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| | | mexican summer (usa) #mex 017/19 lp bobby beausoleil / the orkustra “adventures in experimental electric orchestra from the san francisco psychedelic underground” double long playing record and seven inch single record set - bousaki blues experiment
- bombay calling
- punjab's barber
- freeform improvisation (while watching an experimental underground film)
- flash gordon
- hungarian stomp
- flash gordon (a practice session)
- flute player audition (practice jam session)
- dancing in the park
- gypsy odyssey (practice session)
- gypsy odyssey (performed live at st. john's church christmas eve, 1966)
bonus 7” single- flash gordon
- bombay calling
| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "freeform improvisation" |
| january 2010 release ; hot on the heels of the (already, o/p ; major grip flare-out) ajna-label “lucifer rising” box comes this staggeringly deluxe set, covering all of the extant recordings of bobby beausoleil’s sf-based orkustra, recorded in the mid-late 60s prior to his involvement with kenneth anger and/or his incarceration ...
while not the most far-out thing you’ve ever heard, this certainly paints a darker picture of those early haight-ashbury times, with bobby’s orkustra (a small, rag-tag band merging rock & jazz instrumentation) firing through a series of through-composed charts in a huge, resonant space ...
ps. note that all of mms’ copies come complete with the bonus “white-label” single, containing a shorter, “radio-friendly” runthrough of “flash gordon” along with an exclusive cut called “bombay calling” ... |
| | mexican summer press release... |
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the orkustra
adventures in experimental electric orchestra from the san francisco psychedelic underground
2 x lp + 18 page booklet + hand written liner notes from bobby beausoleil + unreleased material.
includes the white label orkustra 7" "flash gordon" b/w "bombay calling".
i had recently arrived in san francisco when, in the fall of 1965, i conceived of assembling what i described then as "the first electrified symphony orchestra." my 18th birthday had just passed and i possessed only modest abilities as a musician, but, being prone to such crazy notions, the concept seemed perfectly reasonable - this was the haight-ashbury of the mid-sixties, after all! a few months later a stable musical ensemble somewhat resembling my original conception had come into existence.
what i had imagined would be an "orchestra" of a dozen-or-so musicians proved in practice to be unmanageable. instead, a coalition of five instrumentalists from various musical traditions — rock, classical, jazz, folk and blues—emerged as the core group. for what was essentially a reconceived rock band, the instrumentation was extremely unusual, comprising some combination of violin, oboe, standup bass, guitar, bouzouki, flute, organ, drums and percussion. all of the melodic instruments were modified for electric amplification.
the orkustra's brief day in the sun did not allow an opportunity to record a formal album. however, some recordings of the band's practice sessions and live performances were made. these precious few artifacts have been carefully restored and compiled by mexican summer into a comprehensive double lp album.
bobby beausoleil
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