Yemen in '68 was the last place you'd expect to find a thriving psychedelic scene, yet the night clubs of Sanaa were a boiling cauldron of lysergic experiment. Teens gathered at the infamous Club Fatwa to freak out to the grooviest new bands on the acid-rock scene, and the grooviest was Atom Juice, led by enigmatic Abdul Alhazred, ex-child movie star (that's him in A Yemeni Christmas). Their first album [self-titled, above - Ed.] was a national hit in '68, but global stardom eluded them when the great camel milk drought of '69 crashed the nation's economy overnight.
I got nuthin'.
But you get this unfeasibly bodacious album, which if you dig Floyd circa 68-70, because of course you do, you will clasp to your withered bosom with weak cries of joy and thankfulness.
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ReplyDeleteWho's your favorite Babs?
a) Playboy Bunny Babs
b) Swivel-eyed hippie runaway Babs
c) Supperclub Babs, whipping the mic at Elks Conventions
d) Boardroom babe Babs, staring you out over her hornrims
e) Hallmark Grannie Babs crocheting lentil sandals at fireside
I'll go with Playboy Bunny Babs. Something kinda classy about that.
ReplyDeleteYeah .. I'll go for (a) as well!! .. it's the ears .. ya' know!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll secretly go for the Babs that got away, don't tell, they might not have noticed one of the Babs gone missing
ReplyDeleteI should, in the interests of transparency, point out that these guys have very much their own sound, but if you dig th' Floyd in their pre-corporate shill period, you will certainly get a music hard-on for Atom Juice.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but I bet that they are no Paper Garden. Somehow stumbled onto this psychedelic gem from the late 60s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWoGYQYRo78&list=RDiWoGYQYRo78&start_radio=1
DeleteDo try to keep up, pmac. I know you have to keep checking in at the parole office but there's really no excuse for not reading every single post on th' IoF©.
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The alzheimer's kicked in, again.
DeleteMaybe it was the alzheimer's kicking in again?
DeleteI forgot what I was going to say...
Delete'ave I 'ad me dinner yet?
DeleteIt's funny until....wait, where were we. Where am I? This East Coast time is confusing.
DeleteI'm for Boardroom babe Babs, but perhaps I'm misinterpreting "hornrims?"
ReplyDeleteD in California
... noooo, I don't think so ...
DeleteSwivel-eyed hippie runaway Babs could be a barrel of laughs especially if we end up in a Room full of Mirrors!
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted by Playboy Bunny Baps
ReplyDeleteYou're old enough to know what's what. And too old to do anything about it.
DeleteBaps
DeleteHe still has a twinkle in his eye, doesn't he?
DeleteHe certainly does, Ollie
DeleteMm, mm. *rolls necktie in fingers*
DeleteThank you for the link
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteI've been listening to this fine album since before the gratuitous bikini clickbait, just saying.
ReplyDeleteHow did you discover it, Bambers?
DeleteIt was maybe yourself, but could have been another human recommendation.
DeleteLove it!! .. Atom Juice!! ... oh, and the gratuitous click bait ain't bad either!!
ReplyDeleteany Babs in a storm. where's dat link?
ReplyDeleteIt's the picture of the gent with the pipe. And that's the only clue you're going to get.
Deletemucho tanks
DeleteCan I have a "Frederick's of Holywood" Babs, please?
ReplyDeleteUm…no.
DeleteAnd at his age, too. It's a disgrace.
DeleteThis is a mix of the good Todd Rundgren and Tame Impala - deeply impressed. And Polish, too. Not been aware of a good Polish act since SBB or Nieman.
ReplyDeleteIf I was eighteen again, this is the album I'd be carrying around to show how hip I was, and turning on my friends to. And the chances are that my girlfriend would still be into Tamla.
DeleteI have never forgotten how well I was getting it on in my "secret blacklight bedroom" with a hennaed lovely, until I put on Todd Rundgren's wonderful "A Wizard A True Star". A good 25 mins each side for sweet, sweet lurve. All going very well until "Dogfight Giggle" popped up, completely ruining the moment such that the hippie nookie decided she was not THAT MUCH of a hippie, and decided to leave. For subsequent needs, I recorded AWATS onto a cassette, omitting the offending track. In moments of strategic need, I would start AWATS with side 2. A good call, and the deed was often done by "Just One Victory". Such are the ways of love.
DeleteThank you for this scented nosegay from the garden of memory.
DeleteCould anyone explain the album cover? Is that guy tripping?
ReplyDeleteYes, and yes.
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