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Today in psychedelic history (12/10) 3
#15493828 - 12/10/11 12:24 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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- 1954: Science Magazine publishes article called "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD 25): II. Psychobiological Effects on the Siamese Fighting Fish
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Science 10 December 1954:
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD 25): II. Psychobiological Effects on the Siamese Fighting Fish
(read on Erowid)
(http://www.sciencemag.org/)
- 1965: The Warlocks possibly play their first show as The Grateful Dead at The Fillmore
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December 10, 1965 San Francisco, CA US
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Mime Troupe Benefit - first show as "The Grateful Dead" - also: Jefferson Airplane; The Great Sciety; John Handy Quintet; The Mystery Trend; The Gentlemen's Band
(http://www.dead.net)
That takes us to the following weekend, December 10 and 11, when the band, whatever its name, performed two nights in a row, although it’s not totally clear where. The first gig was definitely at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, in a benefit for the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Neither the Warlocks or Grateful Dead are on the poster for that show, but a December 13, 1965, review in the “San Francisco Chronicle” by Ralph Gleason mentions the presence of a band called the Warlocks performing at the Fillmore on December 10. This is the same show that’s listed on the Grateful Dead’s own website as being the band’s “first show” as the Grateful Dead. Given the lack of official documentation, and Lesh’s words to Wenner the previous weekend, this claim does not appear to be true.
Unless it is. According to former Grateful Dead publicist and historian, Dennis McNally, Fillmore concert promoter Bill Graham booked the Warlocks for the December 10 benefit, but between the time of the booking and the show, they had changed their name to the Grateful Dead. Graham “loathed” the band’s new name, McNally says, so when he wrote the band’s name on a chalkboard that rested on an easel at the side of the stage, he added the words “formerly the Warlocks.” No photographic record of this signage exists, but McNally, who was not there, got his story directly from Graham, and McNally says Garcia and Lesh confirmed it.
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- 1966: The Electric Prunes release the single for "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)"
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"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" is a song written by Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz, which was recorded in late 1966 by The Electric Prunes. Released as the band's second single, it reached # 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 49 in the UK in 1967.
It was also the lead track of the band's debut album, and became more widely known as the opening track on the influential Nuggets compilation of garage rock and early psychedelic music, released in 1972.
Origins of the song
The Electric Prunes originally formed as The Sanctions at Taft High School in Los Angeles, renaming themselves in 1966. They were introduced to record producer Dave Hassinger, and after a series of rehearsals at Leon Russell's house released a debut single, "Ain't It Hard". Despite its commercial failure, Reprise Records agreed that the band could record a second single.
Convinced that the band could not write their own songs, Hassinger sought material from the professional songwriting team of Annette Tucker and lyricist Nancie Mantz. One of the tunes was "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", a song that, according to some sources, was originally conceived as an orchestral piano ballad. However, according to Tucker, "I came up with the title one day and called Nancie. She loved it and we wrote it the next day in one half hour....The words were there and my melody came easily. I was influenced by the Rolling Stones at the time and that is how I heard that song being recorded....Nancie and I envisioned this as a rock song." A demo version recorded for Hassinger by singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller (in some sources wrongly identified as Jerry Vale), may have been the source of the story of the song's origin as a ballad.
At the time, the Electric Prunes comprised singer James Lowe, lead guitarist Ken Williams, rhythm guitarist James "Weasel" Spagnola, bassist Mark Tulin, and drummer Preston Ritter. The oscillating, reversed guitar which opens the song originated from the rehearsals at Russell's house, where Williams recorded with a 1958 Gibson Les Paul guitar with a Bigsby vibrato unit. According to Lowe, "We were recording on a four-track, and just flipping the tape over and re-recording when we got to the end. Dave cued up a tape and didn't hit 'record,' and the playback in the studio was way up: ear-shattering vibrating jet guitar. Ken had been shaking his Bigsby wiggle stick with some fuzztone and tremolo at the end of the tape. Forward it was cool. Backward it was amazing. I ran into the control room and said, 'What was that?' They didn't have the monitors on so they hadn't heard it. I made Dave cut it off and save it for later."
The single was released in November 1966. At first it was caught up in the Christmas rush, but in early 1967 it made steady progress up the US chart and finally peaked at #11. It also reached # 49 in the UK chart. Its success enabled the band to tour, and to release an album of the same name and a successful follow-up single "Get Me To The World On Time".
(https://en.wikipedia.org)
Today in Oldies Music History: December 10
Releases 1966: The Electric Prunes, "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
(http://oldies.about.com/)
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Edited by Learyfan (12/09/20 08:29 AM)
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan]
#15494315 - 12/10/11 05:56 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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you appear to be missing an event which is beginning to take place as i type
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Shroomopotamus]
#15494370 - 12/10/11 06:38 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks !
You can also add now.
The Ban of Synthetics Drugs
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: GoddessOfLove]
#15494400 - 12/10/11 06:51 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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HofmannBlotter said: Thanks !
You can also add now.
The Ban of Synthetics Drugs 
BOOOOO!!
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#17365737 - 12/10/12 05:41 AM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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The Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#19253978 - 12/10/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" on The Mike Douglass Show.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#20957148 - 12/10/14 12:21 PM (9 years, 1 month ago) |
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60th anniversary of the Siamese fighting fish article today.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#22637281 - 12/10/15 06:22 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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50th anniversary of The Warlocks possibly playing as The Grateful Dead for the first time.
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Edited by Learyfan (12/10/17 12:03 PM)
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#23912286 - 12/10/16 06:48 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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50th anniversary of "I Had Too Much To Drink (Last Night)", today.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#24837547 - 12/10/17 11:26 AM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan]
#24837563 - 12/10/17 11:37 AM (6 years, 1 month ago) |
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Learyfan said: Annual bump.

Do You got any new updated information and psychedelic history, Learyfan ?
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: heatlessbbq] 1
#25669345 - 12/10/18 05:36 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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What do you mean?
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: heatlessbbq] 1
#26372407 - 12/10/19 05:53 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well anyway, today is the 65th anniversary of that Siamese Fighting Fish on LSD story.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#27081544 - 12/10/20 04:07 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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And today is the 55th anniversary of what most people believe to be The Grateful Dead's first show under that name.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#27575566 - 12/10/21 04:06 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Supposedly it's the 55th anniversary of The Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" single today.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#28091497 - 12/10/22 08:23 AM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in psychedelic history (12/10) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#28576721 - 12/10/23 08:19 AM (1 month, 18 days ago) |
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Annual bump.
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