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''Pebbles, Volume 3'', subtitled The Acid Gallery, is a
compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
featuring American underground
psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...
musical artists from the 1960s. It is the third installment of the ''Pebbles'' series and was released on BFD Records in 1979 (''see''
1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979. Specific locations * 1979 in British music * 1979 in Japanese music * 1979 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1979 in country music * 1979 in heavy metal music * 1 ...
). The album is marked for containing among the most unusual recordings of
psychedelic music Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as Dmt, DMT, Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD, mescaline, ...
.


Background

Compiling the most bizarre examples of
psychedelia Psychedelia usually refers to a Aesthetics, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances. This includes psychedelic art, psychedelic ...
, ''The Acid Gallery'' opens with Higher Elevation's "The Diamond Mine", showcasing the nonsensical ramblings performed by
lead vocalist The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
Dave Diamond Sidney Ivan Davison Jr. (August 7, 1936 – May 5, 2014), known professionally as Dave Diamond, was an American radio DJ whose programs in the late 1960s and early 1970s helped popularise many psychedelic and acid rock bands. He was also an a ...
. The Jefferson Handkerchief's novelty song, "I'm Allergic to Flowers", mocks the
flower children Flower child originated as a synonym for ''hippie'', especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and dis ...
by lyrically telling the story of an individual who cannot become a
hippie A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States and spread to dif ...
as a consequence of
allergies Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include Allergic rhinitis, hay fever, Food allergy, food al ...
. The narrative concept continues with "Flight Reaction" by Calico Wall, which describes the
acid An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...
-drenched glimpse into the mind of a passenger concerned with crashing before takeoff in an
airplane An airplane (American English), or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, Propeller (aircraft), propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a vari ...
. A
Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...
-inspired instrumental on "Loose Lip Sync Ship" highlights a track supposedly recorded by
the Chocolate Watchband The Chocolate Watchband is an American garage rock band that formed in 1965 in Los Altos, California. The band went through several lineup changes during its existence. Combining psychedelic and garage rock components, their sound was marked by ...
under the
moniker A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait ...
the Hogs. Side one concludes with the Driving Stupid's comedic number "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk", a tune music historian
Richie Unterberger Richie Unterberger (born 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing. Life and writing Unterberger attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote for the university newspaper '' The Daily P ...
describes "Some listeners would subscribe to the 'it's-so-stupid-it's-brilliant' school; many would find the single unbearably amateurish and dumb. But of such things reputations are made, if only cult ones". Opening the second side is the Third Bardo's "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time", a cult favorite that was later highlighted on '' Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968'' in 1998 along with the subsequent track, " Voices Green and Purple", recorded by the Bees. Among the majority of the remaining songs, there is a pattern of remakes of compositions by more successful musical acts. Godfrey's "Let's Take a Trip" is based on
Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in the 1970s. He has been ...
's " The Trip", the Monocles' "Spider and the Fly" is a revisioning of 1950s
surf rock Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is inst ...
, and Race Marbles' "Like a Dribbling Fram"—which reached the top ten on the Canadian charts in January 1966—is a spoof of
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...
's "
Like a Rolling Stone "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhauste ...
". The original LP listed "Horror Asparagus Stories" by the Driving Stupid between tracks seven and eight of the second side; yet, the song is not included on the album itself. Additionally, "Prana" is designated as a "
bonus track An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century a ...
" on the track listing. When
AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Reco ...
reissued ''The Acid Gallery'' in 1992 on
compact disc The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of hol ...
, the missing Driving Stupid song was included along with an altered track listing and five bonus songs. Through "Spider and the Fly" and "Let's Take a Trip" are sequenced as the twelfth and thirteenth tracks respectively, the order is actually reversed on the album. All the material on ''The Acid Gallery'' also appears on ''
Pebbles Box ''The Pebbles Box'' is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the '' Trash Box''. The Pebbles Box purports to ...
'' and '' Trash Box''.


Track listing


Side one

# Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation: "Diamond Mine" # Teddy and His Patches: "Suzy Creamcheese" # Crystal Chandelier: "Suicidal Flowers" # William Penn V: "Swami" # Jefferson Handkerchief: "I'm Allergic to Flowers" #
onus Track Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus may also refer to: * Blame * Burden (disambiguation) * Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'') As a surname * Bill Onus William Townsend Onus Jnr (15 November 1906 – ...
Unfolding: Prana (excerpt) # The Calico Wall: "Flight Reaction" # The Hogs: "Loose Lip Sync Ship" # The Driving Stupid: "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk"


Side two

# The Third Bardo: "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time" # The Bees: " Voices Green and Purple" # The Monocles: "Spider and the Fly" # Godfrey: " Let's Take a Trip" (
Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in the 1970s. He has been ...
)" # T.C. Atlantic: "Faces" # Mike Condello: "Soggy Cereal" # The Lea Riders Group: "Dom Kallar Oss Mods" # The Driving Stupid: "Horror Asparagus Stories" # Race Marbles: "Like a Dribbling Fram" On this LP, "Flight Reaction," "Loose Lip Sync Ship" and "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk" have a delay echo added to them; also, "Loose Lip Sync Ship" has a stuck needle in the groove about halfway through. These problems were corrected on the CD version.


1992 CD reissue

# Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation: "The Diamond Mine" # Teddy and His Patches: "Suzy Creamcheese" # Crystal Chandelier: "Suicidal Flowers" # William Penn V: "Swami" # Jefferson Handkerchief: "I'm Allergic to Flowers" # The Calico Wall: "Flight Reaction" # The Hogs: "Loose Lip Sync Ship" # The Driving Stupid: "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk" # The Driving Stupid: "Horror Asparagus Stories" # The Third Bardo: "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time" # The Bees: "Voices Green and Purple" # The Monocles: "Spider and the Fly" #Godfrey: "Let's Take a Trip" (
Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in the 1970s. He has been ...
)" # T. C. Atlantic: "Faces" # The Lea Riders Group: "Dom Kallar Oss Mods" # Race Marbles: "Like a Dribbling Fram" # The Painted Faces: "Anxious Color" # Adjeef the Poet: "Ieek, I'm a Freak" # Adjeef the Poet: "Squafrech Lemon Comes Back" # Beautiful Daze: "City Jungle, Part 1" # Catfish Knight: "Deathwise" # Oshun: "Rattle of Life"


Release history


LP

BFD Records (#BFD-5020) — 1979
AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Reco ...
– several reissues


CD

AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Reco ...
(#AIP-CD-5020) — 1992


References

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