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A to Z of Psychedelia on 6 Music

Taking listeners on a trip through the golden age of psychedelia from the mid-sixties to Altamont. Researched & presented by 6 Music’s Marc Riley and music journalist Rob Hughes.

Radio 6 Music,62 episodes

Episodes

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Welcome to the A to Z of Psychedelia on 6 Music
Introductory episode touching all psychedelic bases to wet your whistle.
17 Jul 2018,16 mins,
A is for Acid, Animals and Ambrose Slade
Find out why Timothy Leary scares Marc and about Syd Barret's sad decline in this episode
17 Jul 2018,24 mins,
B is for Barrett, Buckley and Byrds
Syd Barrett's life story enclosed here - how did he get the name Syd?
17 Jul 2018,21 mins,
C is for Cream, Crazy World and Chocolate Watchband
Chocolate, Cream and Crazyness - from folk to psychedelia discussed here.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
D is for Doors, Donovan and Dantalian's Chariot
Doors, Donovan and Double David's - bring it on .
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
E is for Easy Riders, Experiments and Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes name isn't sexy - official, so says Marc and Rob.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
F is for Funkadelic, Fairport and Flowers
Flowers in Your Hair - a band wagon song - discuss.
17 Jul 2018,21 mins,
G is for Groundhogs, Garcia and Grace Slick
There's music and stories from The Grateful Dead, Grace Slick and war hero Bill Graham.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
H is for Hendrix, Head and Hapshash
Music from the Monkees and Jimi Hendrix as we travel through the letter H.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
I is for International Times, Iron Butterfly and Incredible String Band
Highlighted - In The Park with the Rolling Stones - the ultimate free gig - 5th July 1969
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
J & K are for Jefferson Airplane, John's Children and Kevin Ayers
How much do you not know about Jefferson Airplane - find out in this episode.
17 Jul 2018,21 mins,
L is for Love, Lewis Carroll and Lucy In The Sky
Lucy, Leaves, Love. All contained in this here information hot bed.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
M is for Move, Monterey and Moby Grape. Part 1
Movin' moody middling bunch of grapes - that'll be M part 1 then
17 Jul 2018,22 mins
M is for Moody Blues, Misunderstood and Magical Mystery Tour. Part 2
Middling, moody, misunderstood and magical - that'll be M part 2 then.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
M is for Middle Earth, Mardas and Mamas and Papas. Part 3
Mamas and The Papas deconstructed - that'll be M part 3 then.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
N is for Nirvana, Nice and Nuggets
N stands for naughty and nice.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
O is for Owsley Stanley, Other Half and Os Mutantes
O Dear ... let's see how The Other Half Live.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
P is for Prankster, Procol Harum and Pink Floyd. Part 1
Pigs, pipers and pranksters - that'll be P part 1 then.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
P is for Parliament, Pearly Queens and Pink Fairies. Part 2
In this episode, Janis, George and Trevor that'll be P Part 2 then.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
P is for Peel, Protest and Purple Band. Part 3
Protests, perfume and prog - Yum Yum - that'll be P part 3 then.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins
Q & R are for Quicksilver, Roky and Rolling Stones
Quick round rolling rockies - splendid.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
S is for Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Part 1
Exactly what it says on the tin - Sgt Pepper scrutinised.
17 Jul 2018,25 mins,
S is for Seeds, Sky Saxon and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Part 2
Strawberry sky seeds - all to be found in S part 2
17 Jul 2018,21 mins,
S is for Skip Spence, Studios and Syd Barrett. Part 3
Marc and Rob can be found skipping round the studio in S part 3.
17 Jul 2018,24 mins,
S is for Small Faces and Steve Marriot. Part 4
An episode dedicated to the Small Faces - S part 4.
17 Jul 2018,24 mins,
S is for Smoke, Shankar and Strawberry Fields. Part 5
Sitars, The Salvation Army The Krays feature in S part 5.
17 Jul 2018,22 mins,
S is for Steppenwolf, Spirit and Sly Stone. Part 6
S is for sychedelia without the P - that's S part 6.
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
S is for Soft Machine, Simon Dupree and Side Trips.Part 7
Seriously stretched out S section concludes in this episode - Phew.
17 Jul 2018,24 mins,
T is for T. Rex, Trip and Tintern Abbey. Part 1
We get it on with T-Rextasy in T Part 1
17 Jul 2018,23 mins,
T is for Traffic, Tomorrow and Technicolour Dream. Part 2
Hairy Traffic Control, is where T part 2 takes us
17 Jul 2018,21 mins,