Three O’Clock Merrian Webster Time – Texas Psychedelic Bands (1966-1968) (@320

 

Three O’Clock Merrian Webster Time – Texas Psychedelic Bands (1966-1968)

Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time: Texas Psychedelic Bands (1966-1968) Review by Richie Unterberger.

Many, many psychedelic groups were active in Texas in the late '60s. This compilation devotes one side each to two of them, the Lemon Fog and the Nomads, Houston bands that both recorded for the small Orbit label. No, this stuff isn't going to redefine anyone's idea of garage or psychedelic music, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth paying attention to if you like those styles a lot. Each band takes a lot of its cues from Californian psychedelia and folk-rock, the influence of the Doors being especially prominent on a few cuts; others sound something like a garage Buffalo Springfield. These were two different groups, and though they might take offense at the comment, they don't differ from each other much; the Lemon Fog are somewhat heavier.

Tracklist:

1. What You're Doing to Me (Previously Unreleased Mix) - Carrols Mood - 3:47

2. Out She Goes (Previously Unreleased Mix) - Carrols Mood - 2:30

3. I'll Be There (Single Master) - The Nomads - 2:39

4. I Walk Alone (Single Master) - The Nomads - 2:26

5. Thoughts (Previously Unreleased Mix) - The Front Page News - 3:09

6. My Little Red Book (Unreleased Master) - The Nomads - 1:58

7. Situations - The Nomads - 2:45

8. Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (Single Master) - The Nomads - 3:22

9. The New Generation (Previously Unreleased Mix) - The Rebellers - 2:45

10.Mainstream (Single Master) - The Smoke - 2:35

11.Church House Blues (Single Master) - The Smoke - 3:28

12.Painted Air - The Remaining Few - 3:37

13.In the Morning - The Remaining Few - 2:40

14.Mystical Bells (Unreleased Master) - The Sights And Sounds - 3:28

15.You Keep Me Hangin' On (Unreleased Master) - The Sights And Sounds - 2:49

16.I Walk Alone (Previously Unreleased Mix) - Carrols Mood - 3:02

17.Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (Take 1) - The Nomads - 2:33

18.Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (Take 2) - The Nomads - 2:50

19.Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (Take 3) - The Nomads - 3:26

20.Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (Take 4) - The Nomads - 3:23

21.My Little Red Book (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) - The Nomads - 1:56

22.Out She Goes (Alternate Version) - The Sights And Sounds - 2:29

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