a copy!!
@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061
@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061 4 дня назад
thank you for the mention much appreciated take care keep rockin cheers Dan
@REDOPTICALCORP
@REDOPTICALCORP 4 дня назад
@@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061 thank you for making 2 of my favorite albums of all time!!
@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061
@kaleidoscopesdannybrigman2061 4 дня назад
@@REDOPTICALCORP nice to hear that much appreciated take care keep rockin cheers Dan
@jometal
@jometal 5 дней назад
Salut!!
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Hello Jo!
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 5 дней назад
@@jometal Encore en retard mec !
@jometal
@jometal 4 дня назад
@@franciskocher200 ouais!
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 4 дня назад
@@jometal Eh ouais!
@hasseelmerson
@hasseelmerson 5 дней назад
Hello , Ive heard all psych albums you show here. My fave artist is Moondogs first and second. Greetings from Sweden....
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Greetings from Canada 🙂The list of nice psych albums goes on and on... thanks for watching, Cheers,
@shemanic1
@shemanic1 5 дней назад
I have 3 Quintessence albums, all have great music. They were great live also, saw them at a few 70's festivals in the South of England. "Mr Fantasy" is one of my favourite Traffic albums. Donovan is a legend among us old hippies. Always ready to step up & entertain the crowd if a band was late, calling others up onto stage to assist. A real Troubadour with some amazing tunes.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Hi, and welcome to my channel! I need more Quintessence records (not that easy to get ahold of). Donovan, what an artist, indeed! Think about if he had been American, he would no doubt have gone on to an even greater career. Thanks for sharing these lovely memories, for watching & taking the time to leave a comment, this is really appreciated, Cheers, ++
@RedVynil
@RedVynil 5 дней назад
What's an OG pressing? How do you figure Gandalf is Baroque or sunshine? It's neither. At this point, they were mostly just taking older songs from the `50's and 40's and re-working them into really cool psych tunes. Before this, they had a few singles on RCA Victor under the name, Barracuda. Sunshine psych is stuff like The Yellow Balloon or Spanky & Our Gang. At the moment, I'm too tired to come up with a baroque psych band and I've been listening to my entire Psych Demos collection for the past 3 weeks (one more week to go) but, I think Mandrake Memorial's first album would fall into that category with their electric harpsichord, one of the only bands to have one. There were two versions oof the Traffic album (maybe 3). The original British version, which you showed, the American version, which had a few different songs on it as well as a different title "Heaven Is In Their Minds" and some versions have several "hidden" tracks on ech side, between the actual songs. Ultimate Spinach sounds nothing like Country Joe or The Dreadful Grate. Their second album is somewhat better than the first. Sadly, their third album was just pop and disco. Another great psych band that went disco in the `70's was H. P. Lovecraft. Mostly, their second album was great psych. The first and third weren't very psych at all. They went disco on the 4th album. Or, was it the 5th? The Pillbugs have a few baroque moments.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 4 дня назад
Hey RedVinyl! Thank you for correcting me when I say bullshit, the comment section is also there for that purpose 😉 The word ''trippy'' would be much more appropriate. I think I remember hearing about Mandrake Memorial but I'd have to look deeper into it. Thanks for the heads-up, also for taking the time to leave such a detailed and interesting comment, this is much appreciated!
@RedVynil
@RedVynil 4 дня назад
@@frenchvinyladdict No problem! (That'll be $10.00.) I've got LOADS of psych so, if you wanna hear something, gimmie your addy and I'll send you MP3's. Although, you can probably find a great deal of it on YT. I'm not exactly picky about what era it's from, as long as it's GOOD psych. And I DON'T mean that disco shit that everybody today calls, "psych"! That stuff is boring as hell!! I've also known a number of people that seem to think ANYTHING from the `60's is automatically psych! I don't fall for that, either. Some of my criteria: mellotron, sitar, tabla, tamboura, tape manipulation, wild panning, bizarre effects, flanger, phase shifters set on Stun, etc.. Although they DO have a scant few good psych tunes, The Dreadful Grate is nothing more than a country rock band, to me. Even Lawrence Welk's music is psych if you drop enough acid! I'm also not interested in garage for this project. I LIKE garage but, 90-some % of it is NOT psych! It's garage!
