Various - Brown Acid - The First Trip (CD) (2015)(Riding Easy Records)

 

Heavy Rock from the American Comedown Era. The first in a series of albums that documents and celebrates the 'heavy rock' or 'acid rock' era in the U.S. I tend to associate this sound with the early '70s. I was just a kid but this is the music that seamed to 'be in the air' during that era. Long hair, bell-bottoms, and barefoot. The liner notes to the CD describe the music contained here and in this series as:

"After Flower Power and before punk, heavy, hard rock bands dominated the American music scene. In towns across the country, garage bands that had grown up taking drugs, flashing peace signs, and listening to The Beatles had witnessed the atrocities of Vietnam and Altamont, gaining a new perspective in a darker, crunchier, and more bombastic sound in their music."

The bands on this CD are not famous. They come from garages and basements in Camden, New Jersey (Snow),  Farmington, Michigan (Lenny Drake), and Freeport, Illinios (Tour) among others. This compilation seems to be put together from 45 singles that these bands produced and pressed themselves. 

This is a solid release and is worth for all of you acid rockers from that era. I was a 7 year old in 1970 but I consider myself an acid rocker. My favorite on this CD is Zebra with Wasted from 1971.  However, Raw Meat's Stand-By Girl from 1969 is heavy! Looking forward to more from this series.