Psychedelic Percussion

by Hal Blaine

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1967
  • Label: Dunhill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:25
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An eccentric studio experiment led by the legendary Wrecking Crew session drummer, designed specifically to capitalize on the burgeoning psychedelic craze. The tracks abandon standard pop timing in favor of chaotic electronic sound effects, exotic instruments, and dense, avant-garde rhythmic explorations.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, rhythmic, seasonal, instrumental, improvisation, conceptual, progressive, experimental, percussive, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Love-In (December) (2:24)
  2. Freaky (January) (2:29)
  3. Flashes (February) (2:28)
  4. Kaleidoscope (March) (2:24)
  5. Hallucinations (April) (2:26)
  6. Flower Society (May) (2:32)
  7. Trippin' Out (June) (2:41)
  8. Tune In-Turn On (July) (2:18)
  9. Vibrations (August) (2:21)
  10. Soulful (September) (2:24)
  11. Inner-Space (October) (2:22)
  12. Wiggy (November) (2:30)

Credits

  • Paul Beaver - electronics
  • Mike Lang - keyboards, organ, electric piano
  • Emil Richards - percussion
  • Gary Coleman - percussion

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