@wyliesmith4244
@wyliesmith4244 4 дня назад
I agree with a lot of what you like. But HP Lovecraft and Ultimate Spinach going disco? I don't care for either's third albums myself, but disco? Disco wasn't really used as a term until the early 70s when it was just getting started. (I did work in a record store starting in '70, and I looked at the new release books with nary a mention of disco that early.) There must be a better word to describe these albums. They sure weren't dance music.
@RedVynil
@RedVynil 4 дня назад
@@wyliesmith4244 H. P.'s third is good, it's when they shortened their name to Lovecraft in the mid `70''s that they went disco. US at least went pop in the `70's. I have a single of theirs from the `70's and, from what I recall, it was remake of, "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet". MGM / K14023 / ULTIMATE SPINACH / (JUST LIKE) ROMEO & JULIET / SOME-DAYS YOU JUST CAN'T WIN / PROMO Well, in the `60's, "discotheque" WAS shortened to, "disco" but it didn't refer to the type of music being played, it was just a place where you could go to dance to the music being played. Disco didn't mean the type of music `til about `74. I remember being in the gym at some kind of dance during school hours and Bridget Loftus saying she heard of this new dance called, The Bump and she got another girl to do it with her and others caught on quickly and also started doing it. That was at least early `74. This looks to be from somewhere between `73 and `76. MERCURY / SRM-1-1031 / LOVECRAFT / WE LOVE YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE / PROMO. In my collection, it's between Capt. Beefheart's "Unconditionally Guaranteed" and Spirit's "Spirit Of `76".
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 5 дней назад
Un Live a 2h du matin en France c'est chaud...
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
on a fini vers 4H30 je crois... au plumard et tout et tout
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Sàlüt binander, oui en effet ce n'est jamais simple de trouver le bon crénau qui convient à la fois aux européens et aux nord-américains. Mais bon, j'avais pas mal de français dans la chat, et ce malgré l'heure tardive.
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
@@frenchvinyladdict Oui car nous sommes tellement en panique en France (la faillite générale etc) que plus personne ne dort chez nous... 😢
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
@@claude-rizzo-vignaud Là je pense que tu dramatises un peu, Claude
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
@@frenchvinyladdict 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
Félicitations, et on s'est bien marrés, c'est ça l'essentiel de la vie !
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 5 дней назад
D'accord avec toi a 100%😄👍🤘
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
@@franciskocher200 Il y a déjà assez d'emmerdes à gérer, et du coup pour moi, la Collection de disques cela doit rester pour moi un Plaisir, une Evasion, un espace de détente. Trop de gens prennent cela pour un travail, une besogne, une contrainte, et tombent en esclavage dedans... On le voit dans les conventions de disques, les attitudes, et les susceptibilités en tous genres sur YT... Trop de passion tue l'amour...
@franciskocher200
@franciskocher200 5 дней назад
@@claude-rizzo-vignaud J'espère qu'on se croisera a DenBosch et qu'on pourra rigoler un bon coup devant une bière.😄👍🤘
@claude-rizzo-vignaud
@claude-rizzo-vignaud 5 дней назад
@@franciskocher200 Je ne bois de bière -je suis un homme du sud), mais on pourra rigoler quand même. Tu connais ma tête, mes lunettes, donc voilà... Par contre, je ne sais pas comment je vais m'habiller. J'ai envie de ressortir mes pantalons à pinces d'hiver, j'hésite entre le beige, le blanc ivoire et le rouge... avec les chaussures qui vont avec... Je ne sais pas encore...
