1960s and 1970s Album Track Gems . . . . . . . . . . ROAD TRIPPERS Greatest Hits!

ROAD TRIPPIN’:
00individual and his 1968 VW Magic Camper in Carmel Valley
Secret Spot: The Gorge (Beyond The Ranger’s Station) – 1972/73*
Road Trip essentials are seen leaning up against the open sliding door: a beanbag ashtray for responsible smoking, a roll of toilet paper for responsible waste management,
and a real solid wood box speaker to match the rugged outdoors.

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1960s and 1970s Album Track Gems

ROAD TRIPPERS Greatest Hits!

Ever feel like just jumpin’ in the car or on your bike and takin’ off? Leavin’ the world behind?
Gettin’ back to nature? Takin’ to the road and lookin’ for adventure?

Back in the ’60s and the ’70s Hippie Road Trips were common; many drove or hitchhiked across town, across the states, across Europe. The feeling of freedom to go anywhere anytime was strong and even more possible due to the fact that these were free-wheelin’ times – just ask Bob Dylan.

On a planned or spontaneous road trip with good friends, or hitchhiking with a stranger, the ride was always heightened by a joint and a righteous soundtrack of the incredible music that was constantly in the air, in the mind, and in the soul.

This is a compilation of classic Road Trippers:
songs with a Rockin’ Drivin’ Beat, Liberating Lyrics and Soul-searching Sounds that match and
invigorate the feelings of hittin’ the road – for a day, a week, a month, a year, or . . .

ROAD TRIPPERS Greatest Hits!
Here ’tis:
Side One – The ’60s
HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED – Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
Well, Abe said, “Where d’you want this killin’ done?” God said, “Out on Highway 61”
BREAK ON THROUGH – The Doors from The Doors – 1967
We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall, The time we cried.
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – Jimi Hendrix from Electric Ladyland – 1968
Outside in the cold distance, A wild cat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, And the wind began to howl.
GOING UP THE COUNTRY – Canned Heat from Livin’ The Blues – 1968
Just exactly where we’re goin’ I cannot say, But we might even leave the U.S.A.
FIGHTING FOR MADGE – Fleetwood Mac from Then Play On – 1969
LocomotiveSupersonicRockin’Vehicle/Mind Fuel. Fill’er up!
ETERNITY ROAD – The Moody Blues from Our Childrens’ Childrens’ Children – 1969
Traveling eternity road, What will you find there?
Carrying your heavy load, Searching to find a piece of mind.
RAMBLE ON – Led Zeppelin from Led Zepplelin II – 1969
Leaves are falling all around, It’s time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I’m much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it’s time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it’s headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I’ve got one thing I got to do..
Side Two – The ’70s
GOING TO MEXICO – Steve Miller Band from #5 -1970
I’ve got four or five hundred miles to go, Down that southbound highway
’53 Studebaker goin’ for broke, I’m pushin’ it night and day
I’ve had enough of your lies, To last a long, long time
You’re much too slow, I’m goin’ to Mexico.
WORKING ON THE ROAD – Ten Years After from Cricklewood Green – 1970
I’ve got a feeling for home, Somewhere that I call my own.
GONE DEAD TRAIN – Randy Newman from Performance ST – 1970
My engine was pumpin’ steam, And I was grindin’ at you hard and fast
Burnin’ down the rails, tryin’ to heat the way, Haulin’ ass and ridin’ up the track
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin’ me my coal It would never last
But then the fire in my boiler Up and quit before I came
Ain’t no empty cellar Like a gone dead train.
LEAVIN’ AGAIN – Savoy Brown from Looking In – 1970
I’m leavin’ again when the night has gone, So let’s make love while the time, time rolls on
And time rolls on to another day, And this time tomorrow I’ll be gone and so far away.
TRUCKIN’ – The Grateful Dead from American Beauty – 1970
You’re sick of hangin’ around and you’d like to travel,
Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down,
I guess they can’t revoke your soul for tryin,’ Get out of the door and light out and look all around.
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see,
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been
L.A.WOMAN – The Doors from L.A. Woman – 1971
I see your hair is burnin’ Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar
Drivin’ down your freeway Midnight alleys roam
Cops in cars, The topless bars Never saw a woman… So alone, so alone.
 RADAR LOVE – Golden Earring from Moontan – 1972
I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel,
There’s a voice in my head that drives my heel
It’s my baby callin’, says I need you here, And it’s a half past four and I’m shiftin’ gear
When she is lonely and the longing gets too much, She sends a cable comin’ in from above
Don’t need no phone at all.

