RARE Asheville, NC Garage / Psyche 45 Sunn Cycle " Acid Raga " Spectrum 1 1969

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Sunn Cycle 45 " Acid Raga Part 1/.... Part 2 " Spectrum ST-1  1969. Asheville, NC address on the labels. Rare Garage Psyche 45. See more information about the group below. Nice condition. Shiny bright and plays well. One small smudge like spot on the 2nd side. The labels are good.   Buyer pays Priority shipping to be determined by your ZIP. Or I will mail it by Media Mail if you wish. Foreign to be determined.. On some items, tracking information is REQUIRED, especially on foreign items paid for with PayPal. I reserve the right to refuse payments byPayPal to certain countries or individuals. Please email me if you have any questions about any of the above. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included and are the responsibility of the buyer. Returns accepted only for lost or seriously damaged items.              SUNN CYCLE:" Asheville’s psychedelic revolution began, not with a bang but with a raga. A nod to the Indian motifs being woven into progressive rock during the late ’60s, “Acid Raga Pt. 1 & 2” was conjured in a sleepy iteration of Asheville, considered by most to be a retirement community. Named for the Blue Cheer song of the same name, Sunn Cycle was comprised of drummer Tommy Walker of Knoxville, Tenn., guitarist Danny Kennedy of Cramerton, N.C., and organist Larry Blanton of Gaffney, S.C. Bassist Billy Farmer, the lone Asheville native, had spent his high school years strumming guitar for the Fabulous Untils, an R&B group comprised of hometown soul heroes Charles Pickens (of the journeymen soul duo Pic and Bill) and Stanley Baird (of Bite, Chew & Spit and, later, New Central Connection Unlimited). After nearly eight years on the road, Farmer returned to Asheville where he crossed paths with Larry Phillips, who owned the Lake Lure nightclub the El Tango, and ran the Asheville booking agency, Talent Attractions. Although a guitarist by trade, Philips convinced Farmer to fill the bass vacancy in Sunn Cycle. The quartet worked small rooms through the Southeast, using both Asheville and Knoxville as home bases. While they earned a reputation for raucous renditions of Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, and Jimi Hendrix hits, their enduring legacy would be built on five furious minutes of improvised insanity dubbed “Acid Raga,” a lysergic cacophony, recorded on a Sunday in one take, smeared across both sides of their lone 45.Essentially a sound check for a premeditated recording session, “Acid Raga Pt. 1 & 2” captures the quartet pounding on their instruments, completely unaware that studio owner Chuck Taylor had begun rolling. Unscripted and unrestrained, “Acid Raga” is a pure distillation of the brilliant and chaotic alchemy beginning to swell in Appalachia’s musical underground during the late ’60s. "