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Effectivement, comme le chantaient les Monthy Python ''Always Look on The Bright Side of Life'' 🙂
@NickP333
@NickP333 5 дней назад
Congrats on 700 subs, Romuald! 🔊🥳🎶
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Hey Nick! Thank you very much, man 🙂
@Pflege_Fall
@Pflege_Fall 5 дней назад
Moin Romuald, sehr witziger Stream und ein paar bekannte Platten waren auch dabei. Gruß Patrick
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Moin Patrick, Danke fürs Vorbeischauen. Grüess aus Montréal 🙂
@Encoreunvinyledetrop
@Encoreunvinyledetrop 5 дней назад
Félicitations! 🎉🎉🎉
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Merci beaucoup 🙂 Une chaîne sans des personnes qui la regardent n'est pas grand chose, merci à vous tous !
@Encoreunvinyledetrop
@Encoreunvinyledetrop 3 дня назад
@@frenchvinyladdict es tu sur instagram ??
@thorstenteckenburg
@thorstenteckenburg 5 дней назад
was ein Spaß 🙂 Diese Spontan-Streams sind einfach grandios! Glückwunsch!
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Vielen lieben Dank für Deinen sehr netten Kommentar 🙂 Genau, hatten wir eine schöne und lustige Zeit zusammen
@Iainrankingtheobscure
@Iainrankingtheobscure 5 дней назад
Congratulations Romuald on reaching 700 subs
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Thanks Iain!
@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf
@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf 5 дней назад
Congratulations Romuald!!! Well deserved pal!
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
I appreciate that! Thanks Jack 🙂
@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084
@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084 6 дней назад
That was really fun. Congratulations 🍾
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
@@the-vinyl-dreamscape5084 Thanks Shawn. Yip, we had a good time 😊
@firebolt-cq7ku
@firebolt-cq7ku 6 дней назад
Great stuff ! 😎
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Thank you for stopping by 🙂
@christopherkibler511
@christopherkibler511 6 дней назад
Romuald, good video. I have a few of these, and some are new to me. I watched the replay of your epic live stream with Fred (Bigstar1000). Very interesting. Thanks, Chris
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Hey Christophe, thanks for stopping by and for your kind commment. Yip, we had a great time on Fred's stream, and epic is the right word to describe it 😊
@wyliesmith4244
@wyliesmith4244 6 дней назад
This post showed up as recommended, so I watched it, and quite enjoyed it. I do have a few comments as was in college when these albums came out. In the US the first Traffic album came out a couple of months later AND Dave Mason had quit the group (for the first time) by the time of the UK release. America, being slow to deliver the album, issued the first album as "Heaven Is in Your Mind" before soon retitling it "Mr. Fantasy." Maybe because Mason had left, there was a different cover (Mason no longer in the photos) while two of his songs were dropped for Winwood - Capaldi tunes. It is not vinyl, but Island Records in 2000 released a mono version of the album on CD with the missing US cuts plus the two cuts Traffic cut for the "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush" soundtrack ( which were the first cuts that Traffic recorded, but went unreleased until the movie came out after the first album's release. They also issued a stereo mix with the US cover, song order, and bonus cuts. The mono may be punchier, but the stereo sounds more 'psychedelic. Makes for a messy catalogue. Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" was not as well reviewed as his earlier albums ("Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" in particular with the latter having 'Sunny South Kensington' on it which is my favorite Donovan. but to each his own.) The 60s Donovan albums that Mickie Most produced had the advantage of arrangements ranging from acoustic jazz to almost hard rock which seemed to fit each individual song. While not officially recording the song, King Crimson did a great version of 'Get Thy Bearings' from the "Hurdy Gurdy Man" album. I saw them perform it at Hyde Park in the summer of '69. I lived in London that summer, and in the flat below me, an Eastern European (Hungary?) cellist drifted through for a week. He played several gigs with Quintessence which sparked me to buy their album. And things did look great at Notting Hill Gate - the home of one of my favorite bands, Hawkwind. The first two Ultimate Spinach albums are guilty pleasures of mine. They were slammed by the 'alternative' music press when they came out. Producer Alan Lorber tried to promote a Bosstown Sound focusing, at first, on three Boston bands: Ultimate Spinach, Orpheus, and Beacon Street Union. Reviewers hated this crass ploy, and none of the albums received good reviews. And apparently Lorber ran the show as a third Ultimate Spinach album came out, but only one original member was (tangentially) involved. That record did have Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter as a member before his Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers days. Enough with the boring minutiae.
