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Kaleidoscope |
Larry Williams |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
The Rodents
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And Your Bird Can Sing / Come And Live With Me Lennon-McCartney (?) / ? (?) Pequod ?, ?/66 |
Two Of A Kind Both America and England can claim the psychedlic band Kaleidoscope as their own. Both started in the early 60s and each have their dedicated fans (never became big stars). The first three US albums were not issued in the UK until the 80s. Likewse for the British counterparts (Tangerine Dream and Faintly Blowing): they didn't see action here until the 90s. |
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Please³ / Elevator Man¹ Feldthouse-Freedman (2:55) / Feltdhouse (2:50) Epic 10117, 1/67 |
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Magic Mountain Music Festival(6/10/67) |
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Side Trips |
Epic BN-26304 | |
5/67 [UK: N/R] | |
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Egyptian Gardens | Feldthouse | 3:05 |
If The Night | Darrow | 1:45 |
Hesitation Blues | Poole | 2:25 |
Please | Feldthouse-Freedman | 3:10 |
Keep Your Mind Open | Darrow | 2:15 |
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Pulsating Dream | Darrow | 1:58 |
Oh Death | Reedy | 3:25 |
Come On In | Darrow | 2:07 |
Why Try | Lindley | 3:43 |
Minnie the Moocher | Calloway-Gaskill-Mills | 2:15 |
Note: According to Chris Darrow, "cover was done by an artist that Columbia picked who did covers for ESP Records" (source)
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Why Try?² / Little Orphan Nannie¹ Lindley (2:46) / Crill-Darrow (1:54) Epic 10219, 8/67 |
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I Found Out / Rampe Rampe¹ Shackleford (2:15) / Kaleidoscope (3:33) Epic 10239, 10/67 |
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Kaleidoscope provides backing on two tracks for Leonard Cohen's first album |
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Nobody¹ / Find Yourself Someone To Love¹ Cooper-Shelby (2:45) / Watson (2:01) Okeh 730, 11/67 A-side as by Larry Williams & Johnny Watson with The Kaleidoscope |
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A Beacon From Mars |
Epic BN-26333 | |
11/67 [UK: N/R] | |
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I Found Out | Shackleford | 2:15 |
Greenwood Sidee | Traditional | 4:12 |
Life Will Pass You By | Darrow | 3:17 |
Taxim | Kaleidoscope | 11:20 |
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Baldheaded End Of A Broom | Traditional | 3:12 |
Louisiana Man | Kershaw | 2:42 |
You Don't Love Me | Cobb | 3:57 |
A Beacon From Mars | Kaleidoscope | 12:35 |
Note: Taxim and A Beacon From Mars recorded live with no overdubs
According to Chris Darrow, "The album cover was a re-working of an old piece of sheet music that we changed to the title,
'A Beacon From Mars'"—see note 2 (source)
Chris Darrow to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Vidican quits.
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Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(May 18-19, 1968) |
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Just A Taste¹ / Hello Trouble¹ Feldthouse (2:08) / Chouchani-McDuff (2:00) Epic 10332, 5/68 |
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Newport Folk Festival(7/25, 28/68) |
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Newport Folk Festival: "Kaleidoscope ![]() Audio only of amazing set. Introduced by Theo Bikel (no stranger to weird stringed instruments). |
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The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair(8/31-9/1/68) |
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Incredible |
Epic BN-26467 | |
5/69 BB [UK: N/R] | |
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Lie To Me | Brotman-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely | 2:45 |
Let The Good Love Flow | Lindley-Smith | 2:10 |
Tempe Arizona | Burnett-Brotman-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely | 2:44 |
Petite Fleur | Tournemire | 3:29 |
Banjo | Lindley | 3:34 |
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The Cuckoo | Traditional | 4:15 |
Seven-Ate Sweet | Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely | 11:37 |
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Let The Good Love Flow / Lie To Lindley-Smith (2:10) / Brotman-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely (2:45) Epic 10481, 5/69 |
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Tempe Arizona / Lie To Me Burnett-Brotman-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely (2:44)/ Brotman-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley-Parcely (2:45) Epic 10500, 7/69 Tempe is actually Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor |
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The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair(8/30-9/1/69) |
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Zabriskie Point(2/9/70) |
Two unique tracks on the soundtrack album |
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Bernice |
Epic BN-26508 | |
2/70 [UK: 3/70] | |
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Chocolate Whale | Feldthouse | 2:27 |
Another Lover | Lindley | 2:45 |
Sneakin' Thru The Ghetto | Crill-Lagos | 3:20 |
To Know Is Not To Be | Lagos | 2:16 |
Lulu Arfin Nanny | Brotman-Crill-Darrow-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley | 3:12 |
Lie And Hide | Brotman-Crill-Lagos-Lindley | 2:52 |
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Ballad Of Tommy Udo | Lindley | 2:48 |
Bernice | Crill | 2:44 |
Soft And Easy | Feldthouse | 2:58 |
New Blue Ooze | Brotman-Crill-Feldthouse-Lagos-Lindley | 9:42 |
Note: UK release as by American Kaleidoscope.
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Captain Milkshake(11/10/70) |
Couple of unique songs in the film |
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After four albums group split up. 1976 reunion album. Lindley does session work and forms El-Rayo-X band. |