The Hands of Tyme :: 2:00pm 3rd Nov 2022

Czechoslovakian psych special!

Along with Hungary, the former Czechoslovakia seems to be one of the more liberal minded Eastern Bloc countries in terms of pop and psychedelic music being made in the ’60s and ’70s. Though music was routinely banned by the Communist government due to lyrical content (much of it not released until the fall of the Iron Curtain in the ’90s) there was a healthy pop music scene that allowed space for psychedelic exploration.

After a show in Prague by UK band The Nice, the early prog experiments of blending classical music with pysch became popular and lead into a thriving prog scene.

A good primer on finding out more about this scene is this article on the great It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine site.

 

PLAYLIST

The Matadors   Makej Zvon, Co Mám

Olympic   Želva

Olympic   Dědečkův Duch

Olympic   Pět Cestujících

Atlantis / Petr Ulrych   Jen O To Mi Nejde

Atlantis   13HP

Marta Kubišova   Kdo ti radu dá

The Soul Men   Baby, Do Not Cry

Vulkán   Tvé Město

George & Beatovens   Štěstí Není Pro Každého

George & Beatovens   Zahrada Za Domem

The Blue Effect   Sluneční Hrob

The Blue Effect   The Sun Is So Bright

Petr Spálený   Kopec

Yvonne Přenosilová   Noční Modltba

Karel Hála   Pokání

Mefisto   Návrat Gemini

Flamengo   Co Skrýváš V Očích

Flamengo   Zavraždil Jsem Lásku

Flamengo   Jenom Láska Ví Kam

Prúdy   Zvoňte, Zvonky

Prúdy   Poď So Mnou

Prúdy   Šesť Starcov

Prúdy   Omnia Vincit Amor

Prúdy   Lipipi Lumpipi Rumpipi Rup

Pavol Hammel & Marián Varga   Smutná Ranná Električka

Collegium Musicum   P.F. 1972, Pt. 1

Synkopy   Jen Si Hádej