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Artist:	FREAK SCENE
Title:	Psychedelic Psoul
Label:	LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	LION 642CD

"Fresh from his studio experiences with The Deep and the Third Bardo, Rusty Evans decided to create a psychedelic 'happening' which would also function as a recording group. He gathered together a few New York musicians, including three members of The Deep (David Bromberg among them), dubbed them the Freak Scene, and began work on the Psychedelic Psoul album, which was released in 1967. The intention was to pursue the Indian-Eastern influence in rock -- and this raga rock idea is used to great effect on songs like 'Grok' and 'Rose of Smiling Faces' (sounds like it could have been the sole inspiration for Damon's Song of a Gypsy album). As the only true psychedelic band on Columbia at the time, the Freak Scene got decent exposure. No doubt this number would have been much greater had the band been a touring ensemble, instead of a one-time psychedelic event. The album is gritty, tense, subversive, brittle, and yes, psychedelic. Perfect in its own way. Included as bonus tracks are nine demos from the summer of 1966, some of which would end up in quite a different musical context on The Deep's Psychedelic Moods and Freak Scene albums. These songs, with their P. F. Sloan/Dylan (or even Sixto Rodriguez) vibe deepen the legacy of edgy, insightful songs from Rusty Evans/Marcus Uzilevsky. Comes with a 16-page booklet which includes a biographical portrait of Marcus, printed on FSC recycled, chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer fiber paper manufactured using biogas energy."

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