Bonus instrumental track:
ON THE RUN – Pink Floyd from The Dark Side Of The Moon – 1973
For when words just get in the way, and the road is in your mind,
sit back close your eyes and take off!

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 “Locked-in the Slipstream to Oblivion: Our VW Bug Flies!” copyright 2015 00individual  TLL

HIPPIE ACID ROAD TRIP RACE  – Winter 1970
Los Angeles, California to Aspen, Colorado . . . and the race back! 
featuring:
Driving Asleep, Snow Stranded with Crazy Colorado Chicks,
Deliverance Rednecks, LSD, and our VW Bug flies!

* Displayed in the header photo is an example of Hippie Ingenuity – a technique utilized in a previous Yosemite excursion when it was discovered that the tent poles were left behind – but there was plenty of rope and plenty of trees – and after some cowboy lassoing of key tent roof corners to the tree branches above, and staking the tent floor to the ground, all was well.
Whether the poles were forgotten or misplaced, the technique was once again used effectively on one of the famous Carmel Valley Hippie Road Trips, as a discerning eye can see.

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“Psilocybin Journey to Hobbitland” copyright 2013 00individual  TLL

HIPPIE ROAD TRIP – PSILOCYBIN JOURNEY TO HOBBITLAND – Fall 1970

“At some point on the trip, even though I knew the whole environment around me was alive, I suddenly became aware of its intelligence and it was as if I was surrounded by a sentient web of vegetation and felt not as the alien but as a symbiotic member of their world. I felt accepted. Was this due to a hyper-sensitivity in the plant world to recognize the mushroom in my system? Was I registering enough symbiotic plant life to receive the “love” of the entire plant world that surrounded me? I decided to enjoy the moment – as it was as real as anything else I’ve ever experienced.”

– 00individual

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PURPLE – DMT

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PURPLE – DMT

Better late than never – as in being a year late to the party – the party that is the Beaumont, Texas power-punk trio thunderflash of rock excitement, PURPLE; Taylor Busby (guitar/vocals) Hanna Brewer (drums/vocals) Joe “Prankster” Cannariato (bass guitar).

00individual wants all ’60s and/or ’70s Psychonauts, Rockers, and True Believers to hang, he would never steer you off the historic two decade ride unless it was for a short mind-blowing side-trip for your benefit.

PURPLE’s DMT video/song/performance is a real treat, it’s kinda like a drug, once is not enough, you want that feeling again, it’s addicting, and is just one example of PURPLE’s exceptional songwriting that effortlessly masters diverse genres.
If you like Rock and Psychedelics and Fun, then you’ll love PURPLE – DMT.

With the Universe of Music 00individual has experienced in his lifetime, and of Rock specifically, there have been very few debut albums that truly had a creative impact within the World of Rock ‘n Roll – here’s four:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 debut is historic.
Led Zeppelin’s eponymous debut created a genre with re-imagined Hard Rock Blues that matched
the youthful energy of the late ’60s/early ’70s.
Marilyn Manson’s 1994 Portrait of an American Family debut album did much the same, with an invigorating unique sound, style and persona that righteously rebelled and asserted.
(In 1995, under the guise of parental supervision, 00individual took his fifteen year old son to the Universal Amphitheater and saw Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. Deep into family life, but never out of touch with the recorded Rock of the ’80s and ’90s, he had nearly forgotten what a total blast live Rock concerts could be, and it was such an intense hard rockin’ thrill show that it inspired him to resume going to concerts.)
Now it’s 2016, and 00individual couldn’t be happier and more enthusiastic about Rock than with PURPLE’s debut album “409”!  Just like those three bands’ debut albums just mentioned, here’s an album packed solid with infectious unique exhilarating fun rockin’ tracks.

