Psych-Out [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Overview

Released on the Sidewalk imprint of Tower Records, manufactured by Capitol, this is an excellent '60s album from a Dick Clark/American International motion picture, Psych Out. There is only one track from Sky Saxon's Seeds, and their "Two Fingers Pointing on You" sounds exactly like, you guessed it, "Pushin' Too Hard." The band made a career out of reinventing that one tune, and they do not disappoint here, lifted from their Future album on GNP Crescendo. Although the Storybook actually have a photo on the back cover, they appear to be a vehicle for Ronald Stein who is credited on this Dean Stockwell/Susan Strasberg film for "Original Music and Adaptation." The first tune on the disc is by the Storybook, written by S.A.Clock (Strawberry Alarm Clock). It sounds very much like the Alarm Clock's "Barefoot in Baltimore." "Rainy Day Mushroom People" and "The World's on Fire," a three-minute-and-thirty-one-second version, are Strawberry Alarm Clock's other contributions to side one; these songs are also on their album Incense & Peppermints. A longer version of "The World's on Fire" ends side two of this soundtrack. In between is one song by a band called Boenzee Cryque. That tune lists five songwriters, but it is actually a whacked-out version of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" with the stop from Vanilla Fudge's "You Keep Me Hanging On." Very '60s and, actually, quite fun, despite the fact the Boenzee Cryque track is the weakest cut on this surprisingly good disc. Four more tracks by the Storybook lead off side two. Titles like "Psych-Out Sanctorum," "Beads of Innocence," "The Love Children," and "Psych-Out" -- the third time the film title is used in the name of a song -- all sound like their titles suggest -- either clones of the Strawberry Alarm Clock or the Clock itself under an assumed name. The epic eight-minute-plus version of "The World's on Fire" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock kicks in to end it all. Despite the cheesey cover, this is a far more listenable record than, say, For Children of All Ages by Peanut Butter Conspiracy, and that was a band that took itself seriously. The genre calls for a bit of irreverence. Psych Out delivers that with studied enthusiasm. ~ Joe Viglione

Product Details

Release Date:	05/14/2013
Label:	Curb / Curb Mod
UPC:	0715187929128
Rank:	93696

Tracks

1. The Pretty Song from Psych-Out
2. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
3. Two Fingers Pointing on You
4. Ashbury Wednesday
5. The World's on Fire
6. Psych-Out Sanctorum
7. Beads of Innocence
8. The Love Children
9. Psych-Out
10. The World's on Fire [Long Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Storybook   Primary Artist
Storybook   Primary Artist
The Seeds   Primary Artist
Boenzee Cryque   Primary Artist
Strawberry Alarm Clock   Primary Artist
Richard Rush   Director

Technical Credits

Joe E. Neddo   Composer
E. Hunter Willett   Screenplay,Story
Betty Ulius   Screenplay
Malcolm Mitchell   Composer
Harlene Stein   Composer
William Holmes   Lyricist,Composer
Gary Lovetro   Composer
Boenzee Cryque   Composer
Storybook   Composer
Dick Clark   Producer
Ronald Stein   Adaptation,Composer
Steve Bartek   Composer
Sky Saxon   Composer
Strawberry Alarm Clock   Composer
Mark Weitz   Composer
Lee Freeman   Composer
Randy Seol   Composer
George Bunnell   Composer
Rusty Young   Composer
Edward C. King   Composer
Lee Frederick Freeman   Composer
Ed King   Composer
George Grantham   Composer