London, Paris, Stockholm .... November 1967 - January 1968
Electric Prunes, London, December 1967. Photo: Gered Mankowitz . As a fan of rock music, it is always a pleasure to discover a new group, artist or piece of music. I recently (December 2016) purchased a copy of the Mojo 60s magazine and in it I came across an article on the Electric Prunes - a band I had never really heard of before, let alone taken any interest in. The article contained a brief history of this Sixties Californian "garage" band and mentioned their December 1967 Swedish radio live concert recording which was released in 1997. When I chased it up and heard it I was blown away! This is an awesome recording of an accomplished, psychedelic blues rock band at its peak. It left me wondering why the Electric Prunes were not more well known; why they had not featured in concerts such as Monterey Pop and even at Woodstock; why are they only seen as a "garage band" with a pop hit or two, instead of one of the leading hard rock, psychedelic bands of t...