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A to Z of Psychedelia on 6 Music Episodes

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    V is for Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart. Part 1

    Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart- his twisted life, music and undeniable influence

  2. U & V are for UFO, Vanilla Fudge and United States of America

    Alice B Tocklas, Linda Ronstadt and Dorothy Moskowitz all feature in this episode

  3. T is for Traffic, Tomorrow and Technicolour Dream. Part 2

    Hairy Traffic Control, is where T part 2 takes us

  4. T is for T. Rex, Trip and Tintern Abbey. Part 1

    We get it on with T-Rextasy in T Part 1

  5. S is for Soft Machine, Simon Dupree and Side Trips.Part 7

    Seriously stretched out S section concludes in this episode - Phew.

  6. S is for Steppenwolf, Spirit and Sly Stone. Part 6

    S is for sychedelia without the P - that's S part 6.

  7. S is for Smoke, Shankar and Strawberry Fields. Part 5

    Sitars, The Salvation Army The Krays feature in S part 5.

  8. S is for Small Faces and Steve Marriot. Part 4

    An episode dedicated to the Small Faces - S part 4.

  9. S is for Skip Spence, Studios and Syd Barrett. Part 3

    Marc and Rob can be found skipping round the studio in S part 3.

  10. S is for Seeds, Sky Saxon and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Part 2

    Strawberry sky seeds - all to be found in S part 2

  11. S is for Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Part 1

    Exactly what it says on the tin - Sgt Pepper scrutinised.

  12. Q & R are for Quicksilver, Roky and Rolling Stones

    Quick round rolling rockies - splendid.

  13. P is for Peel, Protest and Purple Band. Part 3

    Protests, perfume and prog - Yum Yum - that'll be P part 3 then.

  14. P is for Parliament, Pearly Queens and Pink Fairies. Part 2

    In this episode, Janis, George and Trevor that'll be P Part 2 then.

  15. P is for Prankster, Procol Harum and Pink Floyd. Part 1

    Pigs, pipers and pranksters - that'll be P part 1 then.

  16. O is for Owsley Stanley, Other Half and Os Mutantes

    O Dear ... let's see how The Other Half Live.

  17. N is for Nirvana, Nice and Nuggets

    N stands for naughty and nice.

  18. M is for Middle Earth, Mardas and Mamas and Papas. Part 3

    Mamas and The Papas deconstructed - that'll be M part 3 then.

  19. M is for Moody Blues, Misunderstood and Magical Mystery Tour. Part 2

    Middling, moody, misunderstood and magical - that'll be M part 2 then.

  20. M is for Move, Monterey and Moby Grape. Part 1

    Movin' moody middling bunch of grapes - that'll be M part 1 then

  21. L is for Love, Lewis Carroll and Lucy In The Sky

    Lucy, Leaves, Love. All contained in this here information hot bed.

  22. J & K are for Jefferson Airplane, John's Children and Kevin Ayers

    How much do you not know about Jefferson Airplane - find out in this episode.

  23. I is for International Times, Iron Butterfly and Incredible String Band

    Highlighted - In The Park with the Rolling Stones - the ultimate free gig - 5th July 1969

  24. H is for Hendrix, Head and Hapshash

    Music from the Monkees and Jimi Hendrix as we travel through the letter H.

  25. G is for Groundhogs, Garcia and Grace Slick

    There's music and stories from The Grateful Dead, Grace Slick and war hero Bill Graham.

  26. F is for Funkadelic, Fairport and Flowers

    Flowers in Your Hair - a band wagon song - discuss.

  27. E is for Easy Riders, Experiments and Electric Prunes

    The Electric Prunes name isn't sexy - official, so says Marc and Rob.

  28. D is for Doors, Donovan and Dantalian's Chariot

    Doors, Donovan and Double David's - bring it on .

  29. C is for Cream, Crazy World and Chocolate Watchband

    Chocolate, Cream and Crazyness - from folk to psychedelia discussed here.

  30. B is for Barrett, Buckley and Byrds

    Syd Barrett's life story enclosed here - how did he get the name Syd?

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