Pebbles: The Acid Gallery, Vol. 3

They sure have topped themselves if thats possible. One word of advice though don't trip while listening to this GOD knows what corner of your mind you won't be able to get out of. Awesome bands trying to emulate the Doors, the hippie Beatles and Syd Barret to hilarious effect. Higher Elevation is some DJ spouting some stuff thats psychedelic poetry over art noise in " The Diamond Mine", then you got some band called Crystal Chandlier whose lead singer sounds almost exactly like Jim Morrison in the song "Suicidal Flowers", and then you got Psych garage punk insanity complete with gritty vocals in the band "Driving Stupid" and their two awesome songs. Buy this now don't even hesitate.

Forget about top 40 radio and oldies stations. if you're a fan of Real 1960s RNR then this is a must have! buy it!

I had this in High school on vinyl glad I found it on cd! going to order more!!pretty soon!!asap lol

The Pebbles compilations are very entertaining . If you missed the Summer of Love , throw this on , light some incense , and do the Watusi till dawn .

The third entry in AIP Records' Pebbles series, which focuses on obscure mid 60s psychedelic rockers, is one of the most wonderfully "out there" albums ever. Don't worry- this isn't psychedelia of the whimsical "exploding purple butterfly" variety. This is full blown, mind-pulverizing, acid-drenched rock 'n' roll dimentia. Each song sounds like some pimple-popping teenager's bad trip, a heady concoction of hallucinogenic imagery and the kind of manic energy that can only be delivered by 60s garage band. Fuzz guitars and pounding rhythms are mixed with bizarre lyrics, trippy production, instrumrntal freak-outs, and the occasional burst of random noise. The result is a collection of songs that combine the raw joy of standard 60s garage rock with the weirdness of Frank Zappa or the Velvet Underground.The best songs really are offbeat masterpieces: The Bees' "Voices Green and Purple" is an incredibly effective slice of nightmare-psych, with its ghostly three-note guitar riff, pulsating rhythms, and bloodcurdling screams. The same goes for The Monocles "Spider & The Fly," (NOT a cover of the Rolling Stones tune!) which features a deranged lyrical narration booming over an otherworldly production. There's also Lea Riders Group's "Dom Kellar os Mods," an obscure Swedish classic which builds from a taut, high-stung blues rocker into a full on freak out. The Calico Wall's "Flight Reaction" is a tense, weirdly funny journey into the mind of an acid-head with a terrible fear of flying. The song marries a ringing guitar line with an increasingly chaotic lead vocal and a catchy chorus. The Hogs' "Loose Lips Sync Ship" is gloriously inexplicaple, as are the Driving Stupid's astoudingly unhinged "Reality of Air-Fried Borsk" and "Horror Asparagus Stories." The Third Bardo's "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time" is a tough, defiant psychedelic teenage anthem that really struts. William Penn Fyve's "Swami" is a hilarious sendup of hippie culture, with a great fuzz guitar-led melody thrown in for good measure. Teddy & The Patches' "Suzy Creamcheese" seriously rocks, with its pounding "Louie Louie" attitude and Zappa-inspired lyrics. And then there's the Race Marbles' indescribable Bob Dylan parody "Like a Dribbling Fram," which alone is worth the price of the CD. Higher Elevation's "The Diamond Mine" works purely becasue of kitsch value- it features some clueless D.J. reciting some "poetry," in which he stumbles helplessly from one psyhedelic cliche to the next, while a cheesy organ-driven noise-fest cranks along on the background.Basically, it's insane. It's weird. It's one of the best volumes of the Pebbles series. Pick it up right now!

So, this CD collection is titled 'The Acid Gallery'? Tell me about it. Another must-have various artists compilation of mostly obscure garage bands from the 1965-1969 era. Cuts that, I myself personally couldn't get enough of were those by the Doors-like Crystal Chander, Jefferson Handkerchief, only group on this disc that I've even heard of - the Third Bardo, the acid freak-out experiment(al) Godfrey, from Florida (notably had their day in their hometown) Painted Faces and a couple of songs each from - I'm guessing it's BOTH sides of the band's 45 single - the high-energy novelty garage rocker Driving Stupid and Adjeef The Poet. A couple of these bands have a compilation CD out there and available - while most of them simply made one 7" single. Recommended.

Prepare yourself for a brain frazzeling trip through obscure American psych! Other volumes in the Pebbles series are spoiled by beat and frat rock rip-offs, but this one is top notch acid fuelled insanity all the way. The Callico Wall`s nightmarish "Flight Reaction" and The Monocles "Spider and the Fly"- a three minute horror film on record - are among the many highlights. Also included are a couple of great psych novelties such as The Jefferson Handkerchief`s "I`m Allergic to Flowers" which tells the story of a hay fever sufferer`s unfortunate attempts to woo a flower child, not to mention the disturbed genius of Adjeeef the Poet and Oshun.This, and the equally demented "Beyond the Callico Wall" are in my humble opinion the best two Yank Psych Comps available...Come on kiddies, summer`s here and it`s time to take a trip into the bubbling fudge Sundae of your mind, just watch out for those voices green and purple...............

By all means pick up as many of the Pebbles Volumes as you can if you crave wild 60's garage rock. However #3 (here with some bonus tracks not on my vinyl version)is not one of the better ones that I own.It's less rock and roll, and more psychedelic arty noise. It does have a few real gems especially The Jefferson Hankerchiefs' "I'm Allergic To Flowers" and William Penn IV's "Swami".

