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Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss - Various Artists - Acid Dreams Testament - 75 Minutes Of Psychotic Terror

Track listing:
  1. A question of temperature Balloon Farm 2:41
  2. You'll love me again Music Machine 1:53
  3. Anxious color Painted Faces 2:33
  4. Velvet Illusions Velvet illusions 2:08
  5. Cry cry cry Unrelated Segments 3:07
  6. Set me free Outcasts 2:55
  7. Born loser Murphy & the Mob 2:28
  8. No friend of mine Sparkles 2:25
  9. Frustration Painted Ship 2:57
  10. Maid of Sugar-Maid of Spice Mouse & The Traps 2:39
  11. Be forwarned Macabre 3:27
  12. I'm a living sickness Calico Wall 2:42
  13. Acid head Velvet Illusions 3:09
  14. William White Lightning 2:02
  15. 1523 Blair Outcasts 1:50
  16. I need you Zakary Thaks 2:31
  17. Little white lies Painted Ship 2:39
  18. Louie Louie Swamp Rats 3:20
  19. It's unfair Unrelated Segments 2:42
  20. Black Lightning Light Shy Guys 4:37
  21. Dark corner Bourbons 2:32
  22. Help i'm lost Mind's Eye 2:21
  23. On the road south Stereo Shoestrings 2:16
  24. Can't you hear your daddy's footsteps Zakary Thaks 2:42
  25. Cuttin' grass Caretakers of Deception 2:34
  26. Painted air Remaining Few 3:40
  27. Suzy Creamcheese Teddy & his Patches 3:10
  28. Hashish Indian Puddin' & Pipe 3:04

Notes

V.A. - Acid Dreams Testament - 75 Minutes Of Psychotic Terror

Here's another great 60's garage and psychedelic rock compilation for you all. Liner notes were
not included with this, and once again it's been hard for me to find out much information about
this release. Most of the songs on this comp were recorded between 1966-69, with the exception
of a track by Macabre, which was recorded in 74'. I'm not sure when this was originally
released, or if it was orignally on vinyl, but it was reissued on CD by Head Records around
1987-88. Another comp entitled Acid Dreams Epitaph was also released, but the material on it
isn't nearly as good as the music found on this comp. I'll post it for any completists who are
interested in grabbing it also though.
~ by Zer0_II.
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We're not entirely sure if "terror" is the right way to describe this music -- but the striking
subtitle definitely hints at the work within -- a pretty freaky batch of tunes from the late 60s
American underground! The music's psyche, but with a garagey undercurrent too -- a great blend
that almost borders on madness at times -- of the sort that we love in the best music of Love,
and which we really enjoy here in the collection's host of contemporary groups who hit a very
similar style!
~ by dustygroove.
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This collection expands on the original vinyl release of ACID DREAMS in 1979 with many of the
same tracks, artists, and a promise of "75 minutes of psychotic terror" on the cover. With a
remastered sound that emphasizes the vengeance with which bands like Balloon Farm, Outcasts,
and Music Machine attacked three chord garage-psych, the collection delivers and then some.
~by www.hbdirect.com.

Track List:
01. The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature
02. The Music Machine - You'll Love Me Again
03. The Painted Faces - Anxious Color
04. The Velvet Illusions - Velvet Illusions
05. The Unrelated Segments - Cry Cry Cry
06. The Outcasts - I'll Set You Free
07. Murphy & The Mob - Born Loser
08. The Sparkles - No Friend Of Mine
09. The Painted Ship - Frustration
10. Mouse & The Traps - Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice
11. Macabre - Be Forewarned
12. The Calico Wall - I'm A Living Sickness
13. The Velvet Illusions - Acid Head
14. White Lightning - William
15. The Outcasts - 1523 Blair
16. The Zakary Thaks - I Need You
17. The Painted Ship - Little White Lies
18. Swamp Rats - Louie Louie
19. The Unrelated Segments - It's Unfair
20. The Shy Guys - Black Lightening Light
21. The Bourbons - A Dark Corner
22. The Mind's Eye - Help, I'm Lost!
23. The Stereo Shoestring - On The Road South
24. The Zakary Thaks - Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Footsteps
25. The Caretakers Of Deception - Cuttin' Grass
26. The Remaining Few - Painted Air
27. Teddy & His Patches - Suzy Creamcheese
28. Puddin' & Pipe - Hashish