DMT
Once their Psychedelic Dog Guru introduces the band to DMT, some of the most rip-roaring Psychedelic Hard Rock takes off and just keeps going. The whiplash multiple orgasm climaxes are as Hard Rock Thrash as it comes, and it all started out so serenely in a wading pool.

And when DMT is peaking, Twin Peaks fans will certainly see Hanna’s uncanny “Laura Palmer”
impersonation, that whether an intentional Lynchian homage or not, is still spooky spot-on fun.

Dose Yourself: Go Full Screen And Crank It Up!

. . . and stay for the last fuzzed-out sustained note and the Psychedelic Dog’s transmogrification.

. . . if that didn’t sell you on PURPLE, then check out the diverse highly-addicting Beach Boys meet the GoGos song (meant seriously, and with highest respect for all mentioned) Beach Buddy.

00individual loves PURPLE and starts off every day with a dose of DMT!

PURPLE’s follow-up to their debut album “409” is “Bodacious” and it is out April 1st – no foolin’!

He can read your mind . . . do what he says . . . he knows  what’s good for you.

PURPLE FUCKING KICKS ASS!

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1970s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . . LED ZEPPELIN . . . Led Zeppelin IV . . . . . . . November 8, 1971

“Led Zeppelin IV Jet-Pack Take-Off ” copyright 2016 00individual  TLL

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 LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV –  November 8, 1971

One of the main purposes and attempts of this site is to convey the truly unique vibe of the 1965 through 1975 era. One way is to show examples like this:
Led Zeppelin (1969).  Led Zeppelin II (1969),  Led Zeppelin III (1970),  Led Zeppelin IV (1971), a three year explosion of album after album of the 1960s and 1970s Historic and Classic Rock Era.

In 1971 Rockers were listening to brand new, never-heard-before album releases; The Who’s “Whos next”, Pink Floyd’s “Meddle”, Traffic’s “Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys”. The Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” and “Led Zeppelin IV”. Whew! And that was just five releases by five bands!
To experience the full Pinnacle of Rock ‘n’ Roll check out these three zenith years of Rock History:
Third Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1971
Second Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1969
#1 Best Year for Rock Album Releases – 1970
Actually ’69 and ’70 are tied; ’70 had a higher amount of classic releases, but ’69 had more historical classic releases. You be the judge.

Most of 00individual’s peers were in their late teens, early twenties when Led Zeppelin’s debut album took Rock and Blues to a lysergic level. Led Zeppelin II was a monster, and the acoustic ballads of the equally excellent Led Zeppelin III expanded the boundaries of Hard Rock.
Then came the mighty Led Zeppelin IV!
Released the end of ’71, it had a presence, a power, it superseded and overtook everything in sight. This was a heavy album with a transcendent quality – it seemed to come from an evolved state; Page, Plant, Bonham and Jones melded I, II, III into a Rock ‘n’ Roll Masterpiece.

This was also an album that served as a Cultural Landmark; by the end of ’71 the Vibe was beginning to wind down a bit, just a bit, but noticeable.
With 1972 there was a definite change in the air, a strange serious mood was insinuating itself into the normally carefree trippy days and nights of years gone by – it was as if the cultural climax was drifting to the outskirts of life.
Since all that is truly real is the “now” as everything else is in the past – back in ’71/’72 Led Zeppelin IV stood at the crossroads as a monument of the past and the future; a fitting marker in Rock ‘n’ Roll history.

Since this album has been reviewed and dissected from every angle over the decades, 00individual thought it would be fun to listen to this album in a whole new way.
Once accustomed to this new way of listening those who know this album’s every nook and cranny will certainly enjoy the reverse continuity, and the actually very trippy psychedelic hard rock sounds:
LED ZEPPELIN IV
IN REVERSE
6. “Four Sticks” Page, Plant 4:441
5. “Misty Mountain Hop” Jones, Page, Plant 4:38
4. “Stairway to Heaven” Page, Plant 8:02
3. “The Battle of Evermore” Page, Plant 5:51
2. “Rock and Roll” John Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 3:40
1. “Black Dog” John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 4:54
The tracks:
7. “Going to California” Page, Plant 3:31
8. “When the Levee Breaks” Bonham, Jones, Memphis Minnie, Page, Plant 7:07
are missing due to far too much Satanic backtracking/brain-washing stuff that is revealed.
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Peoples, peoples, peoples, we is magickal!
Take Stairway To Heaven, even backwards many can anticipate the reversed progression, just like how one is able to read a page of text with the words deliberately printed backwards – these are examples of just how much the brain can compensate for an unknown reality by altering it back into a recognizable reality for the brain’s user.
Far Out.