@RedVynil
@RedVynil 5 дней назад
I have the original stereo American version of the Traffic album and it's different from either of the 2 versions on the CD. Another Lorber psych album was by, Chamaeleon Church. Apparently, he hated drums. Most of the albums he produced had the drums mixed very quietly and far in the background. The drummer you could almost hear on that album was Chevy Chase. In the Chicago area was a band called, The Exceptions. They only did a few singles (that I know of) on the Quill label and then they split up. A couple of them started a new band called, Chicago Transit Authority and the rest started a really cool psych band called, Aorta. Sadly, their second album really stunk! Another psych band which I believe was from that area was Southwest F. O. B.. As far as I know, they only did one album and split up. Half the band became Seals & Crofts and the other half became England Dan & John Ford Coley.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Hey Mr Wyliesmith! Thank you very for taking the time to leave such a detailed and interesting comment. This is so much appreciated 🙂As far as i am concerned, one of the central drivers of operating a vc channel, uploading videos etc... is the interaction with people. And it wasn't boring at all, we are here to share our passion with every one else. And wow, it must have been a tremendous experience to live in London, UK especially in the swinging sixties. I think unconsciously, as sweet-dreamer & utopian, every time I go to London, I look for that kind of attitude, atmosphere
@wyliesmith4244
@wyliesmith4244 5 дней назад
@@RedVynil Funny that you should mention Chamaeleon Church as Ted Lyons (guitarist and leader) was drafted into Ultimate Spinach for their third album. I had the first Aorta album for years (who can forget the cover?), and two mbers (Donlinger & Been) joined Lovecraft for their one album. Aorta's producer, Bill Traut, had earlier produced the first HP Lovecraft album (only drummer Michael Tegza was left to form Lovecraft). The Chicago scene must have been absurdly incestuous. Marty Grebb was the fourth member of Lovecraft after a stint in the Buckinghams, and then formed the Fabulous Rhinestones with Kal David who had been in an early formation of Aorta. Reading album cover credits for bands from Chicago got my head whirling. While I am not really a fan of the later albums by Traffic (their song '(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired' sounded much too apt for me), I love the original 2 (or 3 if you count Last Exit with its mediocre live side). Unfortunately with Mason flitting in and out and different album configurations, I always felt like I was missing something. but man o man, those tracks still sound sweet.
@wyliesmith4244
@wyliesmith4244 5 дней назад
@@frenchvinyladdict I was only in London for the summer and living with distant cousins. Best day? Seeing Family and King Crimson (then unknown to me) open for a listless Rolling Stones in Hyde Park. It was Mick Taylor's first show with the Stones who had not played live in over a year. Hey, but seeing it at least sounds impressive even if the Stones weren't. That night I saw Chuck Berry at the Royal Albert Hall opening for the Who though. The London Underground closed at 10 PM which kept me from checking out the real night life. A car or money for Taxis was required as London rolled up the streets early. Swingin' London?
