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  "Early Morning Blues and Greens" - Diane Hildebrand (1968) Diane Hildebrand had been writing songs for TV shows and musical acts like The Monkees and folk-psych band The Lewis & Clarke Expedition when she recorded her only album for Elektra Records.  "Early Morning Blues and Greens"  is a very cool singer-songwriter album with a dark, sometimes melancholic, air about it.  The album is not without a little bit of psych flavor floating around, as well.  And the unfamiliar vocals of  Hildebrand are pretty nice to hear. "Early Morning Blues and Greens" - Diane Hildebrand (back) The album is on the highly-regarded Elektra Records 4000 series and can usually be had for under $10...if you can find a copy in the wild.  Side One is the stronger, but the drop-off is hardly noticeable.  Favorites are "Jan’s Blues."   "From Rea Who Died Last Summer."   "The Reincarnation Of Emmalina Stearns."   And  "You Wonder Why You...

"Forever Changes" - Love (1967) "... the streets are paved with gold and if someone asks you, you can call my name."    "Forever Changes" was Love's 3rd studio album and is considered a masterpiece of psych folk-rock perfection.  There is a gaggle of accolades to be found on google, so I won't rehash too much.  But for any new spinners,  "Forever Changes" is a rather unusual album of acoustic psych-rock sprinkled with stinging bites of electric guitar and tasteful touches of horn that occasionally drop in.  Both melodies and lyrics are heady and mind-pleasing.  Suffice to say, the album is an essential square to own and spin. "Forever Changes" (back) "Forever Changes" has been reissued several times, but nice early pressings can still be found.  So you definitely have choices.  My copy is not OG, but lingers very close to the house.  And it bangs nicely.  Favorites are "A House Is Not A Motel."   The ps...

"The Time Has Come" - The Chambers Brothers (1967) It is the psychedelic "in-your-face" "Time Has Come Today" that punches everyone's ticket.  Written by Joseph and Willie Chambers , "Time..." is an eleven-plus minute psychedelic tour de force filled with revelry and pronouncement.  It has a wonderful middle freakout with dripping time all powered by some of the most definitive cowbell ever put to wax.  The song is a fun, but blistering warning to those who promote war and inequality.  It's a polaroid of the times.   It is why the song has been used a gazillion times in films and television and documentaries.  The rest of the album is mostly straight r&b in various shades of pretty good, but nothing comes close to touching this tour de force. "The Time Has Come" (back) Other favorites are the first three tracks on the album.  The fun and energetic opener  "All Strung Out Over You."   The oft-covered "People...