O is for Owsley Stanley, Other Half and Os Mutantes
Does Randy Holden save the day for The Yardbirds? Did he really leave The Other Half because he didn't like his guitar? And what band used to be called The Six Sided Rockets? Enc.
17 Juli 201823min
P is for Prankster, Procol Harum and Pink Floyd. Part 1
Where did Syd Barrett get the name Pink Floyd from? Which Procol Harum track sold over 10 Million copies? And Linda Perhacs releases Parallelograms.
17 Juli 201823min
P is for Parliament, Pearly Queens and Pink Fairies. Part 2
George Clinton straightens hair for a living but goes onto produce cosmic funk operas. Janis Joplin has a sad decline but The Pink Fairies are on the up and up.
17 Juli 201823min
P is for Peel, Protest and Purple Band. Part 3
It's all kicking off in Vietnam and the Civil Right's Movement is centre stage. The Purple Gang's singer was a disciple of occultist Aleistar Crowley, John Peel was a huge fan.
17 Juli 201823min
Q & R are for Quicksilver, Roky and Rolling Stones
Virgos and Geminis are all ruled by the planet Mercury - a good way to name a band? The Rolling Stones take inspiration from African culture and Rocky Erickson's hair cut protest.
17 Juli 201822min
S is for Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Part 1
Marc's Uncle Chris played the Sgt Pepper album to him when he was 6 so The Beatles were the first band he ever got into, Rob's first was I'm a Tiger by Lulu - enough said.
17 Juli 201825min
S is for Seeds, Sky Saxon and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Part 2
Can Marc and Rob solve the mystery of Sky Saxon's birth date? Did you know The Seeds coined the phrase Flower Power? Plus Strawberry Alarm Clock on tour with The Beach boys.
17 Juli 201821min
S is for Skip Spence, Studios and Syd Barrett. Part 3
Skip Spence's life is dissected as is his album Oar, learn more than you've ever forgotten about legendary studio Abbey Road and hear Marc's Abbey Road anecdotes - tempting.
17 Juli 201824min
