Rajput and the Sepoy Mutiny - Flower Power Sitar 1968

This is one of those comically awful exploitation LP's that were quite prevalent in the late 60's era, wherein a budget label tried to "bottle" the hip sounds of the day, and transpose them into palatable styles for the older set. Some of these collections were actually surprisingly good, because the studio musicians that were hired to perform the selections were often given only a partial set list, and told to simply improvise the rest. The results of these ad-libs were sometimes breathtaking, and it is these hidden gems that keep underground rock fans such as myself constantly on the lookout for new and undiscovered releases in this genre. But, alas, this one is actually so bad, it's more of a joke than anything else. Problem is, jokes get old fast, and one go through of this is set about all you need to hear for the rest of your life. It's basically all sitar instrumentals, performed by a guitar player who literally sounds as if he picked up the sitar for the first time barely hours before recording this album. Often off-key, and frequently out of time, this wouldn't even be fun if were a true garage release. The lone cover on the album, track B1, really needs to be heard to be believed. 

Line-up / Musicians

Unknown

Discography

Flower Power Sitar 1968

1.Flower Power
2.Flower Bed
3.I String Beads
4.Do It With Flowers
5.Lulaby For Flower Children
6.Up, Up & Away
7.Beautiful, Beautiful Flower
8.Flowers, Flowers Everywhere
9.Ragadelic
10.Child Of Love


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