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An Overdose Of Heavy Psych - Authentic Way Cool Sixties Artifacts (1997)
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Length:  1:18:45
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Orange Wedge - From The Womb To The Tomb    2:48
      2.  
      		 Quiet Jungle - Everything    2:30
      3.  
      		 Twentieth Century Zoo - You Don't Remember Me    2:50
      4.  
      		 Fumin' Humins - Relative Distance    3:12
      5.  
      		 Powered By Love - Powered By Love    2:19
      6.  
      		 Crystal Rain - You And Me    3:35
      7.  
      		 ESB - Mushroom People    2:50
      8.  
      		 Colder Children - Memories    2:11
      9.  
      		 Kollection - Savage Lost    2:32
      10.  
      		 Kindred Spirit - Blue Avenue    2:43
      11.  
      		 Blu Erebus - Plastic Year    3:26
      12.  
      		 Shadows Of Time - Search Your Soul    2:58
      13.  
      		 Graf Zeppelin - You're In My Mind    2:41
      14.  
      		 Kiriae Crucible - Salem Witch Trial    2:51
      15.  
      		 Boston Tea Party - My Daze    2:22
      16.  
      		 Paraphernalia - Watch Out    2:31
      17.  
      		 IRA - Dooley Vs The Ferris Wheel    2:54
      18.  
      		 Loose Endz - Easy Rider    3:19
      19.  
      		 Glass Sun - Silence Of The Morning    5:09
      20.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - Reflections    5:26
      21.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - No Tomorrows    4:59
      22.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - Gypsy Fire    4:38
      23.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - Free Bass    2:27
      24.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - Free Fuzz    2:14
      25.  
      		 The Firebirds_The 31 Flavors - Free Drum    3:08
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      What sets this apart from the many other similar '60s garage-psych releases is the extremeness of the music. Tracks collected here feature grungier guitars, slower or varied tempos and darker and more ominous atmosphere than earlier punk singles...and more fuzz and heavier feedback (even the occasional oscillator). These tracks were typically cut later than many of the other garage-band compilation series, and influences are second generation bands like Steppenwolf, Blue Cheer, Love, and the Stooges. While poppier sounds are eschewed on these sides, according to the liner notes these heavier slabs are the flip sides of lighter material. If the ballads on garage comps are the ones you skip over, by all means pick up a copy of this collection...you won't be disappointed. An extra bonus are six caveman-stomping cuts by the Boneheaded 31 Flavors, originally from two low-budget psych-sploitation albums on the Crown label. ~ Jim Powers
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