ELECTRIC ASYLUM. Rare British Acid Freakrock Rock Hard Psych Freakout.

[Frantic]

ELECTRIC ASYLUM. Rock Hard British Psychedelic Acid Freakrock. Volumes 1-4. (Late 6ts to mid 7ts) pretty sure these cds are long gone but what do I know, so am I. Ha! Possibly the best heavy tripped out series of unknown British obscuros ever. Sure, there's a few commons but ferchrisakes give the others a listen or 3. Go seek this stuff out and send the wife packing cause theze need yer undivided attention. Hey, any Spunky Spider fans here? I'll wait.

The Electric Asylum Volume 2

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[The Raven]

Absolutely ESSENTIAL series, possibly my all time fave series of obscure/vintage biritsh rock comps. Freakrock is a perfect description for all this stuff. All 6 volumes kill with very little filler (and even some of the filler is great in a so-bad-its-funny bonehead/Spinal Tap kinda way).

FFO the Satan's Party, euro/UK Bonehead Crunchers, Glitterbest comps

And yes Spunky Spider are TOPS, one of the best, most garagey, and weirdest records comped here. Probly also the best thing ever released on the oft great Phoenix label.

A quick capsulae rundown here:

Vol.'s 1 & 2 are heavy on the obscure/DIY psych, proto-prog, psych folk, and prog . 60's psych obsessives will wana start with these

vol. 3 is the glammiest vol., but glammy as in Roxy Music-damaged/synthy bubble-glam/early electronica stuff, etc., no Bowie/T. Rex/early Queen rip offs

vol. 4 - VERY similar to the UK volume of Bonehead Crunchers, several tracks/bands from this are also on that one. Some glam moves here too with plenty o' Sweet/Slade/NY Dolls/Pink Fairies/MC5-worship

vol. 5 - kinda like a cross between vol.'s 3 and 4, great mix of total weirdo art rocky madness and hard heavy riffs. "Yeah" by The Jets (on Cube) alone is worth the price of admission, a total insane electro-protopunk monster!

vol. 6 is yet another even mix of crunchers and art school rejects, with a handful proto-pub rockers and even some creepy folk prog haunters for all you heathenous pagan lovers of Comus. Best opening track of the whole series is here with ultimate glam stompin version of "Honey Bee" by The Pioneers (produced by Eddy Grant), a rare attemtpt by a Jamaican reggae vocal group to cross over into the glam market

Special mentions: the Psychic Circle label comp Blitzing The Ballroom could practically be a 7th volume of the Electric Asylum series. And Psychic Circle's Blow Your Cool vol. 2 also has lotsa crucial freakrock discs and awesome cover art that's similar to that of the E.A. series