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Producer Andrew Sandoval has pulled together twenty-four superb psych-pop tracks from the WEA vaults, including sides culled from master tapes of Warner, Reprise, Loma, Atco, Valiant, and Cotillion. The focus is on singles, with a few album tracks mixed in, and primarily from artists who were either unknown, or were stepping outside their regular domain for an experimental run down the psychedelic highway. Some of the best known names here are those of the session producers, including Lenny Waronker, Jerry Yester, Don & Phil Everly, Don Adrissi, Jimmy Bowen, Joey Levine, Curt Boettcher, and Richard Perry.

Better known artists, like The Tokens, are represented by sides that step away from their familiar hits, and the one-off singles and rare album tracks explore lesser known sides of the commercial psych boom. Though recorded in proper studios for major labels, these tracks still temper their hit-seeking with a healthy dollop of experimental. The key years of 1966 through 1968 yield an entire program of psych-tinged folk and sunshine rock, heavy on the harmonies and studio craft.

Highlights include the trippy vocals, space sounds and discothèque beat of Baker Knight's "Hallucinations," the raga jangle of Adrian Pride's "Her Name is Melody," the funky "Straight Aero" by Jeff Thomas, the jugband-styled harmonies of MC^2's "My Mind Goes High," the Sgt. Pepper-esque "Lucifer" from future Ohio Express mastermind Joey Levine, and the droning "Hell Will Take Care of Her" from Brass Buttons. Fans of the mid-80s paisley underground, particularly The Rain Parade, early Bangles and Three O'Clock, will find this volume familiar and compelling.

'60s folk fans will want to check out the Curt Boettcher-produced cover of Bob Gibson and Phil Ochs' "That's the Way It's Gonna Be," complete with a variable-speed guitar and backward koto instrumental break. Songwriter Paul Williams' debuts as a performer on The Holy Mackerel's "Wildflowers," complete with Leslie-fied lead vocals, and the original mono single mix of The Monkees' "Porpoise Song" makes it's CD debut. Producer Sandoval lovingly documents each side with details on the band and the circumstances of the track's creation. The insert booklet also includes many photos and label reproductions, and the purpose-built tri-fold digipack features a neat pop-art color wheel. Originally issued by Rhino Handmade as "Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults," this has been reissued with a minor track change in the UK under the title, "My Mind Goes High." [Source Unknown]

01. Hallucinations - Baker Knight, Baker Knight, Baker Knight
02. It's Love - Misty Wizards
03. Break Away - Next Exit
04. Looking at a Baby - Collectors
05. Her Name Is Melody - Adrian Pride
06. Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies - The Association
07. Lantern Gospel - The World Column
08. Who Planted Thorns in Miss Alice's Garden - Tom Northcott
09. Man of Straw - John Wonderling
10. White Pony - Ellen Margulies
11. Straight Aero - Jeff Thomas
12. My Mind Goes High - M.C.2
13. Hell Will Take Care of Her
14. Lucifer - The Salt
15. Strangers from the Sky - Kim Fowley
16. Antique Doll - The Electric Prunes
17. Astrologically Incompatible - The Bonniwell Music Machine
18. How Nice? - The Tokens
19. Your Love Belongs to Everyone - Los Coronados
20. That's the Way It's Gonna Be - Lee Mallory
21. House of Glass - The Glass Family
22. Wildflowers - The Holy Mackerel
23. Porpoise Song - The Monkees
24. Smell of Incense - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band