A Child’s Guide To Good & Evil – THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND***

Eighteen Is Over The Hill/In The Country/Ritual No. 1/Our Drummer Always Plays In The Nude/As The World Rises & Falls/Until The Poorest Of People Have Money To Spend/Watch Yourself/A Child’s Guide To Good & Evil/Ritual No. 2/A Child Of A Few Hours Is Burning To Death/As Kind As Summer/Anniversary Of World War III

A Child’s Guide To Good & Evil was the third album from this Los Angeles psychedelic group. Like many groups of this time they appear to have been more highly regarded by posterity than they were at the time.

“On several cuts, the band shows a mastery of jazzy and funky elements not heard before on their previous rock/folk-rock discs. They were still young but their corpus was an astonishing blend of maturity and exuberant freshness.”

“These guys are very underrated. Their sense of humour, production skills and musical ability are right up there. Though I feel this is the weakest of the three it is still a must own.”

“It really puts across the innocent, hopeful nature of the early hippie movement at its best. The band never became as popular as they deserved. They are witty and their vocal harmonies are excellent. Sure, the message is rather dated but it worked then and works now. Clever, interesting and very enjoyable. It's dated in many of the themes, but the music is great.”

“These pretty much follow the trends of rock in the late 1960s. A little nice jangle pop, some jazz inflections, bossa nova; basically, everything top tier bands bought into rock and lesser bands copied. They are 1960s rock, not bad, but not anything even above average.”

“The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's third effort released in 1968 is a fine representation of the myriad of groups that never made it to the pinnacle but certainly deserved representation. They mixed rock, psychedelic, folk and country, resulting in a good effort. Unfortunately, the group’s dark vision and offbeat sense of humour would often get lost in the shuffle.”

“The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was just another group thriving in the rapturous years of the 60s. They fused guitar pop, jazz, country and folk to create their representational sound of what psychedelic rock really was.”