This is the type of psych i really love, tracks such as

The viceroys-5 steps to hell
Lime frost-post bellum blues
Yesterdays obsession-The phycle
The operations-Reincarnation
Sidells-watch out mother

can anyone reccomend anything else like this, looking for more obscure stuff, as i know quite alot already, im looking for stuff i dont know about...any suggestions would be appreciated.x

ahhhhh that purple canteen is a killer track, love it, niceeee, some more tracks i didnt know about, that "The denims" is really nice, and ill search for the acapulco gold, the others i know, and they are excellent..

Just thought of a few more i really like in similar strangness..

The inferno-inferno
The boss tweeds-wrist watchband
Grains of sand-golden apples of the sun
Shirley Hughley-Purple & green
New Chains III-The end
The night mist-Last night
Hamilton streetcars-Invisible people
Smoke spoon-Planetary freakout
Remaining few-Painted air
Brain train-me

Im always on the search for more obscure strange beauties like these

btw bob thanks for more contributions, you seem to know your stuff...:))))

I thought of another...

The Denims - White Ship - this is another solid, moody acid garage 45 from 1967 that's somewhat obscure - also on the Fistful of Fuzz comp.

More of the usual 45's/lp's that most people know:

Bohemian Vendetta - some of the tracks on that solid record are moody and somewhat strange.
The Mystic Tide - all this group's 45's.
The Outsiders - CQ - one of my personal favorites...I recently saw a original copy of this in NYC for 300 bux.
T C Atlantic - Faces
Acapulco Gold - In My Mind Lives A Forest
Cold Sun - Dark Shadows lp - one of the best ever.

I recently picked up Sundazed's USA records lp. It's more garage than psych but there are some pretty cool cuts on it like the Flock's psyched out What Would You Do If The Sun Died, Time To Dream by the Lost Agency and a few cool tracks by the Park Avenue Playground - great comp of local Chicago bands.

The Mystic Tide...don't know how familiar anyone is with NY but these guys hailed from Long Island - home of the plaza bar, fake tans, chain restaurants, cheesy dance clubs and the caveman guido. I'm amazed something good came out of LI.

Have you heard of the Purple Canteens Brains In My Feet - it's excellent, I've posted it to my page along with a few others mentioned on that list. Shit, my apologies for all the rambling, I just got really into this thread.

ohhhhhhh, very nice that "morning disaster-black leather books", that definitely the kind of psych im looking for, thanks for the obscurity, never heard it before, laso your blog is very good too :))

Yeah, that Dirty Filthy Mud 45 is fantastically freaky. I thought of another great song that would fit the "dark moody strange psych" tag. You may or may not have this but I posted it to my site anyway...... http://therisingstorm.net/rock/garage/page/2/ The band's name is The Morning Disaster and the song is "Black Leather Books"...never released at the time but it appeared on a local Virgina comp series Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things Volume 3.

nice one gas-house, quality list, some of those i havnt heard yet....:))))

more contributions are welcome

Here are some that I dig:

The Painted Faces - Anxious Color
The Plague - The Face Of Time
The Last Word - Sleepy Hollow
The Executives - Moving In A Circle
The Pastels - What Can I Say?
Nobody's Children - Colors And Shapes
North Atlantic Invasion Force - I Won't Be Back
Ronnie Dio & The Prophets - 10 Days With Brenda
The Mauve - You've Got Me Cryin'
Marilyn Mattson - He Means So Much to Me
The Missing Links - You Make Me Feel Good
The Primates – She
The Starfires - I Never Loved Her
The Uncalled For - Masters Of War
Velvet Illusions - Acid Head

Also, the recent Florida Rocks Again podcast featured moody tracks. Check it out if you haven't already.

thanks bob, yes your right, it does demand alot of thought..That viceroys record is amazing, i wonder how many of those were presssed, id love a copy of that...dont think i have ever seen it for sale.

Your list is excellent, i know alot from it, i even have a copy of that dirty filty mud on worex, ( my dads copy)
Theirs a few i havnt heard in your list tho,

Your right also that theirs so much great psych out their, im sure thier plenty of obscure ones still to find too...

thanks for the list...

This kind of question requires major thought as I am stumped - there are a zillion great psych/garage 45's worth a mention. My memory is a bit hazy but the Viceroys Five Steps To Hell 45 (I think released in 1967) is on Psychedelic Crown Jewels? If it is....that is one hell of a song - Stunning,they simply don't make music like that anymore. I believe that group released a handful of 45's and the above mentioned song was the group's last hurrah. Most of these singles you speak of are old and difficult to track down (I've heard them all though and they are great) but here are similar discs (there are alot of moody psych 45's - an endless amount)...maybe you know them already but what the hell, just brainstorming over here:

The JuJus - Sometime Or Other - 1967 (unreleased 3rd single at the time)
The Painted Ship - Frustration - 1967
The Dirty Filthy Mud - Forest of Black - 1968
The Nightshadows - So Much (the psychedelic version from 1967 which is on the Square Root of 2 lp)
Mock Duck - Do Re Mi - 1968
The Purple Canteen - Brains In My Feet - 1968
Les Sinners - Don't You Run Away - From the Vox Populi album which comes in both english and french - 1968
Unrelated Segments - all three 45's.
Instant Orange - Plight of Mary Celeste - 1975 - group started out in 1968 releasing 45's, this sounds like it's from 1968 though, amazing track from an ep the band released.
The Mind's Eye - Help, I'm Lost - 1967
The Quests - I'm Tempted - this 1966 Fenton 45 isn't really psych but it's great with plenty of fuzz.
The Plagues - I've Been Through It Before - 1966 (Fenton 45)
Peabody Company - Tobacco Road - Amazing psych version of this well traveled song from Fist Full of Fuzz. Anything this band recorded is supposedly good thought they never released a 45 but have an album's worth of great material being prepared for release soon.
The Rising Storm - Frozen Laughter - 1966/1967 Calm Before lp
The Index - The Index - 1968 lp
The Savages - Live n Wild - 1966 lp
All Of Thus - All Of Thus lp - a local NY band lp that has a moody Zombies/Byrds feel.
It's All Meat lp - 1970
Kenny and the Kasuals - two lps of 45's
The Contents Are - Through You - 1967 - moody garage folk-rock private press lp

hmmm, maybe no-one knows anything, thought people would be quite knowledgable here.....:(