Submitted by UAR-mwfree on Feb 23

Pebbles, Volume Three (Various Artists) (1979):  The musical genres of garage rock and psychedelic rock are often mentioned together, and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably; but they are not the same thing, as Pebbles, Volume Three spells out clearly.  Subtitled “The Acid Gallery”, Pebbles, Volume Three collects many of the most bizarre records ever made that grew out of the effects of LSD and other psychedelic drugs.  This excerpt from the Allmusic review by Todd Kristel of the Pebbles, Volume Three LP actually does a better job of describing the songs than the lyrics themselves would:  “This compilation features Higher Elevation’s ‘The Diamond Mine’, a showcase for the nonsense rambling of disc jockey Dave Diamond; Teddy & the Patches’ ‘Suzy Creamcheese’, which manages to rip off both Frank Zappa and ‘Louie Louie’; Crystal Chandlier’s ‘Suicidal Flowers’, which sounds like the Doors drenched in fuzz guitar; William Penn Fyve’s ‘Swami’, which is such a self-conscious attempt to evoke 1967 that it’s hard to believe it was actually released that year; Jefferson Handkerchief’s ‘I’m Allergic to Flowers’, which was presumably intended as a novelty song; Calico Wall’s ‘Flight Reaction’, a fascinating acid-damaged glimpse into the mind of a passenger who’s sitting in an airplane before takeoff and worrying about a possible crash; the Hogs’ (allegedly the Chocolate Watchband under a different name) ‘Loose Lip Sync Ship’, which consists of an instrumental passage that mutates into Zappa-influenced weirdness; the Driving Stupid’s ‘The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk’ and ‘Horror Asparagus Stories’, which feature precisely the kind of grounded lyrics that you’d expect; the Third Bardo’s ‘Five Years Ahead of My Time’, a genuinely good number even though it doesn’t sound five minutes ahead of its time; [and] the Bees’ ‘Voices Green and Purple’, which made the Nuggets box set along with the Third Bardo song.”  The bonus track on Pebbles, Volume Three is a demented reimagining of the classic horror film The Fly (1958), featuring the famous high-pitched wail “help me”.  Pebbles, Volume Three also includes an alternate version of the Kim Fowley song “The Trip” from Pebbles, Vol. One, “Let’s Take a Trip” by Godfrey; and the album closes with “Like a Dribbling Fram” by Race Marbles, an off-the-wall take-off on the Bob Dylan signature song “Like a Rolling Stone”.