The Maytals
—54-46 (That's My Number)
Artist: The Maytals
Track: 54-46 (Was My Number)
Album: Beverly’s S.R. 151
Year: 1970
Theme: Incarceration
Pink Floyd
—Embryo
“Embryo” 1970/07/16 Paris Cinema, London, Peel Session
At this concert in 1970, well-documented for posterity, Pink Floyd premiered both “If” and “Atom Heart Mother” with choir and brass. This version of “Embryo” is one of the best ever captured.
Mahavishnu Orchestra
—Meeting of the Spirits
Artist: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Track: Meeting of the Spirits
Album: The Inner Mounting Flame
Year: 1971
Theme: Ghosts and Spirits
Swamp Dogg
—God Bless America, For What
Artist: Swamp Dogg
Track: “God Bless America (For What)”
Album: Rat On!
Year: 1971
Theme: Protest Songs
Joseph Lamb
—Ragtime Nightingale
Composer: Joseph Lamb
Performer: David Boeddinghaus
Song: “Ragtime Nightingale”
Album: Crumb OST
Year Composed: 1915
Year Performed: 1994
Theme: Birds
Beggar's Opera
—Silver Peacock
Artist: Beggar’s Opera
Track: “Silver Peacock”
Album: Waters of Change
Year: 1971
Theme: Birds
Freedom's Children
—About The Dove And His King
Artist: Freedom’s Children
Track: “About the Dove and His King”
Album: Galactic Vibes
Year: 1972
Theme: Birds
Great orchestral psych from anti-Apartheid South African band.
Renaissance
—The Vultures Fly High
Artist: Renaissance
Track: “The Vultures Fly High”
Album: Scheherezade and Other Stories
Year:1975
Theme: Birds
Pink Floyd
—Vegetable Man (Stereo)
Artist: Pink Floyd
Song: “Vegetable Man”
Year: 1967
Album: unreleased
Theme: Clothes (Not Shoes)
Blue velvet trousers, turquoise waistcoats and all manner of other psychedelic attire.
King Crimson
—Starless
King Crimson: “Starless” (Red, 1974) 12:19
King Crimson ends its original run with a spell-binding tour of everywhere it’s been so far, complete with mellotron-soaked ballad, hackle-raising dissonance, flailing improv and labyrinthine structure.
