Egyptian Gardens/If The Night/Hesitation Blues/Please/Keep Your Mind Open/Pulsating Dream/Oh Death/Come On In/Why Try/Minnie The Moocher
Side Trips was the debut album from the Los Angeles folk rock group Kaleidoscope. They were noted for the wide range of instruments used on their recordings.
“A strange line up, that includes a dulcimer player, produced some of the most interesting psychedelic music. Egyptian Gardens has a strange scale that's never been heard of in rock. A great thirty minutes of music.”
“This is a very solid set considering it's Kaleidoscope's first release. Their command of exotic instruments is often impressive making this an eclectic listening experience. The three jug band songs give the band some depth but also prevent the album from attaining truly classic status. Many California bands had roots in jug bands which explain why these songs were included on such albums. Oh Death is a solid and early venture into American roots music. Keep Your Mind Open is often considered a psychedelic classic, while Please is an excellent slice of folk rock.”
“This psych band from LA released their debut album Side Trips in the middle of the Summer of Love 1967. The album is a pretty nice mix of psychedelia and folk rock music. Egyptian Gardens opens the album with a very good feeling since it's one of the best songs here. The short follower If The Night is another fine song. Oh Death deserves a special mention too. The rest of the songs aren't too bad but most of them are pretty mediocre. As a whole Kaleidoscope's Side Trips turned out to be a letdown. There were so much better psych albums released in 1967 than this one.”
“The only problem with this one is that it's too short to be a masterpiece, but I bet it'll be hard to find a track you won't like.”
“This band had some very interesting ideas, of which their debut is a fine example. Unfortunately, I have trouble getting past its extreme eclecticism. It is by no means entirely psychedelic, and it's overly diverse styles range from eastern type psych, to country rock, to folk, with some ragtime elements thrown in. All this leads to is major inconsistency, but worth suffering through for its golden moments.”
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