Psychedelic Get Down Party

 When you want to go extreme Trans Cosmic-Trip Express, and utterly flip your lid -like Beany Boy and Cecil the Seasick Serpent - try TAKEHISHA KOSHUGI's "CatchWave" lp ,('75).
Greg Pawleko really goes for this one in his catalogue and warns that them who fly the heights dont necessarily come back down.
But a warning word - this is not yer melodic prog.Pretty it aint. Pure harrowing/mesmerizing Kosmic. Rather sparse, avant -lots of distorted vocals.
Sammmmy never checked, but Im certain this former leader of Taj Mahal Travellers and East Bionic Symphonia ('76),appears on the legendary Nurse With Wound Reference List (which all RIOists and noise-gardeners should indelibly commit to memory.)

For good (though badly recorded) music that still stands up and often references actual psychedelic experiences, it is hard to beat the Elevators.  They were ahead of the pack of actual rock bans.  It's a shame they didn't get noticed more outside of Texas and California. 

The 13th Floor Elevators certainly played and recorded all their music on acid and their 1966 album had the word "Psychedelic" in its title. They were preforming in Austin well before the album was released. Not to be pedantic, but the word was coined by Humphrey Osmond in 1957, so the claim is credible.

Many authorities on the subject (e.g., Patrick Lundborg in 2010. The Acid Archives (2nd ed.). Lysergia. p. 394) assert that the Elevators are the "first" psychedelic rock group. Powell St. John (later of "Mother Earth") and a member of 13th Floor discusses "the life and times" here--> http://www.musicliferadio.com/2010/10/024-sultan-of-psychedelia/.

Regardless, Roky Erikson was a very early casualty (and a sad one, too) of the "War On Drugs".

I'll amend my comment. According to ABKCO, "The Deep" released, "Psychedelic Moods" 12/31/1965 and - presumably - therefore it's the first to use the word in the album title. However, the Elevators formed in 1965 and were playing the Austin scene before the first album release date. So, I guess it's a toss up...but I'll go for the 13th Floor myself on this one. At least they recorded more than one album!

Where you getting this 12/31/1965 date from?
Wot is "ABKCO"?

Lundborg's Acid Archives:
" August, 1966 Rusty Evans & the DEEP record the "Psychedelic Moods" LP in Philadelphia"
The RELEASE date would have been later. Like I said ,Oct or Nov '66

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Sammy has the origional 13th Floor Elevators lp on yellow/lime International Artists label. Of course, no date to be found anywhere.