ACID DREAMS EPITAPH
Acid Dreams is an unofficial compilation album of American garage rock and psychedelic rock songs recorded in the 1960’s. It was originally produced in 1979 by a German record shop owner, inspired by Elektra Records’ Nuggets series. In 1988, a compilation titled Acid Dreams Testament collected 13 of the original’s 18 tracks, and added 15 more songs. Acid Dreams Epitaph followed in 1996 on Head Records, with 31 tracks. Past & Present Records reissued Acid Dreams Epitaph in February 2009 with some changes in the tracks. (More from Wikipedia)
The first album featuring music by Phil and the Frantics came out in 1980 on the Bomp! Records label Voxx Records as Rough Diamonds, Volume 3 in their Rough Diamonds Series that consisted of entire albums by 1960’s garage rock bands that have more than one or two singles to their credit. The first side is in an earlier style and is what I imagine music at a “sock hop” might sound like (I was a little too young to have ever actually gone to one), while Side 2 collects music from the same period as “I Must Run”. Another of the songs on this album, “Till You Get What You Want” has been included on several garage rock compilation albums; I have a copy on Acid Dreams Epitaph.
(August 2012)
