Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Sixteenth Trip (Various Artists) - VINYL LP

Sixteen trips might fry the fragile psyche of the average teenager, but the hoary old heads at Brown Acid boiled their brain pans long ago! As such, Riding Easy is bringing even more hard rock, heavy psych, and garage rock rarities from the North American wasteland of the 1970s. From L.A. to Youngstown, OH, from Toronto to Charlotte, The Sixteenth Trip has got everything covered. As always, original copies of these 45s would cost a pretty penny-if one could find 'em in the first place. And by now one knows the drill This ain't no bootleg. All songs are officially licensed.This sixteenth installment kicks off with InchShuckin' and Jiving,Inch a seven-minute power jam from L.A.'s kings of garage psych, the Seeds. The song appeared as a single in 1972 with InchYou Took Me By SurpriseInch on the flipside. It was the only on Productions Unlimited, a tag created by (or for) the Seeds at the tail end of their late '60s / early '70s run as Sky Saxon And The Seeds. Get shucked!MacBeth released their one and only 45 in 1978, with the steamrolling InchFreight TrainInch as the b-side to InchDidn't Mean (To Come This Far).Inch Boasting a thick-ass riff, a tasty stereo-panned guitar solo and at least one space laser sound effect, this one should satisfy fans of Blue Cheer and Grand Funk alike. MacBeth's bassist, Ned Meloni, went on to play with UFO guitarist Paul Chapman, Virgin Steele guitarist Jack Starr and do a brief stint with doom legends Pentagram.Formed by three brothers-David, Bruce and Barry Flynn, all GM factory workers-along with organist Tom Applegate, The Headstones (also known as simply Headstone) lent their 1974 garage boogie InchCarry Me OnInch to The Fourth Trip. This time, the Midwest psych rockers return with their killer 1975 instrumental InchSnake Dance.Inch One can hear echoes of this particular guitar style in the recent work of Swedish adventure rock ove