Various – ACID VISIONS : The Complete Collection & Tripping With The Texas Girls & Acid Visions LP

 

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VA - Acid Visions--Tripping With The Texas Girls (2002) @ Flac

Label: Spalax Music

Subtitled - Tripping with the Texas Girls. The best girl bands of the 60's and 70's which produced the first 'punk' tracks. From totally unknown Connie Carroll to the most famous Texan female rocker Janis Joplin (this CD features her first recordings!). Features also the mythical Heartbeats. This 'Hors Serie' volume shows the diversity, energy and genuineness of these fresh and crazy Texan ladies. Includes tracks from, the Brazen Huzzies, the Word D, the Heartbeats, Lou Ann Barton, the Bombshells, Janis Joplin and more. Digitally re-mastered. 2002.

01 Brazen Huzzies - Imitation Me

02 The WordD - Today Is Just Tomorrow's Yesterday

03 The WordD - You're Always Around

04 The Heart Beats - Crying Inside

05 The Heart Beats - Poor Side Of Town

06 Janis Joplin - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

07 Janis Joplin - Walk Right In

08 Brazen Huzzies - Climbing The Wall

09 Kay Gramm & The Bandettes - Cross My Heart

10 Leisha Brodie - Cross My Heart

11 Lou Ann Barton - I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home

12 Lou Ann Barton - He's Gotta Use His Head (To Turn Me On)

13 The Heart Beats - Choo Choo Train

14 The Heart Beats - Little Latin Lupe Lu

15 The Bombshells - Treat Her Right

16 The Bad Girls - Santa's Got A Brand New Bag

17 The Baxterettes - Why Oh Why Does Barbara Cry

18 Friday & The Girls - An Older Boy

19 Connie Carroll - How Can You Hurt Me So

20 Connie Carroll - No Way Out

VA– Acid Visions The Complete Collection (1991;1993) Flac

Label: Collectables

Various – Acid Visions The Complete Collection  (1991) @ Flac

Vol.1

Review by Richie Unterberger

One of the very best '60s garage compilations, a high compliment given the thousands of competitors, and the very best Texas '60s garage anthology. With the possible exception of California, Texas was home to more fine obscure garage records than any other state, and these 14 cuts are among the finest. Roy Head delivers a fine Johnny Winter tune, "Easy Lovin' Girl," and Winter himself sings a prime slice of folk-rock-acid-punk, "Birds Can't Row Boats" (this version, incidentally, is much better than the one found on the early Winter compilation of the same name). The other names are totally obscure, and some of the tracks weren't even released until the 1980s. But the Things and the Bad Rhoads come through with fine pop-punk numbers, and A-440's "Torture," Satori's "Time Machine," and the Pandas' "Walk" have been belatedly recognized as some of the best garage psychedelia ever, combining sharp melodic hooks and songwriting with out-and-out dementia.

CD1  

 1. The Great Believers - Comin' Up Fast, Part 1 

 2. The Scotty McKay Quintet - Train Kept A-Rollin' 

 3. A-440 - Torture 

 4. The Things - I Don't Believe It 

 5. The Stoics - Enough Of What I Need 

 6. Satori - Time Machine 

 7. Neal Ford & The Ramadas - Life Is So Tough 

 8. Roy Head & The Great Believers - Easy Lovin' Girl 

 9. Johnny Winter - Birds Can't Row Boats 

 10. The Pandas - Walk 

 11. The Bad Roads - Blue Girl 

 12. The Things - In Your Soul 

 13. The Stoics - Hate 

 14. Amos Boynton & The ABCs - The Ballad Of Bertha Glutz 

 15. The Fanatics - I Can't Believe 

 16. The Fanatics - I Will Not Be Lonely 

 17. The Sherwoods - Bless Me Woman 

 18. The Sherwoods - I Know You Cried 

 19. Thursday's Children - You'll Never Be My Girl 

 20. BLC - I Don't Wanna Go 

 21. The Things - Loveless Lover 

 22. Space Cadets - Nothing'll Stand In My Way 

 23. Space Cadets - Love-Itis 

 24. The Things - Another Girl Like You 

 25. The Warlocks - Life's A Misery 

 26. Homer - Dandelion Wine 

 27. Homer - Sunrise 

 28. The Bad Roads - Too Bad 

CD2 

 1. The Weavils - We're The Weavils 

 2. The Black Sacks - The Way I Feel 

 3. The Black Sacks - Take Out 

 4. 13Th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me (Unissued Ver.) 

 5. 13Th Floor Elevators - She Lives In A Time Of Her Own (Unissued Ver.) 

