A foundational document of American private-press psychedelic rock emerge from decades-long shadows, deeply illuminated chapters authored by prototypical "terminally unique" Southern California artist/seeker Phil Pearlman and two of his early, briefly extant bands.
From 1967, Phil Pearlman (The Beat Of The Earth), leads a free assemblage of local Southern California acid-heads through loping Velvetica tribal incantations. The Beat of the Earth earns its name in two side-length jams brimming with eastern-tinged luminosity. It is the sun-dappled mirror of The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray." Instead of the urban decay and black and white pop art of the Warhol scene, The Beat of the Earth represents the same idea, looking west across the Pacific. This comes from the same yet intrinsically polar opposite frame of mind from the VU noise marathons of their epic live shows. Mind-expanding psychedelia done by sun-gobbed hippies that were totally out of step with everything else happening in Southern California of the pop-psych '60s.
Tracks
1. The Beat Of The Earth Part One - 20:54
2. The Beat Of The Earth Part Two - 20:54
Words and Music by Phil Pearlman
Personnel
*Phil Pearlman - Vocals, Guitar
*James R. Nichols - Guitar
*Karen Darby - Vocals, Percussion, Guitar
*Ron Collins - Keyboards
*Sherry Phillips
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