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This Can't Be Today: Trip Through Us Psychedelic - This Can't Be Today: Trip Through Us Psychedelic [CD]

This Can't Be Today: Trip Through Us Psychedelic - This Can't Be Today: Trip Through Us Psychedelic [CD]

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In 1977 punk gave American kids permission to explore music. Some had grown up in L. A. , listening to the Sunset Strip bands in heavy rotation, others worked in record stores with old heads who taught them the secret history of the past, or educated themselves by digging through the vinyl library at their college radio stations. Thrift shops were full of paisley rags and fringed jackets, and young bands started dressing like it was 1966, dreaming of rewriting the history of rock, finding inspiration from songs that didn't get played on the radio and discovering the forgotten weirdness of that decade. 'This Can't Be Today' captures a snapshot of America's second wave of psychedelia, a coast to coast phenomenon that saw bands as diverse as R. EM. , The Dream Syndicate, Green On Red, Flaming Lips and Meat Puppets revisit a sound and aesthetic all but blown away by the pomp of 1970s heavy rock, AOR and disco. Knowingly backwards looking and infused with a pop sensibility, many of these bands became household names and legends in their own lifetime, whilst others produced one-off, scene defining classics or became a footnote in a later band's origin story. Inspired by the seminal 'Nuggets' and 'Pebbles' compilations, often with one eye on "swinging London" and working to tight budgets with college radio listeners in mind, this was the polar opposite of Reaganomics, shiny movies and day-glo hair metal. Take a trip to an America the rest of the world rarely got to see. Resplendent in artwork by the inimitable Cally, and compiled by American A&R, production, promotion and artist management veteran James Barber, this is both a time capsule for those who were there and an invaluable entry point for those with an interest in America's response to punk rock and the post-punk scene.

Tracklist:

  1. The Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here
  2. Plasticland - Office Skills
  3. The Bangs - Getting Out of Hand
  4. Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos
  5. The Fans - True
  6. The DB's - Nothing Is Wrong (Demo)
  7. Green on Red - Death and Angels
  8. The Unclaimed - Deposition Central (The Acid Song)
  9. The Vertebrats - Left in the Dark
  10. The Dream Syndicate - Sure Thing (Live at KPFK) 11 R.E.M. - Gardening at Night
  11. Action Now - Try
  12. Tommy Keene - Mr. Roland
  13. Translator - Nothing Is Saving Me
  14. R. Stevie Moore - I Go Into Your Mind
  15. Al Bloch - Hangin' Around
  16. The Long Ryders - and She Rides
  17. Wednesday Week - Sad Little Dog
  18. The Rain Parade - What She's Done to Your Mind (Album Version)
  19. True West - Steps to the Door
  20. The Point - Magic Circle
  21. Wire Train - Everything's Turning Up Down Again
  22. Darius and the Magnets - Saturday at 3:00 P.M
  23. The Rain Parade - This Can't Be Today
  24. Plan 9 - White Women
  25. Redd Kross - Citadel
  26. Droogs - for These Remaining Days
  27. Plasticland - Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes
  28. The Dream Syndicate - Mr Soul (Live at KPFK)
  29. Bangles - the Real World
  30. The Long Ryders - Too Close to the Light
  31. The Three O'Clock - Her Head's Revolving
  32. The Pandoras - It's About Time
  33. The Reverbs - Picture An Eye
  34. The Twisted - Sheez Wycked
  35. Naked Prey - the Story Never Ends
  36. Meat Puppets - Plateau
  37. The Eyes of Mind - with You Again
  38. The Tell-Tale Hearts - Come and Gone
  39. Dreams So Real - Everywhere Girl
  40. The Impossible Years - Flower Girl
  41. Thee Fourgiven - Anything
  42. The Prime Movers - True to Me
  43. The Suburban Nightmare - Every Night
  44. Yard Trauma - Must've Been Something I Took Last Night
  45. The Romans - Vicki Seventy
  46. The United States of Existence - Welcome Tomorrow, Goodbye Today
  47. 28th Day - 25 Pills
  48. Dumptruck - Back Where I Belong (2024 Mix)
  49. Hüsker DÜ - Hardly Getting Over It
  50. The Flaming Lips - with You
  51. Game Theory - Regenisraen
  52. Thin White Rope - the Three Song
  53. Camper Van Beethoven - Circles
  54. Drivin' N Cryin' - Count the Flowers
  55. The Things - You Can't Deliver
  56. Flying Color - Dear Friend (Single Version)
  57. Winter Hours - Hyacinth Girl
  58. The Steppes - Sky Is Falling
  59. The Green Pajamas - Kim the Waitress
  60. Mod Fun - Hope It's Today
  61. The Inn - What's It Like
  62. Absolute Grey - for Some Reason
  63. Dead Moon - Graveyard
  64. The Cynics - Took Her Hand
  65. The Sneetches - Home Again
  66. Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat

UPC: 5013929120280
Label: Cherry Red
Release Date: 2.27.26
Format: CD

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