 6. Johnny Winter - Hook You 

 7. Sabana Breeze - Slave 

 8. Pearl Divers - Terminal Loser 

 9. Pearl Divers - Riding On A Rainbow 

 10. Purple Haze - Getting Harder All The Time 

 11. The Surf Knights - There's No Girl Like My Girl 

 12. The Chaparrals - So Good 

 13. Purple Haze - Electrocution 

 14. Pearl Divers - She Was The Doctor 

 15. S.J. & The Crossroads - Ooh Poo Pah Doo 

 16. S.J. & The Crossroads - The Darkest Hour 

 17. Pure Jade Green - Into The Sun 

 18. Pure Jade Green - How's He Gonna Find Me 

 19. Lunar Madness - The Exorcism 

 20. The Iguanas - I Can Only Give You Everything 

 21. The Iguanas - Leaving You Baby 

CD3

 1. Lemon Fog - The Living Eye 

 2. Lemon Fog - The Prisoner 

 3. The Nomads - Situations 

 4. The Sherwoods - I'll Be Gone 

 5. The Sherwoods - Ride Baby Ride (Unisssued Version) 

 6. The Pandas - Girl From New York City 

 7. The Reasons Why - Don't Be That Way 

 8. The Lavender Hour - So Sophisticated 

 9. The Crabs - Chase Yourself 

 10. The Interns - Sally Met Molly 

 11. Six Pents - She Lied 

 12. The Cicadelics - We're Gonna Love This Way 

 13. Kenny & The Kasuals - Everybody's Making It 

 14. The Heart Beats - Crying Inside 

 15. The Heart Beats - Choo Choo Train 

 16. Thursday's Children - Try Girl 

 17. Thursday's Children - Help, Murder, Police 

 18. Saddlesore - Pig Ankle Strut 

 19. The Children - Enough Of What I Need 

 20. Two Boys In The Window - If You Love Me Girl 

 21. Blackwell - Outside 

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Various – Acid Visions The Complete Collection  (1993) @ Flac

Vol.2 

Review by Bruce Eder

The virtues of this 67-track, three-CD compilation might not be immediately evident to all listeners, since none of the Texas-based acts included here ever came close to charting a single anywhere outside of their home communities (and barely then) -- and it does look like Collectables Records threw in everything but the kitchen sink. But between the Beefeaters (from Dallas), the Livin' End, the Chevelle V, the Exotics, the Headstones, Sounds Unlimited, the Outcasts (the San Antonio-based quintet), the Sights and Sounds, the Cavaliers, the Playboys of Edinburg, the Centurys, the Stumbling Blox et al., we're hearing many of the better unknown recording acts of their time, sort of the "Best of the Rest" of Texas once one got past the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, the Moving Sidewalks, Mouse & the Traps et al. The mix of sounds and influences is bracing, including the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Byrds, the Leaves, and the Zombies (who would have been thrilled and amazed to know how many of these Lone Star State acts were using their harmonies and instrumental style as a jumping-off point). Any of these three discs would have made one hell of a party record on almost anyone's turntable in 1966-1967, and they're still good listening and lots of fun, the sheer variety and enthusiasm overcoming any lack of invention. Disc one is the strongest of the three, with music that's bracing and interesting from beginning to end, where disc two is laden down just a tiny bit, with one loser track, the Outcasts' earnest rendition of "What Price Victory," a pro-war song about a son joining the Green Berets, and two groups, the Love Flowers and the Penthouse 5, who could be a little too self-consciously heavy -- but even they have their good moments (the Penthouse 5 lots of them). Disc three is built principally around the sounds of the Exotics, whose range encompassed proto-heavy, metal-fuzz-laden guitars and folk-rock-type harmonies, as well as pop-psychedelia -- they sound absolutely elegant on the spaced-out, vaguely folkish "Morning Sun" and turn right around with a virtuoso electric guitar workout on the trippy, psychedelic lament "Hymn to Her." It's all fun and most interesting, although the annotation could use some work, being a bit sketchy even by 1993 standards.

