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Various Artists - My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults

Track listing:
  1. Hallucinations - Baker Night & The Knightmares 2:54
  2. It's Love - The Misty Wizards 2:09
  3. Break Away - The Next Exit 2:46
  4. Looking At My Baby - The Collectors 2:17
  5. Her Name Is Melody - Adrian Pride 3:02
  6. Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies (Original Mono-Single Mix) - The Association 2:52
  7. Lantern Gospel - The World Column 3:29
  8. Who Planted Thorns In Miss Alice's Garden - Tom Northcott 2:49
  9. Man Of Straw - John Wonderling 2:49
  10. The White Pony - Ellen Margulies 2:23
  11. Straight Aero - Jeff Thomas 3:13
  12. My Mind Goes High - Mc2 2:38
  13. Hell Will Take Care Of Her - The Brass Buttons 2:58
  14. Lucifer - The Salt 3:03
  15. Strangers From The Sky - Kim Fowley 2:58
  16. Antique Doll - The Electric Prunes 3:13
  17. Astrologically Incompatible (Mono Mix) - The Boniwell Music Machine 2:23
  18. How Nice - The Tokens 2:58
  19. Your Love Belongs To Everyone - The Coronados 2:44
  20. That's The Way It's Gonna Be - Lee Mallory 2:57
  21. House Of Glass - The Glass Family 3:13
  22. Wildflowers - The Holy Mackerel 3:59
  23. Porpoise Song (Original, Long Mono-Single Mix) - The Monkees 4:03
  24. Smell Of Incense - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 5:48

Notes

The same compilation as Hallucinations (plus one track)

released between 1966 and 1969

If you're into hard-core psych you'll probably hate this album, but if you like sunny psychedelic, honey-dripping 2-minute pop singles (along the lines of Strawberry Alarmclock or middle-period Beatles) you're gonna just lurve it. The Misty Wizards, The Association, Kim Fowley and Noel Harrison are all treats. There're also some old favourites: The Electric Prunes,The Monkees and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. It's all good, but not to be taken too seriously.

An ideal complement to the rougher garage sets on the original 'Nuggets' compilations - nice thing about this one is that it seemes to start out with the poppier take on surreal lyrics - just a bit of harmless fun - but as the CD progresses we get into slightly spacier hallunenogenic territory. (Any album with the Electric Prunes has got to be worth a look) The great thing is that it's a far quicker journey back to 1966 or 1967 with this collection than it is digging out 'Piper At The Gates of Dawn' yet again - a hit straight into your musical veins