My Indole Ring - My Indole Ring (1966-1969) (2001) [mp3@224]

Genre: Psychodelic rock TT: 1:11:55 1 Orange Float Petals 2 Love People Everywhere 3 Another Man Done Gone/Troubles 4 Blue Wax 5 Silk Road [Instrumental] 6 Morning Breaks 7 Big City 8 Two Trains a Running 9 Early in the Morning 10 Maryjane 11 Wake Me Shake Me [Live] 12 Come See Me in the Morning/Orange Float Petals [Live] 13 Instrumental Medley: Nursery Rhymes, Crescent Beach, Four-Ring Circus John Cluff ~ Hammond Organ Chris Dahl ~ Drums David Jordan Knox ~ Bass John King ~ Guitar This eponymous album is the first (and probably only) to document the music of the late-'60s psychedelic rock group My Indole Ring. A local legend in Vancouver, Canada, back in 1967-1969, the quartet did not even release a single but, 25 years after the fact, this CD presents demos and live recordings that were all previously unavailable. Judging from this hour's worth of material, My Indole Ring definitely had something going. The set kicks off with "Orange Float Petals," an impressive acid rock song that became the group's signature tune. Full of instrumental quirks and imaginative vocal harmonies, this one is anthology material. "Love People Everywhere," "Blue Wax," and the instrumental "Silk Road" are satisfying but more generic numbers. The influences of West Coast (Jefferson Airplane) and Vancouver groups (Papa Bear's Medicine Show) are detectable. The group rounded up its sets with blues standards, and its take on "Another Man Done Gone" and "Early in the Morning" follow the developing crossovers between blues-rock and pop at the time. The CD concludes with 20 minutes of live material. The sound quality takes a severe drop: The demos have been well restored but these recordings from the Retinal Circus in Vancouver remain murky. Besides nostalgic Vancouver residents, this album will be of interest only for psychedelic rock collectors. A limited-edition LP with fewer tracks has also been released. ~ Frantois Couture, All Music Guide

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honkyking (2009-08-03)

My old man is John King(me Justin King)
He sang all tunes/wrote most 99% original material...
The influences of West Coast (Jefferson Airplane) and Vancouver groups (Papa Bear's Medicine Show) are detectable=bull shit sorry
but they were one of the Better Bands of the time that were the heavy psychedelic BLUES ranging from british columbia to san francisco/chicago style blues is more so there inflence re. Junior Wells (harp style) Buddy Guy etc... They were the REtinal Circus house band and played with:
velvet underground, muddy waters, janis joplin, the doors, and hung out with The Dead at there residence in Haight Ashbury, My dad also was good friends with Country Joe/country joe and the fish.... Just pointing out the FACTS...
Just Have a look @ bob masseys posters from 67-69 re retinal circus the afterthought and Sky River Rock Festival, which took place at Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm. This may well have been the first multi-day outdoor rock festival ever held. The site was near the Skykommish River, hence the name Sky River. Some of the bands to play that first festival were, Big Mama Thornton, Santana, James Cotten, and Country Joe and the Fish. The Grateful Dead showed up on the last day of the festival.... please get the facts right!!!!!!