CD1 

 1. The Beefeaters - Don't Hurt Me 

 2. The Living End - All Alone 

 3. The Living End - Get Off My Cloud 

 4. The Chevelle V - Come Back Bird 

 5. The Stumbling Blox - It's Alright 

 6. The Royal Knights - I Wanna Know 

 7. The Beefeaters - Change My Mind 

 8. The Chevelle V - I'm Sorry Girl 

 9. The Highlifes - No One to Tell Her 

 10. The Highlifes - Lucille 

 11. Sounds Unlimited Orchestra - Keep Your Hands Off of It 

 12. Sounds Unlimited Orchestra - About You 

 13. Outcasts - I'm in Pittsburgh and It's Raining 

 14. Outcasts - Smokestack Lightning 

 15. Outcasts - Route 66 

 16. Outcasts - Sweet Mary 

 17. Outcasts - I'll Set You Free 

 18. Outcasts - The Birds 

 19. The Esquires - Judgment Day 

 20. The Esquires - These Are the Tender Years 

 21. The Esquires - Come on, Come On 

 22. The Esquires - Time Don't Mean So Much 

 23. The Esquires - Loneliness Is Mine 

 24. The Esquires - Come on, Come On (Reprise) 

CD2 

 1. The Livin' End - Roadrunner 

 2. The Centurys - Johnny B. Goode 

 3. The Chevelle V - Koko Joe 

 4. The Outcasts - My Love 

 5. The Outcasts - Everyday 

 6. The Outcasts - Hard Lovin' Babe 

 7. The Sights & Sounds - You Keep Me Hangin' On 

 8. The Sights & Sounds - Mystical Bells 

 9. The Sights & Sounds - Plastic People 

 10. The Sights & Sounds - Kind Of A Drag 

 11. The Livin' End - Your Enemies 

 12. The Outcasts - The Price Of Victory 

 13. The Love Flowers - Peace And Love 

 14. The Love Flowers - Nirvana 

 15. The Love Flowers - Who Are You 

 16. The Penthouse 5 - Vertigo Blue Sometime 

 17. The Penthouse 5 - It's All My Own Bizarre Dream 

 18. The Penthouse 5 - You're Gonna Make Me 

 19. The Penthouse 5 - Bad Girl 

 20. The Penthouse 5 - In His Shadow 

 21. The Penthouse 5 - Don't Mess Around With My Dream 

CD3 

 1. The Exotics - Come With Me 

 2. The Exotics - Queen Of Shadows 

 3. The Exotics - I Was Alone 

 4. The Exotics - Fire Engine Red 

 5. The Exotics - Morning Sun 

 6. The Exotics - Hymn To Her 

 7. The Exotics - Alone Again 

 8. The Exotics - Come With Me To Chevrolet 

 9. The Headstones - Wish She Were Mine 

 10. The Headstones - 24 Hours (Everyday) 

 11. The Headstones - Bad Day Blues 

 12. Christopher & The Souls - Diamonds, Rats, And Gum 

 13. The Cavaliers - Congregation For Anti-Flirts, Inc. 

 14. The Cavaliers - Pride 

 15. The Headstones - My Kind Of Girl 

 16. The Playboys Of Edinburg - Wish You Had A Heart 

 17. The Playboys Of Edinburg - Look At Me Girl 

 18. The Playboys Of Edinburg - News Sure Travels Fast 

 19. Jeanne Hatfield - My Babe 

 20. The Cavaliers - Sea Weed 

 21. The Fronts - Catch A Thief 

 22. The Fronts - Slash & Drip 

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Various – Acid Visions The Complete Collection   (1993) @ Flac

Vol.3

 Review by Tim Sendra

This three-disc set collects tracks (72 in all) by some of the wildest, toughest garage-rockers from the state of Texas. The sound is a loud and unruly mix of frat-stompers and Yardbird-influenced blues-rockers. The biggest names here are the Briks, who are represented by 14 tracks, and the Nomads, who have seven songs, and they are not known outside of the fanatical world of the garage collector. Other names that might ring a bell are S.J. & the Crossroads, the Basement Wall, and the Chapparals. Garage collectors will find this collection to be a lot of fun and a very worthy look into the sound of 1960s Texas.