@RedVynil
@RedVynil 5 дней назад
@@wyliesmith4244 I'm pretty sure I've seen that happen in other areas, too. The short-lived psych world is a huge, massive rabbit hole to get into! So many weird twists and turns can be taken and some take you right back where you started! It's AMAZING how much psych there was back then seeing as how the genre really only existed, for the most part, about 3 years! When I first started putting together The Enpsyclopedia back in the late `90's, I probably had about 36,000 records in my collection but could only find a couple dozen with any real psych on them! You know, the stuff that makes you see things BEFORE you take the drugs! It was looking like I was only gonna get about 5 cassettes of the project made. So, I started looking for more. Now, I've got at least 4000 songs to go into it!! I just added a bunch to the Psych Demos the past few months and have been listening to it all with the updates for the past 3 weeks. At least one more week to go! The Strawberry Alarm Clock just started! I've got about an hour's worth of their stuff to listen to and another 2 hours of S's to get through, then T's through Z's will probably take this next week to get through. Around `99 or `00, I switched over to CD, since I bought a CD recorder, and have built almost 23 CD's worth of the project, so far. (Had life not gotten in the way the past decade or so, I'd be a LOT farther along than this!) I figure that the entire project will be at least 175 full CD's long. I only have a few more minutes to fill on CD 23. Seems to me there was another producer named, Lorber at the same time. Was it Jeff? I think they were brothers. Seems to me they mostly worked on MGM related albums. One of these days, I'm gonna have to try to find a clean copy of the Traffic album. I bought mine used for a quarter back in `84 and it was fairly worn out and had a slight warp in it. I bought the recent CD version but neither copy on that CD had the same version I have. It has the American mono version and the British stereo but not the American stereo, which is one of the reasons I wanted it. I thought I was gonna finally have a clean-sounding copy of the album but, it's not the same as the American stereo version.
@PsycheDerek.
@PsycheDerek. 6 дней назад
Just stumbled across your channel. Quintessence's work is definitely under appreciated in some circles. Stellar spiritual trip mixed with the rock scene at the time. Czar is an interesting title from Fontana. Has an out of tune Mellotron curving this weird progressive slant. Some fine titles here.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 5 дней назад
Hey Derek! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment, I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection.
@stevecowder4774
@stevecowder4774 6 дней назад
I’m glad to discover your video covering a topic that I love to delving deep into. I’m a huge of that first, psychedelic era, and I’m always looking for more than what I already know. I do have that “ Traffic “ album, but some of those others are most definitely intriguing. I’m looking forward to hearing them. But I do have one of my own that I can recommend, if you haven’t heard it. “ Peak Impressions “ from the band The Freeborne. They were another one and done group, but that album was a psychedelic gem.
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Hey Steve! Welcome on board sir 🙂 I'm glad you enjoyed watching my selection, and as I've never heard of ''Peak Impressions' I'll check it out, thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment, this is much appreciated, Cheers, ++
@gavaxemanspins
@gavaxemanspins 6 дней назад
Have subbed to Richard S and will do a video for the thread this week 🎉 good choices - wish you were here is superb :- I have a few from my parents collection and will never replace them either !
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Hey that's cool because Richard S is a nice person and he deserves our support. I know, we cannot put a price on certain copies like the records we grew up with, don't we?
@gavaxemanspins
@gavaxemanspins 6 дней назад
Hi just subbed on Dave Atkinsons recommendation - shall dive through your videos
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Hey thank you and welcome on board 😊 David is a wonderful person, and I have already hosted a couple of livestreams having him as a guest, Cheers
@gavaxemanspins
@gavaxemanspins 6 дней назад
@@frenchvinyladdict no problem - Dave is sound - already done a VC meet up with him as he’s local too me as we both have channels 👍
@martinportelance138
@martinportelance138 6 дней назад
Tres eclectique. Je garde ce video dans mes favoris, afin d'y revenir de temps en temps, pour les references. Bien peu de gens connaissent aussi bien ce sujet. Chapeau. 👍
@frenchvinyladdict
@frenchvinyladdict 6 дней назад
Bonjour Martin, et merci pour ce que tu dis, et pour ton passage sur ma chaîne. Je suis content que tu apprécies le contenu que je propose dans mes vidéos. À très bientôt