There must be close to 70 Pebbles related titles -let me tell you now brother - you only need this one. Pebbles Vol.3 has achieved the sort of legendary status amongst collectors of 60's psychedelia that other compilations would die for.It is acknowledged as the best of its type. There is not one bum track on this compilation. There is not one track that will not do anything other than amaze, confound and shock you.This is easily the best psychedelic/garage compilation available through Amazon. If you've read this far then you must buy it. I'm loathe to pick out highlights but here are a few: The magnificence of Texan combo Crystal Chandelier successfully making every Doors record you heard sound lumpen and monochrome with their 'non-smash' "Suicidal Flowers". The awesome fuzzed out guitar spirals of TC Atlantic's "Faces". The blitzkrieg of Swedish beatmeisters The Lea Riders Group demolishing their own anthem "They Call Us Outcasts" - breathtaking. Or how about the Farfisa -driven madness of Teddy and His Patches as they career through "Suzy Creamcheese"? Far-out! Add to this both sides of the truly insane Calico Wall 45, Mike Condello's cryptic anti-Communist/Barmitzvah ditty "Soggy Cereal" and the wonderfully monikered Jefferson Handkerchief's ode to Hayfever "Allergic To Flowers" and you are somewhere near the nirvana that is garage/psyche heaven.Have you ordered it yet? Read on!The good people at AIP have expanded the selection form the original vinyl issue to include more nutty kids with Vox guitars and magic mushrooms.This means that I had to buy it again on cd. Of the 'new' tracks I'd give top marks to "Anxious Colour" by the Painted Faces and the quite amazing "City Jungle Part1" (so why not include Part 2 as well?)by the Beautiful Daze who seem determined to create a world in which the Beach Boys duke it out with Blue Cheer......Dig that wonderful fuzzed-out guitar solo at the coda. Accept no substitutes, Pebbles Vol.3 is the real thing baby....

Between 1966 and 1968 in America a quite extraordinary type of music emerged. Blending the rough garage punk sounds and LSD experimentation - a rough, primitive yet creative type of psychedelic music, acid punk, had its fleeting glimpse with fame. Teenagers inspired the previous year by the Yardbirds; Rolling Stones and the Kinks now begun to, with wah-wah peddles, fuzztone guitars and echo sound effects, amalgamate the British R & B sound with the experiences from their own acid trips. The result in Pebbles Volume 3 The Acid Gallery. I brought this LP in 1981 when the Pebbles series was first released and at the time could not believe what i was listening to. Dave Diamond and the Higher ELevation - The Diamond Mine a true classic; Teddy and his patches - Suzy Creamcheese and my personal favourite Godfrey - The Trip. My album was scratched on a couple of tracks with one song Horror Asparagus Stories by the Driving Stupid completely missing !The opportunity to purchase this repackaged 20 track CD compilation - with 4 bonus cuts (plus the removal of an original LP track Soggy Cereal!) - did not disappoint.The sound was excellently reproduced and enhanced. Tracks such as The Third Bardo - i'm 5 years ahead of my time; The Bees - Voices Green and Purple; and the truely bizarre Race Marbles - Like a Dribbling Fram (a way out version of Dylans Like a Rolling Stone) come across as clear as crystal.My only slight disappointment was an inferior alternative version of Godfrey's - Lets Take a Trip to the original LP Other than that a highly recommend listen!

really enjoyed some of the tunes on here.some songs are included on other well known compilations but it's still a great listen.

....Since the Nuggets boxset, this is the best way to dive into Garage Punk with a bit of Psyche.This volume is more Psyche than the first and second.Good service. Good product.

Ok Garage-Freaks, Punks, Mods oder was auch immer; wer sich hierher verirrt hat und keine Ahnung hat, was "Pebbles" bedeutet, sollte schleunigst den Back Knopf im Browser betätigen und sich erstmal die "Best Of" Doppel CD der Serie zulegen. Denn was auf Vol.3 geboten wird ist einzigartig, unvergleichbar und vorallem total krank! Oder wie steht es in den Liner-Notes der original LP : "...während Leute wie Timothy Leary und seine Intellektuellen Freunde in den 60'ern unter Einfluß von LSD sich in orientalischer Mystik und Bewußtseins-Erweiterung verloren, erwischte es die typische Vorstadt / Mittelstandsjugend anders - Ihr Horizont beschränkte sich auf Party's, Mädels und schnelle Autos - Sie hörten die Stimmen, sahen die Farben, was sollten Sie tun? - Sie flippten aus!!!Und Pebbles Vol.3 ist ihr Soundtrack, 60'er Jahre Garage Punk unter einfluß diverser chemischer Substanzen.Kein Hippi-Schalala, kein Flower-Power, sondern Beat, Fuzz-Gitarren und Farfisa-Orgeln außer Kontrolle. Ob das "Louie Louie" trifft auf Zappa mäßige "Suzi Creamcheese" , Hippi-Verarschungen wie "I'm Allergic to Flowers" oder "Swami" , Gehirnwasser-Absenkungen von "The Driving Stupid" und natürlich "Flight Reaction" von den großartigen "Calico Wall" , nichts auf dem Album kann man mit irgendetwas anderen vergleichen. Zwar gibt es vergleichbare Compilation Alben, aber Pebbles Vol.3 ist in sachen Auswahl und Klassiker-Dichte unangefochten die Nr.1!Uneasy Listening....wer die richtigen Ohren hat wird den Spass seines Lebens haben!