CD1 

 1. The Novas - And It's Time 

 2. The Novas - William Junior 

 3. The U.S. Britons - Come On 

 4. The U.S. Britons - I'll Show You A Man 

 5. The Briks - It Won't Be Wrong 

 6. the Briks - It's Your Choice 

 7. The By Fives - I Saw You Walking 

 8. The Penthouse 5 - The Years Have Passed 

 9. The Word D - Today Is Just Tomorrow's Yesterday 

 10. The Word D - Keep On Walking 

 11. The Word D - You're Gonna Make me 

 12. The word D - You're Always Around 

 13. The Chessmen - You're Gonna Be Lonely 

 14. The Chessmen - No More 

 15. The Briks - Over You 

 16. The Briks - Can You See Me 

 17. The Briks - Foolish Baby 

 18. The Briks - Baby, Let Me take You Home 

 19. The Briks - Keep Down 

 20. The Chaparrals - NSU (Live Version) 

 21. The Chaparrals - Move On 

 22. The Chaparrals - One More Time 

 23. The Chaparrals - Wake Up, Girl 

 24. The Chaparrals - If Your Heart Were Only Wise 

 25. The Chaparrals - Medley: Get Off My Cloud - Satisfaction 

 26. The Chaparrals - So Good 

CD2 

 1. The Basement Wall - Louie Louie 

 2. The Basement Wall - We Ain't Got Nothing Yet 

 3. The Basement Wall - Hungry 

 4. The Basement Wall - Double Shot Of My Baby's Love 

 5. The Basement Wall - Like A Rolling Stone 

 6. The Basement Wall - The Basement Exit 

 7. The Briks - Everybody Needs Someone To Love 

 8. The Briks - Till The End Of The Day 

 9. The Briks - NSU (Studio Version) 

 10. The Briks - The Nazz Are Blue 

 11. The Briks - Heart Full Of Soul 

 12. The Briks - I'm A Man 

 13. The Fugitives - Louie Go Home 

 14. British Colonels - Come Back 

 15. The B.C's - Oh Yeow! 

 16. The Gypsies - Oh Girl! 

 17. The G's - There's A Time 

 18. The Chaparrals - I'll Go Crazy 

 19. The Debonairs - Lonely Is The Summer 

 20. The Loose Ends - He's A Nobody 

 21. The Loose Ends - A Free Soul 

 22. The Barons - Live And Die 

 23. The Dinks - Penny A Tear Drop 

 24. The Cellar Dwellers - Bad Day 

 25. The Mods - It's For You 

 26. The Liverpools - Soho 

CD3 

 1. The Lemon Fog - Summer 

 2. The Lemon Fog - Echoes Of Time 

 3. The Lemon Fog - Day By Day 

 4. The Lemon Fog - the Prisoner 

 5. The Lemon Fog - Yes I Cry 

 6. The Lemon Fog - Girl From The Wrong Side Of Town 

 7. The Lemon Fog - The Living Eye theme 

 8. The Nomads - My Little Red Book 

 9. The Nomads - Situations 

 10. The Nomads - Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time 

 11. The Nomads - Mainstream 

 12. The Nomads - New Generation 

 13. The Nomads - I Walk Alone 

 14. The Nomads - I'll Be There 

 15. S.J. & The Crossroads - Funny Woman 

 16. S.J. & The Crossroads - London Girl 

 17. Group Therapy - Take Me Back 

 18. The Centurys - Back From Eternity 

 19. The Centurys - New Orleans 

 20. The Centurys - City Surfin' 

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First edition  "Acid Visions" by date 

VA - Acid Visions (LP's Voxx Records 1983) @ 192

(Re-released in 1991 by Collectables under the title Acid Visions: Best Of Texas Punk & Psychedelic with a colored front cover)

 Vol 1 

 01. The Great Believers - Comin' Up Fast, Part 1 

 02. The Scotty Mckay Quintet - The Train Kept A-Rollin' 

 03. The A-440 - Torture 

 04. The Things - I Don't Believe It 

 05. The Stoics - Enough Of What I Need 

 06. Satori - Time Machine 

 07. Neal Ford - Life Is So Tough 

 08. Roy Head - Easy Lovin' Girl 

 09. Johnny Winter - Birds Can't Row Boats 

 10. The Pandas - Walk 

 11. The Bad Roads - Blue Girl 

 12. The Things - In Your Soul 

 13. The Stoics - Hate 

 14. Amos Boynton & The Abcs - The Ballad Of Bertha Glutz 

  Vol 2 

 01. Neal Ford & The Fanatics - I Can't Believe 

 02. Neal Ford & The Fanatics - I Will Not Be Lonely 

 03. The Sherwoods - Bless Me Woman 

 04. The Sherwoods - I Know You Cried 

 05. Thursday's Children - You'll Never Be My Girl 

 06. The Brother Love Congregation - I Don't Wanta Go 

 07. The Things - Loveless Lover 

 08. Space Cadets - Nothing'll Stand In My Way 

 09. Space Cadets - Love-Itis 

 10. The Things - Another Girl Like You 

 11. The Warlocks - Life's A Misery 

 12. Homer - Dandelion Wine 

 13. Homer - Sunrise 

 14. The Unknowns - Outside Looking In 

Thanks to SummerSouvenir for Tripping With The Texas Girls 

and PrimaRed for LP's

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