It was the first undeniably psychedelic song I'd ever listened to, and while I could pretend that the Beatles' "Rain" and Donovan's "Season of the Witch" meant something else, there was no pretending with this one. Young as I was, I knew perfectly well that the word "high" in the title had nothing to do with an airplane taking off. It didn't really register in my Beatlemaniac mind that these guys were Americans - their sound fit right in with the rest of the British Invasion stuff I loved.Īnd then, in the middle of 1966, they came out with this strange new song, "Eight Miles High." That jangly guitar was now spinning crystalline strands of dissonance, and the close harmonies suddenly sounded less earnest, more. Tambourine" line about the "jingle-jangle morning" seemed completely apt, didn't it, given the metallic clang of McGuinn's guitar?). Their hootenanny harmonies were lovely, and though it was apparently an electric guitar that Roger McGuinn was playing, he still seemed to be picking it folk-music-style (that "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" as singles I'm pretty sure my brother owned that first album, the cover looks so familiar to me. May 1965: The Who - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere has an unproportional long solo with lots of feedback and very little melody and harmony.At first (I'm talking ancient days here, 19), I liked the Byrds. Reminding of garage rock from the latter part of 1966 or 1967. Definitely not full-blown psychedelic, but clearly related to what would come. Ok, not really psychedelic, but very freaked out.
September 1965: The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone. January 1966: The 13th Floor Elevator - You're Gonna Miss Me, strange sound effect throughout the song, a part with untraditional chord sequence, and, maybe most important, the band called themselves psychedelic by this time.ĭecember 1965: The Missing Links - Mama Keep You Big Mouth Shut, because of the extensive use of feedback, distortion and other effects from about 2:40 to the end the song at 5:43. And 8 miles high, with its release date i Mars 1966 is a candidate, but I can think of several other candidates as well.Īpril 1966: The Dovers - The Third Eye, definitely more thoroughly psychedelic than 8 miles high I think it's more fair to go by the release date rather than the recording date when it comes to which song was "first" in one sense or another. That one has even more effective double-tracking and backwards-guitar illusion. Those are the moments when the octave notes appear slightly ahead.as they should.if Ric would adhere to stringing their 12s like the rest of the planet. I also believe Jim's best Ric notes are when he up-picks with his metal fingerpicks. I agree that Ric compression at the board is better than a janglebox effect. His screw-ups on the first version are also so perfect.
I love Crosby's playing on both versions.sounds like he has super-heavy strings on that gretsch and his chaka-chakas rival even those of zal yanivsky imo. and the compressor release jacks up the drone.which sorta kinda resembles what happens with backwards stuff.Īs I remember, the released stereo version is where you can periodically hear old ric12 overdubs pop up.dunno if mcguinn was trying different punch-ins to get a comp or whatever.but you can hear interesting stuff.
I don't hear any backwards gtrs on either version, however, the heavier compressor settings on the Ric on the released single "pump" up suddenly as mcguinn stops for a moment.
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