NILEPPEZ DEL

In depth contribution by Gene O’Brien:
Its interesting how every one of us, far and wide, felt the change in the culture during that time. There was no proclamation from our protagonists, no conspicuous cultural algorithm, no collective decision which underlined the degeneration of our culture.
There was an unsettling feeling that the dream was over and we gradually awoke to the unhappy fact that our culture was changing. The legacy was established but the world no longer followed in our footsteps and the prospect that we would have to merge with the establishment as individuals, alone and ill-equipped was depressing.

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And while that was a cold reality, the insightful, tumultuous life-lessons learned throughout the ’60s and the ’70s allowed the Counter-Culture to ultimately adapt with a much stronger sense of self and truth than any generation previous, or since.

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The WHO – Top 13 1960s Album Track Gems

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THE WHO
Top 13 1960s Album Track Gems

The Who’s combined forces of Pete Townsend, Roger Daltry, John Entwistle and Keith Moon were destined to rip open a whole new dynamic genre of Rock.

These mostly early-to-mid ’60s tracks are historical evidence of The Who as the leaders of Power Pop at its best, and as the basis of their unique style which would be fully-explored and realized with their future epics, “Tommy” and “Quadrophenia”.

00individual chose not to open the Pandora’s Box of their epic 1968 double-album “Tommy” but for only a crack to let “I’m Free” out; as “Tommy” would contain 13 Album Track Gems on its own.

The power and rockin’ fun that these tracks provide are perfect examples of The Who’s unique righteous kick-ass enlightening Power Pop Rock tracks that 00individual and the Counter-Culture were fortunate to be raised on, and empowered by.

Here ’tis:
“I Can’t Explain” 2:05 December 1964
Pete’s response to The Kinks “All Day And All Of The Night”.
“Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere” 2:42 June 1965
 and that’s called Total Freedom; 00individual experienced that within prime history.
“My Generation” 3:18 November 1965
The Best Rock Song Ever?
“Substitute” 3:49 April 1966
Realization is a bitch – but a benefit in the end.
“I’m a Boy” 3:41 July 1966
A self-explanatory excuse.
“The Kids Are Alright” 2:45 July 1966
Damn Straight!
“Run, Run, Run” 2:53 December 1966
. . . so, Who is the unlucky one here?
“Boris the Spider”  2:28 December 1966
A freaky song for spontaneous stoned free-spirited sing-alongs.
“Creepy-crawly-creepy-crawly-creepycreepycrawlycrawlycreepycreepycrawlycrawlycreepycreepycrawlycrawly
BOWARRESS THE SPYYDUHRR, BOWARRESS THE SPYYDUHRR.”
“Happy Jack” 2:12 March 1967
Prototype character for Tommy?
“Pictures of Lily” 2:43 June 1967
Entwistle’s french horn adds Wagnerian depth and drama.
“I Can See for Miles” 4:06 September 1967
And so can we – elements of the future Who!
“Magic Bus” 4:33 July 1968
The love song about obtaining transportation gets co-opted by the Counter-Culture –
for when stoned, everyone’s bus (van) was magic!
“I’m Free”  2:40 1968
“. . . and freedom tastes of reality!”

“The Kids Are Alright”

THE WHO – EARLY ’70s

THE WHO – LIVE AT LEEDS ALBUM

THE WHO – QUADROPHENIA ALBUM

THE WHO – LIVE (LEEDS/TOMMY) ANAHEIM STADIUM 1970

THE WHO – LIVE (QUADRROPHENIA) FORUM 1973 

The “Pinnacle of Classic Rock Equation: 4 + 4 = 7”
The Who The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd

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